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Wow! I didnt think it could be done, but a diorama can fit in a peanut butter lid! Thats a fantastic treehouse! What did you make the roof out of? Looks great!
A unique model for sure! Looks great. There is one thing missing though…it needs some kids playing in it!
Awesome!
Very Cool !
Bud
The roof is made from an heavy duty aluminum baking pan. I cut it into rectangles and ran it through a paint tube squezzer. Then I dipped it into printed circut board etching acid from Radio Shack for a couple seconds. Then rinse it it water. When it drys it looks like rusted steel.
Wow…Now THAT’s a scratchbuild! [8D]
pretty cool always nice to see something different
Most Excelent! Sure hope it was Jif peanut butter…choosy mothers choose Jif 
Very cool. Your web site has some impressive pictures as well. Is the etching acid from Radio Shack expensive? I can think of all kinds of uses for that effect.
You talk about a paint tube squeezer, what is that? My wife scrapbooks and she has a tool called a paper crimper with makes paper look corrugated, it works well on aluminum as long as it isn’t too thick. Again nicely done, really makes me rethink the standard wooden base I usually start with.
This rooools! I am impressed! I have used peanut butter jar lids for years for mounting 1/6 scale figures (GEOmetric Star Trek figs fit perfectly on these, for alien landscapes and tranporter bases or Borg regeneration niches!)
VERY very cool work here, most unusual and very nice to see something new!
David
I love it!! I want one in 1:1 scale. And I’m 38 years old…
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Kingme,
Thanks to you and everyone else for looking at my pictures. I keep wondering who is looking. Feel free to leave comments or sign my guest book.
The etching acid from Radio Shack isn’t very expensive. I got a small bottle I don’t remember the exact price but it was under $10.
The paint tube squeezer is the same as the paper crimper only its not as wide. Its what I have, the paper crimper probably works just as good.
The Peanut Butter Lid Diorama is something that started on the Scale Auto forum and has also shown up on the RailRoad Line forum. Its a lot of fun. Sort of a nice break from the projects that take longer.
Thanks to everyone for the kind words.
lol this gave me a big wide simle on a lousy Friday morning. Fantastic work, very imaginative and original.
This is great[:D]
It really reminds me of my childhood,just wish I had a tree in the back garden big enough to build another one.
KingMe-- That etchant cost a little less than $5 for a 16 fl. oz. bottle. There is an excellent article in the August, 2006 issue of Scale Auto , by Ken Hamilton on how to use this stuff to rust out model car fenders, roofs, etc. Check it out. He shows how to make fenders with aluminum foil, then rust them out. [tup][tup]
Tinker, thanks for the info. I found the article by Ken Hamilton online, it’s really great here is a link in case anyone else wants to look at it: http://www.scaleautomag.com/sca/objects/pdf/sca-hr0806.pdf I have been gone a few days on business but I plan on getting over to Radio Shack today to get the etchant. I am building a treehouse inspired by daveinthehat, although I will be trying hard to keep mine an original design so I don’t steal any of Dave’s artistic creativity.
I hope this is OK to get inspiration from another builder. I am new on this forum, I don’t want to steal any ideas, but this one is way too cool. Is there some kind of etiquette for this so I do not offend anyone?
Regards,
Pretty darn cute !!! Is it "Skippy"s " place ?[tup]