Miniature Pacific Seas tiki hut - Tiki Gallery

R retrolandia Member Southern California Joined: Oct 17, 2016 Posts: 11	R retrolandia Posted posted on Sat, May 4, 2019 8:42 PM Special commission for the daughter of a former Clifton’s employee. 1/12 scale (1 inch = 1 foot). I only had two surviving pictures of Mrs. Von’s hut for reference and wasn’t able to replicate the floor tile pattern from the Pacific Seas, so I hope I’ve done it justice. (For the hut floor, I scaled down pictures of surviving tile work at Clifton’s Brookdale. If nothing else, it’s period correct.) Friendly warning to anyone who undertakes a tiny tiki hut: bamboo can splinter like crazy at this scale. And my cutting tools made bamboo bits fly everywhere. I could very well be finding bamboo bits for months. [ Edited by: retrolandia 2019-05-04 20:43 ]

Special commission for the daughter of a former Clifton’s employee. 1/12 scale (1 inch = 1 foot).

I only had two surviving pictures of Mrs. Von’s hut for reference and wasn’t able to replicate the floor tile pattern from the Pacific Seas, so I hope I’ve done it justice. (For the hut floor, I scaled down pictures of surviving tile work at Clifton’s Brookdale. If nothing else, it’s period correct.)

Friendly warning to anyone who undertakes a tiny tiki hut: bamboo can splinter like crazy at this scale. And my cutting tools made bamboo bits fly everywhere. I could very well be finding bamboo bits for months.

[ Edited by: retrolandia 2019-05-04 20:43 ]

Post #794934 by retrolandia on Sat, May 4, 2019 8:42 PM