Land Registry Shack

This wooden fronted tent building is the first building I made for Beaverlick Falls.  The construction is a basswood frame with balsa 'boards'.  The boardwalk front is made of coffee stirrers and the door and frame are balsa.  The floor is a sheet of balsa with pencilled floorboards that is atop a 5mm blue foam base.  I use the foam to give dimensional stability and reduce the chance of the base warping.


View from the back showing the construction of the roof former before adding the linen 'canvas'.  Green and yellow card is old supermarket price signage like art board (but free) and the grey trusses are PLA 3D prints.  The roof is removable and just sits on top of the framework.

Prepping the linen for the tent.  I add a small hem to each edge using a fold and PVA so that the width of the strip is the same as the length of the roof.  The linen is stuck to the frame using PVA which is allowed to dry before more watered down PVA is brushed onto the rest of the roof to cause it to sag and stiffen.  On this building I stuck the sides down at the same time as the roof and then added the back piece of canvas so that the roof was held in place by the material

Once the PVA had dried and the canvas set I took a scalpel and cut through the material between the wooden frame and the bottom of the roof base to separate the two and have a lift off roof.

The finished construction just requiring detailing. 

The Land Agent's Shack.  The sign was printed on paper and mounted on art board before being weathered. I fitted a magnet in the wooden front of the building and steel paper to the back of the sign so it can be changed if needed.  The wanted posters are from the internet, printed on paper and stained with coffee for an aged look.  Hinge and lock are paper and bits of plastic.