Weekend Hobby, Craft and Bodging Thread

Greetings, gang. Hope the weekend is going well. Time once again to head for the basement, garage, workshop, studio space or wherever it is you can retreat, immerse yourself for a few hours to make a mess and get creative.

Just for fun is this "Joe McDoakes" short. If Joe, that is actor George O'Hanlon, sounds familiar, it's because he would later go on to be the voice of George Jetson.

I've featured Norm Charbonneau before and he has created several hi-rail O scale layouts that are masterpieces of scenery and detailing. This is actually a couple of videos in one. The smoke from those Baldwin centipedes is really cool.

Another great old Tonka toy restoration from Chip Channel. Must be nice to have a CNC machine, sandblasting cabinet, powder coater, and other neat tools to work with. Still, you could probably achieve similar results with new spare parts and plain old elbow grease.

If you don't have a shop or a studio to head to, why not build your own?

Plasmo, aka David from the Czech Republic, does extensive modifications and detailing on this 1/72 scale Grumman TBF Avenger.

Talk about trash to treasure. Watch this gal restore a beautiful art deco dresser. I think she could've saved a lot of time and futzing around by squaring off the damaged veneer instead of the way she did it, but the end result is beautiful.

A portrait demo and some good tips on how to improve your drawing skills.

Handmade shoes is something that goes way beyond anything I've ever contemplated but I guess if you're driven and you take it one step at a time, you come up with something that's respectable. At least you learn, right?

posted by J.J. Sefton at 05:00 PM

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