I've been making a lot of progress again, but hadn't really completed anything until today, and I'm excited to share this one as I'm quite chuffed with how it turned out. This is one of the rooms in one of my few non-Petite Properties buildings, a Coaching Inn Arch from Scale Model Buildings.
I have to say, it was definitely not as user-friendly as the Petite Properties kits. With those, because they're built with notches and tabs that go together, you can almost figure out how to assemble without the instructions. Yet the instructions are still super detailed, so all in all it goes together easily (even if you are kit-bashing like me!). With this one, however, the front just did not make sense to me and the instructions did not show visually how it had to go. I ended up messaging them through their shop on Etsy and she was very helpful, actually taking down her model and showing me pictures of how it had gone together, and that was enough for me to figure it out.
After that the interior was fairly easy to do, although I miffed the hardwood floor a bit...I'm trying to make myself think it's just the floorboards shifting in an old building, haha. The inn already has a number of spaces for eating, including a formal dining room and a table in the kitchen, which would have been for the lowest class of people staying there. But many inns had a specific dining room for stagecoach passengers, and that's what I wanted to put over the arch.
The meal on the table reflects the rather rushed nature of the meal, with mismatched cups and mugs, and people presumably grabbing or ordering whatever they could in the scant 20 minutes afforded for meals.
The table and benches are from Petworth Miniatures, while most of the food is from Medieval Miniatures (I do hope she reopens her Etsy shop as she does such fantastic work), with the exception of the marzipan/cake and meat pie from Desert Minis (her shop is definitely closed now as she's retired). The cups and bowls are 3d printed from Shapeways, and the candelabra and little roll in one of the bowls is from Stewart Dollhouse.
The Windsor chair and settles are also 3d printed from Shapeways and really added to the old feel of the room. The balcony railing is also from Shapeways. I was a little concerned with mixing the 3d printed pieces with the lovely wood pieces that could be stained and still show the wood grain. But I think going with the contrasting Georgian sort of slate blue and the wood tones actually ended up working out quite well, since a lot of wood furniture was commonly painted back then.
The fireplace, screen, and drop table between the two settles are all eBay finds, while the bottom built-in shelves were a scratch build by me, and the upper built-in shelves are a Petite Properties kit. The clock is a metal piece, although I can't recall where from (I believe I've seen them sold on several sites that do metal pieces), while the hats are from Mini From Italy on Etsy, who custom made them for me.
I'm hoping I'll have another update soon, as I am very close to having the servants' hall and scullery done, with just a few little pieces that need to be wrapped up before those interiors are complete!
I have to say, it was definitely not as user-friendly as the Petite Properties kits. With those, because they're built with notches and tabs that go together, you can almost figure out how to assemble without the instructions. Yet the instructions are still super detailed, so all in all it goes together easily (even if you are kit-bashing like me!). With this one, however, the front just did not make sense to me and the instructions did not show visually how it had to go. I ended up messaging them through their shop on Etsy and she was very helpful, actually taking down her model and showing me pictures of how it had gone together, and that was enough for me to figure it out.
After that the interior was fairly easy to do, although I miffed the hardwood floor a bit...I'm trying to make myself think it's just the floorboards shifting in an old building, haha. The inn already has a number of spaces for eating, including a formal dining room and a table in the kitchen, which would have been for the lowest class of people staying there. But many inns had a specific dining room for stagecoach passengers, and that's what I wanted to put over the arch.
The meal on the table reflects the rather rushed nature of the meal, with mismatched cups and mugs, and people presumably grabbing or ordering whatever they could in the scant 20 minutes afforded for meals.
The table and benches are from Petworth Miniatures, while most of the food is from Medieval Miniatures (I do hope she reopens her Etsy shop as she does such fantastic work), with the exception of the marzipan/cake and meat pie from Desert Minis (her shop is definitely closed now as she's retired). The cups and bowls are 3d printed from Shapeways, and the candelabra and little roll in one of the bowls is from Stewart Dollhouse.
The Windsor chair and settles are also 3d printed from Shapeways and really added to the old feel of the room. The balcony railing is also from Shapeways. I was a little concerned with mixing the 3d printed pieces with the lovely wood pieces that could be stained and still show the wood grain. But I think going with the contrasting Georgian sort of slate blue and the wood tones actually ended up working out quite well, since a lot of wood furniture was commonly painted back then.
The fireplace, screen, and drop table between the two settles are all eBay finds, while the bottom built-in shelves were a scratch build by me, and the upper built-in shelves are a Petite Properties kit. The clock is a metal piece, although I can't recall where from (I believe I've seen them sold on several sites that do metal pieces), while the hats are from Mini From Italy on Etsy, who custom made them for me.
I'm hoping I'll have another update soon, as I am very close to having the servants' hall and scullery done, with just a few little pieces that need to be wrapped up before those interiors are complete!
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