by Peter Ball | Feb 17, 2014
I took one of the covers of the notebook I had finished, and used it as a base. I measured the walls, and scribed the sides to make them resemble planking. I've added some thick bits of balsa at one end to resemble a chimney, and marked out some doors and a window. I...
by Peter Ball | Feb 14, 2014
After moving an old photograph to a new frame, I had a spare piece of backing, so I am using it to make a very small garden maze. I mainly used 25mm tall bits of balsa wood for the walls, but I used matchsticks for the central circle. The template for the circle is...
by Peter Ball | Feb 12, 2014
I had finished off a notebook with thick card covers, so I cut some 1" by 6" strips from it. They're the base here. I cut a strip of balsa wood 7 * 7 * 25mm, trimmed off the corners, and ran some sandpaper over the wood. That gives the look of weathered outdoor wood...
by Peter Ball | Feb 10, 2014
I took a lot more pictures than this, but they ended up all blurry, despite my use of a tripod. Mean camera. Anyway, the two that did look fine. I altered the look of these ships when painting them up, using a medium grey as the panel-lining colour, and drybrushing...
by Peter Ball | Feb 7, 2014
While I paint these models up, a few more pictures of my new destroyers (DDG and DDL) and tug.
