Jake's Study Rebuild, take three!

Its that time again, Jake has decided that its time for a complete remodel. Here are a couple of the very last shots from inside the old study, hope you guys like them...,

Jake & Dogs. by Blonde Actionman, on Flickr

Bye,bye study! by Blonde Actionman, on Flickr

and what does it looks like now???..., anyone of a nervous disposition, look away now!





Nore updates as and when they happen, thanks for looking!

  Did you strip everything out of the old study, and is that what we are seeing? Or are you building a completely new box?

The old version was perfection, you know that, right? It will be difficult to top perfection.  

The stairs are looking good.

I'm assuming this is a permanent standing set. It looks solid and heavy. In fact, it almost looks like it is build in to the wall.

What are the approximate dimensions of the empty box?

Blondeactionman wrote:

Its that time again, Jake has decided that its time for a complete remodel.

Again??

Building Hobb's End once was enough for me. I admire your dedication Dal (or is Jake just a hard taskmaster?). Office 3.0 is obviously going to be awesome!

....over budget and behind schedule no doubt.....but awesome!!

coming along nicely

SCU_HQ wrote:

  Did you strip everything out of the old study, and is that what we are seeing? Or are you building a completely new box?

The old version was perfection, you know that, right? It will be difficult to top perfection.  

The stairs are looking good.

I'm assuming this is a permanent standing set. It looks solid and heavy. In fact, it almost looks like it is build in to the wall.

What are the approximate dimensions of the empty box?

Yes David I stripped everything out of the old shell, leaving the bare bones as it were of the old computer desk which houses Jake's study. So yeah, the study is a permanent build and sits underneath the Arms. The dimensions are, 33" (Width) x 26" (Height) x 18" (Depth), so it is quite large.

Perfection huh? that is a very kind thing to say, but I want to try and echo my first study I built with some added details this time around. I am just hoping it all comes together.

somekindajoe wrote:

Blondeactionman wrote:

Its that time again, Jake has decided that its time for a complete remodel.

Again??

Building Hobb's End once was enough for me. I admire your dedication Dal (or is Jake just a hard taskmaster?). Office 3.0 is obviously going to be awesome!

....over budget and behind schedule no doubt.....but awesome!!

Its all Jake's fault! he always manages to get what he wants! Hopefully, it won't take long to finish, but then again, I do still need to buy a few things .

JohnnyE4 wrote:

coming along nicely

Cheers Johnny! more to come soon...., hopefully!

Out with old and in with the new!

inntruderr61 wrote:

Out with old and in with the new!

Indeed Jim .

So on to today's progress, I started to make a false wall, this hopefully will give the feel of depth when you look through the windows. This is something I experimented with when I built the bedroom, however, placing the window on the back wall did pose a few problems when photographing. So this time, the windows are going on the wall.
The gap between the window and outer wall will be about 1 - 2" depending on my final design. The stairs are not yet fixed in place, they are just there for show. Hope you enjoyed the update

Had another go this morning. I decided today to make the framework for the staircase, this is only the dry run and still has to be tidied up a bit.





To give an idea od how it will all fit into the study, I have placed the parts in roughly so you guys can get the idea. I have also placed in a door at the top of the stairs, which yes I know, still needs a door frame, but hey we're getting there!





Thanks for looking! more to follow soon!

Taking shape nicely

Very impressive staircase!

A sexy Phicen could make quite a grand entrance coming down them....especially as there's a rumour they lead to Jake's boudoir/batchelor pad!!

Rogue-Trooper wrote:

Taking shape  nicely

Cheers Chris, still a long way to go

somekindajoe wrote:

Very impressive staircase!

A sexy Phicen could make quite a grand entrance coming down them....especially as there's a rumour they lead to Jake's boudoir/batchelor pad!!

Thanks Steve, it turned out better than I expected to be honest . I agree, I am hoping the staircase wil become a useful feature. Rumour.., rumour.., its more than a rumour, Jake is already complaining that it is taking too long!

Couldn't really do a lot today as I need supplies, but I did do a spot of 1/6 scale wallpapering,



Having sorted the outside of the windows I decided to put the staircase together permanently, and I also wallpapered them. still some odds and ends to add to the staircase, so not quite finished yet.





Thanks for looking!

Great stuff Dal.
You have achieved a fine sense of depth already even thus far into this project.
Great imagination and skills. Bravery too to pull apart that fine build and redo it. !!

Dreadnought wrote:

Great stuff Dal.
You have achieved a fine sense of depth already even thus far into this project.
Great imagination and skills. Bravery too to pull apart that fine build and redo it. !!

Cheers Kev! . Still quite a bit too do, the problem holding me back is fresh supplies. I always liked the second study, but in truth, was never really happy with it. I am hoping that this time around I can get it right . More to come soon!

You’v done some very smooth 1/6 scale wallpapering there Dal .

Prof Gangrene Fan wrote:

You’v done some very smooth 1/6 scale wallpapering there Dal .

Thanks Alex

[quote="Blondeactionman"]Couldn't really do a lot today as I need supplies, but I did do a spot of 1/6 scale wallpapering,




Very brave Dal... Mrs Gunner and I nearly got divorced the first time we tried 1:1 scale wallpapering I hope everything is well with Jake and Jenna  

The build looks really great - really admire your drive...the bits for my Strong point are still languishing in the garage    

@ Steve! I am not too bad at wallpapering, s its all good mate, Jake and Jenna are moaning that the study isn't finished yet, Its Jake that moans, but I suspect Jenna isbehind it .

The stronghold looks great steve! y'now you could probably use the templates as actual walls if you were too make the brickwork from cardboard, I know a long process making the bricks, then coating it all in a paper mache mix, just a thought? It would look fantastic all painted up too. I am sure you will get there mate, best advice? just get stuck in, its what zulu1 said to me years ago

love that cardboard set looks like it's straight out of a model set

Fantastic work on the new study, Dal!!!

The stairs look great and the brick wallpaper will look cool too.

Glad to see the Strong Point is still in the plans, Steve.

gibri wrote:

Fantastic work on the new study, Dal!!!

The stairs look great and the brick wallpaper will look cool too.

Glad to see the Strong Point is still in the plans, Steve.

Thanks Bri, its getting there slowly

Not a lot done over the last few days, today though, i boarded out the one wall and wallpapered it. then made the boarded wall for the windows, it might give you some idea of how the view from the window will work