Ed, time to replace your farmhouse

[tom mann]

with this:

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[Ed Kapuscinski]

I like it, but I'm digging the Barb's Bungalow there now. It's correctly seated in the ground and all.

[tom mann]

Yeah sure, there are tons of bungalows in andrew wyeth's paintings, so sure, your choice is great :

[wm3798]

Tom's right, Ed.  Barb's Bungalow follows the lines of early tract builders of the 1920's.  It's more appropriate in the semi urban setting of Dave Vollmer's layout.  That farmhouse is awesome looking, but I don't think it's quite right for the Northern Central.  Bricks rule the day there.
Perhaps you could sharpen your scratchbuilding skills with some brick sheet and build the same style house with masonry.

Lee

[sirenwerks]

You need a model of this asphalt-shingled baby, Ed! Pure northern Baltimore County.

[Dave V]

Insul-Brick.  That's the siding of choice for a good Northeastern scene.

[Mark5]

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You sparked a run on these: Currently Out of Stock

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Well, it actually reminds me a LOT of the farmish houses up along Rt. 1 north of B'more, as well as a bunch that I've seen driving around.

They're post- Wyeth, but spot on for the 80s. They were kinda like the first round of suburbanization. I need to go shoot some more pics of the stuff up that way.

[up1950s]

The bungalow could find other uses .

Rental tourist area dwelling , would look better with 4 or so .
Lakeside summer house .
Store .
Take 1/4 th slice out of it longways to turn it into a shotgun house or railroad quarters . 

[John Burkush]

Nice kit,
I built the kit as-is and used as a boarding house/B&B.
The metal roof is a nice touch.

JB

[Matthew Roberts]

You need a model of this asphalt-shingled baby, Ed! Pure northern Baltimore County.

Nice Second Empire look. Would you consider that a mansard roof?

[Chulvis]

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You sparked a run on these: Currently Out of Stock

God, I love the Internet!

[inkaneer]

Insul-Brick.  That's the siding of choice for a good Northeastern scene.

WOW!!!     Your the first person I ever run across outside of Western PA that used that term.  Isul- brick [insulated brick]  was neither insulated nor was it brick.  It was a cheap siding for houses made of petroleum products [asphalt] with a red brick pattern.  Basically a large shingle.  It was a low maintenance alternative to wood siding and was popular in the many coal "patch" towns built by the mining companies.  In our town we had a bunch of the ubiquious duplex row houses built by the coal company covered in "Insul-brick" which earned the nickname of the "red row".  There is an entire town of them in South West PA that are all owned by one entity and are rented out like apartments.  The whole town was once covered with Insul-brick but now most of the buildings have vinyl sidding applied overtop of the insul-brick. The town is called "Searights". 

[rslaserkits]

Nice Second Empire look. Would you consider that a mansard roof?
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Yes, that is what is called a Mansard roof. They were first used in the 1600's France to get around a floor area tax. If the floor Had walls around it it was taxed but if under a roof it was not, so by butting the steep sloped roof starting a floor level then going to a flat slope at ceiling height it was not considered living space but attic space so not taxed.
rich
www.rslaserkits.com

[up1950s]

Nice Second Empire look. Would you consider that a mansard roof?

Yes, that is what is called a Mansard roof. They were first used in the 1600's France to get around a floor area tax. If the floor Had walls around it it was taxed but if under a floor it was not, so by butting the steep sloped roof starting a floor level then going to a flat slope at ceiling height it was not considered living space but attic space so not taxed.
rich
www.rslaserkits.com
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Wow , what a interesting piece trivia .