The gingerbread train station depicted in the picture was originally printed in the December 1989 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. To make the house you need one batch of the Good Housekeeping spicy gingerbread dough (search their web site for their recipe), or use two batches of Loreta's Favorite Gingerbread Dough (look in recipe section of Loreta's home page).
The instructions for the Victorian Train Station are detailed and fairly lengthy, so it would be best to try to get a copy of the magazine. You might be able to find it at the public library. In any case, the basic dimensions of the station follow.
1.) The station front and back measure approximately 4.25" high by 11" long (cut 2).
2.) The station sides measure approximately 4.25" high by 4.75" wide (cut 2).
3.) The left and right edges of the bay window measure about .75" wide by 3.5" high. The front of the bay window measures about 1.5" by 3.5" (cut 1 each).
4.) All the other windows measure about 1.5" wide by 2.75" high.
5.) The window boxes are about 1.5" wide by .375" high (cut 6).
6.) The front doors measure approximately 2.5" wide by 3.25" high.
The station has a hip roof. See the "Tips & Tricks" page on the main web site for hints about making a hip roof.
7.) Cut one roof base measuring 14" by 8.5".
8.) The base of the roof front and roof back measures approximately 13.5". The top of the roof front and back measures approximately 7". The roof actually has six sides. It angles in at about a 45 degree angle from the base and then angles more steeply as it reaches the roof. However, if you are doing this without benefit of the actual pattern, then a modification is in order to simplify the project: Simply draw the 13.5" line on your template paper and then center a 7" wide line above the roof base line (at a distance of 4.5" away from the base line). Then draw a straight line from the left edge of one line to the left edge of the other line (maintaining a 45 degree angle all the way). Do the same on the right.
9) The roof sides are four sided trapezoids measuring about 8" at the base and about 3.5" at the top. (Again, draw a line from corner to corner at an approximately angle of 45 degrees. You will probably need to fiddle with these two pieces to get them to fit correctly, given that you have simplified the front and back pieces of the roof into simple trapezoid figures, instead of six-sided shapes.)
10) The bay window roof measures 2" at the base and 1.25" at the top (again this is a trapezoid, follow the directions for the main roof, drawing lines from corner to corner).
There are a few other ebellishments: a wreath, a "Merry Christmas" sign, roof brackets and a couple of roof ornaments, but you can leave these off or just make them by looking at the photo.
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