Bus Progress

Went out to dinner for my birthday and got the common question of, "how's the progress on the house coming?" It has been a while since I've updated you on my progress. Partly because there really isn't much progress that shows. I've finally sanded and painted (several times) to where the side of the bus is smooth enough...I think.

When I first joined the Greenleaf forum...a forum for miniaturists by the company that makes the kits...I read several places where people said either that "their house talked to them and told them [the people] what they [the kit] wanted" or suggested to people to listen to what the house tells them.

Now everyone here knows I'm in the mental health field so I immediately thought that some of the people were just plain crazy and that if a kit started talking to me I'd schedule a bed for myself at work. Well thank goodness we are at full capacity and don't have any beds available cause though the kit didn't actually LITERALLY talk to me I got this nagging feeling about the color of the bus. I tried to shake it, I tried to think of other colors but it seemed like it (the bus) wanted to be baby blue. Now I like blue...but baby blue???? For a bus??? I guess with the wolves being grey and not really much of the bus color will be showing...it might work. Either that or I really am going nuts and this is just the first stage. (I can see all the knowing nods as you are reading this...lol)

Well, baby blue it is...for now.

Then what held me up is as I started looking at the bus and how I sunk the floor so people (yes I know they aren't real...in case you were wondering) could walk...it put the driver up to where he would have to duck to look out the front windshield...not a safe way to drive a bus. So I had to figure out a way for the driver to have some leg room.

So cutting and gluing, painting and sanding and he now has room (although a bit cramped) for his legs.

The underside of the bus is now painted black.

You can also see the gazebo in the background. It is almost all finished with the base coat. I found some marble online that I think I can print off onto water decals for the floor of the gazebo and then the plan is to paint it gold and black and have a cleopatra scene with a leopard etc. for the contest in December 2009.

So, that's where things are at at this time. Having a blast and making progress although slow.