NEW Country Church from Archistories and houses!

Thanks! Frank Drees at ArchiStories really drove this project. I knew it was the perfect kit to go with our houses. I have to tell you, this church looks just like those I see on the back roads of Ohio. I love it! Did you note the sign?

Okay, I have a foolish question. What’s with the tiny little dormers on the main roof? They look like last minute add ons. No insult intended... it’s just a personal observation & taste. I’ve never seen this style here in the South. Maybe it’s regional? The rest of the structure looks really good.

Actually the church looks very much like St. John the Baptist church in Texas



With dormers.

Well it's location Ammannsville, Texas is certainly a small (now ghost) town. Speaking from an engineering standpoint I would expect the dormers purpose was for air circulation in hot places like Texas.

I've never been to this church, but considering it's location and the build date (1917) more than likely. In running the image search I can say that the results show dormers to be quite rare. The bell tower can serve the same purpose. This may be that most churches in operation have air conditioning making dormers unnecessary.

An interesting modeling note: where is the flue pipe for the wood stove they would have needed for winter?

Mark

I haven’t dobre any of the Archistories kits simply because up until now there wasn’t a product that fit my interests. That has change with the farm house kit, which is >90% of what my dad and his dad grew up in.

I’m actually rather surprised that people don’t routinely wear gloves; rubber, nitrile or cloth. Aside from the personal safety issues, the fingers are a source of oils and skin flakes that will mess up paint, damage brass and apparently stain card stock. They’re a cheap (at least before COVID-19) protection for both the model and the modeler.



I have to take exception to this. While I didn’t recall see a church with dormers, the fact is that a quick image search found some confirms to me that they are prototypical. I don’t know how the dormers attach on the model, but since the vast majority of the prototypes don’t have them it would make for a better model if they were fully optional.

As far as a flue, rooftops are a busy part of a building that seldom gets modeled. I’ mentioned this to a number of makers over the years. Some take it as a challenge to improve their work, others look at it as a user applied detail. Either way it’s an easy fix and results in a model that’s more realistic..

BTW were my dad alive I think he would be impressed with the farm house kit, but would immediately have two questions: where is the flue for the cook stove and where’s the outhouse?