Zee-Mastor
DIY Disk Shop (rebuild) and Annex (interior)
Here's where we get to the good stuff. Increasing the size of the store interior (by about 3/4" all around) really has improved things considerably, now that the figures don't have their heads scraping the ceiling. I transferred all the furniture from the old store to the new, so the main differences are the wallpaper, skylight and new spaciousness.
The Annex was scratch-built from similar materials, such as MDF hardboard, a clipboard and basswood for the cabinets. Some of the record covers (which exist in real life) are scanned from album covers.
Others are actually enlarged scans of the old Columbia House Record Club stamps. Some background: back in the 70's, we used to get offers in the mail to join the Columbia House Record Club. These offers included several sheets of full-color stamps, each looking like an oddly cropped version of the real album covers. Comic books of that period had advertisements with similar graphics, but not in full color.
The various magazines are scanned from my own music magazine collection.
Identification of the various records and decor:
Top Row:
Carole King- Tapestry; Three Dog Night-Golden Biscuits; Jethro Tull- Aqualung; The Beatles- Meet the Beatles; Rolling Stone magazine- The Cars
2nd from the Top:
Dimensional Sound- The Top 50 (bad/hilarous cover versions of late 70's hits); Goldmine magazines- The Monkees, Neil Diamond, Queen, The Beatles
3rd from the Top:
Tom Jones- Live in Las Vegas; Engelbert Humperdinck- A Man Without Love; Engelbert Humperdinck- Release Me; Rolling Stone magazine- Cheap Trick; Trouser Press magazine- The Who
Bottom Row:
Led Zeppelin- IV; Partridge Family- Sound Magazine; Engelbert Humperdinck- Just For You; Hit Parader magazine- Kiss, Creem magazine- David Bowie
DIY Disk Shop (rebuild) and Annex (interior)
Here's where we get to the good stuff. Increasing the size of the store interior (by about 3/4" all around) really has improved things considerably, now that the figures don't have their heads scraping the ceiling. I transferred all the furniture from the old store to the new, so the main differences are the wallpaper, skylight and new spaciousness.
The Annex was scratch-built from similar materials, such as MDF hardboard, a clipboard and basswood for the cabinets. Some of the record covers (which exist in real life) are scanned from album covers.
Others are actually enlarged scans of the old Columbia House Record Club stamps. Some background: back in the 70's, we used to get offers in the mail to join the Columbia House Record Club. These offers included several sheets of full-color stamps, each looking like an oddly cropped version of the real album covers. Comic books of that period had advertisements with similar graphics, but not in full color.
The various magazines are scanned from my own music magazine collection.
Identification of the various records and decor:
Top Row:
Carole King- Tapestry; Three Dog Night-Golden Biscuits; Jethro Tull- Aqualung; The Beatles- Meet the Beatles; Rolling Stone magazine- The Cars
2nd from the Top:
Dimensional Sound- The Top 50 (bad/hilarous cover versions of late 70's hits); Goldmine magazines- The Monkees, Neil Diamond, Queen, The Beatles
3rd from the Top:
Tom Jones- Live in Las Vegas; Engelbert Humperdinck- A Man Without Love; Engelbert Humperdinck- Release Me; Rolling Stone magazine- Cheap Trick; Trouser Press magazine- The Who
Bottom Row:
Led Zeppelin- IV; Partridge Family- Sound Magazine; Engelbert Humperdinck- Just For You; Hit Parader magazine- Kiss, Creem magazine- David Bowie