Flintloque inspired Hovel - a Tutorial

[dampfpanzerwagon]

Check out part one of this tutorial at;
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/flintloque-inspired-hovel.html



Part two to follow soon.

Tony

[6mmfan]

That's a lovely little building and a very useful guide. I haven't seen people use corrugated cardboard stuck together like that for buildings, but it seems very effective and cheap!

What are the rivets on the door made from?

Cheers
Kieran

[Hupp n at em]

Would the 3mm plastic card you speak of be the same as this stuff:http://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Plastic-Sheets-Acrylic-Sheets/N-5yc1vZc9x2?

[mxconnell]

Would the 3mm plastic card you speak of be the same as this stuff:http://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Plastic-Sheets-Acrylic-Sheets/N-5yc1vZc9x2?

From looking at Tony's blog pictures, I am pretty sure it is sheet styrene which is available at most hobby shops (Evergreen or Plastruct). You would want 1/8" due to our not being metric  . If you get Plastruct, be sure you get styrene, they offer other types of plastic that can be difficult to work with.

The acrylic sheets you reference are for windows. Acrylic can be a bit brittle and can crack. I tried to cut a sheet with a jig saw and a 9" crack occurred. Had to throw the whole sheet out.

Martin

[dampfpanzerwagon]

Would the 3mm plastic card you speak of be the same as this stuff:http://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Plastic-Sheets-Acrylic-Sheets/N-5yc1vZc9x2?

Yes I think so.

The 3mm plastic card I use is usually sold as No Smoking, No Parking or For Sale signs. Buying it this way is also cheaper (if not free).

I hope that this helps and good luck.

Tony

[dampfpanzerwagon]

That's a lovely little building and a very useful guide. I haven't seen people use corrugated cardboard stuck together like that for buildings, but it seems very effective and cheap!

What are the rivets on the door made from?

Cheers
Kieran

I usually use sliveres of plastic rod, just cut dozens of thisn sliveres and apply them with superglue (I pour some superglue on to a scrap of card then apply dots of superglue to the model. I pick up individual slivers with the point of a scalpel and hey presto - rivets nails done).

You can also add square headed rivets or hand made nails using the same technique - just slice small flat squares of plastic card and apply in the same way.

In this particular model I sliced individual curved headed rivets from an Airfix construction toy and applied them in the same way - detailed above.

I hope that this helps.

Tony

[Hupp n at em]

Ahh so something like this:http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-8-in-x-12-in-Plastic-For-Sale-Sign-839928/100144935 is more what you are talking about.  I can see the appeal - cheap and I am assuming warping is not an issue as the plastic doesn't absorb paint/glue like some other basing materials.

[dampfpanzerwagon]

Ahh so something like this:http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-8-in-x-12-in-Plastic-For-Sale-Sign-839928/100144935 is more what you are talking about.  I can see the appeal - cheap and I am assuming warping is not an issue as the plastic doesn't absorb paint/glue like some other basing materials.

That looks perfect.

Tony

[dampfpanzerwagon]

The second part (the painting) is now on the Blog.





Full deatils here;
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/flintloque-inspired-hovel-part-two.html

Tony

[Blofeld]

Brilliant tutorial. Using corrugated card seems cheap and effective!
Thanks for the idea
Blofeld