Tuxedo Dave's Formal Wear & Chainsaw Sharpening

[DaveInTheHat]

I got a little more done. I used a couple different colors and sponge painted the foundations.



The windows, doors and cornice are painted.



I added a sign to the side that will show on this building. I'm going to build a small wood addition starting just behind the sign.



I have to make the roofs, finish the windows, add some details and do a bunch of weathering.

[postalkarl]

Hi Dave:

Looks good. Love the beer sign.

Karl

[coors2u]

I like the sign also. That happens to be one of the many fine beers we carry. Walls look good also.

[jrmueller]

Yeah for Natty Bo the last beer of choice.  Jim

[DaveInTheHat]

I have to drive about 100 miles south for a Natty Boh.

[DaveInTheHat]

I've been making some (slow) progress on these two houses. I added an addition to the left side of one house.



I guess this would be considered a dormer.



I made front porches for both houses. Most of the stuff is made out of strips of wood and paper. The porch posts are "fancy" toothpicks. The roofing material is paper. The trim is paper I cut with scissors that cut patterns.



I added a bunch of pictures: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davetown/tuxedo-daves-formal/

[bparrish]

OK............

I live in the west.............  I've never heard of National Bohemian before.................

I'm to be traveling to the east on a giant road trip and connecting the dots of a lot of cities.

Where can you find the Nat Bo stuff  ? ? ?

see ya
Bob

[DaveInTheHat]

Bob, you can find National Beer just about anyplace in Maryland. It goes well with steamed crabs and good friends.

[DaveInTheHat]

I got the base laid out and used masking tape where the buildings go. There's a layer of dirt and then a layer of grass.



The tape leaves a pretty clean line so I stuck the buildings to the base with a generous amount of clear Silicone. After it dried there were a few spots where I had to clean up excess Silicone and add a little more dirt and grass.



The spot between the tuxedo building and the chainsaw building looked a little empty so I made a small shed with stuff from my scrap box.



With the shed in place I made a fence around the chainsaw building. The posts are aluminum tubing with a hole drilled for the bar across the top. Those are stiff metal wire that I found somewhere. The fence is plastic window screen from the hardware store. The gate is made from a piece of brass rod that I bent and soldered.



I added a white picket fence around the one house. I thought it made it look a little nicer. The fence is Atlas. I got it cheap at a train show a while ago.



I still have to do more weathering and age the concrete, add more grass and a couple trees along with a bunch of details.

More pictures: ---> http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davetown/tuxedo-daves-formal/

[ACL1504]

Dave,

Great diorama and pictures!

Tom

[postalkarl]

Hi Dave:

Love the Penguin sign. He looks right in home in his Natural Tux.

Karl

[bparrish]

Fun stuff

Thanx
Bob

[DaveInTheHat]

I got some landscaping done and made some trees.





I got this car at a train show along with a couple others. I think I paid a dollar for a hand full of cars that were painted badly and screwed up. This one was red and white. I took it apart, stripped it and repainted it.



While I was waiting for glue and paint to dry I made 62 birdhouses. I figured I'd stock up on them so I don't have to make any for a while.



Started working on a few of the details. I made a tire pump.

[gnatshop]

You look like it pizz's you off to have to pump up the tire!!

If Bob P. comes around, offer him a NatBo and he'll help you!! 

[DaveInTheHat]

Here's the finished pictures. I'll put a slide show of the entire build together in a day or two.



















All the pictures: http://public.fotki.com/daveinthehat/davetown/tuxedo-daves-formal/