Working it out as it goes along

For this box scene, there’s a fairly firm image in my mind of the finished item, but I’m finding there are a number of variables for the positioning of the bits before anything can really be settled.

The cupboard

With that in mind, I’ve continued with the cupboard but only up to a point.

The carcass is complete and the minute door handles have been added

but the doors are only balanced in place until some goodies for the shelves and cupboards arrive

Once the post brings the every-day things for the room then it might be interesting to leave a cupboard door or two open.

Next kit up – the sink

This is a Belfast style sink, made of wood with a support frame, taps and draining board.

Jane Harrop 1:24 laser cut sink kit

The sink needs to sit and dry till tomorrow when some rounding off of edges can be done before painting

Heavy-handed me and delicate laser cut items. Have lightly smeared them using sponge

So far so good 🙂

Next up there’s one of the first main decisions; exactly which way round do the cupboard and sink look at their most inviting?

Make-up and Museum Wax

Nostalgia Close street scene

Finally gathered together all the bits and had great fun putting it all in place.

Getting from here to there – a feline cunning plan?

First job was to eject the cat from the deckchair in the yard and he’s having a good stretch on the post box.

Looking a little cross, he’s spotted something of interest

Ah, the delivery ‘boy’ has parked his bike and there’s a rather rigid fish hanging out of the front.

From cat’s point of view, unguarded fish equals lunch.

What else is out for delivery?

Balancing by beetroot

Never having balanced a mini bike before I hadn’t realised you needed five hands. I’ve made small ridges in the pavement and used make-up to colour the wax.

The basket with the fish, the off-side pedal and the beetroot are all firmly waxed too!

(Ganley is the name of S’s late father’s wholesale green grocery, by the way.)

Elsewhere

The deckchair has been taken over by one of the small boys. careless about how he leaves his comics.

And now we have two friends serenading the street lamp.

One of these dogs doesn’t even have a collar and who knows if either have a dog licence.

So, that’s probably it for Nostalgia Close until Christmas when I’ll light it all up once more 🙂

Back to the much needed sorting.  I’m trying to bottom out everything in the Potting Shed and am, surprisingly, getting somewhere at last.  Have kept putting off the wallpaper and fabric hoard, but will have to go there any minute now before they tumble out all over the place.

 

Time to post a letter?

Just pop out of the gate

George V or VI letter box (I’m not sure) a round-topped one, which I think is meant to be attached to a pole, not just on a pole, but perhaps it was both.  Finally made use of the ‘brickwork’ step added as extra support to the stub of wall by the gate

The post box sits at the other end of the road to the street light

In my head I’m working on a little something to fit in along the length of the walling – bits already ordered online –  but it won’t be for the next few days or so – didn’t finish the chores 😦

Once I’d done some research, the making of the box involved a lot of dashing in and out between the domestic jobs I was supposed to be doing, and around the glue and paint drying out at the various stages.  Made with cardboard and edgings in 15 mm wood strip plus painted string for the finer bits.  Worst part was working on what I’ve always taken to be a rain cover over the posting slot.  It is so small I could barely hold it to score and crease it and then, when the area was glued to take it, I couldn’t let go.  Thought I was going to lose it down the posting slot 🙂

There we go

More than a little rough and ready
but up and working

Got a couple of hours today to continue with the light. Looking a better shape at least

In need of a hat – cold weather coming on, you know. Squaring up the top pieces ready to glue on

Hatted and in need of paintwork. Gives a nice shadow, though

Painted and lit

All asleep in Nostalgia Close

Not very bright, is it, and despite a little yellow colouring it’s still a very blue light – hey hum.  I have, by the way, now sealed off that light bleed around the bobble on the top.  Looks a bit like a white pom-pom on a woolly hat.

Now what?

His Master’s Lamp Post?

Dog, lamp base and house

One or two other things to join with Nipper as part of the street scene I think.

Back to the lamp

The design seems OK but the finish is pretty bad; mostly bits of modelling clay, used at various joining points, that I couldn’t quite remove, the old sticky fingers plus bad moves with a paint brush and, of course, over handling.  The lamp could be replaced by a ‘better’ run at it, but for the moment at least it stays 🙂