I sanded the foundation just enough to remove the roughness and excess spackling from the base. After wiping it down with a damp cloth, I patted on some matte gel medium. This added texture that was more in scale than the original spackling roughness. I… more »

With the rough idea of layout chosen, I'm starting on the actual structure. The first order of business is building up the foundation. The cat food cans are 1 15/32" tall. I had some square lengths of mdf from a former HBS Creatin' Contest kit… more »

I've run into a snag with the buggy kit, but all is not lost. More on that to come. I am realizing just how little room I have to work with inside. Instead of changing the game plan and altering the building to be larger, I will forge ahead with what… more »

Continuing work on the Mail Wagon. I put together the rear axle assembly. The front assembly required drilling a hole using the provided jig.  I was able to use my hand tools - a pin vise - to make this hole.  For the rear assembly, the metal was… more »

Continuing to swear at work on the Mail Wagon.  To make it easier to work on the next part, I took closeup photos of the large schematics and printed the sections I needed.  This eliminated the need to keep walking into the kitchen to look at the… more »