Laser-cut Barn / Stable 28mm - (Conversion)-

After the Zvezda "Thatched Country House"
and all the problems that I've had to build it, I was very motivated to build another model which was waiting in my "to-do" pile !
I was not very enthusiast about "laser-cut" but like I'm curious, I've bought ... 2 models!
the barn that I will show here and a medieval house .... maybe for another time ...

The model assembled (something easy !):

Beautiful, isn't it ?

I didn't take pictures of all the steps of the conversion... sorry!
I've just used wood coffee-sticks and matches (big ones), and glue! that's all .

one wall is moved in the middle and I've done a new framework

I've cute a part of the roof and cover all with planks

some paint and a simple wash on the wood:

et voilà !

perfect for the Hobbits !

Sam and Bill's stable !

ZVEZDA 8532 : " Thatched Country House " (conversion)

Hello !
After a break of one week (Scouts Camp), I'm back with a new building.

ZVEZDA  " Thatched Country House "

In fact, I've tried to build this "puzzle kit" from A to Z but I was not able to finish it: 

the roof is an incredible multi-parts model !! The main parts of the roof were not glued at the good size and I couldn't assemble the whole roof.... 

Even the walls are "multi-parts" !! You must cut the holes for the doors and the windows, cut and glue all the wooden parts , the only thing that I've found fun because it allows me to "customize" the house !

you can see the different parts of the walls...

ready to paint (ouf!)

....and the house without roof :

What could I do with that ???
Making a new roof !!!

(I don't have pictures of the step-by-step, sorry... I've used cardboard and tree foliage)

And here is "my" house :

A perfect house for hobbits, no ?

.... next time: a conversion of a cheap (and awful!) laser cut  model !!

REVIEW 9 : Lledo models "Days Gone" with figures!

It's a long time that I didn't post a review! (even if I've got a lot of stuff which could be good for a Review!)

This time, it's an unusual subject on my blog: models of cars and horse drawns vehicles!
I've seen them on  Plastic Soldier Review and I found them very interesting !
I've bought some on e-bay (a little bit expensive!) and I was lucky to find a box which containing only figures!

Il y a longtemps que je n'ai pas posté une revue! (même si j'ai beaucoup de choses qui pourrait être bonnes pour une revue!)
Cette fois, c'est un sujet inhabituel sur mon blog: des modèles de voitures et véhicules tirés par des chevaux !
Je les ai vus sur Plastic Soldier Review  et je les ai trouvés très intéressants!
J'en ai acheté quelques-uns sur e-bay (un peu cher!) Et j'ai eu la chance de trouver une boîte qui ne contient que des figurines!

Back of the box / dos de la boite

All the figures of the box/ toutes les figurines de la boite

For the sizes of the figures (quite nice in my opinion), it's difficult to give an exact scale, even if they're tagged like 1/76 ! Some could be almost good for 1/72 but some other could be fine with 28mm, I suppose .... I've put here above a picture with an IMEX figure (which are quite big 1/72 !):
 (but the pictures on PSR are better !)
 Pour les dimensions des figurines (très sympas à mon avis), il est difficile de donner une échelle exacte, même si elles sont étiquetées comme 1/76! Certains pourraient presque être bonnes pour du 1/72, mais d'autres pourraient être très bien avec du 28mm, je suppose .... J'ai mis ici une photo avec un chiffre IMEX à côté (qui sont d'assez grandes 1/72!):(mais les photos sur PSR sont meilleures!)

for the scale..../ pour l'échelle.....

Sizes / Tailles

I've bought also that :
J'ai aussi acheté ceci:

I've got some more.....

and to finish this post:
1-don't forget my other blog: "The Lost New World" !!

2-Do you you have problems for uploading pictures with Blogger ? (for me, it's almost impossible!)