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Hi folks, my aunt and I are interested in making "matching" 1:12 and 1:144 kits (I'll do the former, she the latter); they don't have to exactly match but would like them to be reminiscent of each other. Any suggestions? I know that Northeastern made a 1:144 Beacon Hill, but I want a smaller 1:12 kit than that. (Having built the BH, I know what a commitment it is! )
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I have decided to make a village for my growing collection of micro houses (1:144 scale). Just a simple little layout with a few houses and streets. Did I say "simple" ?? We all know that houses talk to us - but this layout is getting downright bossy! Fortunately it has to go in a case that is only 6" deep, so that got the Garfield all in a snit - she wanted to be on a bluff, looking down on all the peons on the farm! She'll have to settle for a small hill on the edge of town! And the church, the saintly one of the bunch, insists on having a cemetery behind/beside it! And the fishing lodge? It can't just be beside some water - has to have a lake coming right up close, with a dock extending into the water. Geez Louise! I thought I was supposed to be the builder! So I'm thinking with streets one should have street lights, right? I go through the websites for train layouts, Googled the whole vast Internet - and found working street lights in various styles - and - are you ready for this? - LIGHTED CARS! All in the right scale! Unfortunately, the Town Mayor was looking over my shoulder and just has to have them! What fun to have a night scene with street lights on and cars on the streets with their headlights and taillights! My question now is for someone like Havana Holly, someone who has worked with train layouts - all these lights and cars come with the attached wiring, but that's all. How do they hook up to power? I'm afraid they are designed to connect to the control panel that big train layouts have. This whole layout is inside an acrylic case and will be moveable, so I can't have a stationary control panel. Any ideas? Advice?
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Most of you know I am totally besotted with the micro scales of miniatures. I have built a scene in a half walnut shell, and in a watch casing - but these just blow me away. Most of them are in jewelry ring-boxes. Such beautiful work, such fascinating scenes! I now have new inspiration - just wish I could make RL go away and leave me alone! http://www.boredpanda.com/antique-ring-box-mini-diorama-talwst/
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I finally found my lightbox today and was able to do something I've been wanting to do since last autumn.........take pictures of the gorgeous micro dollhouses made for me by Lynette and Tracy. Lynette's gorgeous little cottage has amazing details like the topiaries on either side of the front door, the window boxes filled with flowers, the wallpaper and curtains inside and the shingles that just boggle my mind. I have no idea how to shingle a micro mini but she did it and WOW! My witch adopted this little darling immediately and it lives in my Pierce where she and Jadis can enjoy it. Tracy made a little haunted house for my dead librarian who had been wishing for a dollhouse of her own. She even added a teeny graveyard to the landscaping which is perfect! The dead librarian is SO happy, especially since Tracy custom made a little bookcase where she can display it in her living room. I tucked more pictures of both these darlings into an album here: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=7167 <giving huge hugs to both Lynette and Tracy> I love having dollhouses for my dollhouses and my dolls love having their own dh to play with. I had to share the eye candy with everyone because they're both so amazing. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Skating on the Pond." My daughter and I have been ice skating together since she could walk. And doing minis! So when we were sure we'd have all the gift-scenes done in time for Christmas, we made just one more scene, a gift from us to us. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Pool Hall." For my nephew, a competition-winning junior player who can run the table on me any day. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Bowling Night." For my dad. His Monday night team just won the league championship for this past year, but I didn't know that at the time or I'd have him wearing his new lapel pin in this scene! In case you're wondering, we chose to leave the tiny, less-than-half-inch-tall figures (at this scale a half an inch is a six-foot—approximately two meters—tall person!) without faces or hairdos, feeling that at this size it would look either garish or invisible. At least with my micro skills. I can't possibly list all the design elements without boring you, but almost every single thing you see is hand crafted. I'm most proud of the things that were most insanely difficult, of course—the drums, constructed as close to how real ones are made as possible, with tiny drumsticks that are actually lacquered sewing thread because nothing else looked realistic in this scale; the pool table, topped off by a long "stained glass" hanging lamp with itty-bitty fluorescent bulbs; the quilting rack, which swivels just as a real one would to allow the seated quilter to get close to the section she is working on; the bowling alley's screen which through some clever design tricks almost looks as if it's lit up to show the bowlers' scores; the sweet acoustic guitar my niece is playing, which is finished quite beautifully on both sides and with care, can really slide in and out of her arms; and of course, all the little carved-wood figures, deeply involved in their activities, which required my magnifying reading glasses AND a 7x magnifying glass to see what I was doing as I carved all their minuscule arms and legs. Much harder than expected. Little did we know how tricky my daughter's sketches would be to bring to life. Very rewarding, especially when we gave them away. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Quilting Day." For my mom, whose creativity and patience with hundreds or thousands of small pieces of fabric boggles my mind. I was in charge of hand-carving and painting the figures (of wood), building all the furniture, "lighting," and other scene elements, and generally doing a lot of invention to figure out how to get the ideas in our heads into three tiny dimensions. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Drum Solo." For my brother-in-law, a drummer whose band is much in demand on the local scene. For those of you who work solely in 1:12—If you know how big a walnut shell is, then that will tell you everything you need to know. Each scene is built inside one-half of a real walnut shell. If the size of a walnut shell isn't familiar to you, you'll see my fingers in some of the pix and that says it all! After we'd decided on these time-intensive little gifts for our family and agreed on the themes, my daughter sketched out the elements that we would fit into each scene. She also took charge of the landscaping in the outdoor scenes and the wall art—windows, "neon" signs, posters, and the like—in the indoor scenes. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Bedroom Guitar Practice." For my niece. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Putting Green." For my sister, an avid golfer. With a touch of help from my daughter, now a busy high schooler, last November and December we made micromini scenes for the closest relatives whom we spend the holidays with, representing each of their hobbies and interests. As you all undoubtedly know, microminis are 144th scale, a dolls' house's dollhouse size. Itty-bitty. -
I had planned to submit my Georgian Townhouse to our State Fair this year, but couldn't get it finished in time. So I made some changes to the Garfield Mansion and submitted that instead.
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I searched around, but I didn't see a ton of info on 1:144 scale. I have a question about wallpaper/painting. Do you also need to prime the walls on these itty bitty houses? I have a small kit sitting in my drawer from years ago, and I have an urge to paint it or wallpaper it this afternoon, but I don't have any primer at the moment. Thoughts?
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I just ordered a couple of these amazing Secret Book Kits from Robin Betterley. Ready for eye candy/drooling? Secret Book Kits I'll post pics when I get them and put them together. I got Bunny Tails and Cabin Fever plus the interior kits for both. Great prices! SO EXCITED. Working in 1:44 can be hard, but I still enjoy it.
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I got a Cynthia Howe Bliss micro house. It is SO tiny. It took a long time to put it together, but I love the results. You can see it in my 1:144 Creations album. I highly recommend these kits. They come with all of the wallpaper AND pre-painted parts. I had a lot of fun putting it together!! I think I'm going to have to get a wee dome for this one for sure. I hope to buy more of these houses in the future... when I have more money... hahahahahaha! Anyway, enjoy the itty bitty Keyhole Cottage!
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