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So like I said in the previous post, I stopped by Michael's tonight, and lost a good deal of time due to that plus grabbing dinner. I wanted to get the styrene bits done and painted, and do 2 more brick sections, but I barely got the doors and windows carved and assembled by 2am. Sheesh...

Haha, "hint-hint". Thanks guys. By the way, thanks for all the kind words fellas. I get caught up in this in nerd mode and sometimes forget to say thanks. Geez, nerdiness to the max. I stopped by Michael's tonight to pick up some basic stuff, like greens for foliage and I got a cool sheet of...

I figured if anyone knew about pipes, it would be Edward.

When you say "drain pipe", what do you mean exactly? Like ones that come out of the wall, or have a gutter pipe attached to them? I was considering using crinkle straws, flattened square, as gutter downpiping. (Some actually funnel through the walls from the roof, others run on the outside in...

That's probably the last step I'll take since I'll more than likely be futzing with this for a few weeks, but a good call to protect the final job. Any suggestion on clearcoats? I know once it's painted that sprays won't hit the foam, but I've steered clear of sprays for the most part since I...

Thanks man. I think you're right on the push style doors, they're only used in "emergency exit" locations where they need to push outwards. I still want to make one, but it'll probably be on an interior setting. I think putting a little chain around it would be awesome. I don't plan on going...

I painted up the sidewalks, although I think I am not quite done with that. I want to even out the concrete a bit more, and probably add another coat of black as a wash, or some stippling/detail work. I didn't get the two sidewalk drains cut out, and although I cut out the basic shapes for the...

Question: What sort of doors do you guys think would be good? For the large door, I can't decide if I want it to be a rolling style garage door, or something close to this. For the 2 smaller doors, I was thinking something along the lines of an emergency exit style door (with the push bar)...

Gorilla glue? It sounded better than wood glue at the time I was in the wood glue aisle at Home Depot. Not sure how well it holds up over time, I guess I'll see. SicDeth may have a much better suggestion on that. Luckily, I haven't had to glue too much stuff together, but I had read somewhere...

I was worried my hosting server might be acting up. It was being weird last night. Sorry about that loading lag. Yeah, the split sidewalk has entire sections that I cut loose and glued back in place, but tilted to create the "popped-up" look. Other areas I just cut away to create cracks and...

Blood, the street has been added in the last tutorial post on Page 1. It's just got the black base coat, but I hope to finish painting the sidewalk and street details tomorrow night and post pics. After that, I'll move onto all the smaller framed structures like doors, windows, and grills. You...

Thanks fellas. I've been busting ass on this all afternoon, so sorry for not seeing all the replies. Sort of. Working with this type of foam, no, and building scale buildings, no. I used to work at an architecture firm part time as a draftsman before changing majors in college, and I had a...

Okay, added in the painting section. In keeping this shortish (relative to how long it could be, I guess... sorry for the lengthy posts, I may go back and cut down the copy to simplify things) I left out the various detail steps in painting because there's really no "method" exactly, as I just...

Now you're just talking crazy. I've had MP Rodimus for over 2 months now, and still haven't transformed him. I've got a Stinger from Ross that I got over the summer (2010) that I've not bothered to open. What an ass, I am.

That turned out sick! Too bad the factory paint sucks ass on it. Painting vehicles is the last thing I need to get into. I'm already in deep shit as it is since all our closet space has been filled up with boxes-o-plastic, and the guest bedroom has a few boxes in it. I'm 2 boxes away from being...

I hadn't really paid attention to the non-Joe 1:18 vehicles prior to joining this site, but that Abrams was pretty slick. Way bigger than I had ever realized it was in passing. I'll have to swing by Big Lots again and see if that smaller tank is still there. I honestly have no space for the...

I know, I wish I could have found blue. Although pink will probably look less weird if I miss a spot with paint. I actually thought my girlfriend was making a "I actually care" comment about how much I bought, because she asked in an interested manner about how much more foam I had. Then she...

So is that the same tank that was at Big Lots that I was jabbering about stupidly? It looks like shit factory, but a good simple paint job does wonders. I saw the Abrams at Target last night, but I just don't have room for the big bastard, however awesome it is. This one, though, you may have...

Yeah, I said it wasn't exactly proper in the description. I guess it's not technically a second floor anyways, and sure as hell not to building code. One building has a vent that I'm adding (not an upstairs window), and the second one could just have a crawl space or have a high ceiling. I never...

Oh sure, charge for gas plus time, you scalper. Okay, I added in better photos and a new section showing more progress. I hope to paint tomorrow and at least get one building done (without windows and doors and details, that is). By the way, drawing and carving bricks is tedious as hell at...