04-12-2011, 02:58 PM
Well, after all that work (including now-obviously forgotten geometry and algebra,) I have discovered that the roof that I built for this garage has way too much overhang at the eaves! If it were only a couple of scale inches on each side I wouldn't worry about it, but the overhang measures in FEET!
This house and garage will be about 2 1/2 feet back from the aisle, near the backdrop. It will be one of a dozen or so houses representing a neighborhood next to the Santa Fe's San Bernadino Depot. These new houses (and their garages) will replace a group of "stand-in" structures currently occupying the neighborhood. (Look to the left of the Depot ... you can just see the edge of the neighborhood with a couple of the "stand-ins.")
![[Image: SanBernardinosSantaFeDepot.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Scale%20Rails%20of%20Southwest%20Florida%20Photos/SanBernardinosSantaFeDepot.jpg)
So, I guess I have a nice hip roof for a slightly larger garage for some other house down the street! In the meantime, after I finish the house that I am building on a "sister thread," I will have to build another roof for this garage ... but this next time I'll have my math wiz daughter figure out the dimensions for me!
This house and garage will be about 2 1/2 feet back from the aisle, near the backdrop. It will be one of a dozen or so houses representing a neighborhood next to the Santa Fe's San Bernadino Depot. These new houses (and their garages) will replace a group of "stand-in" structures currently occupying the neighborhood. (Look to the left of the Depot ... you can just see the edge of the neighborhood with a couple of the "stand-ins.")
So, I guess I have a nice hip roof for a slightly larger garage for some other house down the street! In the meantime, after I finish the house that I am building on a "sister thread," I will have to build another roof for this garage ... but this next time I'll have my math wiz daughter figure out the dimensions for me!
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln