User Guide

HO Structure Kit

CAPE COD HOUSE

933-3776

Thanks for purchasing this Cornerstone kit. All parts are styrene plastic, so use compatible glue and paint to finish your model.

Please read the directions and study the drawings before starting construction — note that optional front walls are provided so you

can use several of these kits in the same scene.

As English settlers arrived in America, they built small, practical homes based on those they left behind. These usually had two to

four lower level rooms, with bedrooms in an upper half-story or attic. Harsh winters led to low ceilings and a central chimney

connecting fireplaces in each room, and a steeply pitched roof to shed snow. The name “Cape Cod” became common after 1800

when a book about the region referred to the sturdy and widely used design as “Cape Cod houses.” The design was modernized

as the “Colonial Revival” in the 1930s with small dormers to increase upstairs living space, and a central furnace so the chimney

could be placed anywhere on the roof. As severe housing shortages developed across America after WWII, the small Cape Cod

provided a solution as it could be built quickly and cheaply using less material. Thousands were mass-produced and filled entire

subdivisions nationwide, many of which are still home sweet home today.

Perfect for any layout from the 1930s to the present day, your new model will come to life with figures, vehicles and other accesso-

ries. See your local hobby shop, check out the current Walthers HO Scale Model Railroad Reference Book, or visit us online at

waltherscornerstone.com

1. Decide if you will use Front Wall #2 (three

windows) or #6 (two windows). With the projecting

lip at the top, glue all windows (11, 12) in place.

Add your choice of doors (8 or 9) to the Front Wall.

Glue Kitchen Door (10) to Wall 3.

2. Glue the walls together and to the floor (1).

Glue the steps (21) in place under the doors. Glue

the downspouts (20) into the holes in the front and

back walls. The shutters (18) are optional and

may be glued alongside the front windows.

3. Glue the gutters (19) to the front roof (22) and

the back roof (23), fitting the tabs of the gutters

into the notches in the roofs. Cut “glass” pieces

from the clear sheet, and glue in place on

dormer windows (24, 28). Assemble the two

small front dormers using parts 24, 25, 26 and

27, glue to front roof 22. Assemble the large

dormer from parts 25, 26, 28 and 31, glue to

rear roof 23. Glue the chimney sides (13, 14, 15,

16) together and to roof 22, then glue the chim-

ney cap (17) on.