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Dioramas: Buildings & Ruins
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working on a brick house 1/35
krisha
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Posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 05:47 AM UTC
Just wanteted to share - I'll update when i get further.
The house is in 2 mm paper - the brickwork in corck.





cheers
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Posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 06:30 AM UTC
Good work so far Krisha. I look forward to seeing more progress on this.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 06:52 AM UTC
Looks good so far. Photos are a bit small, but pretty good.

What are you using to cut the cork? A knife or saw? The knife can be hard because if you apply to much pressure the cork will actually 'pull' and distort as you draw the knife. A saw gives a better cut, but takes longer.

Here is a piece on my cork work Got'cha Covered
krisha
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Posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 07:18 AM UTC
sorry about the size - just took'em fast.

I am actually using cork from coasters - and a sharp knife, i have seen the link u posted and it to is good. I find it easy to cut when i use a saw like motion, then there's no tearing so far.

I'll post some more shoots when i get a bit more work done.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 12:44 PM UTC
Looks good so far krisha. I'm hooked on the cork method, the results are worth the work. (Thanks for sharing Blockhaus!!!!!!)

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Posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 04:16 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Just wanteted to share - I'll update when i get further.
The house is in 2 mm paper - the brickwork in corck.





cheers



OK, everybody sing it...

She's a brick
house
She's mighty mighty
Just letting it all hang out


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Posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 11:23 PM UTC
Gday Krisha
Looking good mate
Are you working off a photo or from memory?
The larger stone work at ground level would maybe have one large rectangular stone to cover the doorstep instead of the three smaller ones maybe?
I like the variance in roof heights and pitches; should make for a good looking diorama scene...
Where is the building supposedly set; France?
Cheers
Brad
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Posted: Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 04:05 AM UTC
I'm building out of memory, of a old small village house in Prussia. I'm planning a dio set there around march 1945 using a Sd.kfz7/1 Flakvirling, one more AFV ( a tiger og stug) some infantry ....

There will be a large stone under the door But i have to get the house done first.
krisha
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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 02:18 AM UTC
....well I'm done with bricks, and have applied the filler - time for the roof



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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 04:48 AM UTC
Looking good. Overall I think this came out very well. What is the technique for your roof going to be.

I've tried a number of different ways, paper shingles, plastic shingles, even cedar shingles. All with thier own pros and cons
krisha
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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 06:20 AM UTC
Thaks for the kind words
I have begun on the roof, using balsa. I plan to make the tiles flat, with .5mm paper - glue it on and paint it well for strenght. I will only use high detail in the lower part, where the house has taken some damage - here's shoot (taken in the late afternoon sun)

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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 06:45 AM UTC
quick question...i dontwanna change the topic of the thread..
but how do you guys make the brick walls from the cork?
exer
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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 07:08 AM UTC

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quick question...i dontwanna change the topic of the thread..
but how do you guys make the brick walls from the cork?



Here's a quick explanation

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/205
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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 07:45 AM UTC
...and because it is a forgiving material to work with - plus I just love tu chop up coasters into aprox 2000 bits and glue'em on (building is 99% of the fun)
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