Does anyone have a site or article that is about building w/ balsa wood. Technices, pictures, anything to do w/ building balsa wood.
DANKE

Hi Nick, don't really have any sites but if you search this site for- blockhaus- he has some amazing work and reference material. Building with balsa or basswood, [ slightly harder than balsa ] is approached like building the real thing. Everything has to be square and level or somewhere along the build things just won't align and it will look wrong. Get yourself a decent hobby saw and miter box and just start stick framing a building. There are many sizes and shapes of balsa so depending on the scale you wish to build in hold a piece of it next to a figure and guesstamate to see if it looks like a 2x4 ,4x4 etc. Doorways, windows and story height can be estimated by saying ok this fig is 6ft so a 10ft floor to ceiling would be the fig plus roughly 1/3 of the guy. Also don't forget the 2nd story flooring added on top of your fist floor in your measurement. Basically it helps to have construction or architectural exp. Good luck and remember this site has a wealth of information just explore.-Cheyenne

Hi, here is a link to an article I did with the buildings being made of balsa. it should help you out.
http://dioramas.armorama.com//features/374
Hope it helps. Cheers Kevin

Hello
Kevin explains perfeclty how you can make a balsa wood building.
My way is similar .
First I make a box like structure with carboard and afther I glued strips of balsa in it. roof tiles are ilttle bits of wood glued also in the structureThe result is this:

hope that this help you
Carlos

It seems to be a huge question ! Exactly as you asked for a site to explain scratchbuilt ! may be you could check on different sites whitch give Tips !

Thanks guys. Cheyenne's dio is what gave me the itch to build with balsa. Jackhammer you article is very useful. Thanks again.

Check out the model railroad magazines at the LHS. Most mags will contain plans for building various styles of buildings in HO scale. Just double the dimensions and you will have close to 1/35th.

Thanks all. I think i am going to build like you cheyanne. I love that dio you are building.

Thanks Nick thats quite a compliment, hopefully I'll have updates this wknd the bribge is almost done but I still have a long way to go.

Another question is "why balsawood"... it's great for certain things, like flooring, furniture, support rafters, etc., but if you are doing a wooden building, I suggest Balsa FOAM.... sold in sheets of varying size, and easy as chalk to carve. I have done several buildings that simulate both wood, mortar, AND brick out of the same piece... and the stuff is very cheap (and of course, availalbe on my website!)

You can view more pictures in MY GALLERY-> French Chappel Ruin