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Author Topic: TWF-02 - HAFT-OOB STABLES *** AVAILABLE NOW ***  (Read 39621 times)
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« on: May 29, 2010, 01:13:07 am »

Along with all the Pryn-Gul Tower kits and sheets of shingles I alos had a couple of sets of prototype kits for TWF-02 codenamed "Stables" cut, and I couldn't resist starting to put them together tonight.


I'm certainly pushing the cutter and the material further on this kit than I did on the Pryn-Gul Tower. What surprised me was how well the stairway went together. A few minor teething problems and I need to allow a little more in the geometry for losses in the laser but this went together remarkably well.
The doorway Is double the width of the one on the Pryn-Gul Tower, and is supposed to be a stable door. But squeezing it into just one storey height has left it too short - so a re-think needed there. Have to find space on the sheet to make it taller - already a bit cramped!

here you can see the intricate treads and risers with curved supports under the stairs... I'm quite proud of that!

Anyway I haven't got to the dreaded handrail yet... and oddly I seem to be one step short... how did that happen?
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2010, 10:32:58 am »

That's looking very impressive! I like the wider door as well  Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2010, 11:23:52 am »

 Cheesy

*puts pringles on the shopping list again*
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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2010, 03:24:05 pm »

Mmmm... Pringles...
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2010, 11:42:40 pm »

Mr B,

These are looking more and more impressive as you go. Once you have build the prototype can you get some black paint dust (kids paints cheap as chips) and dust the white over to show up the grain and features please.

You could make this build a two optioned: one storey or a two story; making the second storey a hay (whatever) bail store. This way a group of buildings could be wedged together with a centralised two storey food store. Just a thought.



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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2010, 12:11:58 am »

These are looking more and more impressive as you go. Once you have build the prototype can you get some black paint dust (kids paints cheap as chips) and dust the white over to show up the grain and features please.

err you do realise that there is no grian on these, its painted on. styrene is not suitable to have grain texture engraved. I outline the planks but there is no woodgrain.
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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2010, 12:40:59 am »

I meant the rough end edges..... it was early here and I had only had a tea but not the chaser of espresso based coffee - yet. What I do mean is that it would be easier to see the joins of the build with a light coating of something just to sit in the cracks and on the edges.



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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2010, 01:29:49 am »

got ya...

the difficulty of photographing the white is one of the reasons i use the cad model for pictures as the outlines are better.

should finish this monday - bank holiday. will see what i can do then
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« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2010, 02:44:11 pm »

I finished the assembly of the Stables prototype kit today, so I thought I would post a few pictures. As is typical with prototypes i have a list of improvements and snags to fix... but this list is 27 items long! so quite a bit to fix.

The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that I haven't added the dreaded helical handrail. I made a complete mess of designing it and put the wrong number of railing holes in it and made it too short - must have been an off day!

I'm also not happy with the main door to the ground level stables - its too low, so I shall redesign it to lift the apex of the gable end up a cm or two above the horizontal railing - that way a mounted figure can actually get in!

I'm pleased with the dormer window though and the structure of the stairs and top railing is very strong and solid.

As always comments and suggestions are very welcome!
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« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2010, 05:34:34 pm »

Just throwing a question out there.....

Is the pringles tube half hight on this one and will the final product be available in a twin pack ??

Do you have the handrail digitaly modeled yet ? If so you should be able to convert it to a flat , though I think you already know that.

Oh nearly forgot, I think this one looks the best yet so far. Dormer is excellent.
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« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2010, 06:22:43 pm »

This is such a cute little building.  If I ever buy a trader caravan to paint, I might have to get this to go with it.  Would it be big enough to stable pack Baruk?
No rush though - first I'd have to buy the models, then ask Mike if I could borrow his paints, then get him to teach me to paint...
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« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2010, 06:37:25 pm »

Awesome-sauce.

That is all.
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« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2010, 06:42:10 pm »

This is such a cute little building.  If I ever buy a trader caravan to paint, I might have to get this to go with it.  Would it be big enough to stable pack Baruk?

It should be - i dont have a pack baruk so i'm not sure on scale. Once i fix the door it'll be about 50mm tall and 40mm wide.
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« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2010, 06:48:01 pm »

Is the pringles tube half hight on this one and will the final product be available in a twin pack ??

Do you have the handrail digitaly modeled yet ? If so you should be able to convert it to a flat , though I think you already know that.

Hi Jubal and thanks for the comments.

Yes the Pringles tube is cut down to half height for this.... assemble to the tube and then use the horizontal beam to guide a knife blade around and voila.... thank mike for that I was struggling to find somewhere to buy the little pringles pack tubes! the idea of cutting a bit off and then THROWING IT AWAY never occured to me (doh!) :blushes:

It wont be in a twin pack. Partly because the tube is a somewhat free item (you get it for free with the crisps) whereas the amount of styrene in this kit and the amount of cutting isn't going to make it much cheaper than a Pryn-Gul tower. Also the tube isn't identical at each end - you want the closed in end for rigidity on the base of this model, and the lip at the top is a different profile to the metal base, so the roof wouldn't fit.

The hand rail IS digitally modeled, unwrapped and cut - it's just that I got it wrong and I cut the wrong number of holes for the railings in it. I'm going to try and make one tonight as i have the measurements now and at least i can finish this display model and paint it.

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« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2010, 07:49:26 pm »

Ah the hole you get the goodies out of never crossed my mind.
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