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Offline Axtklinge

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Re: Tin can town
« Reply #15 on: 15 March 2011, 11:54:51 AM »
Scratchbuilt as well.

You need:
Cardboard
Steel ruler
Scalpel
Glue (I used UHU)
Transparent foil (old blisters)
Pins (these will make the door handles and are not attached yet)
Matches (if you want to raise the floors from the ground like I did)

Very cheap and quick, yet effective, I think.


Easy, cheap and inspirational!
Great job!
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Offline Luddite

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Re: Tin can town
« Reply #16 on: 20 March 2011, 08:53:35 PM »
Very nice multi-purpose tin huts!

Sort of remind me of the old Nissen Huts (although not the same shape)...
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Offline Sangennaru

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Re: Tin can town
« Reply #17 on: 20 March 2011, 09:20:58 PM »
wow! fast and effective!

i'm working at the moment with corrugated iron, i have to say that it is a quite good material!!!


only one suggestion: to avoid the damages on the cutting edges, cut the cardboard from the backside!

Offline infelix

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Re: Tin can town
« Reply #18 on: 20 March 2011, 09:51:02 PM »
They look great. I definitely have to try to make some for myself.

Offline Nighthawk

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Re: Tin can town
« Reply #19 on: 03 May 2011, 11:10:27 PM »
They do look great. Now where can I use them. Hmmm  :?

Offline Traveler Man

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Re: Tin can town
« Reply #20 on: 04 May 2011, 02:06:08 PM »
Very nice work! Thanks for the tip on corrugated cardboard. It's something I have a problem with too.
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Re: Tin can town
« Reply #21 on: 04 May 2011, 06:37:47 PM »
I would never want to disregard Your stunning opus
however, just as a suggestion
don't You think some patches of the green in variations (as appear on repainted portions with not exactly the same colour) would let them look more realistic?
they look very neat but also very uniform, like out of the factory

Offline magokiron

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Re: Tin can town
« Reply #22 on: 05 May 2011, 04:08:49 AM »
MARVELOUS!

Good looking, Simple, elegant, cheap, and USEFUL.

Oh! and the window and door construction tips are perhaps the BEST AND SIMPLEST solution I've ever seen, wit ASTOUNDING results.

Thanks a lot for posting this inspirational ideas.

Best wishes.
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