From a pizza? Not strictly true, but it got your curiosity, didn't it? lol
I have been looking at the great street dioramas on here and, because I couldn't justify spending on the excellent, but expensive model houses, decided to try and scratch build a set of 1/35 German buildings (circa 1944/45) to use in a dio. Just what, I have no idea....
I came across a set of three buildings on Google Images by Verlinden, which gave me the basic idea from which to work from.
Now comes an apology...It wasn't 'till I was well on the way to completing the house that I remembered our Spanish friend Polux (Pink Panther) has this same set in his latest diorama. Good job I used a bit of 'Artistic licence'! Sorry Polux for nearly copying your idea!
O.K., I needed something to make the walls of the farm house with. I knew I needed polystyrene but had now't thin enough and didn't think I could trust myself to accurately cut a packing slab to a consistant thickness. The wife arrived home and announced "Pizza for tea!" so I removes the wrapping and under the pizza was a perfect piece of polystyrene....Hence the thread title, sorry!
First I scaled the building on a bit of paper using a 1/35 figure as a template. Then added where I wanted the door, windows and half timbering. I cut out where the openings were to be and marked around these onto the poly' and cut them out with a modelling knife.
For the stone work along the bottom and door opening I messed about with some scrap poly and hit on this idea:- Using a rule press hard into the poly, this compressess the stuff and leaves a demarkation line. Then, with a modelling knife gently cut into the surface where the stone joints are to go, then paint with a slurry of watercolour, job done!
The half timbering is scrap balsa cut to size, painted and stuck with 'UHU' glue.
The door, window and shutters are made from scrap balsa. To get the planking effect I scribed the balsa with a sharp 2H pencil, then with the pencil point I punctured the balsa to simulate nail marks. Then painted them.
The glazing, minus one panel is cut in one piece from a clear plastic, new shirt collar stiffener!! (Me, shirts? Never!)
The roof is made from stiff card from the back of old receipt books, cut into the tile sizes. I left out a couple for a bit of roughness and purpously made the whole thing uneven.
The building is painted with artists watercolours. The polystyrene I left alone except for a bit of weathering.
Next will be the out buildings and barn. I will post some picture of them soon. Then I will crack a can of 'Boddies' and think what to do with them all!
I hope you approve of my first venture into the world of scratch building German houses....With a bit of imagination added, it was good fun and I enjoyed finding new (To me anyway!) ways of doing things.
Cheers,
Ron
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I have been looking at the great street dioramas on here and, because I couldn't justify spending on the excellent, but expensive model houses, decided to try and scratch build a set of 1/35 German buildings (circa 1944/45) to use in a dio. Just what, I have no idea....
I came across a set of three buildings on Google Images by Verlinden, which gave me the basic idea from which to work from.
Now comes an apology...It wasn't 'till I was well on the way to completing the house that I remembered our Spanish friend Polux (Pink Panther) has this same set in his latest diorama. Good job I used a bit of 'Artistic licence'! Sorry Polux for nearly copying your idea!
O.K., I needed something to make the walls of the farm house with. I knew I needed polystyrene but had now't thin enough and didn't think I could trust myself to accurately cut a packing slab to a consistant thickness. The wife arrived home and announced "Pizza for tea!" so I removes the wrapping and under the pizza was a perfect piece of polystyrene....Hence the thread title, sorry!
First I scaled the building on a bit of paper using a 1/35 figure as a template. Then added where I wanted the door, windows and half timbering. I cut out where the openings were to be and marked around these onto the poly' and cut them out with a modelling knife.
For the stone work along the bottom and door opening I messed about with some scrap poly and hit on this idea:- Using a rule press hard into the poly, this compressess the stuff and leaves a demarkation line. Then, with a modelling knife gently cut into the surface where the stone joints are to go, then paint with a slurry of watercolour, job done!
The half timbering is scrap balsa cut to size, painted and stuck with 'UHU' glue.
The door, window and shutters are made from scrap balsa. To get the planking effect I scribed the balsa with a sharp 2H pencil, then with the pencil point I punctured the balsa to simulate nail marks. Then painted them.
The glazing, minus one panel is cut in one piece from a clear plastic, new shirt collar stiffener!! (Me, shirts? Never!)
The roof is made from stiff card from the back of old receipt books, cut into the tile sizes. I left out a couple for a bit of roughness and purpously made the whole thing uneven.
The building is painted with artists watercolours. The polystyrene I left alone except for a bit of weathering.
Next will be the out buildings and barn. I will post some picture of them soon. Then I will crack a can of 'Boddies' and think what to do with them all!
I hope you approve of my first venture into the world of scratch building German houses....With a bit of imagination added, it was good fun and I enjoyed finding new (To me anyway!) ways of doing things.
Cheers,
Ron
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