Mini Mishmash: Turntable

Ends and new beginnings

It seems I tempted fate by ending my last post with a promise of 'new things very soon'.

Because then summer came, with lots of trips and fun things, and my little room dissapeared onto high shelve.

And after summer ended, it was studies and a busy internship that kept me away from the minis.

But I can never stay away too long. Now that the evenings are cold again, and I stay in anyway, I figured I might as well clutter our kitchen table with tools and miniatures. Sound logic, right?

So today I finally made some pictures of my room, which, I can say with some pride, is pretty much done. I could still give the floor a sanding, and I could hang some more paintings (and fix the one that is hanging at an odd angle in the pictures :P).

But I made this room with versatility in mind! I love that I can swap out most of the furniture, and make a new scene everytime I feel like it.

So without further ado, here are the pictures. I hope you like it.

Finicky painting, why won't you hang straight?

This lovely chest was bought as a kit from Arjen Spinhoven at a miniature fair.
I loved putting it together!

And I leave you now with a little October scene, which is also preview of my new project. Because ofcourse I have to clutter our tiny real life home with more miniatures! Tiny things don't count as clutter, right?

Thank you for reading!

17:21
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Lasercutter fun

desk

Back again, and this time I have a lot of catching up to do, with only a few pictures to show for it!

A few weeks ago my order from the commercial lasercutter Snijlab came in the mail, along with some other things I had been waiting for (im)patiently. As you can imagine, all things not one inch scale were put on hold and our kitchentable became a cluttered mess of minis once again.

I also forgot to make decent photos at almost every step, so my sincerest apologies for any missing process pictures! I blame it all on my excitement.

How it all came in. Securely wrapped and taped. I would like to thank my boyfriend, who calmly put up with my excited squealing when the postman brought this.

I found out this Copic marker stained the MDF wood in exactly the same shade as the laserburned edges, so quickly decided I would stain all the furniture parts this way. It was fast, and cheap, considering I already had the marker.

From these parts I made a very simple modern clock,

Which you can see here. I don't have a final picture for you yet, but it will come soon!

For now I leave you with these pictures:

The credenza was the largest lasercutter project, and I'm very happy with how it turned out! A few miscalculations here and there, but fortunately the thin MDF was easy to trim and fix.

And this is my favorite new scene. The desk is a lasercutter project, the chair is 3D printed, and painted with acrylics, the headphones and plants you'll recognize from a previous post, the rest is bought from various places.

I will take pretty pictures of everything else very soon, but for now I can only say that I'm very happy with my first time lasercutter projects. Designing every part without knowing exactly how the material would look like and such, I'm surprised at how little mistakes I made. Certainly worth considering for next time projects!

Thanks for stopping by, and I can't wait to show you the finished room!

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Bits and pieces

paintings

An update on various smaller things I've finished recently. Some miscellaneous little things, which don't account for much on their own, but all together make for a nice post, I would think. :)

First up, I needed a cabinet to give the turntable a nice spot in the roombox.

I made a very simple design, which would house the turntable on top, a stereoset in the upper sections, and lot's of room for all the records. (In our real house we already have too little room, and my boyfriend has started using my closetspace to stash his collection. Not in the mini house!)

To add a bit of interest, I wanted to make some hairpin legs to go underneath. By the way, the cabinet is again made of thick cardstock, which I stained with a grey copic marker. It made for a nice dusty finish.

For the stereo I printed the front of an eighties sony stereo, similar to one we have in real life, and added some glossy paper on the little screens and a volume button. Some scrap black foamboard had the perfect thickness to be used as a body.

Then by chance I found this old foam cutting mat, which when painted with my all purpose black sharpie had the perfect texture for a pair of speakers.

I made some matching boxes from my floor veneer, and voila!

And when everything was put together, it looked like this:

For now I'm quite satisfied, but of course the record collection needs constant new supply, as that's my boyfriend's favourite part of the whole roombox. ;)

And now for something different. A while ago I found this little plastic profile in the discount bin of the local model building shop. It's actually quite handy for modern painting frames. It's soft, and easy to cut.

I used the larger end to go over the painting, and the shorter side of the 'L' shape perfectly hides the three layers of the Rothko painting here. The bottom layer is the painting itself, which I covered in a layer of mod podge. Again a great tip from http://fabulouslysmall.blogspot.nl/ I believe. She's truly fabulous! Then the 'glass' layer.

I love the mix of old and new in interiors.

And then some last bits and bobs. These tiny succulents I made from polymer clay. I forgot to put in a coin for scale, but the lower one is about 1 cm tall.

Two electrical sockets, and the headphones because I really wanted to try out the tutorial from the amazing http://minibase.blogspot.nl/, both made with polymer clay. My headphones work with bluetooth, becaause I didn't have anything on hand that could serve as convincing wire. ;) The two paintings were made with the same process as the Rothko above.

That was it! I hope you liked this little post of various things. Now for a nice shelving unit to display everything in my roombox... Next project!

Till the next time,

~Rebecca

21:55
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Hobbies colliding

Miniatures

As I've said in my previous post, my boyfriend and I live in a tiny student apartment in a shipping container. Because of this, my miniature hobby usually takes up all of our dining table, and sometimes also the desk. He never complains, and I wanted to do something sweet, miniature style.

I decided to duplicate his beloved turntable in one inch scale. Of course a bit selfish, as the only thing to really benefit from this venture is the interior of my roombox.

But he still really likes it! At the end of this post you'll find a picture of the original turntable, so you can compare. :)

Complete with scratched vinyl

I took way too many pictures, so below you'll find how I made this tiny turntable.

I started by taking measurements of the real life model, a Thorens TD 160, and converting everything to one inch scale. I made a little cardboard box with said measurements, and covered it in silver Sharpie. Said Sharpie is now completely empty, a real shame as they are hard to find in The Netherlands :(

I covered the bottom with a sort of black plastic sheet, which has a nice sheen to it.
I then used some scraps of the veneer which I used for the floor, as you can see in the previous post, to cover the sides and top. With a normal mechanical pencil I drew on the Thorens logo.

Bit of a leap in chronology, but here you can see I added a spinning mat, little knobs, and of course the armature for the needle. The armature deviates the most from the original turntable design, but I wanted to give myself a break on that one.
I cut the dustcover from a thin sheet of clear plastic, with the sides carefully molten together.

And here you can see the original, with the tiny turntable on the record.

That's all for now, I hope you like it!

~Rebecca

22:44
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