Category Archives: 48th scale dolls houses

Sculpting. 48th scale 7

One of the interesting things about going down scale is that less material is the only thing you can save on.  To get the detail, tiny and working, you need expensive things such as laser cutters or even more expensive … Continue reading

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Small posting about the small stuff. 48th scale 6.

This is going to be a small posting because of the stage I’ve reached. I have been doing the doors.  If you were waiting from last time to know what to do with the opening doors, here it is. To … Continue reading

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48th scale 5 Shut that door!

This posting may be rather more brief than I’d have liked, I’ve only just got possession of the computer, late at night.  My husband, who is doing an OU degree in Astronomy, is behaving like a student.  All through the … Continue reading

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48th scale 4. Up!

This time we’re on the up! Up the stairs, up the rooms and probably up the walls as well. Staring you in the face. There are many ways of making stairs.  In small scales house designers often don’t bother with … Continue reading

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48th scale 3. Kitbashing the back wall.

There are many ways to build a dolls’ house from a kit in any scale.  The first time round most miniaturists do the old fashioned thing of reading the instructions and some, even, follow them. A house or so into … Continue reading

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48th scale houses 2 Getting started.

I apologise before I begin, to seasoned miniaturists, who have built a trillion dolls’ houses from kits.  Many readers of JaneLaverick.com are here for a lark and positively encouraged to do so.  Therefore if I tell you something you know … Continue reading

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48th scale dolls’ houses. 1.

Miniature art is an endless hobby, collecting field and fascination.  When you have miniaturised one period of history, till you know it so well you could have lived in those times, you can move to another era and learn everyday … Continue reading

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