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Dwarf Mine

by Niels-Christian Ganderup

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<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="152,22,198,58" TITLE="Protruding part of the opening is made of BIF. It is 5mm wide and about 3mm thick glued directly onto the styrofoam.">

<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="30,51,81,173" TITLE="The trees are bought and glued onto the structural paint after it was drybrushed and flocked.">

<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="116,196,147,227" TITLE="The track stopper is made of BIF. It is 3cm wide and 1.5cm high. Glued directly onto the styrofoam.">

<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="148,172,181,201" TITLE="The tracks are made of sprue. The track supports are small wooden sticks 5mm wide. Sand is put between the tracks. The whole thing is based on thin card and glued onto the strofoam when complete.">

<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="246,74,281,110" TITLE="All the openings are around 5cm deep, cut directly into the styrofoam.">

<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="257,153,346,212" TITLE="The pillars are made of BIF. The two vertical pillars measure 2x2cm and are 6cm high. The horizontal part is 5cm wide and cut to protrude over the entrance forming a balcony.">

<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="443,70,524,132" TITLE="The stonewall is made of 1cm high and 1.2cm wide BIF cut into pieces of various length. They are then glued onto the styrofoam individually.">

<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="405,237,496,327" TITLE="The stairs are cut out of the styrofoam, except the bottom step. The steps were cut to simulate the effect of large stone slabs.">

<area SHAPE="rect" COORDS="214,320,407,352" TITLE="The base is 5mm MDF. Sand is placed here and there."></map>

Place your mouse cursor over the yellow dots to find out more about how Niels-Christian built his Dwarf mine. There are more detailed pictures below.

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