New England (How to order the DVD)
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$$34.95
Awesome New England Model Village
Download and print this awesome New England Village of over 40 easy to build card buildings.. Layout included and is available in 2 model railroad Scales: HO and N, scales. (There seem to be a sizing issue with the very tiny Z scale version and we recommend not building it at this time.
All buildings actually exist and are famous. Great School project.
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$$4.95
Barn-Equipment
The New England Barn met the needs of the general family farm. Horses, a herd of milk cows, and some feed cattle, made the barn the center of activity. This is a model of the barn that, in the 1930s, was renovated to become the happy childhood home of Chip Fyn. This beautiful house, once featured in Better Homes & Gardens, stands proudly off the Village Green in Monroe, Ct
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$$3.95
Barn-Livestock
The livestock barn is still seen on most farms. Upstairs, the loft was used for winter hay storage and with access doors at each end, went far to keep the downstairs cool in the summer. The cupola up on the roof always kept the air fresh and circulating. As you travel along the highways in the east, look hard and you'll still see old and peeling 'Mail Pouch' advertisements on some lucky barns. This one has an off-shoot for the small heard of milking cows. The main area is for equipment.
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$$4.95
Captain's House
The sea mist rolls in across the town in the early morning hours like a soft gentle tsunami in slow motion. The residents are beginning to stir and awake to begin a new day. At the end of the road closest to the dock sits the old Captains House. In the middle of the roof and accessible from the attic, is the 'Widows' Walk where the captain's wife keeps a vigil for her returning husband. This little gem lives on Nantucket, MA, overlooking the beautiful harbor.
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$$7.95
Connected Farm
You really don't want to have to tend to the farm on a cold, snowy winters day but look! the innovative New England farmer has figured it out.. The Connected Farm. In the typical arrangement, house and barn are joined through a series of support structures to form a continuous building complex. The entire connected farm buildings comes with a downloadable layout layout. Comes in Z, N, and HO scales as are all FG models. FREE.
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Covered Bridge
Every school project or model railroad layout needs a river and THAT river is best crossed by this lovely little Covered Bridge. Inspired by the one on display (and in use!) at the Old Sturbridge Village Museum in Sturbridge Ma. Easy to build and with interior details as well.
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Dock Sections
For your New England Village harbor. Works great with model railroad layouts. Comes in 3 scales. Buy just once and you can join several docks to make a fishing wharf. Use little weathered sticks as the pilings. Coat them with whitewash or a thin layer of flour paste. Better still, why not make the entire dock out of stained balsa??
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$$4.95
Emerson House
Essayist, philosopher, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson lived here from 1835 until his death in 1882. Emerson was a strong influence in drawing other writers to Concord MA as well as a long succession of visitors to his doorstep. This quite accurate model is an important part of the New England Collection and comes in three scales along with appropriate layouts.
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$$4.95
Fishing Shack with Boats
This delightful fishing shack lives at the Mystic Seaport Museum and is quite accurate in detail. TWO little fishing boats and even a few gulls pooping on the roof and a few lobster traps are included.. Three scales plus layouts.. This weathered shack with its sloping roof is perfect just about anywhere in a model railroad layout.
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$$3.95
General Store-New England
Once upon a time,, every little town had a General Store sitting in the middle of everything. With the addition of a new sign your general store model can become a Hardware, Barber, Antique Store, or even a boarded up abandoned building. Kinda a sign of the times. Another sign of the times is the moving of the Post Office into the General Store.
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Hanger-Private-Strip
This single plane hanger is part of the New England Collection. Includes an interior and includes several tiny airplane models: Aeronca Champ, Citabria, Ercoupe, Piper Cub and Tripacer. Even a grass strip. Works especially well in the Fiddlersgreen New England Village Layout
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Henry-David-Thoreau-Cabin-on-Walden-Pond
A fully furnished model of the Henry Thoreau Cabin at Walden Pond, Ma. The model includes the woodshed and even has a layout with a little slice of Walden Pond. Plus lots of information about the construction of Thoreau's cabin.
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Henry-Ford-Birthplace
Killing two birds with one stone, we've included the Henry Ford Birthplace as the main house of a connected farm which includes a few other buildings.. We traveled to Greenfield Village Museum in Michigan, got some great photos and designed this charming little model to fit in with the FG New England Village layout.. There are several other 'connected' building bonus models included in the kit for added fun.
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Ice House
The small farm buildings used to store ice through the summer can usually be recognized by their thick insulated walls and few windows. Early examples have low ventilators on the roof. This Ice house is a larger commercial one that used to live at Trumbull Connecticut till about 1954 called the Ed Katz Ice House.
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$$5.95
Lobster Cannery
Until the early 1800s, lobstering was done by gathering them by hand along the shoreline. Lobstering as a trap fishery came into existence in Maine around 1850. Today Maine is the largest lobster-producing state in the nation. Though the number of lobstermen has increased dramatically, the amount of lobsters caught has remained relatively steady. These little shacks actually live in the picturesque harbor at Lubec, Maine.
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Mark Twain Study
In 1952 the Mark Twain Study was moved from Quarry Farm to the Elmira College campus. The Study is staffed by trained student guides daily throughout the summer and by appointment in the off-season.
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Meeting House
The Meetinghouse and its skyward pointing steeple, usually painted a brilliant white, was the universally recognized symbol of the New England town in the early 19th century.
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Merchants House
George Washington, in 1789, was sworn in as the first President of the United States at Federal Hall on Wall Street in lower Manhattan.
This is a model of a building that stood nearby this historic event.
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$$6.95
Motif #1 Fishing Shack
Battered and broken by the great winter storm of 1978, Motif No.1 collapsed, and in an eye blink, was swept out of Rockport harbor. Within the year, a duplicate had been built and repainted to look as good as new. The merited debate over rebuilding the motif has subsided through the 20 some years.
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Nathaniel-Hawthorn-Birthplace
Hawthorne lived in this house for only a few years. His mother sold the house in 1809 and moved to another located in Salem MA. She became overly protective of her son, the result being the young Nathaniel became shy and bookish. After many years of writing, Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter in 1850. This soft & colorful little model fits into your New England Village very well indeed. Includes layout and stone walls in three scales.
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$$4.95
Oyster Shack
This delightful little bayside Oyster Shack actually lives at Mystic Open Air Seaport , Mystic Ct. It comes in three scales and with a pier-type layout for each scale. Great for school projects or model raillroaders
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$$3.50
Post-Office-New-England
This Post-Office and General Store is on exhibit at the Henry Ford Greenfield Open Air Museum. Back to the future and we'll soon (2011) be seeing many Post Offices closing down and moving back into the the local store.
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$$3.95
Privy
This is a complete re-design. Easy to put together. Reduce to any size and add a few to your model railroad layout. Two new models were added 10/11, a Vermont Privy, and a very crooked Outhouse. Earlier version is now obsolete but still included in folder. Can't have too many privies!!
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Round New England Barn
Round Barns, a unique architectural oddity of the 1900s, are NOW at the cutting edge of green architecture. There are still over 100 in existence.. As usual this one comes in three sizes- (approx) HO, N, & Z scales with the roof removable giving access to the interior making way for some serious farming play.
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Salt Box House
Known as the "Parsonage" in Old Sturbridge Village, MA, where it is now located, this house originally stood in the village of Podunk.
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Sugar Barn
Sugarhouses were not built until the 1800's; prior to that time sap for maple sugar was boiled down in large iron kettles set in the open. The samekettles were used later in the season for boiling down apples for apple butter.
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Village Boot-Shop
In the 1830s, Boot and Shoe making was an expanding industry and a young man's trade. The vast majority of shoemakers were under the age of 30 and earned 25 cents for completing the production of a pair of shoes. The manufacturing system for making large quantities of shoes developed in eastern Massachusetts in the late 18th century and then was adopted in many parts of the New England countryside.
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$$6.95
Village-Church
A card model of a quant little Village Church that is living out it's last days in the middle of an Iowaian wheat field. It has seen better days. The buildings are just sitting on the ground. Even the village has disappeared !! As long as there's an internet, this Fiddlersgreen model is a loving permanent reminder of what it was.
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$$4.95
Water Mill
Typical New England Water Mill with an overshoot wheel that actually works. This particular mill was modeled from the one on exhibit at Old Sturbridge Village, Old Sturbridge, MA
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West Quoddy Lighthouse
The distinctive daymark pattern of West Quoddy Head Lighthouse has made it one of the county's best-known lighthouses. Situated at the easternmost point of the continental United States, this famous light helps steer vessels through the Bay of Fundy. The first light of day for the entire USA is seen from the top of this lighthouse.
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Windmill-Nantucket
There is but one windmill left on Nantucket Island and it is the oldest of its kind still operating within the US. This mill has been completely restored and can be visited during the Summer.
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Wright's Tavern
April 19, 1775 dawned clear and cold. On the road from Boston to Lexington a British force, numbering between 700 and 800, marched on its way to Concord to "seize and destroy all the Artillery and Ammunition, Provision, Tents, and all other military stores you can find." They had been marching most of the night unobserved, they hoped.
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