OK Vulcan, you asked to see it
This project was done over a year ago but I had taken pictures as I went along

This shows how I started with a frame and foam core as backing for the siding.
I had used white foam core which I wouldn't recommend, the black is much better.

The siding which is wood veneer on this one (plastic siding can also be used)has the cut outs for the windows and doors.
The porch foundation is started and the floor cut to size for it.

Trim, doors and windows installed.

The porch was constructed as a seperate assembly to make it easier to work on.
I like to use this approach for most things I build.
You can see a small wire latch above the top windows that when turned holds the porch assembly on.


Porch completed and installed.


Painted, weathered and details added



Lights and interior details installed


Looks like it fits right in.

Absolutely beautiful work!

The wood veneer.....did you scribe the "siding" look into it?

Ray, a great tutorial, Thanks. What "bricks" did you use for the foundation? Individual , embossed, or? Thanks, Dave

Ray, I was afraid my hints were too subtle. .

Do you scratch the stairway? What about the windows and doors?

I guess I have a soft spot for old woodframe tenements. And yours is no exception.

catch-22, the siding is as it comes, this one was from
http://www.mtalbert.com/lumber/products2.html it's a good quality siding, nice and thin and easy to work with.

Dave, the bricks believe it or not are ptinted out fro Model Builders Software

Vulcan, the stairs are from Grandt and you will need a little patience putting all the pieces together while keeping it straight.
I taped the stringers to a section of rectangular basswood leaving the areas for the treads sticking out so I could start it and when enough treads were glued on they held it together after removing it from the wood so I could finish the rest of the treads.
For windows I used either Tichy or Grandt.

And for the trim I use Plastruct styrene strips or sometimes basswood.

ray: can never get enough of this fine flat! didnt even notice the brick supports underneath ... gotta love those extra touches: did you put snakes underthere as well?

Wow! I would have guessed everything but "printed" brick on the footings. Even the closeup doesn't reveal it.

I may have to re-think my thinking on printed details.

And let's don't talk about snakes!

You are an artist! Looks wonderful. Joe

Great work and thanks for showing how you made it.

Thanks for posting the sequence again, Ray!

I liked it the 1st time and I like it just as much now - I need to adapt these techniques to an area of my own layout it the near future (read: this decade, That's about as fast as I can move...).

Vulcan, if used for the right scene or area print outs can work great
Here is one I am working on, you could see a portion of the wall which really bothered me. I had 3 choices, cut the wall and put a real tunnel in, install a mirror or print out something that would blend in. so I found a scene that I thought would look good there and brought it into MBS. I didn't like the sides, only the tunnel area so added blocks on both sides. Now I can live with that.

Ray, I am totally convinced. Now where do I get MBS!

Model Builder is the program I'm using
I was one of the 1st to get it when it came out many moons ago and gave Him a list of what I thought should be changed, added etc and he has pretty much done all that and more.
After your initial purchase price all the updates will be free.

http://store.modeltrainsoftware.com/model-builder.html

Ray,

Thanks for the mtalbert lumber link. Hope it makes it to the top. And as always, beautiful work!

Ray, glad you convinced to get the MBS software (website in Sourcelist). Now I'll need to practice. I never would have believed thay weren't real. Great wort, as usual. Dave G.

Ray, thanks for the MBS link. I think I'll give it a try.

Wow, just wow. I mean wow. That is amazing work.

I hope my first scratchbuilt structure is half that good.

George

Speaking of Model Builder......
We over at Evan Designs have been working hard as always, and we have a few announcements you will be pleased to hear about.

• There is a FREE update to Model Builder ready for download. This update is version 1.5.7 The update has more features (like keyboard "nudge", more file saving options, more zoom features). Also there are more images for everyone's use...we are over 500 textures now! And last but not least, new "paper tools" to help cut roof angles and such. Read about the update here..
  FREE Update to Version 1.5.7
  
  
• there is a
  FREE BUILDING
  available in O scale (as well as HO and N) that you can download, print out and assemble. Try the print quality of the software if you don't already have it!
  
  
  
• speaking of trying out the Model Builder software... we just recently posted an evaluation copy on our site. The evaluation is fully featured, with the exception that everything prints with watermark overlays, and save is not enabled. Stop by here to get your evaluation copy...
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ENJOY!!

Dave

Dave, thanks for the reminder

I'm now on 1.5.7

really like the "nudge" option

You are welcome! We got a lot of favorable comments on the "new" old sidings too.

I just wanted to mention that we checked the Evaluation Copy download link. It was not enabled yesterday and we want to apologize to anyone who tried to download the demo yesterday!!!!

SO, to get the demo, follow this link: DEMO


Dave

Ray you do great work. Thanks for the photos of the project.

Ray,

Your work is inspiring!

- walt