Jan Golding took a Barn from Michael’s Woodworking and put it on a Jigstone base. She molded the doors out of resin and added them over the old opening of the door, that was originally too small for our scale equipment. The loft door and other doors and windows were created the same way. All the wood was painted with outdoor latex paint of a color she thought represented barn red and a silver galvanized roof. Note the seagull on the roof ridge and the results of their being there running down the roof. The seagulls and the mule came from John Schneider of “Just Plain Folks”
She got a second place ribbon up against a great looking bridge. Nothing against the bridge, but I feel her barn is fist class. Very proud to have it on the railroad and very proud that she did it. She does great work, but has been a little intimidated by the competition at the Show. Her first entry was a jigstone farm house that she modeled after the old farm house on the EBT. Since then she has built a stone church and many other structures for our railroad. With each structure, she improves her skills and techniques. Yes, I’m a lucky guy.
