Duracraft San Franciscan

LOVE the San Fran!! That looks like a LOT of fiddly painting...hat's off to you for getting all of those bits painted one by one! I have promised the husband a "crazy Russian folk house" someday, but oh, I dread all of that wee gingerbread!

I love the SF by Robin Carey- and I think you did a great job of recreating it!    I think your daughter should be quite pleased!

Your San Fran looks beautiful, so much detail, inside and out!

It is a lot of work but I painted everything piece by piece before gluing them on. I would go crazy if I tried painting after gluing everything together.

I paint and stain before I assemble too, unless there is an obvious reason not to.

This is a fabulous build! I too have been asked to do a San Fran in the Robin Carey style; I am finding that she apparently added a number of her own features, like those little square purple and yellow window frame accents that I will have to make from scrap. Like you, I am not adding the bump-out on the attic right, or the upper door panels. I did find the front yard railing that she used: http://heritagelaserworks.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_52&products_id=396