I made a second one, and decided to go for a totally different look.
I wanted tacky colors, like yellow and light blue, and green. I also went to the local hobby store, and got some cheapo trees, a couple of park benchs, an old truck, etc.
And a stone walkway.
I made some windows out of board and matchsticks.
I had a pewter cowboy dude with a wheelbarrow full of gold, and put him up as kind of a weather-vane thingy at roof top.
A guy at work had a big piece of rose marble and broke it, and gave it to me,
I busted it up with a hammer, and made small cubes of them, and made a privacy fence out of it.
It's the tackiest thing you ever seen. Which is what I was shooting for.
(The next birdhouse will be a log cabin style fort, with no paint.)
I tried some floresent yellow on the windows, etc, and put a black light on it, and it' looked so very cool at night, I took a pic.
But, it was too tacky, even for this project, it hurt my eyes when it was just in the normal light. (looked awesome with the blacklight on it, I hated to lose it).
So I went with a flat yellow, and it came out better.
I don't have it mounted on the pole yet, will do that someday.
Work has put me on 12 hours days, and working Sundays as well.
So, I got no time to take care of the important stuff.
Like building birdhouses.
Anyhow, I found a fun hobby.
Though, after the log cabin fort, I think I will quit.
3 huge birdhouses is enough.
This one I just built is humongous, it's made of 4x4's on the bottom, and I can barely lift it.
10-26-2005 01:47 AM
You should get some tiny model birds and put them on the porch. 
It's the tackiest thing you ever seen. Which is what I was shooting for. 
