Rain: "Glück"

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The transformation of a little coffee grinder.

Hi all, I hope you're doing well!

This past weekend I've been quite busy with all sorts of miniatures related stuff. And one of the things I'm most happy about, is the work I did on a 1:12 scale coffee grinder.

You see, I have a beautiful, old coffee grinder, which serves as some kind of 'prop' in the kitchen, for looking totally cool, albeit broken. So, when I came across a nice, miniature coffee grinder, I decided to subject it to an extreme make-over treatment, to make it look like his big brother as much as possible.

The miniature grinder was made out of wood and metal, which is good, but otherwise boring as a bag of beans, at least to me! The below image shows the 'before and after' look of the little bugger, just to give you an idea of the extent of the 'metamorphosis'.

I'm not going to run through the details of the make-over process here, but rather give you a pictorial account of how it turned out, and how it compares to the real life one. 

Enter the big, fat coffee grinder and his 'mini-me' version!

The above picture illustrates the additions to the miniature quite well: little 'pillars' on each corner, and small legs underneath (where else?).

The below shot shows how I made the grinding mechanism look rusty like the original. And yes, I know they're not exactly the same, but at least one can say that they're family!

Anyway, when finished, I put the cute little grinder on the kitchen counter of my 'Centennial' dolls house as shown below. I think the little guy looks happy, don't you agree? As if he has always been there.

That's all for now, folks! As always, thanks for visiting, and please check out this blog from time to time for news and updates. Have a great one!

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Old Ruins.

Hi all, I hope you're doing well!

I bought this vintage WWI German field service postcard (Feldpostkarte), depicting ruins in Arras; a town in Northern France. The town was close to the battlefields and subsequently suffered heavy damages.

Although this particular postcard didn't saw any use, it does contain a printed quote on its back from the German writer, poet and philosopher Schiller, which I find very beautiful and telling.

"Das Alte stürzt, es ändert sich die Zeit,

Und neues Leben blüht aus den Ruinen."

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)

"The Old crumbles, Time changes,

And new Life blossoms from the Ruins."

The untold human suffering and loss of life of WWI trench warfare has always captured my imagination and made me somber. And although a century has gone by since it all happened, I feel that those tragic events should never be forgotten.

That's all for now, folks! As always, thanks for visiting, and please check out this blog from time to time for news and updates. Have a great one!

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Working on an old lamppost.

Hi all, I hope you're doing well!

I'm currently experimenting on a prewar vintage lamppost, which lacked its light and wiring. The post is meant to be used as part of the scenery of 'O gauge' toy trains.

So what I did was to find a miniature spot light that would match with the 'industrial' style of the lamppost. Then I weathered the spot, otherwise it would look too new, compared to the aged look of the post. 

The spot was then fitted to the lamppost in a temporary way, just to get an idea of how it would look like (see above image). When finished, the electrical wiring will run through the inside of the pole, so it won't be seen. I will also add some kind of hook or chain to hold the spot light in place.

Note that I'm not trying to make a copy of the original lamppost, but am creating a variant of my own that will work.

That's all for now, folks! As always, thanks for visiting, and please check out this blog from time to time for news and updates. Have a great one!

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