James Bond, Thunderball movie, he visits the Kiss Kiss Club. Here is how I built the band stand. I started with some model airplane sprue. I cut off the branches and trimmed up the mold lines.
I used bits of glue to make a base for these bits of sprue that will make the uprights for the band stand cover.
I got bits of sprue that had a slight curve at the top. I glued a small base to each one.
Then I took a Barbie serving tray that I got at Dollar Tree and cut off the handles. Then turned it over and used it as the stage. Then I glued the sprue uprights to a piece of sheet plastic that fit the serving tray. I used beads for the drums with a little very thin sheet plastic for the drum skins. Two of the smaller drums are pins from interlocking bricks, like Lego, but generic. The figures are generic civilians from Amazon, each one on a small sheet plastic base. I printed out pictures of curtains from the Internet to use as curtains. I found a font similar to the one used in the movie and made the sign for the band name.
The figures are not painted yet, but but this is the general mock up I came up with. The Barbie tray was used for another project after I decided I wanted a larger bandstand for this group. Still needs more paint and touch up but you get the idea. Guitars, maracas and tambourine are cut out of plastic.
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