How Do You Build A Miniature San Fernando Rey Mission?
San Fernando Rey de España is the 17th of 21 missions founded in Alta—or upper—California. Established in 1797, its distinguishing feature is a long building to the rear of the mission complex called the “convento,” famous for its beautiful archways. The model detailed in this article includes the main chapel, the colonnade beside the chapel, the workshop behind the chapel and the detached convento building. It does not include the gift shop or archival center. Acquire a large piece of cardboard and spray-paint it green. This is the base to which you’ll attach all the mission’s buildings. It can be square or rectangular, but it should provide 4 square feet of surface. Paint all the poster board beige, the color of the adobe bricks used to build the mission. Each piece of poster board will build one of four buildings: the chapel, the chapel colonnade, the workshop and the convento. Paint the dry lasagna with the terra-cotta-colored paint. You’ll use these for the mission roof. Sketc
