June Model of the Month
June 22, 2011
Hi All:
Below are a series of photos for June’s Model of the Month. The building is part of my Circus Ship diorama I am building. I made the roof from a heavy card stock and laser scribed the centre ridge so that is bent easily at the roof peak. Other photos illustrate how I place my laser cut cedar shakes. I like to hand paint my shakes with a base colour (rail brown on this roof). After the base coat is dry I streak with a dark brown, followed by a dark grey. Once all is dry I glue the strips on the roof. The last step is to dry brush the roof shakes. You can see how the diorama is shaping up with 4 completed buildings. I think for July I will build 1 more house and maybe the lodge … we’ll see.
Brooklyn Kit Update
June 22, 2011
Hi Everyone:
Here are a few updated photos and words to update you on the progress of our fundraising efforts. Brooklyn now has her iPad and she loves it. I watch her work on it in my classroom and she wheels around the school with it on her lap all the time. The smile has never left her face and she is still very humbled by everyone’s support.
Together we raised over $1300 through kit sales ($1000), several people paid extra for their kits, several people donated money and didn’t want a kit and one my daughter Georgia sold cookies at our yard sale and donated $30 for Brooklyn!
As suggested by a donor, Brooklyn will put the extra money toward the purchase of Applications and developing her business idea. Check out her blog is you already have not
www.forthewhitecrayons.blogspot.com
We are ready to ship the kits (BUT) there is a postal lockout in Canada and because of this we are sitting on 40 kits that cannot be shipped until the labour dispute is over. I am hopeful that I will be able to ship early next week. I do apologize for any inconvience that this may have caused any of the 40 people who supported Brooklyn.
You can see how happy Brooklyn is with her new iPad along with the 3 HO kits that 40 modellers worldwide purchased in just 4 days! Check out the World Map, the orange arrows point to all of the places people live that purchased the kits.
I also threw in a photo of my most dedicated modeler during our lunch hour sessions. Martin really wanted his photo on my website displaying all of his efforts. We just finished putting on the decals to his Spitfire and he is very proud his efforts.
