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An inexpensive and easy way to make a 'destroyed' colonial saltbox house for your wargame. Before: Hidden under this normal looking colonial saltbox is another model waiting to be seen.. The layout is included with the model-you add the shrubs After: Here it is again..victim of a devasting fire- luckily the well house escaped the flames. Cotton colored with felt pens and scorched sticks make up the rubble. You'll need to print the second model 97% smaller so it fits under the top piece easily. You'll only need to build the walls for the destroyed version.use an Exacto knife and 'Tacky' glue and cutting mat . The top piece lifts off in a flash. Note the pieces of shrubbery clinging to the upper piece. Blacken the lower shrubbery with a marker BACK TO THE NEW ENGLAND SALTBOX

This Colonial Salt Box is included in the Fiddlers Green New England series available on a CD. Cleverly, when you order the Cd, you immediately receive all the URLs by autoresponder so you can get started as your disk is crawling through the postal system. About Cds

The burned version is a good idea BUT in an era before modern fire engines I think that a fire in a wooden home would result in same being burned right to the ground, not just 1/2 way. Along with the out buildings. There would be no way to stop the radiant heat from torching all of it, bushes and the fence close to the house too. Robert