European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 2, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 the band holding the thimble sized Beer Mug is Duane Snippen s. The miniature items part of his collection. Is i Joyd Perkins. German turns metals into models fantasy grows on a front Lawn by de reams staff writer ofkeniuci1, by gel Germany Sisi a front Lawn in this Little town looks like a wonderland to children. It be Longs to pensioner Wilhelm Laase. Who has transformed the Garden in front of his House into a landscape of Clay and porcelain midgets miniature lakes and lulls with a six foot Windmill and an eight foot scale Model of the Berlin radio Tower this Spring surprised neighbors with last Winter s production a five Foo reproduction of the Ric Schrad the giant Ferris wheel of the Vienna Prater. It s build to scale from Elcel Lla Asu said and look How smooth it Over the rear of Laase s Garden on a wire at a height of about seven feel is a four foot Long. Light Metal Model of the dirigible Graf . The Laase residence is a showplace of the Man s skill with Metal Here Flowers formed of forged Iron and steel Mark the boundaries to the neighbors there a More functional use of die meals to contain the letters and journals delivered by the Post Man Laase said. I be nervous hands time. And the lifetime love that Only an Ama cur can exhibit or working in israeli party using dial a joke on foes Tel Aviv a the opposition liked party brought dial a joke to Israel with Campaign advertisements declaring want to hear the joke of the Day on the labor party dial 231682.the line was constantly Busy. A reporter dialled the number More than 20 times. Fearing he get through before the May 17 National elections he called a liked party spokesman who told him the joke callers were hearing finance minister Yehoshua Hab Miowitz of the labor party us trying to convince an investor to invest Money in Israel. " if i weren t finance minister. I would invest in Israel says Rabinowitz i agree says the potential investor. Ii you weren t finance nun ister. I would invest in Israel Wili Elm Haas stands among his wonderland creations. Is photo by Cole his motto think Small constructively by Lucia Guajardo staff writer antique connoisseurs would sigh at the drawing room. It s an adaptation of the great 18th-Century James River mansions. The decor includes painstakingly exact hand made replicas of red China silk damask James River draperies an aubusson Rug. A mahogany finished Cherry woo Delaware Valley Highboy. Chippendale sofa Chest. Queen Anne Tea table and More total Cost of furnishings and accessories to the last chandelier Oil painting Mirror and brass candlestick is about $1.300. Sound unbelievably inexpensive not considering that the tallest piece of furniture is 5- i inches High. The miniature Bug this is just an example of the period rooms marketed Wuh every doll House size real life item imaginable for per sons who have the miniature Bug Duane Snippen. An electronics technician at the stars and stripes is one of those stricken. He in t to the Point of in vesting $1.500 a room but Snippen does invest time in collecting and nuking do replicas. Building things with Wood since the age of 10, the native of Washburn. Wis. Tried to express Why he prefers constructing miniatures Over other hubbies one time 1 spent six months building a Model air plane. Minutes after it left my hand it was a pile of kindling Wood any kind of Fine handicraft intricate and precise has a Charm of us own. Therein just something about something so tiny my wife likes to us the word Sweet but i Don t like he said smiting just period pieces Snippen. Who wants to build period rooms in t interested in modern St be . Just Midili. I71 i and 18th Century pieces. To me. The Only thing Worth mini a Turing is some Tom thai is a museum piece nut a contemporary he said his collection includes an antique porcelain Gold plated Lea set. A Beer Mug. Ivory Mother of Pearl inlaid Dice and a French hand made straight Back chair made from coils of was Only eight months ago that snip pen started making miniatures. His latest projects include a chess set Complete Down to the last Queen and Pawn a new England Rocker and a Cradle the chess set. A 21-hour project has 69 separate pieces of Wood Snippen spent hours in the Cradle and 20 hours on the Rocker. One twelfth Wale he said he usually uses the Standard miniature scale of one twelfth the original. The mahogany Birch and Walnut chess set is two inches Square the Queens Are one half Inch High the pawns three sixteenths of an Inch tall i had about Iso pieces laying on the table before i had 32 pieces that were the Snippen said after having strings repeatedly break while weaving the Rocker s seat he wanted to stomp on but his wife stopped him. Still Snippen claims making miniatures is Don t have to Cost $1.500 a room ail his projects Cost next to nothing he advises. Never throw scraps out the rocking chair was made from scraps go to a lumber Yard and they will let you pick up the scraps he suggested an Fine Grain Wood 15 Good according to snip Penis philosophy is that a miniature Hajo be made As close it the original Asp visible improvisation is probably the who key. If you can t find a Way to do it the exact same Way. Find another for example something that is carved from styrofoam in and Shmu Ivd. Looks like per Celain. He said the Best thing is to Imd the actual material used Lor the full size Snippen said
