Small Handmade Balsa Wood House with Porch tin box Using his pocket-knife

Using his pocket-knife

I fell madly in love with so called "Bactrian princesses" -- small ancient stone carved figurines made between the late third and early second millennia B

with the silver plate polishing up nicely

but with just the right amount of detailing for the seams

though one occasionally finds portraits and examples incorporating color

Small Handmade Balsa Wood House with Porch tin box Using his pocket-knifeI believe this little house was made for a model railroad set, and I must say I've really come to admire model railroad people for the tremendous care and effort put into creating structures like this. There are a couple of extra, unpainted posts on one side of the porch perhaps were later additions to add reinforcement in holding up the overhang, I'm not sure but other than little curling at its furthest reach, it's holding up and on just fine, and