MOC Small wooden house.

[Etzel]

Hi everybody!

I thought I would share my latest creation with you and maybe get some comments and tips for improvments

The MOC is a small wooden house, built on a stone base. I don't have any background story about it because I just wanted to try the wall technique on something and this is what it turned out to be

Front:

Back:

The attic:

Interior:

The walls:

Gallery when public: Link

I'm not quite happy with the roof but I have a limited amount of bricks so I had to go with what I have (but I would have preferred it to be made of black roof tiles.).

I tried to make the walls look like they were build in a technique that is called "skiftesverk" in Sweden. I don't know the english word but in german it's supposed to be "Bohlen-Ständerbau". When you are building with this technique you start with the corner posts and make cuts along the posts. In this channels you put the planks so they lie on top of each other. It's hard to explain in word so here is a picture, I hope you understand:

/Etzel

[RichardAM]

Great idea, and it looks really well done.

Is there anything keeping the walls in place at the top or are they floating? They're not connected to anything are they?

[Etzel]

Thanks :)

No, the walls are not connected anywhere but they stay in place quite well anyway thanks to the 6:5 ratio.

[KimT]

Nice work.

Hopefully your technique will come in handy one day.

[BlueBard]

Good job, and very interesting wall-technique!

[djo]

nice small wooden house.

nice building technique too for the wooden walls.

i wonder what is the part located in lower front of the wooden walls?

[Etzel]

Thank you for your comments! I'm happy you liked it

i wonder what is the part located in lower front of the wooden walls?

Sorry, I don't quite understand what part you are asking about. The wall sections are all standing on a 1x6 brown tile if that's the one you mean (except the 4-wide wall that is naturally on a 1x4 brown tile).

Edited November 24, 2008 by Etzel

[Norro]

Very nice and natural looking! Cheers for sharing your solution!

God Bless,

Nathan

[Guss]

very nice! your walls are really cool ^^ I love the little lantern too

[djo]

@Etzel: sorry to make you confused.

i mean what part is this?

[Guss]

I think it's just 6x1 brown tiles, am I wrong ?

[Teddy]

I think it's just 6x1 brown tiles, am I wrong ?

Dear Guss,

I think you are right.

Kind regards,

Teddy

[Etzel]

Yes, that's right. It's a 1x6 brown tile.

As I wrote before, the walls are not connected in any way, just standing on top of these tiles. But it is of course possible to do connect them with headlight bricks or something like that if you want to.

Thank you again for your comments =)

[djo]

OIC.

now i'm understand. thanks all. once again, nice MOC.

[mania3]

Very cool technique! Well done!

[Brickadier General]

Nice building. I like the SNOTed walls very much!

[Teddy]

Dear Etzel et all,

I use a simular technique in my HMS Victory MOC all around the hold.

There I use this brick here to connect them to the sides and connect an internal framing making the entire structure three plates thick.

The double wooden plating is on the left and right of the minifig, the single in front and back.

Hopefully this might help in connecting the frames to the walls.

Kind regards,

Teddy

Edited November 28, 2008 by Teddy

[KinGanon]

Havent seen that technique used before, very creative!