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The White Rose


Dalesq

This is an image of the Leander Sherman house in San Francisco, my inspiration for the White Rose. I'm planning to add trims to the exterior and to do the mansard roof in a style similar to the Sherman house. It's been a real challenge finding half scale trims (some of what I've gotten are one nice scale that I'm adapting for half scale.) I've been accumulating a supply of trims that aren't quite right (when I get them) LOL! But fingers crossed on this next order! :D

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The White Rose

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This is a great inspiration house! The mansard roof is similar to the Rosedale's. I use 1:12 trim a lot for half scale... basically I just poke around the trim bin at Dollhouses Trains and More and pick out whatever I want with no regard for what the trim is "supposed to be". I'm using 1:12 scale window/door casing from Northeastern Lumber for baseboards in my Rowhouse and when I ran out I had a hard time finding it again because I didn't remember what the trim actually *was*...

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Thanks Emily :) Yes, I'm doing the same thing. I found a 1:12 chair rail that I'm using for baseboards in the White Rose, and I got a 1:12 scale dental crown molding that I'll use on the exterior. I'm planning to copy the roof shingle pattern from the Sherman house, but think 1:24 scale will be too big and maybe 1:48 scale will work, or I'll make it with pinking shears and deco edged scissors. Like you I adapt a lot of things to the different scales. If it is aesthetically pleasing, it works for me whatever the scale designation.

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