Building your California Mission Model
Here's help from the library collection to get you started.
Projects and Layouts, by Libby Nelson with Kari A. Cornell. From the "California Missions" series, instructions and layouts, with a very brief history of the missions and their building techniques.
The California Missions, by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk. From "A First Look" series, this history emphasizes the founding of the missions and mission life.
The Missions of California, photographs by Melba Levick and text by Stanley Young. A useful photo-book of the 21 missions.
Online Resources
Google "California Mission model building," and you'll come up with many sites offering kits, ideas, and tips. Here's our shortlist of the more useful.
- Going it alone (creating a Mission model without a kit): "So you're going to build a mission project."
- ClassBrain.com has Tips for Building Your California Mission.