I started by cutting the main shanty components from basswood. Here, you can see the solid basswood corner sections that have been machined with two steps in order to accept the wall sections.

After cutting a 45 degree angle at one end of the corner sections, I could glue them to the end walls. When dry, I cut them to the correct length.

Here's the partially completed shanty. Note the faint pencil marks on the roof. These acted as guide lines for the basswood shingles.

The window and door frames were built scratch built from 0.015" and other miscellaneous sized styrene strips. The window is of the double hung variety (otherwise known as sash-cord). The styrene was scribed with a razor saw for a realistic woodgrain effect.

Although I am extremely pleased with the final structure, I think that if I were to do it again, I'd make the walls out of scale 2x4's and use individual strip wood sections for the horizontal siding.

I was extremely happy with the scratch built window and door frame. A lot of work but well worth it.

Now, where did I leave that pile of basswood and my machinists square...