Here is a quick article describing a technique I’ve been developing for creating pressed patterns in soft foam using specially modelled tools. The advantage of creating a small area of define…

A year ago, I had the idea of adding a cupola to the garage, the least attractive building on the property. Adding a cupola, punctuated by a wind vane, would significantly improve its appearance.…

Tussen de huizen is het een idee om straatjes aan te leggen, brede straten, kleine steegjes en hier en daar een pleintje maken het geheel levendig. De straatjes verbinden het dorp als één geheel. Graveren / krassen Welk materiaal je ook gekozen hebt voor de basis, alle ondergronden zijn geschikt om straten en pleintjes aan toe te voegen. Soms [...]

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The other night while the wife was watching the Bee Gees concert on PBS I decided to go ahead and start building up the Kellogg's UK Paper Village. Along the way I discovered a couple of interesting things. First, I had the year of manufacture all wrong. I had stated earlier that it was 1948. This was based on the eBay sellers information, but lo and behold, tucked away amongst all that writing on the sheets was the following: The actual date was only 1989!! Now I don't feel so bad about putting these together. In any case, the pieces were beginning to separate from the surround anyway. The next thing I noticed was this: Kellogg's offered a series of delivery trucks (lorry's) made by Matchbox over the years and lettered for various Kellogg's cereals. I have one set that was released here in the States but what I don't know is which vehicles were released in the UK during 1989. Looks like I'll have to get on eBay and do a little 'research'. The models were built straight-forward. No glue except for one part which I'll explain in another post, and no bracing. They utilize a simple tab-&-slot construction method that, overall, didn't give me much grief. I found it easier to ever-so-slightly enlarge the holes using an X-Acto knife. NOW, all this being said, I do in fact plan to add bracing to the structures later, but I want you to see how they look as designed and built right out of the package. So let's get started with the Church. The Church consists of four main parts: tower/steeple, nave, choir, and porch. It measures 7 5/8" (19.4cm) L x 7" (17.9cm) H x 4" (10.2cm) W (from wall to outside of porch floor). It appears to be at least 1/50 scale and perhaps even 1/64 scale. Not having figures small enough to make comparisons I can't really say right now. Bettina & Fritz Berg :) Enjoy :)

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Quelques mots sur mon nouveau projet : la réalisation d'un pont transbordeur. Cela fait déjà quelques semaines voir des mois que l'idée de la réalisation de ce projet me taraude l'esprit. Le but étant de mélanger du train et de l'automatisme deux domaines...

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A variety of examples and diagrams of Gilbert American Flyer Layout configurations and instructions.

It might not look like much, in fact it may look a little odd, but this will be the first locomotive I've installed ditch lights on. Here the SMD LED's are fished through the shell, and they've been wired to the DecoderBuddy (one of the very early ones). The ditch light mounts are Details West DL-229 parts, currently having the canopy glue holding the lenses in drying. 📷

Maquette en papier pour echelle O, HO et N . A Imprimer sur format A 4 160 G.

I built the Blair line church kit. http://www.blairline.com/church/ 📷 I started it two days ago.... 📷 ???? It's a rather good kit, but the roof material sucked. I replaced it with Campbell shingles instead. 📷 The lack of a bell bothered me, but I solved it by 3D printing a bell and fastener. 📷 I weathered it by painting white acrylic over stained wood that I had soaked with mineral spirits. 📷 The roof is painted tan and then I brushed on burnt umber oil paint that I wiped of while wet. 📷 📷 📷 📷

How to Make a Geodesic Dome's Scale Model With Cardboard,: What we need: Pen and paper, a calculator, a pencil, some rulers, a compass, a cutter knife, masking tape, glue, single or double wall corrugated cardboard, a work table and "patience". Introduction. Let say you wanna make a dummy of a dome that'…

Here is a quick post describing a technique I’ve been developing for creating pressed patterns in soft foam using specially modelled tools. The advantage of creating a small area of defined p…

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Practical Guide to LEDs 2 - Essential Circuits: You've heard about LEDs. Chances are you've already tinkered with them. But there are so much details you probably don't know about. Sadly the resources available are often incomplete or just unpractical. This guide takes you all the way from a begi…