Hand Carved Balsa Wood Model Siding 1:160th N-Scale

Intro: Hand Carved Balsa Wood Model Siding 1:160th N-Scale

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I put together a quick how to on the subject of how I carved the siding on Uncle Henrys Barn and how I painted the finish .
This how to is not about how to build the barn , it is about how to make the hand carved siding in N-Scale but can be
used for many different model scales.
materials :
card stock
balsa wood
tacky glue
exacta knife
sanding block
straight edge
acrylic paints -tan,gray,black,white
Blow dryer
windex
testors dullcoat
assorted artist paint brushes
heavy magnet and metal tray

1st step) trace your balsa wood on card stock.

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2) run a bead of glue inside your tracing.

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3) spread out the glue

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4) place the balsa wood on the glue and slide to one side

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5) then slide the balsa wood to the other side

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6) then arrange the wood inside the tracing

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7) I used my heavy magnet and metal glue up tray to apply pressure

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8) I cut away the excess card stock

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9) Balsa wood glued to card stock ready to carve

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10) you can use a paper print out and follow the lines for scoring .

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11) after the lines were scored , I used my sharp edge to scuff some detail in the boards

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12) lightly sanded to remove fibers

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13) painted with a coat of gray and dried with blow dryer

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14) sprayed with a coat of dullcoat dried with a blowdryer

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15) painted it black allowing it to soak into cracks dried with blow dryer

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16) lightly sanded and brushed away dust

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17) highlighted with tan, white , gray (drybrushed)

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18) finished section of balsa wood siding.

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the last step after high lighting would be to dry , and apply another dull coat layer and allow that to dry .

This is the method I used to build and finish Uncle Henrys Barn , every peice is scratch built on this project it is in 1:160th scale N-Scale.







I hope you enjoyed the instructable and I hope you find it useful in many of your projects.
by Marty Makarick

Comments

[mrmartyman7]

Hello, I would really appreciate any help you can offer. I have many more pictures of this project build . I also have many other projects .
thank you keep in touch please

[seamster]

This is great! And you've got loads of excellent photos showing the process of making it!

If you divided these photos into steps chronologically, and added just a bit of text description with each step telling what you did, this would be a top-tier instructable (and probably get a lot of attention.)

Here's a guide on how to use our editor that might help you out: https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-an-Instructable-Using-the-New-Editor/

Let me know if you have any questions. I'm glad to help you out!

[seamster]

I see you've got a new version up. And it looks great!

You can delete this one if you wanted to, or keep it. It's up to you.