Playtime!

After several days of holiday activities I was desperate for some mini time. I chose to play with my new diorama. I had some Plasco kitchen appliances from the 1940s stored away so I dug them out for the apartment. The chairs are some other brand from the same era and I made the table. The Plasco pieces are 1:16 scale. I'm pretending, of course, that we can only see part of the kitchen and the rest of the apartment is also imagined. I am debating adding wallpaper to the kitchen.
I added a flower pot to the window outside the kitchen.
The biggest change is in the antique shop. I scanned a photo of an antique shop from one of my miniatures books to enclose the back and added a few items to the floor to add dimension. Now it looks as though the shop stretches much farther beyond what you see through the window.

I had so much fun making this little scene truly mine. :-)

I just have to share this gift with you

I shared in an earlier post about the game room I made for my brother who customizes 1:18 scale action figures. Well, a friend of his in an online forum saw the room box and liked it. He created this diorama for me. His name is Eric Vaughan. The diorama is 1:18 scale like the action figures he and my brother customize and it is full of details.
The pizza shop has sodas on the counter and a large pizza inside.
There's an electric meter on the wall outside the pizza place.
The window and door of A Moment in Time antique shop.

I had some 1:16 scale dolls on hand that look great in the pizza shop window.

I am so excited about this beautiful diorama. It was a totally unexpected gift and it is just amazing!