Thread: Looks like another rabbit hole, who'll admit it?

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Using the term "miniature" for these dollhouses makes me smile. Here are some other terms it brings to mind.

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Wow Paul.

I'm Gravitationally Challenged, Economically Challenged, Energtically declined and according to the the card in the car, I'm also Physically Challenged.

Thats a few from the list the list, what did I win?

There are well established and prolific miniature tool makers, some of which have web sites of how to. Paul Hamler, John Maki, and Marco Terenzi come to mind. There are even miniature knife makers, Joseph Rodgers was well known for their miniatures. Wayne Driskill is a renown Collector/Dealer of miniature firearms that handles only museum quality miniatures and is an expert in the field. He also has a list or several arms miniature makers.

Paul has a remarkably interesting YouTube channel. His scaled miniatures are very collectable. He also makes scaled miniature rifles and pistols with removable magazines. There are others that have made custom and production runs of miniature tools mostly hand planes, over the years and they are highly collectable and command equally high prices. The detail is stunning on most of them.

Recently there is a guy who with his daughter made a Woodworking shop for her Barbie and posted on Instagram (Barbie of all trades).

A bunch of the online/social media woodworking/makers got involved and are now making scaled miniature tools for the Barbie Workshop. It even made the pages of Lost Art Press. (An Interview with Barbie of Barbie Woodshop)

His site is amazing, the amount of detail he has put into it, he has even reduced photos and posters to scale in the background of the shop. It has become a thing. He and his daughter also make stop action videos of Barbie at work in the shop, yet another slippery crevasse,

Hamler’s site is addicting and a lot of his processes and tools translate well to razor restoration, as he makes many of his specialty tools. (Paul Hamler).

Originally Posted by RayClem

I used to have a rather elaborate HO train layout, complete with background scenery, buildings, figures, cars and trucks, weathered rolling stock, etc. That was 30-40 years ago before my eyesight got too bad to do the detailed work required.

There is an antique store in my area that was at one time also a Christmas House. Fabulous and large place. On the second floor they had an entire room approximately 750-1000 SQ ft with a train set up like you described. It had mountain passes with tunnels, water features, elaborate bridges, a turntable, the list goes on. I could stand in there and watch it for hours.