Sandy Hollow

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Morning all.
Moving on with the lego idea here you can see how I make little bits separately just like my kits of the past this time the back fence plus the incinerator a what, When I grew up a lot of rubbish was burnt of course there was very little single-use plastics then. The incinerator was an urban legend and was guilty of starting many neighbour wars my father was a real bastard when it came to the burn. This little 1/35 model is made from paper.
cheers
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[Ray Dunakin]

Very nice!

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Thank Ray
Moving on looking at these pictures I am not really happy with the back wooden fence I like the effect but I feel it would be better to be the same style of the metal post-star post fence an easy change. Talking of fences here is the start to the front fence a double-sided face hand-laid with decorative concrete blocks inserts one on either side of the front gate fun times .I have chopped and changed a lot but now Sandy Hollow is 750 mm long by 350 mm wide foot 6 inches by 1 foot 2 inches.
cheers
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[finescalerr]

As usual, each revision is an improvement. -- Russ

[Barney]

Looks Great and a great way to achieve models small "jig saw" type of projects - its the only way I seem to get things done
Barney

[Lawton Maner]

A great idea on finding out just what works best when you are building your dioramas.  Plus if something doesn't work well with one then set it aside for the next.  I feel the brick wall is a bit pretentious for the shack you are working on right now, so save it for something else.  The fence with the mower could stand by itself with no apology! 

[Ray Dunakin]

I love that brick fence!

[Bernhard]

Kim, I admire your iterative approach to model making.

Bernhard

[Design-HSB]

Kim, rear plots are rather spartan. In my opinion, such a wall would fit closer to the border of the Road.

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Hi all.
Bits and bits sometimes I wonder but really not for long.
Helmut and Lawton after looking at the brick wall in the position I have decided to not use it good call you 2 into the maybe box.
Bernard and Barney cheers.
and Ray these hand-laid walls require a bit of finishing the uneven surfaces have to be sanded and mortored in this case it has 2 faces showing usually I do it with a card backing that stayes on. So the trick is to lay the bricks on a surface that will not be affected by the white glue. I use a styrene backing marked out in the shape and when the white glue goes off a bit I carefully peel the wall off yes it works.
And lastly, I mentioned that I was not happy with the back wooden fence this version I am happy with a simple metal post version so you can still get a good view.
cheers.
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[finescalerr]

I'm happy with it, too. It suits the structure and the property and allows a good view of your modeling. Third try is the charm. -- Russ

[shitao]

Hello Kim

I unfortunaltely do seldom comment your work. But I can assure you, that I am always following your progress.
What I really like, is the use of cheap matarial that turns into something special under your hands.
I really appreciate it! Gives me a lot of inspirations to copy...

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Hi Shito.
This is one of the beauties of this forum a lot of clever hands making stuff thank you for your interest.

[Lawton Maner]

     Your next challenge is to build a clothes drying spinner for the wash.  With your talent a simple clothes line won't be a challenge, although you can build it on a narrow strip of baseboard which will fit between the shack and the fence.
     Again I feel the fence with the lawnmower is a stand alone diorama all by itself.

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Hi Lawton.
Funny a very good friend just made the same comment, she is always right. If I went down that path it would have to be wind-powered clothes driers would never do in this era. Usually, this style of house has 2 power points max they would have been retrofitted with the black cable surface mounted with exposed junction boxes.
cheers