Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Building a grocery store (model)

Bought this model of a grocery store at Taiwan and decided to make it for my sister's birthday. I was taken aback by the difficulty of it though. Yah, my arts sucks, but working with miniature stuff is just crazy.

So here's the cover of the packaging:
And the back showing the contents:
It comes with an instruction manual too:
The various parts:
Building the crate. I hate the smell of the glue.
One part down. I hadn't expected the price labels to be so small. Had to use double-sided tape in the end because the glue didn't stick very well...
Making the sack of yellow what-nots:
Done! Don't think I did it correctly though...
Wooden planks for the shelf:
Materials to make jars of tea leaves (the body is actually plastic tubing):
Tying the golden wire around a malleable 1-cm plastic tubing with that small piece of cloth is enough to drive anyone crazy... Seriously.
Candy jars:


This is supposed to be preserved fruit... xD
Materials for the blackboard:
Blackboard. Didn't have pen with white ink... And they didn't provide chalk!
A small piece of wood and a strip of black paper...
And you get a blackboard duster!
Materials for weighing scale:
Materials for hawthorn string:


Materials for the top of the shop:
The finished product!!! Not very stable because the glue isn't very sticky...haha... Don't know how to keep out the dust tho... :P

6 comments:

  1. Wow! Very nice! Honestly!

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  2. omg. so pretty! u r pro hahaha :)

    -xw

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  3. I want a sister like u!! can get gifts u made specially =D

    -tinghui

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  4. haha cos it's her 21st mah... something more special :)

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  5. It looks so elegant and real. like it alot, haha. anw,Fugitive Plan B has a similar genre as city hunter by lee min ho and the latter is very nice. wonder if u have watched it.haha. all the best!!

    yingying

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