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A while ago I started a build diary for a doll house I intended to build for my niece. Then quietly dropped it and acted like I never went there in the first place. There were two reasons for this: A) My sister adviced me she'd rather not have a dollhouse as my nieces secret name is "Entropita, Destructress of All Things" and she wanted to avoid the tears after the house is invariably laid waste to in the first 2 minutes. B) The kit I bought turned out to be.... well, let's say... suboptimal. Materialswise. In that Everything-breaks-and-nothing-fits kind of way. Not too surprising for a 1500 part 70 Euro kit, but still. So I dumped it. But the idea never left me. And so recently I found out that in Asia there is a whole subgenre of model building related to building very tiny rooms or stores kitted out with everything such a room or store would have. And naturally there are kits out containing the whole badoozle with walls and tapestrys and lights and interiors and so on so I bought myself a bar because I always wanted to own one. It's an irish pub of course, what else would it be. Or what we think of as Irish anyways here on the continent. This is what it will hopefully look like when done And this is what it looks like as delivered An example of the quality instruction. Sadly there's no actual bear cup to be built, just a beer stein. (I may build a bear cup after all. It sounds awesome). And my progress so far on building up the store front. Fun fact: Note the claim on the build plan that it is proportioned 1:1. Complete and utter lie. It's actually 1:1 only at one very specific section about 1 centimeter off centre. Everywhere else it varies wildly and unpredictably. Not sure if that is intentional what with the whole drunken Irishmen theme, but a bit annoying nonetheless. At least there's distance indicators written out with numbers.
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Looks like a fun little kit and very different. Good luck. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Completely different - should be an interesting build.
Graeme
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Nice one Good luck with it! I have the Teddy Bear shop in the same series to build for my mum....or is it Teddy Beer shop, I'll have to check Steve
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Very nice little kit and how different. I bet this is a fun one to build Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette) COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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Hope you get it finished before next Friday, That's St Patrick's Day, we could all meet for a beer.lol
Good luck
Mo.
Mo
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Well, that's a tough schedule (I totally forgot about St. Patricks Day actually). Pretty sure I'm not gonna make that date. I've finished preparing the major pieces of the kit. The background is a lighted box which will contain all the furniture. It's been fitted with wallpaper, floor and ceiling by gluing in apropriately themed paper (this comes with the kit and just has to be cut out). The storefront with door and windows was put together from 36 parts of prepainted wood most of them fitting right out of the box. One of the door window frames is a bit too short, but I hope it's not too noticable. The pubs name is another piece of paper provided and glued on. The handle is built up out of two silvery beads and a straight black plastic rod. Window glass is simulated with transparent PVC. The whole storefront including sidewalk swings away on a pair of hinges to allow an unobstructed look into the background box. Those I have not installed yet so I have more room to maneuvre in the box.
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Finished up the storefront with signage. I've installed the hinges after all as there's too many things that might get broken otherwise if I did it later.
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How cool, your very own pub An interesting and different kit
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That is really taking shape and looks so neat. Look forward to your next update on this one. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette) COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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What's really great about his kit is the mix of materials. You have wood, paper, textiles of different sort, plastic, wire, it's all there. The furniture guys arrived. Mr Green was a bit confused by the IKEA instructions and forgot to put up the foot rests on the bar stools, but I'm going to help him out with that later today.
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This is very different but I like it keep up the good work. Al
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Finally something to drink in here. Also Germany winning the world cup.
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Anyone up for a round of darts?
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180eeeeeee lovely job Greyhawk Rgd Martyn Building ? Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa Next Build ? When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Fantastic work - very well done indeed Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette) COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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Almost done now. Just the lights and a bit more decoration Caveat: The quality of material delivered is quickly going down the drain in these last stages and instructions are turning into theoreticals as in "In theory you should be able to stick thing A to thing B, but not with whatever we supplied you with that totally does not look like what it should look like", so I've started skipping a bunch of stuff. On the other hand, it's a 13 Euro kit, so....
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Despite the issues with materials and instructions, what you have so far is looking quite impressive
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This is a great build, love it Al
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Very nice, wouldn't mind popping in for a pint or three.Not sure about the pictures though,maybe something a bit older maybe something from say 1966. Man he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day will cease to be Greet the last light of the library...We were here!
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