Pete Askew
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I'd forgotten all about this section until @Peter Roberts mentioned it with regard to model railways. So, as a nudge, I thought I'd share some stuff of what I have been wasting my time with recently.
A friend of ours discovered her old dolls house in the basement after her mother died last year. It was pretty battered, but it was formally her mothers and we persuaded her not to throw it out. She then decided that it might be nice to restore it and asked foe help know that I often built miniatures of things (I'll come to them in another post). So, I got the job of restoring the furniture and making some bits to replace those that were missing.
Here are a few examples:
The ceramic washbasin with refreshed paint and new taps and a trap from brass.
The Toilet, now repainted and with appropriate reading material (where is your copy of A Brief History of Time?) - and radio now lights up!
The Metal Oven - repainted and now with a new flue.
I also built a kitchen sink, a wardrobe with hangers plus an old case for on top and restored all the rest of the furniture plus a bedside cabinet. Here it is under construction!
Next job is to finish cutting all the pieces for some parquet flooring in the lounge and fit it.
A friend of ours discovered her old dolls house in the basement after her mother died last year. It was pretty battered, but it was formally her mothers and we persuaded her not to throw it out. She then decided that it might be nice to restore it and asked foe help know that I often built miniatures of things (I'll come to them in another post). So, I got the job of restoring the furniture and making some bits to replace those that were missing.
Here are a few examples:
The ceramic washbasin with refreshed paint and new taps and a trap from brass.
The Toilet, now repainted and with appropriate reading material (where is your copy of A Brief History of Time?) - and radio now lights up!
The Metal Oven - repainted and now with a new flue.
I also built a kitchen sink, a wardrobe with hangers plus an old case for on top and restored all the rest of the furniture plus a bedside cabinet. Here it is under construction!
Next job is to finish cutting all the pieces for some parquet flooring in the lounge and fit it.