I must agree with Roy here. In the Dakotas farmers took great pride in their barns and most were built very similarly. The typical hip roof versions with a hay loft was an amazing design. Often the hipped version would have lean-to's on one or both sides. Found along most fence lines are little metal signs advertising "Chief Brand Paints" for the usual red paint. I'll take a stab at the siding and say my area used either 1 x 6 or 1 x 8's with a groove for decoration. It was also T & G for keeping the winds out and for additional sway protection.
In traveling to the Wisconsin convention a few years back I was amazed when I came across an area where the old barns were circular in nature and often with stone or brick walls--new to me. Bob Werre > 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] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:07 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S-scale Barns > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, > 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 <*> 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/
