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Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:39 am
by maria
Love love love the color of this one!

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:31 am
by Howard
Update...10-3-2021...CHAPTER THREE...2021...

Skewed House With Awning...

Forum member, Lynn, sent me an image of a small house she thought would make a good candidate for another Ten Cent City house...and she was so right...

The patterns are in the PDF below the picture of my version and all the parts...it's ready to prime, paint, add the fine-grain sand finish and assemble...

Regarding the pattern...I suggest cutting the main roof, entry roof and foundation oversize...then cut and trim to get the best fit...these parts are sorta tricky since the walls of the house are skewed...it took me several cutouts to each to get them right...

Stay tuned...

Howard...

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:12 pm
by Howard
Update...10-10-2021...CHAPTER THREE...2021...

Skewed House With Awning...Finished...


But I'm still in the hunt for other houses that can be used as inspiration for additional Ten Cent City houses...

Howard...

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:27 pm
by Lynn
Here's mine in yellow!

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 6:38 pm
by maria
Wow---great colors---both of you

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:19 am
by Howard
Update...11-4-2021...CHAPTER THREE...2021...

Two Story House...


Greetings to all...

This is the last house in the continuing "Ten Cent City" projects topic for 2021...see the photo of the completed house below...the pattern is in the PDF below the photo...

Note...I plan to add more designs in 2022...stay tuned...

Howard...

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:28 am
by Howard
Update...03-16-2022...CHAPTER FOUR...2022...

Greetings to all...

"Ten Cent City" houses are still being built...any idea what this is?...take a guess...stay tuned for the answer...

My very best regards...

Howard...

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:13 pm
by maria
I'm thinking windmill or clock tower.

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 11:04 pm
by Howard
Update...03-17-2022...CHAPTER FOUR...2022...

And the answer is to the question I posted a few days ago is...

A wooden body form, chimney form and rooftop form for easily assembling and gluing "Ten Cent City" houses together...

Here's a little backstory...two longtime forum friends introduced me to pre-glittered and foil card stock late last year...and after a few...actually more than a handful of unsuccessful attempts...I was able to use the homemade wooden block form, the chimney form and the top clamp to glue houses together without denting and scratching the pre-glittered and foil card stock...

I'll have to make forms for the different house roof lines in the the "Ten Cent City" series when I want to make more using pre-glittered and foil houses...

I'll post pictures of the pre-glittered and foil houses I've made so far soon...stay tuned...

Howard...

Note...I haven't turned my back on traditional paint, glue and glitter finishes... :)

Re: Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little hous

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 4:35 pm
by Howard
Update...04-09-2022...CHAPTER FOUR...

Greetings to all...

Finally finished the foil and pre-glittered card stock versions of the Ten Cent City Houses...these were build using the wooden form that was posted just a comment or so ahead of this update...

Using the form was the best way for me to fold, assemble and glue the foil and pre-glittered card stock without denting or scaring the finish...

Hopefully I'll find some new designs that can be adapted to find the dimensions of the other two dozen or so houses in this series...

My very best regards...

Howard...