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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: Whyatt Herp on March 26, 2008, 08:03:55 PM
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This is the most recent building I have done. It is a 2 story with the shop downstairs, and an appartment upstairs. There is exterior stairs leading to the appartment. Here you are....comments appreciated.
Front view:
(http://i25.tinypic.com/swxsu1.jpg)
Back view:
(http://i30.tinypic.com/9vgmbk.jpg)
Side view (stairs):
(http://i30.tinypic.com/33jtp3n.jpg)
Interior (top floor):
(http://i29.tinypic.com/1fbyna.jpg)
Interior (ground floor):
(http://i30.tinypic.com/300rxn9.jpg)
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Your buildings are excellent :love:
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Great stuff. Do you use hardboard for the buildings?
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thank you for the replies. My buildings are made of 2mm cardboard covered with strips of wood (i don't recall the name of the wood, but it is the sort used for modelboats). The bases are also made the same way. The roofs are 1mm cardbord covered with individual cardboard shingles or tar paper (made from a napkin soaked with diluted PVA glue)
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Balsa?
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Great building. I especially like the backyard and the outside stairs. There is just one thing you could add in my opinion what about some furniture for the interior of the rooms?
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actually I think the wood is called obechi or something like that. I don't want to create furniture, since it will only make it complicated when moving figures inside the buildings. Besides there are companies manufacturing furnitures in both white metal and resin, so if I at some point desides to add furniture I will probably just buy it, and paint it.
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all the doors on my buildings are hinged, and do open except for the doors to the prison cells in the sheriff's office and the door to the outhouse on the grocery store (the roof can be liftet off though). Below is a better view of the hinges on the Dry goods store' main entrance.
(http://i28.tinypic.com/121zz4n.jpg)
The hinges are made of small brass tubes and brass wire
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Wow. 8)
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Wow. 8)
That pretty much sums it up.
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Pretty damn impressive.
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Superb, you are very talented. :o
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Fantastic ! :o
Now I have to brun all my buldings and commit suicide :D
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Fantastic ! :o
Now I have to brun all my buldings and commit suicide :D
NOOO, please don't. That was not my intention. It's just that I have seen so many nicely painted buildings and figures in this forum, that I felt I had to contribute myself.
BTW. Thanks for all the nice comments :oops:
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They are awesome. :D
I need to fix up my Mexican buildings as they've taken some battle damage so I think I will "borrow" some of your ideas.
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I need to fix up my Mexican buildings as they've taken some battle damage so I think I will "borrow" some of your ideas.
By all means. Feel free to do so. I'll gladly answer any questions as well.
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Your buildings are very nice. The level of detail is outstanding. I am very interested in learning how to make hinged doors like yours. Would you please describe the process you use to make them? I can sort of guess, but I always do better with detailed instructions. I bought some fine wire and some small straight beads, so I'm almost ready to go. Thanks.
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
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Oh that is nice !
Good work I like it a lot.
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Outstanding! Was this modeled after an actual building?
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Outstanding! Was this modeled after an actual building?
No, it was made out of free fantasy. There was a couple of things I was sure I wanted though. First the outside stairs, second the backyard and third the shed and the outhouse. All three things add to realism and environment in my oppinion.
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Your buildings are very nice. The level of detail is outstanding. I am very interested in learning how to make hinged doors like yours. Would you please describe the process you use to make them? I can sort of guess, but I always do better with detailed instructions. I bought some fine wire and some small straight beads, so I'm almost ready to go. Thanks.
Ok, i'll try:
1. First I find some 1mm thick wire (brass og stainless steel will both do)
2. Then I have purchased some brass tubing in which the wire can fit.
3. I cut 2 pieces of brass-tubing. Each 3-4 mm long.
4. the I cut 2 pieces of the wire 7-8mm long, and bend these in a 90 degree angle.
5. I the drill holes in the doorpost, and insert the angled wires in these holes, and glue them into place with superglue. It is important that this is done before the doorpost is glued in place. Otherwise you will not be able to put the door on the hinges. The door MUST be hinged before the doorpost is glued in place.
6. I then make 2 cutouts on the back of the door in which the 2 tubes will fit. I mesure this by fitting the brasstubes onto the wires, and mesure where to cut on the door.
7. Then I glue the brasstubes into place while these are still placed on the wires. This is where you have to be cautious not to glue the hinge itself together (you door will not work very well then).
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the tutorial. I appreciate you taking the time to help me like this. :) Your excellent buildings got me motivated to finish up some projects, too. I especially want to try this hinging method. It's cool.
Joe
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
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Do you have a close up photo of the cut out on the back of the door for the tubes?
Very nice buildings you do Sir! :)
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Ok, here you are
(http://i30.tinypic.com/jzgzf7.jpg)
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Thank you! So the brass pins you use for the hinges are centered on the door frame and the indent on the door is to seat the brass tubes so the door lines up correctly?
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Would it be possible to see a drawing of some of your building plans, if you have any. I love building model railroad buildings in HO scale but have never tried it for 28mm figures. Buying resin western buildings just rubs the modeler in me the wrong way! I would love to know your measurements of walls, windows, doors, and so on.
Or, if you get a chance, maybe take some side photos of a building with a ruler next to it. As long as you don't take the photo on an angle, we can work out our own dimensions. BTW I used to do this with real buildings I wanted to build.
BTW how long does it take you to make a typical building?