How to Make a French Villa Shadow Box

Hi, from Miss Diorama! In this video, I show you how I made this Shadow Box Diorama, depicting the Doorway to a French Villa, probably somewhere in the South of France. I have developed this in kit form so that you too could build your very own Shadow Box; I have supplied the link to where you can buy the kit below. Link to Template – Coming Soon – Please be patient Where to buy the Proxxon Tools that I demonstrated in the video; (this is their Australian site) Link to where you can buy the Matboard I use in this project; Antons Mouldings and Peterboro Matboards - Materials list 3mm MDF, 3mm & Matboard, Clear Binder Cover (for windows), Craft board or Heavy Cardstock, Acrylic Paints, Egg Carton, PVA and Craft Glue, Hot Glue, Sand, Builder’s Plaster, String of LED Lights with Battery Pack Chapters 00:00 – Introduction 00:39 - The Design Template 01:00 – Making the Stucco 02:30 – Painting the Bricks 04:16 – Making model French Doors 06:10 – Making model Shutters 08:37 – Making model Windows 09:24 – Painting the Windows & Doors 10:35 – Painting the Roof Beams 10:48 – Painting the Floor 11:47 – Painting the Building Walls & other parts 13:25 – Cutting Glass to the Door Windows 13:46 – Assembling the Front Entrance 16:25 – Installing the Glass into the Doors & Assembling 19:50 – Making the Columns for the Front Entrance 20:23 – The PROXXON Pensander and the PROXXON Drill/Grinder 60/E PROXXON and the Micromot Mains Adapter NG 5/E 23:48 – Modelling Windows - Inserting window glass 25:10 – Window Awning 25:32 – The Balconette 26:10 – Gluing on the Stucco Panel 26:56 – Window and door frames 27:29 – Installing the Front Entrance, Balconette & Window Awning 29:14 – Adding Stucco Finish to Model Building Features 30:00 – Painting the Stucco Finish on the model 30:33 – Assembling the Battery Pack Holder 31:50 – Painting Window & Door Frames & Railings 33:39 – Attaching the Doors & Windows to the Model 34:35 – Attaching Model Shutters 35:32 – Assembling the Model Building 36:50 - Assembling & attaching the Planter Boxes 37:23 – Installing LED lighting into Model Building 38:18 – Installing the Front Stairs on the Model 39:10 – Installing the Front Wall onto the model 39:35 – The Roof 40:00 – The Roof Beams 40:43 – The egg carton Roof Tiles 42:00 – Laser Cutting the Shadow Box from 3mm MDF 42:27 – Painting the Roof 42:48 – Adding Stucco finish to the stairs and planter boxes 43:07 – Installing model Wrought Iron Railing 44:16 – The PROXXON Micromot STS 12/E Jigsaw and PROXXON Precision Vice FMZ with Integrated Clasp and PROXXON Micromot Mains Adapter NG 5/E 45:32 – Adding Washes to the Model 46:30 – Staining & Assembling the Shadow Box 48:57 – Adding Ivy Vines to Model
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