A couple of houses

[DaveInTheHat]

Here's a couple houses that I built a while ago.

http://images56.fotki.com/v1599/photos/2/914592/7711396/100_4385-vi.jpg

Here's pictures I took while I was building: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davetown/five-victorian-houses/

[xrunner]

Wow!

Those are awesome. :eek:

Very impressive work.

[ComanderAce]

Very cool, that one guy is really bringing down the property value lol

[tjcruiser]

Very cool, that one guy is really bringing down the property value lol

:laugh: Very funny. And incredibly clever to build the house scene like that, with one of the Victorians looking not quite "up with the Jones"! The horrid looking TV antenna is a fun touch, too. "What? No cable??? No DISH?!? Do they even get Showtime?!?"

Dave, I enjoyed your sneak-peak over in the Introduce Yourself thread ... you really have got some talent up your sleeves. Thanks for posting/sharing here.

Cheers,

TJ

PS -- There was an HGTV "Curb Appeal" show not too long ago that featured a couple buying and fixing up a San Fran Victorian that had been previously bastardized with a stucco facade, so-called "modern architecture" trim, etc. A real disaster, to start ... but the couple/show did a nice job of bringing back its original detail. Needless to say, the neighbors were all very, very happy ...

http://www.hgtv.com/curb-appeal-the-block/a-san-francisco-victorian-is-restored-to-its-original-glory/index.html

[tjcruiser]

Had to throw this in with the atta' boy to Dave ...

Hard to tell which is the model, and which is the real deal ...

http://www.noehill.com/sf/vics/fulton1198/alamo_vics_thumb.jpg

[raleets]

Dave,
Having assembled around 35 structures this year, I admire your talent! :thumbsup:
However, I've got to be honest, I personally would get a tad bored assembling FIVE of the same building. :(
Nevertheless, it looks pretty cool.
Bob

[jonyb]

Nice work!

[DaveInTheHat]

Thanks for the comments!

Bob, The houses are a basically the same. The front of each one is slightly different. Building them wasn't boring. They go together pretty quick and easy. Painting was really monotonous.

[raleets]

My bad! :o "Boring" was a poor choice of words. "Monotonous" is what I really meant!
I'm putting the final touches on a Walthers Cornerstone "Merchants Row I" kit. It has kept me BUSY for a solid week. LOTS of different colors to mask off, paint, detail, etc........next up is "Merchants Row II", but I think I'll take a breather between them.
Bob

[tjcruiser]

And just to clarify, that was ONE kit of 5 houses (rather than 5 individual kits), right? I think I saw the kit box cover on your photo website, Dave.

TJ

[DaveInTheHat]

It's 5 different kits. The sides and back are the same. The fronts are all different. I put the yellow one together backwards. The one on the right is sort of kit bashed with a bunch of wood strips and stuff from my scrap box.

[raleets]

My one word comment.......WOW! :D :thumbsup:
Bob

[tjcruiser]

It's 5 different kits.

Thanks for the clarification. :thumbsup:

TJ

[Massey]

Looks like a couple of the houses near where I used to live. There were a bunch of nice ones and near the end of the block one trashed house with a couple of broken down torn apart cars in the front yard.

It looks much better in model form. Actually they look really nice.

Massey