Okay. Time for my next adventure. Two kits, both from Interaction Hobbies. The Ventoura Mobile Home (https://www.interactionhobbies.com/HO-Scale-Kit-The-Ventoura-Mobile-Home_p_172.html) and The Meth Lab Detail Kit. (https://www.interactionhobbies.com/HO-Scale-Kit-The-Meth-Lab-Detail-Kit_p_168.html) When I showed the latter to my wife (a big Breaking Bad fan), she insisted I buy it (with the optional Walt and Jesse figures of course). Even though it doesn't fit the era I hope to model I bought it so now I have to build it!
Don't expect frequent updates to this build thread. As you'll see, there's a lot of 'details' that make up the lab. I'll be painting (and decaling) those details for quite a while I'm afraid.
The mobile home package. For what it's worth that's Edward G. Robinson on the TV. I was watching "Key Largo" while I unpacked this to take pictures. ;D
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The Meth Lab Detail kit. Okay, the picture is a little blurred but the link I posted above takes you to the web page where you can see a bunch of pictures of this one.
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The mobile kit home comes with a nice instruction book, sheets of laser cut parts and templates/part lists.
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The Meth Lab Detail Kit comes with a nice instruction book as well along with all kinds of goodies.
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In particular a lot of 3D printed parts.
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That's exactly where I'm at right now. I need to clean up the parts and devise a plan as to how I'm going to approach painting/decaling them. I may need a trip to the hobby shop as well to pick up some paints.
Thanks for following along!
I'll definitely be looking in on this one Bob.....if you need it to blow up or burn down, don't forget we still have our own Demolition Man AKA The Firestarter. ;)
Well this will be different. Lot's of detail parts to paint.
I'll follow along for sure.
Jerry
Cool. Can't wait to see you work on all those details.
Jeff
Bob,
I'm in on this one as well.
Tom
Quote from: GPdemayo on June 20, 2024, 11:00:22 AMI'll definitely be looking in on this one Bob.....if you need it to blow up or burn down, don't forget we still have our own Demolition Man AKA The Firestarter. ;)
I bet Jimmy D still has nightmares about that. ;) Glad to have you following along!
Quote from: Jerry on June 21, 2024, 11:19:42 AMWell this will be different. Lot's of detail parts to paint.
I'll follow along for sure.
Jerry
It's certainly something different for me! I've done a few smaller things from Interaction Hobbie, vending machines and what not, but haven't tried a structure prior to this. Thanks for following along!
Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on June 21, 2024, 02:19:28 PMCool. Can't wait to see you work on all those details.
Jeff
:) It may take a little while. I do all my airbrushing out in the garage with the door open. It can get a bit toasty/sticky out there this time of the year. I have to get everything ready and then look for an opportune time.
Quote from: ACL1504 on June 21, 2024, 03:18:40 PMBob,
I'm in on this one as well.
Tom
Thanks for following along, Tom. Just don't tell your buddies on the force what I'm up to. 8)
Bob,
Sounds like this may be one of those sleezy trailer parks.
Can't be any worse than the Red Light District, or can it?
Tom
Time to catch you all up on this one. I warned that it'd be slow (even though I have nothing better to do these days) because there are a ton of detail parts that need to be painted and decaled.
The "lab" comes with three Tichy drums. The sprues are really thick on these things so the sprue cutter I normally use won't work. For these I use an old pair of flush cut rail nippers.
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I smooth the bottom of the drum by running it over an emery board.
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The drums, in this case, have the top on them so I removed the metal tops from the carriers using the regular sprue cutters I have. These come with metal and wood tops. I discard the wood tops.
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I added just a tiny bit of plastic cement to the inside of the drum before pressing the top in place. Probably not even necessary since these are a pretty tight fit but what the heck.
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Just press the top in place and make sure it's level, not slanted,
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More in a moment.... ;)
I used the sprue cutters to remove some of the 3D printed detail parts from their carriers.
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Some of the tanks have a little valve (also 3D printed) that needs to be attached to the top. The opening in the tank wasn't big enough for the value to fit in so I had to use a drill to open it up a bit.
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A few of the 3D printed parts didn't have enough clearance to allow the sprue cutter to get in there so I used a fine-toothed razor saw to carefully remove them.
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For the most part removing everything went well. The material is a little brittle so there were two or three little oops moments, where I broke off something that I shouldn't have, but all will be easy to hide. I dipped everything in 90% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol to clean it up prior to painting.
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I laid everything out on an old jelly roll pan, held in place with strips of painter's tape that were taped sticky side up to the pan. Note: The first tow rows are things related to the "lab". The rest are unrelated detail castings that I need to paint for something else.
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More in a moment... ;D
The stuff in the prior post was primed using and airbrush and Floquil Reefer Gray. While that was curing I moved on to paint and assemble the box fans. I removed some of the parts from the carrier sheets using a single edged razor blade. These contained two tiny little circles that are part of the fans.
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Some of the parts for the fans I painted while on the carrier sheet. I simply sponged on some Vallejo White.
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There are two box fans to assemble. They are made by layering together several parts. Some are on different sheets, but the instructions are quite clear where they're found.
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As I mentioned, these are made by layering parts together. Once the layers are all glued together, I sanded the edges and then painted the edge of one fan red and the other green. Tiny handles were added using a thin, short, strip of white paper.
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Now, back to the barrels. After priming these I airbrushed them with some Gloss Black (some no longer manufactured Testors Acrylic/Enamel I found in a drawer). To decal them (not something I'm very proficient at) I had to first paint some white (per the instructions) on the spots where the decals are to be applied as the decals are transparent. The yellow portion of the decals wouldn't have looked too good over black.
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More in a moment.... :D
This 3D printed tabletop has a number of beakers, jars, cans, etc. on top. Painting it was rather interesting. Even
more interesting was adding decals to the bottles and cans! :o
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After cutting out the decals, as close to the edge of each as possible given the entire sheet is simply one big decal, I dipped them in warm water and waited for them to release from the backing paper. Then I used a fine point tweezers to grab them and apply them.
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Not pictured is the 10X Optivisor I was wearing so I could see what the heck I was doing!
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I used a little Micro Set, applied with a paint brush, on the decals once they were in position.
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After all that was done, I added the legs and front and back of the table. I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Sorry, but my old camera doesn't appear to have setting to get good close up pictures. This was the best I could do.
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More in a moment... ;D
I assembled the picnic table (in the foreground) and then went to work on the folding lawn chairs. I painted the parts before removing them from the carrier sheet.
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Each chair is made up of five pieces. The seat/back, two sets of legs and two arm rests. They took a little time, and a lot of patience, to assemble but they look pretty good when they're finished.
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That's all for now. I still have some details to finish before I can move on to the mobile home portion of the build but I'm slowly getting there. Thanks for following along!
Bob,
Very nice work. Man, that is a lot of tiny parts and pieces.
Tom
Wow, that table with the beakers and stuff (and the tiny labels) looks great. So do the chairs.
Jeff
I think decaling beakers and bottles would induce PTSD. It would certainly produce lots of Language.
dave
Hello Bob, you're doing some very "fine" detail work here and I mean fine in several of it's definitions. Putting decals on those small castings is Z scale work. Great job as always.
Quote from: ACL1504 on July 18, 2024, 11:18:53 AMBob,
Very nice work. Man, that is a lot of tiny parts and pieces.
Tom
Thanks Tom! There are still a few to go. I'm getting closer to being able to start on the mobile home but not quite there yet.
Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on July 18, 2024, 01:24:33 PMWow, that table with the beakers and stuff (and the tiny labels) looks great. So do the chairs.
Jeff
Thanks Jeff! Inter-Action Hobbies puts out some interesting stuff. I'm having fun with this one.
Quote from: deemery on July 18, 2024, 04:45:45 PMI think decaling beakers and bottles would induce PTSD. It would certainly produce lots of Language.
dave
Hi Dave! Yes, I can only do so much at a time and then I need to take a break from it. I saved the best (worst?) for last. There are two sets of shelves, each with four shelfs that have various bottles, cans, etc. printed on them. Those need to be painted and, gulp, decaled. I'll start on them this afternoon.
Quote from: nycjeff on July 19, 2024, 10:00:21 AMHello Bob, you're doing some very "fine" detail work here and I mean fine in several of it's definitions. Putting decals on those small castings is Z scale work. Great job as always.
Hi Jeff! Yeah, applying decals is something I rarely do and some of these, heck most of these, are really tiny. :o
Just a quick update (I warned this one looked like it would take some time and I was right).
There are two shelving units that are comprised of the laser cut sides, back, top along with four 3D printed shelves. The first went together with little issue. You might note the 3D printed shelves required a bit of painting along with lots of teeny, tiny decals that had to be applied to the individual bottles and cans. Whew! That tried my patience. It's a little hard to see but here I am gluing the top to the back of the second unit and trying to keep things square.
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Next up one of the sides gets glued to the back/top of the unit. Although the side look like they can go on oriented any way that's not true. There's definitely a front and back. The rear post is just a little bit larger than the front post to account for the width of the back panel.
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Next up the four 3D printed shelves get glued in place. Like the sides, each shelf has a front and back. The notches on the corners are not the same width on the front as they are on the back.
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While attaching the shelves I needed a little extra light on the subject. I keep one of those tiny flashlights handy on my work bench for just such occasions.
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The final step (no pictures) is to glue the other side on. The second unit gave me fits! I must have assembled, disassembled and then reassembled this thing four or five times. The middle two shelves on this unit required a lot of sand of the bottom lest they interfere with the shelf beneath. Eventually I got this together. Up close it's not the greatest fit but the gaps/mistakes are in the rear and will be well hidden when the unit is in its final home. ::)
Next up are some wood pallets. Interesting assembly on these. You start by gluing the 'blocks' in place on the underside of the top portion of the pallets while they're still in the sheet that contains them.
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More in a moment.... ;D
Next you apply glue to the blocks in preparation for adding the bottom of the pallets.
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Then apply the bottom of the pallets, again while still in the sheet containing them, to the assembly.
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After the glue sets, cut out the pallets.
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A quick wash of AK Interactive weathered wood, over the pallets, and some paint on one edge of a few of them finished them off.
Here's all the of the detail parts for the 'lab' ready to go.
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Next up is the mobile home that will contain the 'lab'.
This is where I'm at, at the moment, with this. Just getting ready to dig in.
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Thanks for following along!
:o
Wow...all those tiny decals...looks amazing!
Well done Butty
terry
Hello Bob, that's some great work on the detail parts for your mobile home build.
Quote from: cuse on September 02, 2024, 11:31:04 AM:o
Wow...all those tiny decals...looks amazing!
Thanks John! Yeah, those decals were a bit of a challenge. Especially considering you have to paint the area they're being applied over white before applying them. Not a problem for the white bottles but a bit of a challenge for the black drums, the silver equipment, etc. :o
Quote from: Vietnam Seabee on September 02, 2024, 06:51:40 PMWell done Butty
terry
Thanks Terry! There's some neat stuff Inter-Action has come up with. They have a few O Scale details I'd like to try building. I may try one or two just for the heck of it.
Quote from: nycjeff on September 03, 2024, 09:09:43 AMHello Bob, that's some great work on the detail parts for your mobile home build.
Thanks Jeff! Gotta gets to work on the mobile home now. Should be an interesting looking interior with all this stuff in it. :)
Wow, any more of these little things and you'll need a seeing eye dog.....great work Bob. 8)
Quote from: GPdemayo on September 03, 2024, 10:14:18 AMWow, any more of these little things and you'll need a seeing eye dog.....great work Bob. 8)
Thanks Greg! The old 10x Optivisor got a workout. :o
Moving on the mobile home kit (finally). I painted the walls the first of two colors using a makeup sponge to dab on the paint (Valejo Iraqi Sand). I did this while the parts were still in the carrier sheet. Normally I'd remove them first but this time I opted not to.
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I used some masking Tamiya Masking Tape to mask off the areas I wanted to protect so I could paint the second color (Americana Sable Brown). I also painted some of the other things, like the skirting (white) and flamingos (pink, of course).
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I got a little out of sequence here but no biggie. After gluing the outer wall to the inner wall, I went back and cleaned up the skirting by dragging the back edge of an X-Acto blade through the joints to clean out any accumulated paint. I should have done this before gluing the inner/outer wall together.
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Like I said, there's an inner wall and an outer wall that have to be glued together. Here's the two that make up an end wall being glued together.
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More in a moment.... ;D
When gluing the inner wall to the outer wall I made sure to clean up any glue that oozed out where the windows would go.
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Now it's time to apply the inner wall coverings. This was a bit interesting. The mobile home kit came with a sheet of graphics for this purpose and the meth lab detail kit also came with a set of its own. Naturally I used the sheet that came with the meth lab. I had to match the wall coverings to the ones in the photos. In one instance, I had to trim one to fit but for the most part I used them unaltered. I used a glue stick to apply glue to the back.
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Just had to make sure they were positioned correctly. There are opening for slots that help make aligning things a bit easier.
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Next came the windows. The 'glass' (acetate) is placed into the opening first.
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Then the window frame (painted aluminum) is inserted into the opening after applying a tiny bit of glue around the outer edge. This glues the frame in place and pins the glass between the frame and the wall.
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Before assembling the walls, I added some streaks of gray from the top edge downward and then some moss colors to the skirting at the bottom.
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More in a moment... ;)
Next up was gluing the floor to one of the long walls. I kept everything square. Then the two ends were attached. At this point only one long wall has not been glued into place.
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Time to assemble the kitchen sink. This is made up of three pieces (layers). The bottom is glued to the middle than that assembly is glued under the counter.
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Gluing the counter over the sink.
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A piece of bent wire, painted silver, serves as the faucet. All in all, a pretty neat little detail.
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Here's the kitchen in place. Note, the walls that would normally go in the rear of the mobile home (for the bedroom, bathroom, etc.) are left out. Our crew ripped them out to make room for their lab.
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Here's all the lab equipment in place.
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Next up will be adding curtains to keep those pesky DEA agents from peeking in and then gluing the other long wall in place. After that the roof gets assembled and then I'll make a little based to put it on.
Thanks for following along!
Looks great!
dave
Quote from: deemery on September 25, 2024, 06:39:33 PMLooks great!
dave
Thanks Dave! Aside from a few small vending machine kits this is my first time with a 'structure' kit from Inter-Action Hobbies. I'm really impressed with it. They put out some nice stuff.
Again, this one doesn't fit the era I plan on modeling. Most definitely not the one you model. But it's been a fun diversion.
Bob, your model with all that interior detail looks amazing...well done !
Tommy
It's almost a shame to hide all those details behind a wall and curtains. Nice work.
Jeff
Bob,
Fantastic job on the trailer build and the meth lab. Darryl does a great kit and the results are always well worth the work and effort. Very well done my friend.
Tom
Wow...quite a detailed and fun little scene!
Nice work as always!
Quote from: tom.boyd.125 on September 26, 2024, 11:40:12 AMBob, your model with all that interior detail looks amazing...well done !
Tommy
Thanks Tommy! It's been a fun challenge. I'm quite pleased with how it's coming together.
Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on September 26, 2024, 12:12:44 PMIt's almost a shame to hide all those details behind a wall and curtains. Nice work.
Jeff
Thanks Jeff! I agree. I have to make sure the roof is removable after putting that much effort into the lab. :o
Quote from: ACL1504 on September 26, 2024, 12:56:49 PMBob,
Fantastic job on the trailer build and the meth lab. Darryl does a great kit and the results are always well worth the work and effort. Very well done my friend.
Tom
Thanks Butty! I certainly agree that Darryl puts together a great kit. I'm half tempted to move on to his moonshiner's cabin kit (with interior details of course) after this one but I think I'll pick a small FOS kit instead.
Quote from: cuse on September 26, 2024, 02:21:13 PMWow...quite a detailed and fun little scene!
Nice work as always!
Thanks John! We're cooking now (pun intended). ::)
This one has me thinking, without 3D printing this type of kit (the lab detail kit) probably wouldn't have come out. No one would have gone to the trouble to make the molds for metal casting of the lab equipment and the detail probably wouldn't have been as fine. Great advancement for our hobby!
I'd say "You smoked this build!" but I'm afraid Tom would haul me up before The Judge :-)
And you're absolutely right about 3D printing! Inexpensive laser cutters produced a lot of small manufacturers, 3D printing is producing another revolution in hobby manufacturing (including "print-at-home".)
dave
Amazing..... 8)
Bob as usual you hit this one out of the park.
Coloring and detail work perfect.
And a great tutorial.
Jerry
Thanks Dave, Greg and Jerry! This one has been fun but it's time to wrap it up and move on to something else.
There's a small porch/deck that needs to be constructed. I painted the railing with a craft paint, Wrought Iron Black, and then had to slice it into three sections.
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Here are the three pieces.
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Next up was adding them to the base, painted a concrete color.
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Followed by adding the stairs and deck. This looked like it was going to be a little bit tricky, but it went together surprisingly well.
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The final step was to glue the rear section in place.
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For a base, I cut out a piece of Gator Foam (actually a chunk of an old poster from a user conference) and rattle canned it flat black.
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More in a moment.... ;D
I figured out where I wanted the mobile home to be positioned and then masked off the area that would be paved with asphalt.
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For asphalt I used something from Arizona Rock & Mineral. I've used their Concrete in the past and like it. This was my first rodeo with the asphalt though.
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I mixed so water and Elmers white glue in a cup (roughly 50/50) and then started adding the asphalt and mixing it in. The consistency I was shooting for was a rather loose paste (think really, really creamy peanut butter).
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Then I spread it on the area that needed to be paved with an offset painter's knife. It was just wet enough that it was self-leveling but thick enough that it didn't run off the base.
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After the asphalt dried, I covered it with painters' tape, spread Elmers White glue over the remaining area and then added dirt.
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From here on out it was pretty much basic scenery stuff. Spray it with "wet water". Add thinned white glue. Then sprinkle Woodland Scenics Soil, Dirt, Grass and Weeds over the mess. After it started to dry, but while it was still damp, I set the mobile home and deck in place. Then I finished it off with more weeds and the rest of the details (picnic table, folding chairs, pink flamingos, Walt and Jesse figures, etc.).
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Final post in a moment... :)
Here are the final pictures. With and without the roof cards in place.
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Not gluing the roof cards in place doesn't provide a tight fit but hey, I want to see all the stuff inside. The roof had a tissue paper glued over it and then it was painted with a Galvanized Tin acrylic paint. I didn't bother with any additional weathering. I also didn't bother weathering the asphalt after adding. That material with grab hold of any powders or paints like you wouldn't believe so I opted to leave it as is.
I actually lived in a mobile home (my mother's) from the mid 70's through late 80's. Sans meth lab of course. ;) So this build brought back a few memories.
I have no idea what I'm going to do with this since it certainly doesn't fit the era (50's) I have planned for the small layout I want to build. Oh, well, it was a fun build none the less. Kudo's to Darryl at Inter-Action Hobbies (https://www.interactionhobbies.com/) for putting out these neat kits. 8)
Thanks for following along!
That looks awesome , great kit and great modeling.
Great result!
dave
Quote from: Janbouli on October 15, 2024, 05:48:57 AMThat looks awesome , great kit and great modeling.
Thanks Jan! It was a fun one. I have a few more of Darryl's kits that I'm looking forward to building. In particular, the Moonshiner's Cabin (https://www.interactionhobbies.com/HO-Scale-Kit-Moonshiners-Cabin_p_92.html) with the interior detail kit. Hopefully I'll get around to that one in the near future but it's not at the top of the queue at the moment.
Quote from: deemery on October 15, 2024, 08:32:47 AMGreat result!
dave
Thanks Dave! This one was different and a lot of fun. Great kit design.
Great diorama. The lawn chairs and flamingos are spot on for this kit.
Jeff
Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on October 15, 2024, 12:11:00 PMGreat diorama. The lawn chairs and flamingos are spot on for this kit.
Jeff
Thanks Jeff! The lawn chars and flamingos are neat little details. I ended up with an extra set of lawn chairs and an extra picnic table as they were included in both the mobile home kit and the lab detail kit.
Bob it may not fit the 1950's. But as usual another fantastic build by you!
Jerry
Bob,
Fantastic on the entire build. Love the lawn chairs.
Very well done, but I'm not surprised at all.
Tom
Quote from: Jerry on October 15, 2024, 04:32:10 PMBob it may not fit the 1950's. But as usual another fantastic build by you!
Jerry
Thank you, Jerry!
Quote from: ACL1504 on October 16, 2024, 09:29:21 AMBob,
Fantastic on the entire build. Love the lawn chairs.
Very well done, but I'm not surprised at all.
Tom
Thanks Tom! Much appreciated. I'll bring it down one of these days so you can see it up close.
Bob, now this is a neat piece of modeling. When you started these kits wondered if the interior design came from a magazine photo or a made for TV movie. What a conversation piece. You took your time and it shows. Tommy
Excellent job Bob, amazing interior. Did you have to go to the doc and get thicker glasses after you finished this one?..... 8)
Stunning job Bob! You have certainly done that kit the justice it deserves! You have proven that an "insane" level of detail is possible with our kits!
Quote from: GPdemayo on October 18, 2024, 07:36:31 AMExcellent job Bob, amazing interior. Did you have to go to the doc and get thicker glasses after you finished this one?..... 8)
He had to go to drug rehab 8)
dave
Quote from: tom.boyd.125 on October 18, 2024, 12:12:08 AMBob, now this is a neat piece of modeling. When you started these kits wondered if the interior design came from a magazine photo or a made for TV movie. What a conversation piece. You took your time and it shows. Tommy
Thanks Tommy! In the Breaking Bad TV show there were a number of 'labs' that were presented over the five seasons. The first, was a mobile lab in an old RV. That's actually been done in real life. They busted one in a Walmart parking lot a few years ago. I'm sure that wasn't an isolated case. They didn't have one in a mobile home, but you can be sure that's been done in real life too. If I recall correctly, the producers had to be careful not to be too realistic about the whole process of making meth.
Quote from: GPdemayo on October 18, 2024, 07:36:31 AMExcellent job Bob, amazing interior. Did you have to go to the doc and get thicker glasses after you finished this one?..... 8)
No, but the 10X Optivisor got quite a workout! Thanks for the kind words!
Quote from: Rail and Tie on October 18, 2024, 01:33:24 PMStunning job Bob! You have certainly done that kit the justice it deserves! You have proven that an "insane" level of detail is possible with our kits!
Thanks Darryl! These were beautiful kits that were a lot of fun to build. I can't wait to try my hand at the Moonshiners Cabin with the interior detail kit.
Quote from: deemery on October 18, 2024, 01:40:14 PMQuote from: GPdemayo on October 18, 2024, 07:36:31 AMExcellent job Bob, amazing interior. Did you have to go to the doc and get thicker glasses after you finished this one?..... 8)
He had to go to drug rehab 8)
dave
;D ;D ;D Good one Dave! A lot of Irish Whiskey was consumed over the course of this build but no drugs. :P
Hope it was a good single malt..... ;)
Bob brought this gem down yesterday for us to see. His work is much more impressive when viewing it in the 1:1 world than looking at the photos.
Tom
Quote from: GPdemayo on October 19, 2024, 02:19:36 PMHope it was a good single malt..... ;)
Tullamore Dew and Quiet Man are my go to these days. ;D
Quote from: ACL1504 on October 20, 2024, 07:59:33 AMBob brought this gem down yesterday for us to see. His work is much more impressive when viewing it in the 1:1 world than looking at the photos.
Tom
Thanks Tom! It is hard to see some of the detail in the pictures. Darryl provides some great details.
You might want to try The Classic Laddie by Bruichladdich from Islay island..... :)
Quote from: GPdemayo on October 20, 2024, 01:09:19 PMYou might want to try The Classic Laddie by Bruichladdich from Islay island..... :)
That was on last night's Scotch Club tasting. The Laird of the Malts brought another bottle, Raasay, that is somewhat similar, but had a lot of different flavors. https://raasaydistillery.com/product/oak-species-maturation-series-quercus-humboldtii/ Some info on the distillery: https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/scotch-whiskey/new-scottish-distillery-isle-raasay-opens-tiny-scottish-island/ Each sip of that had a different set of flavors. The conclusion of the group was "Interesting now, but give them 5 years, and they'll be producing top-rank products."
dave
Brilliant Build Bob!! Wonderful diorama. "...Nothing to see here, move along!" I hope you had fun with this build and did not go blind or throw stuff in the process!
This newby from Kentucky approves! Looks prototype!
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Quote from: Rail and Tie on January 04, 2025, 10:40:12 PMBrilliant Build Bob!! Wonderful diorama. "...Nothing to see here, move along!" I hope you had fun with this build and did not go blind or throw stuff in the process!
Thanks, Darryl! I had a blast building this one. Nothing got thrown in the process. ;D Both are great little kits. The mobile home kit is really nice. If I were modeling a more modern time, and had the space, I'd include several on the layout. The details in the lab kit are ingenious and very well done.
Quote from: Philip on January 05, 2025, 08:10:06 AMThis newby from Kentucky approves! Looks prototype!
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Thanks, Philip! I appreciate you checking it out and commenting on it. I'm looking forward to building some more of the Interaction Hobbies kits in the future. There are some in the stash just waiting for me to get to them.