Projects I am currently working on:
All are 1:12 scale. The bakery roombox is half done. I thought the deadline was this June but it has been extended until next year. Perhaps I can have it 100% completed with that extension :P
The Orchid is very slow going. The cat kept crawling into it and knocking down the wall on the main floor. Colour for the trim was an ongoing debate. I still hate the top windows but have yet to plan or shop for something different.
- Bakery roombox for my miniature club project
- Greenleaf Orchid
- Custom built French townhouse
- Hogwarts classroom roombox
All are 1:12 scale. The bakery roombox is half done. I thought the deadline was this June but it has been extended until next year. Perhaps I can have it 100% completed with that extension :P
The Orchid is very slow going. The cat kept crawling into it and knocking down the wall on the main floor. Colour for the trim was an ongoing debate. I still hate the top windows but have yet to plan or shop for something different.
It had been sitting forgotten in a back bedroom at my parent's house in the state pictured above - partially glued together with some base coats, usually devoid of the fuzzy monster. I wanted to do a bold colour scheme of a wine/burgundy and dark blue or purple and gray trim. When I began to work on the house again I went back to doubting that idea. So it has been painted over in white and will likely be brick now. My sister has some brick paper that I might steal or she also has a stencil somewhere if I want to try a 3D look. I should take some more pics of it but if I wait to do that this blog will never get restarted and it still looks almost as bad as the photo above.
The Parisian apartment or French townhouse is mainly planned out...again I have to just do things and stop second guessing myself. A lot of furniture and building components have been purchased. It has grown in size, though. I had thin hardboard pieces cut for it, originally planned as 2 floors with an attic room so 3 storeys, each about 12 x 12 inches. Then I bought a mural ceiling wallpaper sheet and adjusted the building to that size so I could use it in the salon. The rooms are now wider but less deep. I lowered the ceiling height as well. With my fear of power tools, I also decided to try building it with rigid insulation. I went with my sister to the hardware store during an unpleasantly hot day to buy sheets and have them cut. Except they wouldn't cut them at that Lowe's since it will apparently clog the machines. Luckily I needed a new exacto knife so I cut down the 8 foot sheets myself before loading the car; what a hassle. They are half an inch thick which I hope will be okay.
The Hogwarts classroom is mostly finished. Although, it is another box the cat likes to crawl into, even with furniture and accessories! I finally covered the exterior of the box but the back needs covering (with cutouts for the windows and lighting wires) and the front could use some trim. I'll try to do a post to show it off.
Projects started but abandoned (for now):
Future projects:
The Parisian apartment or French townhouse is mainly planned out...again I have to just do things and stop second guessing myself. A lot of furniture and building components have been purchased. It has grown in size, though. I had thin hardboard pieces cut for it, originally planned as 2 floors with an attic room so 3 storeys, each about 12 x 12 inches. Then I bought a mural ceiling wallpaper sheet and adjusted the building to that size so I could use it in the salon. The rooms are now wider but less deep. I lowered the ceiling height as well. With my fear of power tools, I also decided to try building it with rigid insulation. I went with my sister to the hardware store during an unpleasantly hot day to buy sheets and have them cut. Except they wouldn't cut them at that Lowe's since it will apparently clog the machines. Luckily I needed a new exacto knife so I cut down the 8 foot sheets myself before loading the car; what a hassle. They are half an inch thick which I hope will be okay.
The Hogwarts classroom is mostly finished. Although, it is another box the cat likes to crawl into, even with furniture and accessories! I finally covered the exterior of the box but the back needs covering (with cutouts for the windows and lighting wires) and the front could use some trim. I'll try to do a post to show it off.
Projects started but abandoned (for now):
- 1:12 custom Venetian palazzo
- Assembled Duracraft Heritage (bought off craigslist)
- 1:12 Mask shop
- Birdcage
- 1:48 Petit Palais
- 1:48 Jolley's Emporium
Future projects:
- Willowcrest
- Golden Gate View (comic shop and dim sum restaurant, side panels have been misplaced)
- Primrose
- 3 Gables
- Winston
- Duracraft Sweetheart (type of "Snow White" cottage)
- 1:24 Chantilly
- 1:48 Crooked Sticks
- 1:48 art deco from Michelle's Miniatures