O Scale (1:48) Ozsteam 'Mill Manager's Cottage'

craftsman kit

all timber structure kit with corrugated iron, double-hung colonial windows & lighting!

(1:48, 1/4":foot, O scale or On30) 

This interesting kit was recently developed in the workshops of our 'Bulahdelah Alum & Timber Company'. After numerous requests for more structure kits, we have developed an attractive and versatile cottage to accompany our popular saw mill kit.

Our O scale 1:48 scale design offers the following traditional features: 

• real wood, 'plank on frame' construction
• a planked timber verandah
• traditionally pitched corrugated iron roof
• two hardwood slab timber and iron chimneys
• realistic 'weather-boards'
• double-hung, colonial windows
• we've even lit the 'fire'
  • 12 v DC aux lamp included!
• 1:1 template plans for construction ease
• complete kit includes timber, roofing & windows
• full step-by-step instructions

Note: We are currently developing a series of Mill Worker's Huts which will be available later this year. In the interim, this larger more imposing structure is the first of our rural 'accommodation' series of buildings. Use it as a Mill Manager's Cottage or a typical rural Farm House.

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Manager's Cottage Dimensions:

• Height:
  • 4 inches (100 mm), (16 feet proto)
• Width:
  • 4 1/2 inches (115 mm), (18 feet proto) 
• Length:
  • 8 1/2" (215 mm) (34 feet proto)

Prototype History:

Our Mill Manager's Cottage is based on a prototype late 1800s cottage found near the historic gold mining village of Hill End in the Central Western region of New South Wales.  

This weather-board cottage features a corrugated iron roof fixed over the original shelter of 'split' shingle. Weather-board cottages were built once sawn timber (ie: weather-boards) became available. They often replaced traditional 'slab' structures and they can still be seen positioned to the front of the 'slab' building which ultimately became the 'kitchen'.

See our Ebay Store 'Steam in the Bush' for mining equipment, skeleton log cars & disconnects, On30 and HO steam locomotives, our sensational dress-up kits for your On30 Shay, Climax and Porters, flat car loads and many more items, all at Buy it Now!