HO Scale Saskatchewan Farm House

Model Overview & Print Notes

Summary HO scale model of a small house on Lerew Street in Vonda, Saskatchewan. The house was originally built in the 1930s as a two-room farmhouse. It was moved into town in the 1950s and had two additions tacked on to add two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a mudroom. Parts are designed for easy painting before assembly or to be printed in different colors. My goal here was to get fine plank detail in the walls, so the parts are printed flat and then assembled like a traditional model kit. Interior parts are optional and are not needed to assemble the exterior. The roof prints as a single piece and is intended to be finished with a shingle pattern printed on paper and applied to the roof surface. Print the wall, trim, window, and door parts with 0.1 mm layers and a 0.2 mm extruder. Print the roof and floor with 0.2 mm and 0.4 mm extruder for faster printing. The thin walls may warp when getting them off the build plate or while gluing on the trim -- it seems like CA glue shrinks as it sets. To flatten warped parts, heat up the build plate to 60° C, put the part on the plate, and put a flat weight on the part. Let the part and weight heat up for a few minutes and then turn off the build plate and let it cool. I needed to use this technique on the longer walls as they warped after the trim was applied. I also needed to use this technique on the floor, as it was badly warped after printing. The proper fix is to figure out my bed temperatures for printing, but it's good to have this flattening technique available. The interior walls will require trimming and sanding to fit. Fit the interior walls after assembling the exterior shell. The back interior wall is very delicate with that very thin bit at the top of the door -- the real building has a similar tight corner! -- but the part does print and will hold together. Updated June 8 2024 Added the front wall vent, the back wall attic access trim, chimney, chimney cap, back stairs that better represent the stairs on the actual house, and an optional window to represent sliding or double-hung windows. Print all of these parts with 0.1mm layers and 0.2mm extruder. Updated photos to show these parts and the assembled interior. Print Settings Printer Brand: Creality Printer: Ender 3 Pro Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.1 mm layers 0.2 mm extruder for walls, trim, windows, doors; 0.2 mm layers with 0.4 mm extruder for roof and floor Infill: No Filament: Any PLA Any Notes: Exterior walls Print 1 each: 01_ext_front.stl 02_ext_right_side.stl 03_ext_addition_front.stl 04_ext_addition_side.stl 05_ext_back.stl 06_ext_left_side.stl Interior walls Print 1 each: 07_int_front.stl 08_int_right_side.stl 09_int_addition_front.stl 10_int_addition_side.stl 11_int_back.stl 12_int_left_side.stl Exterior wall trim Print 1 each: 13_trim_front.stl 14_trim_right_side.stl 15_trim_addition_front.stl 16_trim_addition _side.stl 17_trim_back.stl 18_trim_left_side.stl 39_front_vent.stl 40_trim_back_attic_door.stl Doors Print 2: 19_door.stl Windows Print 3 of 20_window_square.stl or 43_window_square_slider_option.stl and 1 of all others: 20_window_square.stl 21_window_front_large.stl 22_window_right_side.stl 23_window_left_side.stl 43_window_square_slider_option.stl Window and door trim Print 3 of 26_trim_window_sqaure.stl and 1 of all others: 24_trim_door_front.stl 25_trim_door_back.stl 26_trim_window_sqaure.stl 27_trim_window_front_large.stl 28_trim_window_right_side.stl 29_trim_window_left_side.stl Floor Print 1: 30_floor.stl Roof Print 1: 31_roof.stl Interior walls Print 2 of 32_int_wall_addition.stl . Print 1 of all others. Assemble walls back-to-back: 32_int_wall_addition.stl 33_int_wall_short_01.stl 34_int_wall_short_02.stl 35_int_wall_long_01.stl 36_int_wall_long_02.stl Steps Print 1 of each: 37_front_steps.stl 38_back_steps.stl Chimney Print 1 of each: 41_chimney.stl 42_chimney_cap.stl