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Thread: A bit out of my depth.....
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1st February 2018, 01:01 PM #1
A bit out of my depth.....
“Uuuuuncle, do you know how hard it is to find a good doll’s house to suit Barbie dolls?”
I should have known it was a trap. So, armed with a Barbie doll, a really tacky Barbie kitchen for scale and a couple of sheets of plywood I designed and made my first ever dolls house. This is now going to my niece to paint while I make the separate window, door and roof assemblies ....... after my road trip North!
Get the beer cold 62Woollybugger!
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The 2 verandah sections swing open for access and it will have a back..... I ran out of plywood
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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1st February 2018, 01:50 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Good old Uncle Al,
Looking good
Look forward to the next post
Regards
Keith
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1st February 2018, 07:52 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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This Uncle Al didn't have anything to do with the build, but the other Uncle Al has been a busy lad. Looks like the hand has improved considerably over the last few weeks, now spending a bit of quality time in the re-handled shed to the delight of a special niece.
Just a matter of making a heap of scale model furniture now Fletty.
Alan... (The real Uncle Al!)
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1st February 2018, 08:04 PM #4
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2nd February 2018, 05:33 AM #5
I know that feeling I have just finish airbrushing a RC Car for the great grandson after the fatel words "Grandad can you paint a skull with flames" this was after he saw my riveted bowl.
Why oh why do we always seem to say Yes I can
Great job on the dolls house by the way shame on you for not painting it
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2nd February 2018, 06:31 AM #6Skwair2rownd
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Thank goodness my Grand sons have outgrown all that!!
Nice job so far!
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2nd February 2018, 09:12 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Very strange coincidence indeed. Auntie Chris visited the real Uncle Al earlier in the day, and later in the day travelled to the city to attend a camera course. The pretend Uncle Al (Fletty) just happened to be attending the same course, and met up with Auntie Chris in the entrance foyer. After the course, they travelled home by train, again a coincidence, as they live in totally different directions, but Fletty was visiting his daughter on the same line as Auntie Chris.
At about the same time, I posted a response to the dolls house build, which prompted a notification to Fletty, who in turn showed Auntie Chris, who in turn rang me to say she had seen my comment about the dolls house.
Mass confusion consumed my mind, as I had no idea about the aforementioned meet up at the camera course, and then found myself chatting to the pretend Uncle Al when Auntie Chris handed him her phone.
A lovely chat ensued until Fletty had to hand the phone back to Auntie Chris when he reached his destination.
Talk about coincidences! I then had to explain to my wife about two Uncle Als, camera courses, dolls houses, trains, etc. etc.
All good fun.
Alan... (The real Uncle Al!!)
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2nd February 2018, 08:52 PM #8
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2nd February 2018, 10:07 PM #9
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3rd February 2018, 06:36 PM #10
G'Day Alan, I've sent you a few Barbie Doll's House items plans...cheers, Peter
PS - Your house looks great!!
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4th February 2018, 03:07 AM #11
Here's some ideas but don't show them or it's going to be a lot more work.
There must be a shop.
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The shops up in the attic.
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And how about a pool table. LOL
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And a bed.
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If you wonder where the fancy bed covers come from their cut up baby's blouses from the thrift store.
And the books are real books with 20 pages or more.
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Sorry I got carried away but it was so much fun to make.
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4th February 2018, 06:31 AM #12
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4th February 2018, 08:27 AM #13
Nah, no pressure. That is magnificent work and obviously a labour of love but I won’t be trying to make anything like that masterpiece. Mine has been requested to be a home for Barbie (no mention of Ken?) and her plastic furniture for my niece’s 1 year old daughter.
However, if my own grandurchins requested an heirloom piece............
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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4th February 2018, 03:27 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Alan,
This is the free site I used when I was making the furniture for the Royal Carraige a few years ago.
Dollhouse Miniature Furniture - Tutorials | 1 inch minis
Regards
Keith
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13th February 2018, 11:09 AM #15Senior Member
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Great looking work. Note to self never show grand daughter this post. Going to have enough trouble when shed finished and grandson enters and his requests start flowing.
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