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RISORGIMENTO
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thank you all for your kind comments,
thank you Louis, Robin (next 18th February I'll take my bldgs at a meeting, I try to sound out the collectors interest), Matt, Mike (my friend have you received the picts about stairs?), Randy (I need your fantastic duo 'eye and camera' for my village), Carlos, James and Donnie, really thanks again!
Carlo
thank you Louis, Robin (next 18th February I'll take my bldgs at a meeting, I try to sound out the collectors interest), Matt, Mike (my friend have you received the picts about stairs?), Randy (I need your fantastic duo 'eye and camera' for my village), Carlos, James and Donnie, really thanks again!
Carlo
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RISORGIMENTO
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hi guys, I have good news. My desert buildings had a great success with collectors, simply I came back at home without my village!
Now I have to go back to my job to give a roof to my figures again...besides next March I have a new Meeting!
Cheers,
Carlo
Now I have to go back to my job to give a roof to my figures again...besides next March I have a new Meeting!
Cheers,
Carlo
Louis Badolato
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I am not at all surprised, Carlo, those buildings are as good as I have seen in the hobby.:smile2:
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Carlo...no...I have not received anything yet...I just found this message...I thought you had forgotten...I will send you another email to your personal email address...thanks...
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Mike,
I resent by mail the message about stairs but I presume you have not received it even. I take advantage of the Forum hospitality to post the pictures I sent you.... for the joy of all concerned of course.
- I use polystyrene sheets one centimeter high
- Once determined the width of the stairs I cut some strips
- According to the height that I have to reach I cut as many pieces (of different sizes) as the number of steps
- I round up the stairs with a knife to simulate the stone consumption
- I glue the steps each other with glue for polystyrene in tube
- At last I give a stucco coat to hide any blemish
Carlo
I resent by mail the message about stairs but I presume you have not received it even. I take advantage of the Forum hospitality to post the pictures I sent you.... for the joy of all concerned of course.
- I use polystyrene sheets one centimeter high
- Once determined the width of the stairs I cut some strips
- According to the height that I have to reach I cut as many pieces (of different sizes) as the number of steps
- I round up the stairs with a knife to simulate the stone consumption
- I glue the steps each other with glue for polystyrene in tube
- At last I give a stucco coat to hide any blemish
Carlo
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Carlo...
thank you very much for your reply on here...
I never did receive your personal email...but I know you sometimes have trouble accessing my email...
regardless...this is more than a satisfactory answer my question...thank you...
I appreciate your showing your technique and products...we use the same technique...but a little different products...from your pictures...it looks like we build the steps and the structures (cutting doors and windows) the same way...
except I use a stucco patch as the finish on mine instead of spackle...I personally like the stucco patch because it dries much harder than the spackle for me and is less resistant to chips or damage...I built my "Death of Gordon" building using spackle (like you do) as suggested by Dave of TMTerrain...it's pretty good...but the finish seems more fragile than the stucco patch...
I just bought some "untextured" smooth stucco patch a couple of months ago and am doing a desert building with it...it dries extremely hard compared to the spackle...picture enclosed...
here are the 3 finishes I use...see picture...from left to right...smooth spackle...smooth stucco patch and textured stucco patch...again...the stucco patch dries very hard and secure...
I also use a "blue board" or "pink board"...which is an extruded polystyrene foam made by Dow and Owen Corning...it has a closed cell structure that resists crumbling...as opposed to the white foam you use...which is an expanded foam...pictures attached...
but either product seems to work well...as you make the most beautiful structures with the white expanded foam...
the reason I like your steps is because of the scale...my foam only come in 1/2" and 3/4" in 4x8 foot sheets...for my steps...I use the 1/2" cause they are the thinnest I have...I think yours is even a little thinner at 1cm"...so I think they look better than mine...
those beautiful desert buildings that K&C manufactured...I never thought the step scale was exactly right either...pretty close to exact...but just a tad small...look at the picture...it hardly looks like the figure could put his entire foot on a step...the steps seem just a bit small to me...his heel would hang off the back of the step...but his buildings are so very nice...it's hardly noticeable...I had to add the last 2 pictures to the next post...
Carlo...thanks again for the pics and product detail...
what do you use to glue the foam together...I use hot glue...it dries permanent in 10 seconds...you can work very fast with it in making a structure...
thank you very much for your reply on here...
I never did receive your personal email...but I know you sometimes have trouble accessing my email...
regardless...this is more than a satisfactory answer my question...thank you...
I appreciate your showing your technique and products...we use the same technique...but a little different products...from your pictures...it looks like we build the steps and the structures (cutting doors and windows) the same way...
except I use a stucco patch as the finish on mine instead of spackle...I personally like the stucco patch because it dries much harder than the spackle for me and is less resistant to chips or damage...I built my "Death of Gordon" building using spackle (like you do) as suggested by Dave of TMTerrain...it's pretty good...but the finish seems more fragile than the stucco patch...
I just bought some "untextured" smooth stucco patch a couple of months ago and am doing a desert building with it...it dries extremely hard compared to the spackle...picture enclosed...
here are the 3 finishes I use...see picture...from left to right...smooth spackle...smooth stucco patch and textured stucco patch...again...the stucco patch dries very hard and secure...
I also use a "blue board" or "pink board"...which is an extruded polystyrene foam made by Dow and Owen Corning...it has a closed cell structure that resists crumbling...as opposed to the white foam you use...which is an expanded foam...pictures attached...
but either product seems to work well...as you make the most beautiful structures with the white expanded foam...
the reason I like your steps is because of the scale...my foam only come in 1/2" and 3/4" in 4x8 foot sheets...for my steps...I use the 1/2" cause they are the thinnest I have...I think yours is even a little thinner at 1cm"...so I think they look better than mine...
those beautiful desert buildings that K&C manufactured...I never thought the step scale was exactly right either...pretty close to exact...but just a tad small...look at the picture...it hardly looks like the figure could put his entire foot on a step...the steps seem just a bit small to me...his heel would hang off the back of the step...but his buildings are so very nice...it's hardly noticeable...I had to add the last 2 pictures to the next post...
Carlo...thanks again for the pics and product detail...
what do you use to glue the foam together...I use hot glue...it dries permanent in 10 seconds...you can work very fast with it in making a structure...
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Mike,
many thanks for your invaluable suggestions, the building in the picture is a very nice structure, highly detailed. The polystyrene balls are a great resource for me too!
I looked at your stucco jars, unfortunately terms like 'pacth' or 'spackle' are not easy translatable and really italian tags are so different. I have only to try all kinds according to the result. Concerning the polystyrene I don't find here the pink type, but I live in a little town. It seems very useful for our job but I presume it is more expensive than the white one.
I'm going pretty fast to build some new houses but I don't wish to pass for a 'building speculator'!!
Ciao
Carlo
many thanks for your invaluable suggestions, the building in the picture is a very nice structure, highly detailed. The polystyrene balls are a great resource for me too!
I looked at your stucco jars, unfortunately terms like 'pacth' or 'spackle' are not easy translatable and really italian tags are so different. I have only to try all kinds according to the result. Concerning the polystyrene I don't find here the pink type, but I live in a little town. It seems very useful for our job but I presume it is more expensive than the white one.
I'm going pretty fast to build some new houses but I don't wish to pass for a 'building speculator'!!
Ciao
Carlo
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Carlo...
I have learned so much from watching your Sudan buildings come to life...I have always been impressed with the precision and exactness to the cutting and building that you exhibit in your displays...the blockhouse roof you mailed me is so perfect...it fits perfectly on my JJD blockhouse...it looks like a machine made it...you are a very accomplished modeler...
it's great to share ideas...as we both learn from each other...it seems that Italy and the USA use different builing materials...
stucco patch is primarily used for decoratively finishing the exterior of brick or cement walls...once dried...it creates an unbelieveably strong finish...
it dries so hard...it's almost impossible to damage the exterior of a small Sudan building done in stucco...and fortifies the entire structure against damage...
I'm sure it's sold in Italy...but don't know what stucco is called in Italian...but I'm sure any contracter could tell you what stucco patch is...
here's a video that might show it's application
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20046341,00.html
the blue board and the pink board is actually called "industrial sheathing"...it's used primarily as insulation inside your walls here...it usually comes in 4x8 foot sheets...about $9.00 a sheet...perhaps a contracter could help you find some...it's a really great product and very strong...it won't crumble or chip easily...it's very popular with hobbyist in the USA...
your results are so nice...I wouldn't change any of your products...I love the smooth creamy finish you are getting with your spackle...the look is very realistic to the Sudan climate I think...I only wanted to make you aware of other products...but perhaps they are not available to you...
you're good enough to be your own building inspector...you're such a perfectionist I know they will pass code...
thanks for the reply and tips...
I have learned so much from watching your Sudan buildings come to life...I have always been impressed with the precision and exactness to the cutting and building that you exhibit in your displays...the blockhouse roof you mailed me is so perfect...it fits perfectly on my JJD blockhouse...it looks like a machine made it...you are a very accomplished modeler...
it's great to share ideas...as we both learn from each other...it seems that Italy and the USA use different builing materials...
stucco patch is primarily used for decoratively finishing the exterior of brick or cement walls...once dried...it creates an unbelieveably strong finish...
it dries so hard...it's almost impossible to damage the exterior of a small Sudan building done in stucco...and fortifies the entire structure against damage...
I'm sure it's sold in Italy...but don't know what stucco is called in Italian...but I'm sure any contracter could tell you what stucco patch is...
here's a video that might show it's application
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20046341,00.html
the blue board and the pink board is actually called "industrial sheathing"...it's used primarily as insulation inside your walls here...it usually comes in 4x8 foot sheets...about $9.00 a sheet...perhaps a contracter could help you find some...it's a really great product and very strong...it won't crumble or chip easily...it's very popular with hobbyist in the USA...
your results are so nice...I wouldn't change any of your products...I love the smooth creamy finish you are getting with your spackle...the look is very realistic to the Sudan climate I think...I only wanted to make you aware of other products...but perhaps they are not available to you...
you're good enough to be your own building inspector...you're such a perfectionist I know they will pass code...
thanks for the reply and tips...