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Dioramas
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miniart wine & milk bottle & crates
southpier
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 01:21 PM UTC
anyone have tips for assembling, painting & weathering, and especially for making the glass bottles look realistic?

thanks
airborne1
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Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 02:40 PM UTC
be prepared to spend a lot of time forming the decal around the wine bottles.
Once the decals are removed from the carrier film they do not flex enough to wrap around the bottle.A lot of decal softener will be required to have the decal wrap around the bottle.
The crates look execellent, timber detail on both sides and the detail stands out after painting.
There was 2 decals short in the wine box.
Will start on the beer bottles in the future but the problem is the decal is smaller to work with.



Michael
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Overijssel, Netherlands
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Posted: Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 05:19 PM UTC
If one sprays a little amount of varnish over the bottles the decals will ‘glue’. I did it this way and it works fine.
Some bottles in the crates don’t show the labels due to the height of the crate: one might leave them of in that case. Just dry fit and see.
southpier
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Posted: Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 10:16 PM UTC
thanks for the reinforcement; glad it's not just me that thinks this is going to be a project. the labeled bottles look good.
j76lr
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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 09:06 AM UTC
The decals look pretty tedious especially if you have to soften each one ! but it could be interesting
southpier
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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 10:44 AM UTC
my therapist suggested I take up a hobby . . . . little does he know!
babaoriley
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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 11:32 AM UTC

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my therapist suggested I take up a hobby . . . . little does he know!



He knows, getting you into modeling is his way of getting more billable hours by increasing the stress in your life.
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