Useful items for sixth-scale environments (continuously updated)

shazzdan wrote:Found a cool frypan keychain and put together this breakfast pack. It is a pretty heavy frypan, made from solid die-cast metal.
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/701619326/16-scale-miniature-egg-pack-kitchen






Here is the keychain

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Playerunknown-s-Battlegrounds-PUBG-Pans-Keychain-Figure-Keyring-Holder-Pan-Fried-Egg-Car-Bag-Men-Chaveiro/32888563845.html

excellent!

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:excellent!

eggsellent

shazzdan wrote:

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:excellent!

eggsellent

Yes, it's quite eggsceptional and eggshilerating.

Awesome find. Where did you get the hot plate? Or did you make that?

Stryker2011 wrote:Awesome find. Where did you get the hot plate? Or did you make that?

Found it on ebay a while ago but it is too big for 1:6 scale. It's closer to 1:4 scale but looks ok in some scenes.

Every new year my supplier gives me a Chinese calendar with the "Fú" character meaning "good fortune".
Another gave me a small desktop version, which looks scaled enough our 1/6 environment.
A happy and prosperous new year to everyone!

Thank you Rollo, same to you. And I agree, this looks just right for 1/6 scale. Very neat item.

Great calendar. Now you need to make a room dio to incorporate it.

Was taking a look around to see what stuff I could try and get off of the internet since I don't think I can find most of the stuff posted here locally. Most of what I can find locally is usually beads of different sizes and shapes along with some more unusual ones like keys, seahorses, flowers and sometimes some fairly exotic looking shapes and designs. All I have to share are some gear shapped buttons from walmart though my local fabrics shop also had them



They aren't too big or too small, they don't lock with each other and run but they look cool. I bought them with a steampunk idea in mind but I haven't used them yet.

Oh just realized this useful post, I had ordered a bar stool and some music instruments, they are on the way, I will make some review if I found that they are interesting.....

Nice finds, TheBoo-bomb.
Lawlaw, you can post your review here or in a separate thread, depending on what you feel is most appropriate. Generally speaking, this one is about items that were perhaps not specifically intended to be used for our sixth-scale figures and dioramas but work reasonably well with them.

the eagles from old bowling and motocross trophies could be pole-toppers for an ancient or futuristic fantasy theme, or weathered and placed amid the rubble of a destroyed govt. building;  lite-gauge guitar string for radio antennae (I thread them inside the clutch and brake cables of motorcycle models to add stiffness)

Really neat idea, GregT!

I second that, great idea, GregT!

Engaging brain again, I see.

Good ideas, for certain.

Yes, indeed. Great way to think outside the box.

In keeping with the quasi/pseudo-Egyptian-like theme of some recent posts (HERE), I put the following simple scene together to show a couple of Bead Landing pieces that I picked up at Michaels some time ago. These are intended as jewelry charms, and include a hand mirror, comb, purse, and high-heeled shoe. The hand mirror and, to a lesser degree the comb, and with a stretch the purse (perhaps if one puts a little fabric backing behind it), are suitable for sixth-scale scenes. The mirror is quite nice and works very well.







What do you think?

Nice find! And cute pics, lol. I get such a Cersei vibe [book version, that is] from that tbleague figure. ;D

skywalkersaga wrote:Nice find! And cute pics, lol. I get such a Cersei vibe [book version, that is] from that tbleague figure. ;D

Thank you very much, and glad you liked them, too. While I despise this as any sort of "Cleopatra," I find it fun and attractive in a silly, over-the-top fantasy sort of way. So I couldn't resist picking up some of the pieces and reconstituting the set -- partly. This may or may not be the first time I've actually found some use for her on here (history does not remember...).

Great set, great props, good photography, but I don't think blondes had been invented yet in ancient Egypt. ;o)

That mirror is great. Nice job.

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:Great set, great props, good photography, but I don't think blondes had been invented yet in ancient Egypt. ;o)

Thank you very much. And exactly: that's why I refuse to see her as "Cleopatra" -- or anything Egyptian, really.

Stryker2011 wrote:That mirror is great. Nice job.

Thank you very much. But all I did was recognize its potential when I spotted it.

Nice and funny set-up, I love that snake chair

lawlaw91 wrote:Nice and funny set-up, I love that snake chair

Thank you very much.
Hmm, I never thought of it as a "snake" chair, but now that I look at it, some of the detail is reminiscent of snakes. I believe it is intended to be Empire style furniture, and if I remember correctly it came from on of those gangster sets (but was it Corleone or Scarface, I forget).

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:

shazzdan wrote:Found a cool frypan keychain and put together this breakfast pack. It is a pretty heavy frypan, made from solid die-cast metal.
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/701619326/16-scale-miniature-egg-pack-kitchen






Here is the keychain

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Playerunknown-s-Battlegrounds-PUBG-Pans-Keychain-Figure-Keyring-Holder-Pan-Fried-Egg-Car-Bag-Men-Chaveiro/32888563845.html

excellent!

Oh, all this has to go on my wishlist for sure!

GubernatorFan wrote:

lawlaw91 wrote:Nice and funny set-up, I love that snake chair

Thank you very much.
Hmm, I never thought of it as a "snake" chair, but now that I look at it, some of the detail is reminiscent of snakes. I believe it is intended to be Empire style furniture, and if I remember correctly it came from on of those gangster sets (but was it Corleone or Scarface, I forget).

Hmmm.....Snake chair does give it a great tie in though.lol.

So often we see items advertised as 1:6 only to have them fall short of scale. It was refreshing to find this real metal propane tank and accessories listed as 1:12, but at 5cm ( 1.97") tall, the tank is the perfect height for us.
Amazon $4.60 US. Under 1:12 Kitchen play sets.

Pontiacivan wrote:So often we see items advertised as 1:6 only to have them fall short of scale. It was refreshing to find this real metal propane tank and accessories listed as 1:12, but at 5cm ( 1.97") tall, the tank is the perfect height for us.
Amazon $4.60 US. Under 1:12 Kitchen play sets.

Cool find.


Nice to see you active again.

Stryker2011 wrote:

Pontiacivan wrote:So often we see items advertised as 1:6 only to have them fall short of scale. It was refreshing to find this real metal propane tank and accessories listed as 1:12, but at 5cm ( 1.97") tall, the tank is the perfect height for us.
Amazon $4.60 US. Under 1:12 Kitchen play sets.

Cool find.


Nice to see you active again.

Thanks, I’m getting there. It was good to have a reminder that the 1:6 hobby is a great way to bounce back from a long depression.
Looks like my math needs some tune up though, that tank would only be 12” tall in real life. Too short.