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Title: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Birdie on September 15, 2012, 13:54:34
This is a co-operation between a secret western collector and myself  ;D

We made a wild west town in which we could use some of our recent buys (farm house, church).

This time I wanted a neutral backdrop instead of my living room furniture  :) So we used some white sheets - it's not perfect, but I'm not a photoshopper.
Hope you like it! We had a lot of fun putting it together  :cowboy:

(http://i.imgur.com/GWtz3.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/uL3Ns.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/bSlUk.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/KZnYK.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Qv2sS.jpg)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Birdie on September 15, 2012, 13:55:34
(http://i.imgur.com/W4kig.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/tg7T6.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/BgUHC.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/qT4xN.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/FuSnF.jpg)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Birdie on September 15, 2012, 13:56:37
(http://i.imgur.com/0iJTA.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/b3y13.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/gMsHi.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/nX32B.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/xJGoD.jpg)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Birdie on September 15, 2012, 13:57:37
(http://i.imgur.com/xQy4G.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/2x41n.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/NSvfX.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Bk8sT.jpg)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Pynedor on September 15, 2012, 14:22:00
It looks great! You have a lot of really cool pieces. :)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: PlaymoMan on September 15, 2012, 15:13:30
Wow, nice diorama!! All those old sets! :love:
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Tiermann on September 15, 2012, 15:40:21
Excellent diorama, great job on the interiors too - look both accurate and lived in.
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Jrodmobil on September 15, 2012, 15:50:22
Wow, that really looks awesome! Makes me want to focus on collecting western stuff. (Still struggling to find a theme that I want to collect)

Jarred
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: el jefe on September 15, 2012, 15:52:18
Looks great!  I love that western farm house and have wanted one for sooo long.  The deserty mine section is lookin good too.
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Georgeag1972 on September 15, 2012, 16:07:31
Wonderful diorama with many details and nice scenes, Excellent work and great collection, well done.
Many thanks for sharing.

George.
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: tahra on September 15, 2012, 17:28:30
Great dio - loved the details, like the wood pile on the porch! (and I saw the new pony :love: )
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: bonniebeth on September 15, 2012, 18:54:51
Oh wow, that looks wonderful! Some great well-furnished buildings there. LOVE the store, and the farmhouse. :love: I want it! Lots of nice details, very good job. :)

Btw, is that a black baby with white clothes!? I never saw that before, is it custom?
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: DrDalek6 on September 15, 2012, 21:13:03
Brilliant I really like the set up te speckled dog is cool and I really like the farm with the little boy climbing the tree some particularly nice touches there, like the mine bit as well with all the cacti  :)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Jrodmobil on September 16, 2012, 04:14:35
 Is that covered wagon a custom painted PM ?

Jarred
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Birdie on September 16, 2012, 06:14:49
 :thanks: Thank you all very much for the comments, we're very happy you liked it :)

@ Jrodmobil: Western is definitely worthwile to collect, since the theme is very well varied and playmobil has been releasing sets right from the beginning up 'till now in very good quality.
The wagon and the spotted dog are from the early 1980's 3660: a playmobil color set. I can't take credit for painting it  :lol:  When I was around 8 years old, my neighbours gave me their old collection of PM and there was a lot of PM color in there.

(http://i.imgur.com/Jv26Z.jpg)

This is a picture I got from the internet, I never had the box. Strangely enough, the box shows a white wagon cover, but inside there was a beige one.

@ Bonniebeth: Yes it's the baby from the Colorado Springs station, but I changed the yellow body. When I was young, I had no idea that the black baby was so rare. So one fine morning I just pulled the head out, basically  :-[ Luckily that method proved to be quite safe.
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Rhalius on September 16, 2012, 08:43:15
great paint job on that dog.  :)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Jrodmobil on September 16, 2012, 15:18:00
 Thanks for the info Birdie on the wagon. I still have A LOT to learn with Playmobil, but it's worth it!
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: bonniebeth on September 16, 2012, 23:27:36

@ Bonniebeth: Yes it's the baby from the Colorado Springs station, but I changed the yellow body. When I was young, I had no idea that the black baby was so rare. So one fine morning I just pulled the head out, basically  :-[ Luckily that method proved to be quite safe.

Yeah, I did stuff to playmobil when I was a kid that i really wish I hadn't now that its so rare. But at least you've still got a black baby, undamaged!
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Rasputin on September 17, 2012, 00:16:50
Great looking town you and your secret partner created. I like all the touches you put in. It must be a prosperous town with all that fancy furniture  ;)

Great dio - loved the details, like the wood pile on the porch! (and I saw the new pony :love: )

I too saw that wood right away and now want to order way more from DS, as for the pony,  :whip: all the ones I have will be in the slaughter house  >:D
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Hadoque on September 17, 2012, 00:17:13
Very nice settings, I like the look of the interiors.
I see the bar from the saloon is lacking, but that one should become available again to order from DS.

This is a co-operation between a secret western collector and myself  ;D

A split-personality disorder can sometimes be useful  ;D
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: bonniebeth on September 17, 2012, 00:18:49
 :lol: I think i can guess who that secret partner is! http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=10129.0
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Hadoque on September 17, 2012, 00:27:56
 :lol:  Well done, bb!  :sherlock:

And once more evidence of how contagious Playmovirus is  ;)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Rhalius on September 17, 2012, 07:36:47
It's hard to say no to those smiling faces.
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: tahra on September 17, 2012, 09:32:20
I too saw that wood right away and now want to order way more from DS, as for the pony,  :whip: all the ones I have will be in the slaughter house  >:D

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  - send them over!  ;D
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: bonniebeth on September 17, 2012, 14:02:57
I too saw that wood right away and now want to order way more from DS,

That wood pile is coming out in one of the new specials plus that we just saw pics of! :love:
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Mitri on September 17, 2012, 15:45:56
:glasses:

It must be a prosperous town with all that fancy furniture  ;)
(http://i.imgur.com/lBKWF.png)  8-)

I see the bar from the saloon is lacking, but that one should become available again to order from DS.
I like my bars make-shift and dirty.  8-)
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Giorginetto on September 17, 2012, 16:33:44
Wonderful diorama !!! thanks for sharing !!! love all those classico western sets they look awesome and so realistic unlike some the new ' blue everywhere' sets  ;)

lovely set up !!!  :love:
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: conniefrere on September 17, 2012, 18:49:00
Looks great! Must have been very fun to make..... thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: Birdie on September 17, 2012, 19:25:22
It was! Dimitris and Birdie  going:   :high5: (wel spotted Bonniebeth  :lol:)

Thanks a lot everybody  :wave:
Title: Re: Somewhere in the wild West
Post by: bonniebeth on September 17, 2012, 20:16:13
It was! Dimitris and Birdie  going:   :high5: (wel spotted Bonniebeth  :lol:)

I take notice of other couples on here, because there aren't many! I think you two and me and Chris are the only active couples for a long time. Oh, and Tim_w and his fiance. Anyway, it was really nice to see another collaborative effort!