Cathy‘s Flower House by captain_hook - FINISHED - Robotime - Scale approx. 1:20

[popeye the sailor]

oh...oh,  the admiral saw it..........she's already looked it up.  not sure.......but I'm beginning to see it in my future.   at least I'll have a log to guide my way      very nice progress!

[captain_hook]

19 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

oh...oh,  the admiral saw it..........she's already looked it up. 

Yep, the magical beauty of flowers. I made it clear (or at least I should have) for my family that this will be the only flower house I build for the next time. But I caught up my wife looking at the Robotime Webshop twice..

Edited May 8, 2020 by captain_hook

[captain_hook]

I assembled the floor and put everything together for a dry test-fit. Looks crowded but I assume this is the way it should be.

[yvesvidal]

I love it. SO realistic. The flooring is gorgeous, with all these different hues of wood.

 

Yves

[captain_hook]

Thank you Yves. The floor is just paper, but the print looks very realistic.

[druxey]

Very nicely done!

[mtaylor]

You did such a great job on that.  I can almost believe you'll be doing something like that for your wife.  Maybe you should?  Work on it so that it becomes  a surprise for here.  That should get you a few points to the good.

[Javlin]

On 5/8/2020 at 10:46 PM, mtaylor said:

You did such a great job on that.  I can almost believe you'll be doing something like that for your wife.  Maybe you should?  Work on it so that it becomes  a surprise for here.  That should get you a few points to the good.

In the ole days Mark I called those brownie points now Momma just issues orders

[mtaylor]

13 hours ago, Javlin said:

In the ole days Mark I called those brownie points now Momma just issues orders

Yes, and we salute smartly, do an about face and march off.   

[captain_hook]

Hehe, no way - only one flower-house per family! I‘ve made only some minor steps. Painted the walls with emulsion paint (egg-shell) which leaves a very matte surface. Build the lamp, installed it into the roof-part and tested it.

[captain_hook]

Due to some work at the our house I had to make a 4-weeks break from modelling and now started to build the flowerhouse. This proved to be more difficult than expected. The flowerhouse is a sandwich-design with the clear plastic part enclosed by wooden covers. But the plywood backsides were heavily warped and it was almost impossible to fit them together by only using the supplied glue. So I glued them together and - before the glue had dried - drilled a 1,9mm hole in every corner right through both sides and treenailed them with 2mm birch rod. That forced both sides together and will last for a long time.
 

Added all items to the wall, all were supplied except for the backdoor handle - I made that of some scrap brass. Attached all covers to each side but the paper cover for all the folding edges are still missing so it looks more like a transparent packaging in this stage. Next is attaching the light and the roof parts..

[captain_hook]

Installed the roof beams and light. The instructions say „keep the transparent sheet clean“ but that is easily said. I have to give the superstructure a nice cleanup before installing that to the base. BTW I have started to prepare that. The stickers are already on and I surrounded the MDF-sheet with boxwood stripes. They were a little warped so difficult to use as a mast or else but forced in position with clamps, glue and tape. I think, I might sand a chamfer surrounding the base. 

[captain_hook]

Finished the base. 

[captain_hook]

All assembled parts are then put together and installed into the base slots. 

[captain_hook]

Black cover stripes installed. They are made of black card and cover the plastic connection pins that hold the clear part together. 

[Egilman]

Probably designed to get girls into modeling, but the real worth is a father modeling something for a special loved one......

 

A beautiful job.....

 

EG

[captain_hook]

Thank you very much, EG.

[captain_hook]

After a marathon session I completed the flowerhouse today. All remaining items were glued on, the cable was attached to the battery-box and some last flower-decoration and some grass powder was glued on the base. FINISHED! 😀 Some pictures from all sides and with the light turned on.

[Canute]

Well done, Captain.

[captain_hook]

Thank you very much, Ken. My daughter is very pleased, she already looked for a place to keep. I already have a display case with a backside in black. The battery-box is intended to be stored under the base, but that makes it very difficult to put on / off or change the battery. Instead the cable is now leaded through the bottom to the rear and then out of the display case. I will fix the battery box with double adhesive tape to the case. So activating the light is much easier now... THANKS EVERYONE for following the build. Next will be returning to ship-modeling...

[Javlin]

Quite a Fine Job Sir!! Kevin

[mtaylor]

Wow.  That's impressive.  I suspect you made your daughter very happy.

[captain_hook]

Thank you very much, Kevin and Mark.

[popeye the sailor]

splendid job.......very nicely done     lighting it was a very nice touch.  I showed it to the admiral,  as I've done with every update.........I may get to do a doll house yet  

great job.........5 ⭐'s

[captain_hook]

Thank you, Popeye. ☺️ The flowerhouse wasn‘t difficult to build. Almost all parts are supplied. I only used some matte varnish to protect the printed paper from UV-light, made a handle for the backdoor, a handle for the garden hose and a flowerpod out of some scrap wood. The items are arranged as proposed in the manual but can be rearranged as you like. The clear part has a protection layer on it that is almost invisible but has to be removed before assembly - that was not mentioned in the manual. But in the end it was a fun build that can be done in 4 weeks..