In October 2009 I added the third building to my town. However, it was unfinished -- there were no signs or interior details. At first I had planned to make it a dress shop, but couldn't work up any enthusiasm for modeling the details.
Eventually I decided to turn it into a bakery, with an upstairs residence. At long last, it's finally finished:
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This area seemed to need something extra, and a swamp cooler was just the ticket! I scratch-built it from stryene. The vents are actually made of small scale clapboard siding. I'm not sure if it's HO or N scale, but the spacing is .030". Then I added strips of .010" thick styrene. The wooden support platform is also made from styrene, textured and painted to look like old wood. I also repainted to corrugated metal roof, giving it a coat of white paint with a little rust showing through. I wimped out on the upstairs residence interior -- there are only a few simple details inside, with dim lights and lace curtains hiding most of the interior.
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The bakery interior is fully detailed and lighted:
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If you look closely, you can see pink pastry boxes on the shelves. The small, highly detailed cakes in the window were purchased from a doll house supplier, but the large cake and everything else was scratch-built.
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There are loaves of bread wrapped in cellophane on the shelves here. The one small, highly detailed cake in the window is from a doll house supplier, but bread rolls and large cakes were scratch-built.
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The bakery is named Cora's Cakes, after one of our grand-daughters.
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The door to the upstairs residence is at the side, between the bakery and the rock shop.
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Also, I paved the road in front of the buildings:
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And I've created a new improved webpage for my Dos Manos buildings. There's a photo of the town, and you can click on each building in the photo to see detailed reports of how the buildings were constructed plus additional photos of the completed structure:
http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Dos_Manos.html (http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Dos_Manos.html)
Enjoy!
Very nice, Ray.
I'm going to head over to your site for more details.
Will stop by for donuts in the morning ... looks like a great selection of goodies ... details, lighting and light fixtures all look great. Cheers, Dallas
Really nice Ray, great job on the cooler. The lit interior shots are especially appealing.
Thanks. Someday I'd like to try a swamp cooler with one side open, so you can see the "innards". I thought about doing that on this model but I still haven't figured out how to make, or where to buy, the tiny louvers.
I hope Cora's baked goodies are fresher than the paint job on her store. Nice work. -- Russ
I'm hungry now.
I like the lighting with those nice fixtures. Well done!
John
That whole grouping of buildings is very effective Ray. The cooler is a nice touch. That up angle night shot is really great!
Ray... that's a Very nice group of buildings, and thanks for the great SBS they are very informative. Are you planing to add more buildings to this group?
Gordon Birrell
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/
Beautiful job, Ray...and the photography really brings it to life.
Nice one.
Beautiful work Ray! Is that female figure an American Indian? Great looking figures and very nicely painted - where do you get them?
Anders ;D
Thanks!
Gordon -- Yes I plan to add several more buildings. A hotel for sure, possibly a bank, a small diner, etc.
Anders -- I made the figures myself. The couple is patterned after me and my wife.
http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html (http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html)
Hi Ray,
I am doing well and figures themselves had already seen your figures on your web site.
Do you not report the preparation of the figures?
I use 2 K and plastic body parts from Preiser.
But your work is really excellent and I like it.
Thanks for the link Ray - hadn´t seen that before therefore my questions. Really cool work on the figures!
Anders ;D
Very nice, Ray. The night shot of the entrance between the two buildings has a special flavour, I think.