One of the nice things about modeling PA is having a quintessential PA barn complete with hex signs, and Mailpouch ad. There's a photo at http://royhoffman.com/pwrr/misc5.html I used a lot of Ertl stuff including the house and Harvestore silo and animals. The barn is made from foamcore.
Roy --- In [email protected], WJJIM@... wrote: > > Central PA is a very heavily agricultural area. Having said that, one > does not have to travel very far, before noticing differences in the barns > and > other outbuildings, by area. Eastern Lancaster County barns are > different from western or northern or southern Lancaster County barns, due, > at > least in part, to materials available locally to build them with. We have > ALL > stone barns, stone end wall barns, all frame barns, different colors and > states of repair. With the off-kilter milk pricing (gov't regulation) many > farmers are hurting while milk prices are rising. > > Jim Lyle > > > In a message dated 9/13/2011 8:00:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > rmeissner@... writes: > > I disagree that all barns are crude structures. Many get that way from > negligence. I can remember barns in Wisconsin that were always kept painted > and looked good. Most Wisconsin barns did not have 1 x 12's, but 1 x 4's for > siding. Most Wisconsin barns were painted red with white trim. I realize > that barns look different in other parts of the country. Most barns that are > being used today in Wisconsin are well kept. > > Roy J Meissner > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ctxmf74 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:07 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S-scale Barns > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <pavanvliet@> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > My wife is wanting to build a barn kit for one of our "Houston S > > Gaugers" modules. I seem to remember having seen them, but I can't find > > any in the list of web sites I have on my site. Do any of you have any > > leads? She's not too picky about what type of farm it is. > > A barn is a pretty crude structure and most were just built to suit the > site so I'd just give her a pile of balsa wood sticks and tell her to > embrace > her inner architect. or to make it even cheaper just cut up cardboard into > 1 by 12 planks and start gluing. Then when it's done whitewash it > ...DaveBranum > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
