Small windmill

[Jerry V]

Being a miller myself I have to, at least once, build myself a windmill.
Not that I haven´t build one before, but that was years ago, the model lost it´s wings during the year and had fallen apart.

At our mill we do have some small windmill papermodels for the kids. Offcourse I had to build one myself as well, so the kids could see what the end result will be. The model is fairly simple, it can be build in less then an hour. So this will be a very short build topic.. :rolleyes:

First cut out all the parts;

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd138/JerryAWE/molen/molen1.jpg

Then build all the separate parts;

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd138/JerryAWE/molen/molen2.jpg

And offcourse while building papermodels one of my cats likes some attention too;

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd138/JerryAWE/molen/molen3.jpg

and as last the finished model of the small windmill, I don´t know what scale it is;

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd138/JerryAWE/molen/molen4.jpg

Alltough this was a small model it was fun to do and I liked sharing it with you

Jerry

[Pat_craft]

Nice one ! Thanks for sharing !

Recently I create a small one (smaller than yours : 5 cm only)
small windmill (http://alombredupommier.blogspot.com/2011/03/quelques-essais.html)

[Zathros]

Nice Windmill! The Car is the most realistic Car model I've ever seen!

Jokes aside, that is one pretty Cat, and I've had many (still have 2), mine are black also.

[Jerry V]

Thank you for the comments, your windmill is looking nice as well Pat_craft.
Zathros, I have four of them, the one you see is a Eastern Shorthaired cat, family of the Siamese, named Pumba. I also have one of her sisters and two ¨smoked¨ black Devon Rex´s.

Jerry

[Zathros]

I thought she was Siamese, (if you please). I adopted a Mom and Son from the local shelter. People are so superstitious that many do not adopt black cats. Stupidity flourishes.

My last 3 cats were solid Grey. They died recently, 25, 23, and 17 years old respectively, when they passed.

[Pat_craft]

Guys, I have 3 cats too ! :-))

[Jerry V]

Yes, well what can I say, I just like darker colored animals more then the lighter colored ones myself. What kind do you have Pat?

I think it is nice to have them around, except when cutting out small paper parts or having to rig a shipmodel..or when you´re building a model and the cats are in a ¨running & jumping mood¨ ;)

[Zé Reis]

Simple but beautiful and meets the objectives. Surely the kids will enjoy the build.

I've been to Holland and I really enjoyed seeing the windmills.

[peter taft]

Nice little build Jerry - and a purrrrrrrrrrrr fect cat :) I too have one of these little four legged friends "Stitch" - he's a loving cat :)

[Jerry V]

Thank you,

Zé Reis, I am glad you liked the windmills and the model, it is standing at our mill now, next to the stack of models, so the kids can see what the model will become when build., There are now a little over 1200 windmills left in Holland but once there were more than 10.000 of them..

Peter, Thank you for the comment on the model and the cat. :)

[Pat_craft]

My 3 cats are : Meï (the mother, long hair), Mi (the daughter, tricolor) and Max (the son, black). All are common cats. Mi and Max love playing with small things, like small paper models... :)

[clevermod01]

Aristoleles Held built our G&D engine house in HO scale. It's the toughest kit we make and his build looks perfect. He still has a bit to do but as the designer of the kit, I'm ompressed.
Aristoteles is in Germany.
http://clevermodels.squarespace.com/blog/

[Jerry V]

Pat, my cats also love to play with small parts lying around, that´s why I store them savely away from them :)

Aristoteles, I think your post was meant to be on the mainforum?

With regards,

Jerry

[modelerjimg]

My friends of Dutch decent would like a windmill model. I'll have to add some to my list of things to build. I do have to keep Panther away from the pieces, though. I had to abandon a plastic civilian Ju-52 model after a previous cat decided that engine assemblies were cool toys and lost them on me. Panther takes great interest in my activities with small parts, and I don't like the look in his eyes when he watches me. The villain:

http://images116.fotki.com/v108/photos/6/1679196/9617248/panther02-vi.jpg

[Jerry V]

Panther does look rather nice!, When I am rigging ships I leave the lines longer and cut them of after tying them. So they dangle from under the ship. Pumba likes to try and catch the line and run away or pulling it.

If you are going to build a windmill model, I must say there are larger and more detailed models available.

Jerry