JS Miniatures Blog

I would like to thank all my customers for your custom this year and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. I have not been on holiday this year so I will be taking a much n...

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On Wednesday (20th July) I travelled down to Staffordshire to do a talk / demonstration on lighting dolls houses at Lichfield Dolls House Club. I arrived a bit early to avoid any problems on th...

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LEDs require a stable DC power supply (Direct current) (apart from a few special LEDs). This means the current only flows in one direction and it’s a very stable supply. Mains power is AC (Alt...

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When I get a sale, I rarely know upfront what the products are being used for.  I'm very lucky in that frequently customers e-mail me with a photo or two or just a friendly e-mail to let me kno...

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I have three customers this month who have won competitions with a little help from my lighting products.  One used red Nano LEDs in a magic trick to win the World Championships and another has ...

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Following on from my last tutorial on curved fencing (click here if you missed it) I am now going to look at making trees and bushes from Seamoss and topiary ball trees.  This tutorial is appli...

http://blog.jsminiatures.co.uk/2015/06/tutorial-trees-bushes.html

Following on from the launch of my landscaping materials last week I thought I'd do a quick tutorial on how easy it is to bend it to create curved fencing. If you want to create that unique lo...

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I can't believe how quickly the months are flying by.  It's May already and summer is nearly here.   With the onset of spring and the welcome fresh new growth after the winter I have been hard...

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Last week I decided to get a new toy tool.  As my business has grown, the amount of time I'm spending soldering has increased.  Apart from a few obvious things that I buy in I do pretty much ma...

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It's a familiar situation for many of us...You've built your house kit and added some lighting to really bring it to life but what do you do with the wires and the battery box? Well, the soluti...

http://blog.jsminiatures.co.uk/2014/12/new-products-bases-for-smaller-scale.html

To celebrate the Easter bank holiday I am running a competition to win one of my new Warhammer 40k lighting kits. You can choose from one of 3 kits with choice of colour:  - chip LED kit co...

http://blog.jsminiatures.co.uk/2014/04/competition-win-warhammer-40k-lighting.html

It's been a fairly busy start to the year which is why I've not had a chance to update my blog until now. Hopefully you will enjoy another tutorial. I was asked at the end of last year about ma...

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As everything winds down for the Christmas break I thought I'd better post my last order dates.  It's been a busy end to the year and so I'm looking forward to some time off and catching up with...

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Most of you will know by now that I am specialising in lighting dolls houses and scale models with LEDs, especially smaller scale kits either for 1/48th & 1/144th dolls house kits or other small...

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Sorry for my absence the last couple of weeks.  It suddenly got very busy here and I was also away one weekend visiting my sister. To put things back on track it'll probably be a bit of a bump...

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This week has flown by.  I suddenly realised this morning that it was Friday and I had a blog post to write.  At that point I had a bit of a panic.  What have I got to tell you about?  It's b...

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Hot off the laser cutter I am very excited to announce the arrival of my Christmas products for 2013. Last year you may have seen or bought my big sleigh and Rudolph models.  This year I have ...

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Following on from my tutorial last week about installing LED spotlights in a room box I have now added 3 new spotlight kits to my website to make it very easy for you to have a go! These incl...

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I have had a few inquiries about ceiling spotlights recently and one of my customers has successfully installed them in a modern art gallery shop box to display her miniature paintings so I thou...

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Yep, Tiding, also associated strongly with 'cleaning' and something not many of us are too keen on. It's one of those rare things where it always seems to get much worse before it gets better....

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Do you ever see a new miniature on a website or Facebook and think "I've got to buy that!"?  You then wrestle with your head v's heart asking questions such as... 1) What will I use it for? 2)...

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A couple of years ago we turned our box room into an office come storeroom and up until now it's been used by my fiancé as his office while he's been working from home.  That has meant that I'v...

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....to give me your feedback! Last week I mentioned starting up some online workshops to teach you how to use LEDs for your dolls house projects or other model projects. The first workshops w...

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We had delivery of a couple of additional house guests last night.  As I have sorted out my e-mails and packaged up an order I have been followed by a pair of beady black eyes.  Apparently, the...

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I have made some new lamps for the online show that's on until Tuesday 20th August.  This weekend is the ideal time to take a look if you haven't already. These are all a traditional shape b...

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