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[Mini Me]

Hi Andy, had a good read through on this and more than a few laughs.......and I must say this is a great piece of work! The shop posters you found will do very nicely and I see Fritz has got hold of himself
so all's right with the world. I did notice that the under sink plumbing was absent, might be a nice detail to add at some point. Cheers, Rick H.

 

[PaulTRose]

is this going to be military of civvie based?.....only asking cos i know someone who started something similar about two years ago and still hasnt finished! lol.............his plan was a village garage in the early 50s ........started to snowball once he realised theres so many suitable civvie figures out there, and people making stuff like lathes and piller drills etc

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Thanks Rick, I'm having fun learning, so while it may never be a masterpiece it should hopefully be a good foundation for future projects.

As for the plumbing, I'm having to rein myself in a bit. I have a list of things in my head that I could add, but with my low attention span, if I start them all I'm pretty sure I'll run out of steam before the whole thing is finished. Would rather do a quick sweep as it were of the main things, then, as you say, add extras at a later date if I'm still interested.

Some of the things I have in mind:
plumbing
better tap/faucet
"paper" holder
loo brush
cleaning products
mop & bucket
waste bin
towel & holder
soap / hand cleaner dispenser
wedge to hold door open
drag marks on floor where sagged door has caught it
cobwebs
stained tiles/grout
magazine / newspaper
light fitting
hidden 10mm socket/spanner (motor trade joke)

And that's without really thinking about it lol. If I multiply that by the whole building and exterior, I'd be at this for years, which I know I don't have the staying power for. I'm already itching to get on with the next project!


Paul - I'm trying to make it a bit neutral if I can, so that I could display either military vehicles & figures in there, or civvy ones at a similar scale. I'm already wishing I'd made it bigger, but have another board the same size that I could use in the future to extend it in a modular fashion, whilst keeping storage size down.

 

[JR]

There's enough on your list Andy to keep you away from buying kits for the next year at this rate.

Really nice to this coming together so well,

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Haha, indeed John, that's why I'm trying to limit myself to the basics for now.

I guess it'll be something I could keep coming back to and adding bits like that in the future, but then I said that about the post apocalypse one, and I haven't even started the base for bendy bus yet

So much to do, so little time...

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Today's main job was making the back door. Nice and sturdy to stop the undesirables breaking in. It needs a bit of chipping/wear/rusting etc once the main colour and drybrushing have cured a bit.



In between that some more accessories from the kit were put together. Right on my limits so maybe not the cleanest work, but once they're painted and aged a bit they should be fine.

I'm still not great with PE but where it goes to plastic I've started using TET, which gives me time to adjust and seems to stick okay. I did the etch additions on my SdKfz 247 kit that way and they survived painting and weathering well enough. With some of the parts on these items I've wicked additional extra thin CA in after the TET had dried, for a bit of extra bite. As I say, maybe not the cleanest way but at least it makes it manageable for me

A few of the fragile kit parts broke during removal or clean up, so I've replaced them with bits of rod & tube

 

[JR]

Stop selling your self short Andy, nothing wrong with any of it, far from it in fact.

 

[minitnkr]

Some very fine work. PaulE

 

[Steve Jones]

Beautiful detailing Andy. Keep it comin my friend

 

[stillp]

Stop selling your self short Andy, nothing wrong with any of it, far from it in fact.

+1
Pete

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Thanks chaps, glad you're all enjoying the updates and thanks for the support.

 

[Deleted member 7181]

I scraped some wood grain into the totes and painted some tiny tools. You can never have too many hammers...

 

[JR]

First rate Andy.

 

[JR]

Andy I remember when you said you found it hard to imagine something for a diorama, well just shows you looked at your time spent in the trade and came up with this great idea.
These types of dioramas are always interesting , always some little thing to catch the attention of the viewer. Keep it going please.

 

[PaulTRose]

You can never have too many hammers...

theres no problem that cant be overcome with a positive attitude and a large hammer

 

[GerryW]

theres no problem that cant be overcome with a positive attitude and a large hammer

And if the hammer doesn't fix it - get a bigger one!

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Cheers John.

And yes, you're bang on. Although this is probably technically harder than anything I've done before, the ideas are coming thick & fast for a change so I'm loving it

 

[rtfoe]

I scraped some wood grain into the totes and painted some tiny tools. You can never have too many hammers...

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You hammered the hammers alright Andy.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[rtfoe]

Cheers John.

And yes, you're bang on. Although this is probably technically harder than anything I've done before, the ideas are coming thick & fast for a change so I'm loving it

Yup, nothing better than life's experiences for dio ideas Andy. These little details will resonate with anyone who has experienced such a scene.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

Cracking stuff mate. Colours on the tools are spot on.