My Daughter's play table. Updated 10-28-06.

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:43 pm

No problem Steel, I appreciate any tips anyone has.

Thanks. Kevin.

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:01 pm

I'm posting a few more pics. I wanted to post some close-up pics. I like to use the white background for pics.
This is the Car Dealer office. I'm buying another 'CUDA!

This is the inside of the office. I made the desk, bench, and chair. All of my buildings have windows too.
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This is the dealer's display for the dealership.
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We went down the street to Sinclair to get an oil change.
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This is the waiting room. It's got a TV, bench, desk, and gumball machine.

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Top view. (All doors are hinged.)
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View from the service bay. It's got alot of tools and equipment.
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"Two post" car lift.
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My daughter wanted restrooms for the station.

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We went next door to check out some Harleys.
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Updated pic of the inside. The display case doesn't have anything in it yet.
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The new mechanic.
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I copied the bike stand from the shop I used to take my bike to.
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We then went to the car wash.
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The carwash has the options for "automatic" or "coin-op".
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She knows to stay away.

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She always wants to go to the park too.
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MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:40 pm

Kool ! ..

.. Those figures you're using must be you and your daughter Kamryn in those scenes. Pretty neat ! ..

... I can see one real one above ^ ..

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:41 pm

Excellent photos mate

Certainly gives the dio more life for the civilian lifestyle

Must admit the last photo truely does a great job of showing off the size of the dio too

Great work mate & Nicely put together

Ja
Steel Bonnet

blaster_e11 · Post by **blaster_e11** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:03 am

i agree with jason on this, the last pic let us see a very nice small 1/18 town

thanks for sharing

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:36 pm

The table is 10' X 4'. I started on this about 4 years ago. When we moved there wasn't as much room as before. I let her have the bottom of the two storage shelves I built. I mounted a light on the bottom of the upper shelf so she could see better.

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:09 pm

Hey Kevrut,

Where are the pictures of you lighting up the tires on that AAR Cuda as you leave the parking lot?

Mark

scope uk · Post by **scope uk** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:55 am

nice pics i have plans for my own dio but can't seem to get to it at the mo thanks for sharing though it's goo to see.

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:23 pm

Here you go Kamikaze. I spent a whole ten minutes on this one.

EDIT-I used one cotton ball for the smoke.

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:03 am

HaHaHa !!! ,.... that's cool ! ...

.... Like the "peeling-rubber" smoke simulation. What did you use ? ... Cotton ? ...

...

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:58 am

Hey Kev,

Love the burning rubber photo though it`s great to see the Cops have them banged to rights too

Excellent work indeed.

Ja
Steel Bonnet

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:45 pm

Here's another update. I've made some street signs and construction zone signs. My daughter wanted to name the streets. This first one is her figure on the corner of Main St. and Autumn LN.
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I hand painted the street signs with a toothpick.

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I made the constuction barrels out of some plastic caps that cover the ends of road flares. Then cut out some reflective tape to make the stripes. The tape is for the side of semi trailers.
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The signs have STOP and SLOW on each.
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This is 1/16 scale. Made by Bruder.
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grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:22 am

Excellent work kev! Nice reminder that it's not all bombs and bullets out there..

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:41 pm

How did I miss this thread….all the pics in it look wicked.

"VMF115 bangs head on keyboard"

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:56 pm

Yeah I remember seeing the pics with ole shipwreck - I guess I didnt go back far enough - back in the day - great stuff - any updates?

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:03 pm

Not yet.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:07 pm

kevrut wrote:Not yet.

I bet you have some more cool stuff to show us.

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:18 pm

kevrut wrote:I thought I would post a pic of what I did with my XD stuff. Someone kicked a couple wooden hutches (cabinets) to the curb earlier this year and I took them home and painted them white to display some of my customs. I took the doors off. They're not the same size, but it works for me. My Panthers and Tigers are too big for the shelves. The Shermans just barely squeezed in. I think I need a couple more cabinets.
I figured this would be better than putting them back in their boxes whenever I wasn't using them. Won't need to keep the boxes any more. I like freebies!

Kevrut,
Hey, I just noticed the tent and Vietnam PBR.
Did you make both items from scratch?
Did you post about your PBR before?
Thanks!

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:46 pm

Razor, yes I have posted pics of it before. You actually posted on it too. I found the hull of the boat at the Goodwill and made the rest out of foamboard and wooden dowels. The idea for the tent was from an episode of M*A*S*H.(Bug Out!) In that show it shows them tearing down the tents to move. I sketched it out and copied it.

Link to Viet Nam stuff.
PBR, tent, guard towers, and Dustoff.
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Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:36 pm

Thanks for the link. YES! I remember this now.
Very nice!

Tambo · Post by **Tambo** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:43 pm

Holy &^%*&%! That is cool. You guys have some great collections.

Small Scale Military Headquarters

My Daughter's play table. Updated 10-28-06.

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