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Volker, should I fill a little bit of this into a small bottle? 

Quote from: Bill Gill on December 14, 2025, 05:10:50 AMVolker, even the smallest details are terriific and, to viewers like me, a recurring source of enjoyment throughout the entire shop and living space.

Glad there are viewers like you with this recurring thingie  !

Marty, thank you.

Quote from: finescalerr on December 14, 2025, 11:29:45 AMYou really should learn to pay close attention to detail .... -- Russ

Russ, thank you. I wasn't aware of that. I'll try to change my naive approach. I do my very best to do better and to post something rather suitable for the forum, to cater your every whim with a recurring source of enjoyment.

Continuing with the upstairs project: The bathroom, which is located above the kitchen. First, I made the downpipe from polystyrene pipes of varying diameters; the pipe extends from the kitchen (see here). I created the small bulges at the joints using a thin strip of self-adhesive copper foil.




The test fitting with the toilet shows: It's quite a tight fit. You may ask, why the pipe doesn't run in the corner like it does in the kitchen. Well, that's one of the unsolved riddles of this building. The first floor wall doesn't run parallel to the basement wall, resulting in this offset.




I know it's a huge mess, but you get so caught up in model building that you never get anything done.




Then even more pipes had to be added:




The toilet cistern needed a connection and a flushing mechanism.




The fact that the walls are removable proved invaluable once again during these detailed works.




And just when you think you're done, the real work begins. The removable wall has a gap at the transition to the adjacent wall surface, which I had to cover up. For known reasons the pipe runs quite a bit away from the corner, otherwise, that would have been an ideal spot.




I then opted for a shelf that was possibly rather crudely cobbled together in the post-war period, made from leftover MDF from laser-cutting various windows and doors.







And while I'm mentally sitting on the toilet, pondering what else a bathroom should contain, I'm actually quite pleased that someone has already thought of toilet paper.




But we'll take a closer look at that next time.

Best regards,
Volker

I am playing catch-up on this.
I am blown away!
High praise sir!!!

Marty

More pictures of the Cat engine build will be along soon.

But for today we change gears again.

The motor mounts and headlight mounts were test fit and seem to work.



The fuel tank/speaker enclosure was built up using Styrene, wood and brass rod.






That's it for now.

Great picture Paul.  I am thinking of doing a diner only version of this as well. More like the "Quick Lunch" sandwich diners of the 1920's and 1930's.

Here are some shots of the prototype model in final colors.

You really should learn to pay close attention to detail .... -- Russ

Volker, even the smallest details are terriific and, to viewers like me, a recurring source of enjoyment throughout the entire shop and living space.

Quote from: finescalerr on November 28, 2025, 11:43:39 AMI love your phrase, "a recurring source of enjoyment." I've experienced that more than once. -- Russ

   


At the end of the upstairs hallway, there was still a door missing. I originally wanted to glue it in closed, but then I thought it would restrict the view into the house too much: You can see right through the entire hallway through a window of the extension when the door is open.










Now that the ground floor is completely furnished, I was able to install the remaining eight windows on the upper floor. The windows fit snugly into the openings, but visible gaps remain...




...which I fill with heavily diluted wood filler.




Then nothing seems to show through anymore, and it looks just like a real house looks when it's still occupied.




Since this is only really feasible when the house is level, it had to be turned upside down again (and probably [I know: hope dies last. Painfully.] for the last time). It's become quite a lot of work to empty everything and disconnect all the lighting plugs.




Then the window sills were still missing.





Best regards and happy third Advent or just a nice day, whatever you chose!

Volker

Kim, you have a knack for creating great character in your structures and small dioramas.  And you do it with the skill of a story book illustrator who leaves the reader wanting to delve even further into the scene to discover what else is happening just beyond what is visible.  I'm still waiting for you to complete your fun house/spook alley diorama.

Stuart

Bloody Brilliant Work... as usual!