Shop Box 2

Finally found time to work on the 2nd shop box last week. I constructed and undercoated it last year!

I started by painting the shop front. I really didn't know what colours or style I wanted so just took hold of the nearest pots of paint and painted. I must try this approach more often. Less time thinking so more got done and the result was quite good and has lead the way for the inside decor.

Moving inside, I used some coordinating blue tile paper for the floor...

And put tongue and groove panelling on the bottom half of the wall.

Next job, paper on the top half of the wall, cornice and lights.

Shop Box 1 finished - 1/24th scale

Shop box 1 is finished and ready to be put on my web site. I finished the door off with a keyplate and knob and plexi glassed the window.

Inside there is a working light that works from a ....

 

  

....9v battery and a tiny switch on the top, back of the shop.

Now on to the next job.

History in Miniature

Some of my latest creations. 1/48th scale dolls all in different period costume. From Tudor throught to a modern Gran and Grandpa.

All the doll are are just under 1.5" tall

I also have some witches finished but they were very relutant to have their picture taken. And there are a couple of Wizards awaiting wigs.

Camelot Characters

I might not have been blogging much but I have been busy over the last few weeks. These are 2 dolls I dressed for the latest minidoll project, Camelot's Court.

Darius and his granddaughter, Nell. Darius is a medicine maker and healer and he is teaching Nell all the secrets of his trade.

I researched the costumes by watching lots of Merlin episodes(BBC TV series) - at least that was my excuse.

The dolls are porcelain from various sources and are 1/12th scale.

More painted BPF

Golly Gosh, where has the time gone to.

Here are a couple of the 1/48th scale beds I painted and dressed, or should that be distressed. The dressing table does now have a mirror, I just couldn't wait to take the pictures.

I will be putting the top bed in my haunted house. Yes, there's another project not quite finished.

I do have a few more things to show from my 6 weeks lack of blogging but I will save them for other posts.

1/48th BPF

For those who have never come across BPF, it stands for Brown Plastic Furniture and comes in packets like the one pictured below.

With a little time on my hands, while waiting for paint to dry on the shop box, I painted some of the 1/48th scale furniture that I had already sprayed with primer.

There was a few mould lines to cut of and sand before painting but the reast of the transformation has just been a quick brush or two with paint. I will add some clock faces to the clocks when I find my printies.

I have have some bedroom sets done in the same way. They are just waiting for some bed covers before I take pictures.

More on the shop (1/24th)

I have done a little more on the shop box. Finished all the brick work, painted outside and almost finished painting inside.

I have used a different door to that which came with the kit as this did not have a window. I used a cheap wooden Georgian door and removed the top 4 panels by simply cutting through with a craft knife. Then used some thin strips of wood for a frame and some plastic off some packaging for the window.

The floor tiles are terracota paper clay with an antique wash. This my first attempt at floor tiles using this method and it was a little tricky as I was going to use plastic tiles so I'd already put the walls together. None the less I was happy with the result.

The walls are painted a lovely Victorian green which I can't get to show up too well on the pictures so you will have to take my word.

This picture show the inside of the front wall..

Here's a close up of the brick work. I love the result of this brick method. Looks very realistic but then it is called "Realistic brick compond".


Below is a video from the makers of this product, showing the process of stencilling the bricks.

I want to just add one thing to the video. They say you can add the stencil back on before the first lot of bricks is dry, but I found I was squashing some of the wet bricks, so I quickly dried the overlapping area a llittle with a hair dryer.