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1/18 buildings: Stone house.

Post by flyboy_fx » Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:58 pm

Huzzah! I've made one more!

Just wanted to get everyone's opinion on it because I might try to sell a few. :o
I finished this one up because I'm currently with out a compressor and all the airbrushing was done on this one. Gotta get one ASAP, things really back up fast! :|

I've listed it on EBay for $75. Do you guys think that's too much? I've put about 10 hours into it ruffly.
Please leave feedback, good or bad. Thanks!
Here are some pics of it! :D

Aferg, if you want this in the customs feel free to move it. I just put it here because I wanted opinions on it and it does not seem like a lot view the customs category.



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Post by granch » Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:15 pm

Very nice job! Only 10 hours?

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Post by flyboy_fx » Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:19 pm

More like 12 or so. Not exactly sure. :o
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Post by Jnewboy » Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:24 pm

:shock: :shock:
Very cool!!! For sale???? :D

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Re: 1/18 buildings

Post by aferguson » Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:54 pm

nice....what happened to the bunkers?
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Post by flyboy_fx » Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:42 pm

aferguson wrote:nice....what happened to the bunkers?

I've got a pile of about 10 of them ready to be assembled. :oops:

I have been getting slightly bogged down with school so less time to model. And other things that eat my time up. :roll:

I just wanted to finish this because it's been on my bench for 2 months. :oops:

After I get a compressor, I've got a few more commissioned pieces left then I will start bunkers!!! :mrgreen:
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Post by tmanthegreat » Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:46 pm

Fantastic work :D
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Post by normandy » Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:53 pm

Flyboy, Outstanding! I can see the time you've put into it, you do some of the best custom work I've seen!!!!

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Post by Razor17019 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:17 pm

Awesome detail and amazing signage on the building.
Can you use the 2nd floor of the building for figures/furniture/stuff? Or is it more for show?
75.00 seems like a fair price, but no telling how much it would go up on Ebay.
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Post by flyboy_fx » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:23 pm

normandy wrote:Flyboy, Outstanding! I can see the time you've put into it, you do some of the best custom work I've seen!!!!
Thanks man!!! Yea... no... lol. There are WAY better modelers here than me! I do what I can though. :wink: Always learning though! :)

@Razor, well, yea it does hold stuff for only being balsa wood! It held a few figures and a piece of furniture. It sagged a bit as I moved them to the edge though. ;)
I plan on making a building ruin with a staircase soon! Also, have you ever see a non destroyed house? That is on the drawing board! They did not ALL blow up. :lol: That's the plan, work on bunkers and more houses!
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Post by DocTodd » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:33 pm

That looks great!
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Post by flayrah » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:32 pm

Very nice and impressive work! Certainly worth $75 (that's only 7.50 an hour for your time!!). Personally, I'd like to see a little more open space inside - maybe twice as long as wide. Of course you'd have to ask more for something larger..

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Post by flyboy_fx » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:42 pm

Not to mention $10 in supplies. :| I started it lower and ya never know, might get bid up a bit. :o

And yea, I've got some long ones in the works. Lots of really cool ideas!!!
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Post by Jnewboy » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:51 pm

I love dioramas but they are not profitable to make, so much time involved... I need bricks!! If I bought this piece I would want lots of rubble and bricks to place around it for my tank to roll through... are you going to make "detail bags" of rubble to go with these buildings??

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Post by flyboy_fx » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:16 pm

Jnewboy wrote:I love dioramas but they are not profitable to make, so much time involved... I need bricks!! If I bought this piece I would want lots of rubble and bricks to place around it for my tank to roll through... are you going to make "detail bags" of rubble to go with these buildings??

Yeppers! They will be separate though. Just to keep the initial building cost down. Still not sure on bricks though. I have to figure out a good way of making them. Check out build a ramas
http://www.build-a-rama.com/1_18/redbri ... s_18.shtml

I doubt foam would work well. That is this weeks project. Going to try to make cheap rubble that matches my work.

I think I might make them from plaster of paris tinted dark brown red. I might have a good way to do it. still thinking. :P
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Post by Jnewboy » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:28 pm

I have lots of the buildarama bricks but I think they are over sized, the 1/35 bricks are closer in my opinion and look better. I would love if you found a way to make them effectively!

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Post by flyboy_fx » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:45 pm

Im working on it! By the way, can you get me the size of those build a rama bricks in MM?

That would help!
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Post by Jnewboy » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:12 pm

flyboy_fx wrote:Im working on it! By the way, can you get me the size of those build a rama bricks in MM?

That would help!
Ill dig them out tomorrow for you :D

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Post by ram04 » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:48 am

That is totally awesome :shock:, I thought the bunkers were great, but that building is outstanding 8)

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Post by B17Fortress » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:08 am

Oh no! No shipping to Canada!

These buildings are great flyboy, keep it up!
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Post by flyboy_fx » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:23 am

Oh, I thought I had it set for that. I have to recheck. :o

I know I left it off after ebay screwed me outta shipping money with their calculator.
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Post by granch » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:40 pm

Flybox,
Just an idea, considering the price and not ideal size of build-a-rama bricks. I saw in a do-it-yourself store self, air drying clay and clay that can be dried/hardened in the oven at low temperature. Why not lowering the mass with a rolling pin just to the right height, put it in a square oven cake pan (don't know the correct name in english), than trace with a knife and a square set the bricks, and go into the oven. I saw white, grey and red-brown clay...
If you don't want your wife to get furious when you work in her kitchen:
- Ask her to make the job for you, less damage risk for her
- Send her to her family for 1 day (but don't use a sharp knife because of scratches), its cheaper than a week-end at the seaside with her college friends). :mrgreen:
I've gave up the idea, prefered to pour concrete on a wire mesh to make a small custom house that can be seen in the topic outdoor diorama. But if you need a huge lot of bricks...

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Post by flyboy_fx » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:55 pm

LOL

I am going to probably make them from plaster of paris in molds from styrene. Basically, strips of styrene on another piece of styrene. Then poor plaster of paris in each groove (Same width/height as brick. Then score the long logs of plaster before fully dry so I can break them at each point. Badabing, insta bricks!
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Post by granch » Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:19 pm

Flybox,
If you need a huge quantity of bricks: I think you could try with hobby air drying clay or low temperature oven dried/hardened clay. In my favorite do-it-yourself store, its cheap. Then, lower the mass to the right height of the bricks you want, put the thing in an oven square pan, trace with a set square and a round ended knife (scratches...) all the bricks, put the pan in the oven... Different possibilities:
- Ask your wife to make it for you, less damages in her kitchen
- Make it yourself, but send your wife for a day in her familiy (cheaper than a week-end at the seaside with her college girl-friends) :mrgreen:
It should cost less than build-a-rama bricks.

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