Miniatures of Miniatures and another Travel Trailer

One of my first miniature builds was the Greenleaf Travel Trailer, which I gave to my daughter as a Christmas gift. Recently I received an email from Greenleaf that the Travel Trailer was back in stock so I went ahead and bought another one. While I was on their website I decided to go ahead and order the Village Kit and the Town Kit too. The Village kit includes a miniature Arthur, which I have built in 1:12 scale, and the Town kit includes a miniature Brimble's Mercantile, which I also have - BB Sweets. Both kits include many other cute little houses too, but that's the main reason I bought both. There's a cute little Tudor house in the Village kit that I already have, I received it free when I acquired a Harrison Dollhouse. These houses are 1:48 (or 1/4) scale and I plan to decorate them the same as my 1:12 scale houses.

I haven't decided yet what the decorating theme of the Travel Trailer will be, I've been looking around the internet to get inspirational ideas. My first one was a traditional red/white retro themed, so I'd like to do something completely different this time. I'm leaning towards a surfer, California beach trailer with a deck off the front. 

Quick shout out to Greenleaf Company- my box arrived in less than a week, I appreciate the quick shipping!

 

For the weekend I'll probably get these little houses together - as I'm also still in the middle of building my Artply Highland mid-century modern house so I need to make some space in my craft room!

Currently waiting for another house to arrive in the mail, I was able to find an Emerson Row brand new sealed in the box! More on that later....

Thank you for visiting! Happy Weekend!

~ Mini Shack

Mini Travel Trailer Video

Managed to make a quick video for the Mini Travel Trailer, it's under 4 mins. Enjoy!

The Greenleaf Travel Trailer in 15 Days

This Travel Trailer project was so much fun! I worked on it non-stop nights and weekends for 15 straight days, and I managed to finish it by Christmas. And I learned a lot while working on it. The kit produces a finished trailer that is completely empty on the inside, so the imagination is limitless when planning and designing it. Since my daughter requested a 50's retro style design, it was easy for me to choose a color theme and the accessories. The challenge was the furniture, since afterall it's a travel trailer so typical mini furniture doesn't work. The balance to that was it wasn't a lot of space to fill. I've posted a few photos below, and I'm working on making a short video. Enjoy!

Exterior

Exterior - Front End

Exterior - Rear End. The License Plate says "MINI"

Here are a few photos of the Interior. I added walls to separate the bedroom and bathroom, added upper and lower cabinets in the kitchen area, and built in a couch in the lounge area.

Interior - Before the Additions

Interior - Finished

Interior - Lounge and Kitchen Area

Interior - Kitchen Area

Interior - Bedroom and Bathroom Area

Interior - Bedroom and Bathroom Area

Interior - Top View

Interior - Top View

The video I'm making has close up photos of the interior and exterior. There's so many cute little details inside. As with any mini project though, photos can never due it justice. You appreciate them much more seeing it in person.

Now that this project is done, I'll finally be starting The Arthur by Greenleaf. I got a new Dremel tool for Christmas, along with a box of attachments, so the kit bashing I have planned will go much smoother now. I will also be practicing while building The Arthur, because once I'm done with that I'm planning to do The Brookwood by Greenleaf. Mine will be a beach house, of course. I've already started collecting items for it :-)


Thank you for looking!