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Post by Vermin King on Nov 5, 2015 19:08:06 GMT -9
As practice, I thought I would build the didwallpaper model www.didwallpaper.com/gal/ad_0304.htmlAll white model built inside out, but the model is laid out correctly even though the photo of the textured house is flipped. The pdf's look good but won't print for me. Anyone want to check it out? I ended up doing a print screen to png. Oh, yeah, the pdf's won't open in Gimp either. I'm so confused Second 'Oh, yeah': The bay window on the end that shouldn't be there, isn't in the kit
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 6, 2015 18:57:03 GMT -9
I don't believe they actually call it Shakespeare's Birthplace. But there is little doubt that the model is a stylized representation of it. Okay, windows and doors aren't exactly where they should be, but what the heck. If I hadn't spent too much time trying to decide what I wanted to use behind the window and door openings, it would have been a nice one-evening project. In order to get the roof aligned, I had to cut a hole in the bottom Probably only an hour of work left
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 6, 2015 20:30:43 GMT -9
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 8, 2015 6:12:15 GMT -9
Nicely done.
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 8, 2015 15:40:41 GMT -9
My gf told me yesterday that a friend of ours used to be big into Shakespeare, and I knew that he has a graduate degree in theater, so I gave this to him today. Found out he used to work there. He spent two years working for the Shakespeare Trust in Stratford-Upon-Avon teaching Shakespearean Drama. I think I'm going to have to see what stories he is willing to share.
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 19, 2018 13:07:19 GMT -9
Wow, has it really been that long? And I still haven't done the birthplace. I'd still like to do this, and in this period of little time, maybe I should whittle away at a big project instead of not finishing a bunch of small ones. Even though this is free-standing, it wasn't until 1858 when they tore down the neighboring buildings to prevent losing the birthplace to a fire. Will's dad originally leased the north half of this (actually two houses), then purchased both, though there are no records of him paying them off. Combined, it is a 90 foot frontage, so if scaled for 25mm, that's roughly 15 inches. When I dropped this once before, I was trying to decide on whether I should break it up at the edge of the large-gabled area or in the middle. In the middle might make for an odd join, but it roughly lines up with the wing at the back. Breaking off as if the large-gabled end were separate, it would make the back odd. Any thoughts? And if anyone can find a floorplan of the place, that would be wonderful. I'm just not finding it.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 19, 2018 13:16:39 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 19, 2018 13:43:42 GMT -9
I think that 90' frontage must have included the 'cottages' area. That 1824 plan is interesting when compared to how it looked in 1807 Back in 1769, it looked a lot more like what we picture EDIT-- Using 'plan' in the search yielded something that may be helpful. But it seems a little odd to measure in mm ... I guess the building to the North is the White Lion Inn
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 19, 2018 16:47:13 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 23, 2018 9:42:00 GMT -9
Well, now I'm really wishing I had hit this before. Coincidentally saw Mike today, and I usually build him something for Christmas and this would have been perfect
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Post by Vermin King on May 13, 2020 8:30:20 GMT -9
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