Fram's general buildy thread (Update 12-24 - Overblown gramophone)

[FramFramson]

Hehe thanks folks. Might have another silly little thing like this in the next couple days.

[FramFramson]

Okay, it was two weeks instead of a couple of days since I decided to paint luggage in between.

So Thomarillion came out with a gramophone a little while and it looked great so I thought "Do you challenge me to a duel, sir?"

Here we go...

First, I grabbed two key bits. A strip of trim from a dollhouse shop (this I already had), and a "gnome hat" bead from a local bead store. I was just looking for a cone shape, so this was an amazing find!



Putty in the holes of the bead, plus the body takes shape. I used a hole punch on styrene to get my record.



Actually, once I stained the body, I saw it was really off square and looked terrible, so I had to junk it and start again, this time being as careful with the angle cuts as possible. This time it turned out well enough. I grabbed the thinnest wire I had and drilled two centre holes to set up the turntable.



Here things are taking shape. I used putty on wire to make some of the forms I needed. Also, you can see the painted and mounted record here.



All done!



Time to play some tunes! I'm sure I have some Christmas music around here...



...wait a minute, hold on, that's not The Notorious B.I.N.G. at all. Who's been messing with my records?

Half a mo'...



Right, that'll do.

[DeafNala]

That is a cool little period piece. You just may be even crazier than moi. VERY WELL DONE!

[Constable Bertrand]

Excellent job sir!!
And a merry Christmas to you sir.


Cheers
Matt

[Prof.Witchheimer]

That gramophone is a hit! 

[Mason]

That is absolutely wonderful, Matt.
All of your 'flavour' builds bring a smile to my face and this is no exception.
Genius!
 

[blacksoilbill]

Lovely work. The little things make a huge difference on the table.

[leonmallett]

Brilliant work on the gramophone, simply brilliant. Maximum kudos sir.

[Dr. The Viking]

The things in this thread!!! 


I wish I had just half your eye for possibilities.

[rumacara]

 

Marvellous.

[OSHIROmodels]

Fantastic little piece mate 

cheers

James

[FramFramson]

Thanks all - and Merry Christmas.

You just may be even crazier than moi. VERY WELL DONE!

While I find my self asking "Why on earth am I building this?!" often enough, I think I have a lot of sanity to lose before I catch up to you! Hm. I better get to work then...