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Continued from: Sopwith Camel – Building the Frames I recalled from my model airplane building years ago that covering the frames with silkspan (essentially tissue paper) was another fun step. … Continue Reading Sopwith Camel – Spanning the Frames
After having built a doll house for each of my two granddaughters and one for my sister’s grandchildren, my miniature home construction clientele went in a different direction—building a doll … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister – 1st Phase
I have written many times before about travelling to Amsterdam, a city that I have visited over 30 times. The reason for all of my trips has been to teach … Continue Reading Amsterdam Ever Again?
I was very excited to get started working on this balsa wood model airplane, the first one for me to build in at least 50 years. For anyone unfamiliar with … Continue Reading Sopwith Camel – Building the Frames
The whoosh that I had heard while driving was the tonneau cover taking flight off the truck bed. I had noticed the headwinds and crosswinds had increased significantly as we … Continue Reading Doll House Delivery – Success!
If you followed my multi-part blog series on building a dollhouse for my sister’s grandchildren, you know it didn’t just end with getting the house built—there was also a long-distance … Continue Reading Doll House Delivery – Unexpected Challenges
For the top floor, my sister had decided that one room would be an art room and the other would be a bathroom (no outhouse for this classy farmhouse). To … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister’s Grandchildren – 4th Phase
My idea turned out very nicely for this one room. But what about the other floors? For the other first floor room, what would become the kitchen, my sister decided … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister’s Grandchildren – 3rd Phase
In our last doll house update, I know I left you “floored” wondering what my wonderful idea was for flooring this doll house. Well as is often the case, the … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister’s Grandchildren – 2nd Phase
It has been a while since I first wrote about the doll house my sister and I are building for her grandchildren. In that time, we have made significant progress … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister’s Grandchildren – 1st Phase
I recently wrote about our October SibSab trip to Montreat, NC but one thing I did not mention is on the way there, my sister asked me out of the … Continue Reading An Unexpected Pleasure!
No, my love for fast cars has not prompted me to buy an airplane as this 1969 vintage advertisement would suggest; at least not a full scale one. A number of … Continue Reading An Airplane??
If you read my last series of posts on building my fourth doll house, you know that getting it built was just the first step. Following its completion and seclusion … Continue Reading Miniature Road Trip
Continued from: A Classic Boat Model – All Planked Out With the boat now fully planked, the last step before sealing and finishing the wood was to sand … Continue Reading A Classic Boat Model – Fitting Out!
Continued from: A Classic Boat Model – Finally, Some Planking The instructions indicated that the planks were to be glued onto the sides of the boat overlapping the … Continue Reading A Classic Boat Model – All Planked Out
Continued from: A Classic Boat Model – Taking Shape After gluing on the cockpit side walls but before cementing the PVC floor in place or the other cockpit … Continue Reading A Classic Boat Model – Finally, Some Planking
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