A day at the park

The bus is ready to go, departing from one of my old Triang dolls houses. The destination is the "Parque de Recreo," or Leisure Park. There are lots of nice things to visit there: a theater, a zoo, and not to forget the fireworks at the Grand Palace!

In sum: a great way to spend the day with the family! Let's go!

 

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Full Metal Jacket

Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well!

Here's a sneak peek of one of my old dolls houses. It's an all metal construction -no wood whatsoever- and quite worn and rusty, which gives it the magical, 'spooky' appearance which I love so much! I believe it to be a Triang, but I'm not sure. Ok, that's it for now, got to go. Have a great day!

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The arrival of a Schuco Mercedes Micro Racer.

Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well!

This week I was thrilled by the arrival of a beautiful miniature clockwork race car; a Schuco Mercedes Micro Racer, 'red seven'.

Since the little car had a special sentimental meaning to the seller, I promised her to take some pictures of it in the garage of one of my dolls houses. So here it is, posing in front of one of the Triangs, showing it at the entrance of the garage (image 1 + 2) and in front of the house's porch.

Finally, the last picture shows it on display, together with other similar race cars, on a shelf in my living room. I hope you like the photo's. If so, leave a like and a comment, and see you next time. Thank you!!

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Rust & Steel miniatures: an old, Tri-ang Minic clockwork truck.

Hi all, I hope you're doing well!!

Today I did a small photo shoot of an old, Tri-ang Minic clockwork truck which I recently acquired. I thought it would be nice to park it inside the garage of a beautiful 1930s dolls house which keeps me company here in my workshop.

The above image is the same as the first one, but edited with various filters to make the spiders web above the truck more clearly visible to you. That spiders web is totally authentic, and came with the house, although the spider who made it has longe since moved out (I guess).

The truck fits in very well, and looks as if it has been there for ages... I don't know if the scale is correct, but honestly I don't care; I just like it the way it is!

The left door of the garage is broken in half, and the broken piece was missing when I got the dolls house. But that is OK with me too!

The above image shows a little bit of the front of the dolls house. The paper with brick pattern that covers the wood has loosened and cracked open with age... just perfect, if you ask me!!

More images and close-ups of the truck. Here you can see the rust on its grill and bumper. The skills of Father Time in terms of weathering objects are an inspiration to me. He is my benchmark and teacher when it comes to weathering, and I hope that one day I'll become as good as he is!

I hope you liked the photo's! I'm sure I'll dedicate a blog to the dolls house itself at some point in the future, but for now, thanks for visiting, and see you next time!

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