Recent content by icanbuildthat

Hi Simon, I'm back. Just wonder if you're still here?? Haven't moved an inch on my build. Got sidetracked and stifled on the project but rethinking it yet again. Still have all the stuff for reference in case I do decide to tackle this once more. Thinking about it hard. Let me know if you...

Not sure what book you're referring to - but if you're referring to the book I think you are it's titled HARRY POTTER - PAGE TO SCREEN. It's a nearly 600 page book, large format with thousands of photos of lots of things. Amazing book for the price - I have to say. If there are any photos you...

This is another full size (full size for the size I'm building it) for that outbuilding just off the back of the Durham wing at the back by the greenhouses.

Just a drawing I'm using - and this will be the full size of this item per my drawing. Using this to size the piece with.

Thanks for the retirement wishes sir - appreciate it. EASING into it to say the least. Barely a month in and I'm a little tired still - getting too much rest I think. NEED to get to work on my model sometime soon. NEED to establish the layout first in the space downstairs. FINALLY sold the...

Thanks Pobbrett - appreciate these shots. They'll come in handy for sure. JUST SOLD THE POOL TABLE so I can begin thinking about layout and space for the base of this entire thing. Gonna try to do it logically so it can come apart in sections that will easily move, store, adjust, shift...

Hey SHORTS, Pretty cool overall. I LOVE that you're using boxes to indicate some of the buildings. And again you say it's not good - what's good anyway? ALL in the execution and the viewer's eye. I think it's pretty cool. Creative, innovative, inexpensive, and if you're having fun doing...

Great photos POBBRETT. Thanks for posting these. Have most of these photos but a few are going to prove to be invaluable for my build. Plans are darn hard to come by but these will help. As you may have noted earlier, I redrew several things and have more to do - working on those now. But...

Well best to keep an eye on this thread - as soon as I can get rid of the stinking pool table that's taking up the space I AM going to start mine too. Like yours, I'm going to begin with a "foot print" of the space, eliminate a few things (Quidditch, Hagrid's hut - no need for these) and...

HAHA!! No kidding cgraham. I cannot begin to tell you what kind of layout my old boss had - took up like 4-6 rooms in his basement - it went from one room to the next, to the next, to the next - and then was replaced with NASCAR models on storeroom shelves. He had a FORTUNE tied up in NASCAR...

Great photo spread Darthvader. And what an amazing project to do. Very cool ideas with the foam understructure. Basic it's a commonly used substructure with plaster overlay to do rocks, mountains etc., used a lot by railroad folks who do these big layouts. My old boss used to have his entire...

I think the story is that this match stick Hogwarts took something like 602,000 match sticks, 15 gallons of glue and three years to build. What a feat. But then I gotta wonder why? I mean because no-one else would do it? Want to be the only one who would tackle such a build? But holy cow...

Thanks - I HOPE to get it started sometime soon - even right after the first of the year or before - depends. Yeah that money thing - I mean what's up with that all the time!!?? :confused I hate it. I just need to be rich is all - simple. As if!! TIME I'll have after I'm retired on...

No by all means don't take it back....it was just someone else's work and it's a stellar job by all means. It is just redirected and I take no credit for anything unless it's my work and I do it. Never have, never will. But certainly you don't need to take it back - I just gave it to the...

SGTGermany, Thanks for that photo but yes, if you go to the Gallery on this site, I've uploaded many photos I've amassed in studying the structure for building this. I have about 900 photos of various shots of this model and other design models and structural details to go by. I'm prepared...