Carentan - ruined house

[dominic]

This house appears on the Band of Brothers Carentan set.  It is between the first ruined house and the factory/warehouse.  This is the house with the chicken coop at the back, where "Shifty" takes cover from the MG in Cafe de Normandie.  From this position, Shifty also takes out the sniper on the stairs of the factory.  Unfortunately, I can't say if this house actually exists in Carentan.

First, draw in all the doors and windows.  This will determine the dimensions of the house.  For this house, I've opted for 1.5x2.5cm windows and 2x4cm doors.  Each floor is 5cm high.





For the side walls, my measurements are 9cm wide x 15cm tall.




After cutting out all the walls, just sketch in the damaged areas.




Cut out the damaged areas with a heavy duty pair of scissors and all the doors and windows.  Then glue all the walls together on a 3mm thick MDF base.  I find that UHU all-purpose glue works well.  For added strength, reinforce the corners with PVA glue after the UHU has set.  Note that I've added the upper floor supports on the inner walls.

[SgtPerry]

Never mind the german efficiency,
Here's Master Goh!

One building a day...
 

[dominic]

::  :: Thanks Sgt Perry!
Everything I know I learnt from you, Matakishi and my German friends!

[dominic]

After building the basic house structure, I added the window frames and shutters (for detailed method on how this is done, see the other thread for the House on Place de la Republique)

[Jules]

Two sets of fantastic photos an immense help to other scratch building builders....Again inspiring work.

Jules.

[dominic]

The ruined roof is fairly easy (yay! no dormers on this house!!)  Just cut out the damaged part of the roof and use plastic strips to represent the damaged roof supports.




Then add little rubble piles using broken-up pieces of cork glued together with white glue:



After the white glue sets overnight, the house will be ready for the next stage - masking, spraying with textured paint, and painting

[Darkoath]

Very nice tutorial!  Can't wait to see this puppy painted up dominic!

What about a lift off roof and a second floor for the interior? ::

[Argonor]

Very nice - and fast! :-)

How's the price of cork compared to foam card? I have found a reliable source for foam card, but I have an hour to drive to get there, and cork just might be available a little closer to home...

[dominic]

Hi, thanks for your comments.

@Darkoath - The roof is indeed removable, and so is the upper floor.  Thus the building is fully playable inside as well.

@Argonor - I use 30x30cm cork floor tiles which you can get from any building supplies store for around EUR10 for a pack of 10 tiles.  You need 1 tile to build a house of this size.  The restaurant in the other thread required 3 tiles as it was much bigger.

[Argonor]

Hi, thanks for your comments.

@Darkoath - The roof is indeed removable, and so is the upper floor.  Thus the building is fully playable inside as well.

@Argonor - I use 30x30cm cork floor tiles which you can get from any building supplies store for around EUR10 for a pack of 10 tiles.  You need 1 tile to build a house of this size.  The restaurant in the other thread required 3 tiles as it was much bigger.

Thats actually a bit cheaper than foam card (I think, I haven't tried to calculate the price per sq. meter, yet).  Might be worth a try!

[dominic]

Finally completed the house!

[twrchtrwyth]

Excellent.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Hell...Dom. Well done, mate    By the way, how many Carentan buildings are you going to make?

[dominic]

Thanks guys!

@Prof - I need to make the factory next, then I will see if I need a few more houses (need some shops) to fill up a 120x120cm board.

But to tell the truth, I think I need to take a break for a bit.  After 5 weeks of this, I start to wonder if I remember how to paint a figure!! ::

[Malamute]

Stunning  :love: