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Miniature quilt showing little Christmas ornaments or package tags. It's a free pattern from Bunny Hill Designs!Go to www.bunnyhilldesigns.com and click on free patterns!
"The miniature world" at Downtown Victoria is an awesome place and for sure one of the greatest little show. Some of the world's most recognizable landmark stories, events, incidents are kept so nicely in a small form. A must visit place...
Victoria, Vancouver Island
gashapon miniature in gashapon (^_-)*
I love Alice, challenged 3 times!
I was surprised they really works
An Autobiographical Archive
Text Jack Lenor Larsen and Lesley Millar MBE
Photography Tom Haartsen, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
Design Stephan de Smet, Amsterdam
Printing Wilco Art Books, Amersfoort
Publisher Timmer Art Books / Lecturis, Eindhoven
Edition 500 copies
A series of photos I took at my friend's home, which she and her family turned into a miniature Christmas wonderland.
A miniature version of New York City created using leaves, barks, and other natural materials, displayed at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.
St Joseph County 4H Fair Grounds
5117 Ironwood Road
South Bend, Indiana. USA.
Miniature Train Ride that once operated at Playland Amusement Park in South Bend, Indiana. 1941-1961. The three car train was custom built and is powered by a gasoline Briggs and Stratton motor. It' seen here in its original condition at the St Joe 4H Fair Grounds in South Bend, Indiana during a Studebaker antique car show.
The train was hauled from Colorado to Indiana in a 1952 Studebaker stake truck.
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SOUTH BEND — A miniature train that provided rides for delighted children during the 1940s at Playland Park in South Bend is back home again for a few days.
The vintage amusement park ride is on display and available for free rides through Saturday during the Studebaker Drivers Club International Meet at the St. Joseph County Fairgrounds.
The antique train, which is powered by a gasoline engine, is owned by Roger List, of Aurora, Colo. He brought it to South Bend this week in the bed of his 1942 Studebaker pickup truck, one of two Studebaker vehicles he owns.
"It's like a family heirloom," he said Wednesday while setting up the train on portable tracks at the fairgrounds. He was helped by his wife, Sue, and his nephew, Adam Nehrt.
Playland Park was an amusement park at the northwest corner of Lincoln Way East and Ironwood Drive from 1925 until 1961. (In earlier days, it was known as Springbrook Park.) Playland was a popular destination that included roller coasters, a Ferris wheel, a carousel, a dance hall, a race track and the miniature train, among other attractions.
After the amusement park closed, the site had a nine-hole lighted golf course and a miniature golf course. The property later was sold and now is the site of Indiana University South Bend's on-campus student apartments.
The small train is a link to the owner's late father, Adolph "Bosco" List, of Carlyle, Ill., who bought the used ride from Playland Park owner Earl "Pete" Redden in 1949. Roger List still has the signed handwritten receipt for his father's purchase of the train for $750.
It's not clear whether Redden sold the train and replaced it with a new one, or if the ride was simply phased out. Newspaper clippings about Playland Park from the 1940s through 1961 make no mention of the miniature train.
A photo published in the September 1947 edition of the Studebaker Spotlight, the auto manufacturer's in-house magazine, shows children riding in the train at an Aug. 10, 1947, gathering at Playland Park for Studebaker employees and their families.
A miniature train that operated in the 1940s at Playland Park amusement park in South Bend is back in town for a few days. The train is owned by Roger List, of Aurora, Colorado, and he brought it to town for the Studebaker Drivers Club 2017 International Meet at the St. Joseph County Fairgrounds.
The train will remain on display and be available for free rides until Saturday afternoon, May 6.
The elder List operated the train ride for a few years at Fairview Park in Centralia, Ill. Then he took it on the road, setting up the train and operating it at employee picnics, July 4 celebrations and church gatherings until the 1970s, when it went into storage.
The elder List passed away at age 97 in 2009.
"I ran the train while I was in high school," Roger List said. "Two cousins ran it after that."
Although in worn condition from decades of use, the train still bears the same red, green and gold paint pattern it had during its Playland Park days. Made of galvanized sheet metal, it includes an engine and three passenger cars. Little red and green passenger stools that fit inside the cars are believed to be original.
The train can carry about 15 passengers.
List set up the train at the last Studebaker international meet in South Bend, in 2012. The reception was positive, so he decided to bring it back for this meet.
The exact age of the train isn't known. The engine has a manufacturer's tag dating it to 1936. The cars themselves have no maker's mark. "We suppose the whole thing was handcrafted," List said.
Fake tilt-shift. This is a real mountain, not a miniature. It was the result of the Laki eruptions in 1783.
A miniature Rex the Hamster in his tomato soup can with his exercise wheel in the screen covered aquarium. Screen is removable. 3" wide, 2" tall, and 1¾" front to back. Made by me. Aug. 2012.
Do you know who "Rex" is?
Miniature plate and noodles handsculpted by me, for collaboration with Dragon Nest. This is unfinished, we got to have some gravy and meat on them noodles!
It was backbreaking work rolling out the noodles to the same thinness through out, but pretty fun arranging them on the plate. :)
Blogged at www.aiclay.com ♥
This is a miniature train made to 1:20 precision! It was taken at Abingdon Miniature Village - Mandurah, Western Australia. There are over 35 individual buildings from all over the UK depicting the different architectural styles from 12th century onwards. Well known buildings such as Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Red Lion Pub, and the traditional Village Green are all featured.
The buildings and all of their components are hand crafted on site, some of the larger and more intricate buildings taking over 600 hours to complete. A miniature steam train winds its way around the ornamental lake and is activated by an electronic eye on the bridge. Amongst the model settings are dozens of miniature figures. Some are playing cricket on the Village Green, enjoying a pint at the Red Lion, attending the wedding ceremony at St Mary’s Church and many others. The figures are all hand made and painted, requiring repainting every 6 – 12 months. New figures are continually added to make the settings more life like and add a touch of humour.
And the best thing about this train is that it runs just like a normal train. Visitors can set it off by pressing a button on a fence nearby & it goes through an interesting route passing by miniature villages, a bridge, miniature forest etc. A top notch effort by the owners of the place!
Camera: Canon Powershot A620, hand held.
A miniature traffic scene. This is a fake tilt-shift photo taken in Gothenburg, Sweden, from the Liseberg amusement park tower.
Another variation of the Wreath cake. I just love it. Thank you to abbietabbie once again. I was in love with her wreath for few years now and thanks to the First Impressions Bow mould, the whole thing comes alive right away.
3.5" fruit cake. This is a present for one of my Avon customers. She makes me something each year for as long as I know her. Very lovely lady.
© Mike Rz
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