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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:33 pm 
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I love the porch and the fence, there is just so much to love about this house!


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:40 pm 
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good afternoon...

i've been doing a little priming and painting on the house body and porch...

the roofs will be charcoal gray...the chimney will be a brick color...

base is finished...except for mica and glitter...gave the snow area a light blush of sky blue to contrast with the white fence...

i'll post pix of the windows, black shutters and white window frames later...

my very best regards...howard...


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:30 pm 
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Hi Howard, all I can say is WOW!!! What a wonderful house and your detail work is amazing.


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Howard, something DEFINITELY has got you seeing red! :-)


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good afternoon...

i've been working on the windows, frames and shutters...

the frames are white cards stock...the shutter are black scrap booking paper...

the windows are the usual red acetate with the 1/32nd inch wide gold tape mullions...

although there are over 20 windows and one door, i only have to glue in nine pieces of white poster board...

final painting on the house will be done soon...more pix later...

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greetings to all...

all painting on the house, porch, dormer roofs and base is complete...

i have also added a band of gray scrapbook paper to represent a stone foundation around the house...

mica flakes and glitter are next...then final assembly, landscape and finishing details...

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How cool; I can't wait to see the finished product!


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greetings to all...

see, "PutzinVt"...there was going to be something on the porch...here there are... :D

here's a link to the supplier...

http://karencary.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=qs209

i glue a wire staple, made out of a small paperclip, up inside the chair after assembly...

this wire serves as a painting handle...

the chairs will be painted yellow for contrast with the house, shutters, porch floor and trim...

after the paint dries...i'll cut the wires...leaving about 1/2" sticking past the rockers...

there will be small holes in the porch floor to receive the wires...epoxy cement will hold them in place...

perhaps i'll have the house completed by later today or tomorrow... :D

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Those are cool.

Going to be great to see the final results!!


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Just checked out that website Howard posted.

Some pretty neat stuff.

This fence looks promising:

http://karencary.com/index.php?main_pag ... cts_id=449


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