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Read more about the article AMS Retreat 2025

AMS Retreat 2025

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:February 27, 2026
  • Post category:1:12 scale/1:48 scale/Retreat/Tips

This is Rebel reporting on our trip to the Atlanta Miniature Society Retreat in October of 2025. The theme was Rock N Roll. We decided to stay in a hotel…

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Sweet Rose: Floors, Pink and Lighting

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:April 21, 2025
  • Post category:1:48 scale/QC Events/Tips/tutorials/WIP

The Sweet Rose was an AI designed cottage that the Quarter Connection membership voted to have as a project. Debbie Young offered this project. I was on the fence about…

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Read more about the article Making Book Covers

Making Book Covers

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:February 21, 2024
  • Post category:Tips/tutorials

I recently gave a Create Shares discussion about making Book covers. You can find the video at this link. There is a hand out of notes as well. I have…

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Read more about the article Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:June 14, 2023
  • Post category:1:48 scale/Tips

This is number 7 of the Robin Betterley Secret Traveling Village, the 2022 series of monthly kits. The Exterior This was done much like the previous ones. The one issue…

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Read more about the article Refilling a Stain pen

Refilling a Stain pen

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:March 25, 2023
  • Post category:Free Instructions/Tips/tutorials

I know I've been quiet lately but I'm still doing minis. To work on furniture kits for my Petite Chateau, I needed a certain color of stain. I had purchased…

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Read more about the article Rags to Riches Create Shares

Rags to Riches Create Shares

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:November 21, 2022
  • Post category:Create events/Tips/video

Earlier this month, I participated in a NAME Create Shares about the flipping the plastic dollhouses. During this session each create team member shared what they did including me. Check…

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Read more about the article NAME Logo Puzzle

NAME Logo Puzzle

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:September 11, 2022
  • Post category:1:12 scale/Create events/NAME Events/Tips

Create.miniatures.org is awesome with giving gifts when you submit a challenge. This puzzle was a recent gift. I started by carefully removing the puzzle portion. I left it attached for…

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Read more about the article NAME Logo House – Interior

NAME Logo House – Interior

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:July 31, 2022
  • Post category:1:48 scale/Create events/Electrical/Tips/tutorials

For Camp Make-a-Mini 2022 on create.miniatures.org we have a NAME Logo House as our project. I did a Lunch n Learn on adding lights to the house, to view click…

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Party at number 3

Birthday Party

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:July 9, 2022
  • Post category:1:48 scale/Tips

March Robin Betterley house kit is a Birthday party. Working on minis at the beach I went to the beach with friends and brought this kit to work on. My…

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Read more about the article NAME Logo House – Exterior Box

NAME Logo House – Exterior Box

  • Post author:Preble McDaniel
  • Post published:July 1, 2022
  • Post category:1:48 scale/Create events/Tips/tutorials/WIP

Cleaning and priming I started by assembling the house because I wanted to check all the parts. I used blue tape to temporarily hold it together. Everything fit together really…

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