The Last of the Many
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Some days ago, when stockpiling was all in fashion due to the novel corona virus, I got an idea for a simple model: a roll of toilet paper.
An actual live size roll acted as an original for this 1/10 scale model of it. A piece of styrene tube was cut and I sealed off both ends with some flat PC. I drilled a hole in the top end and inserted some fine styrene tube into it as the cardboard centre. To round it off I cut and wrapped a piece of actual paper from the real roll and dressed it down the side of the base.
Now, I present to thee, The Last of the Many, as a hommage to all rolls stockpiled in our homes in this time of distress.
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James B Robinson said on March 28, 2020
OMG………I almost spit my drink out!
Absolutely Brilliant!
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Thank you, James. No need to waste a good drink. If you do, just wipe it up with some toilet paper.
Simon Whitney said on March 28, 2020
I salute you sir, fine build LOL
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Very kind of You.
Robert Royes said on March 28, 2020
Ha! I did spit my drink out! Oh to have a bidet in the house.
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Actually, some of my colleagues from the Middle east are proud of their bottom shower attachments to their porcelaine thrones. No need to stockpile in their homes.
Michel Verschuere said on March 28, 2020
Be sure to put it in your safe, may get stolen, haha!
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Ill fight for it!
Spiros Pendedekas said on March 28, 2020
Cannot get more timely a build than this, Stellan! It’s beautifully made, anyway. An 1/10 person can use it right away!!! A sign of the times to remember when (and if and in what way) these times will pass. ….Last of the Many; I like it!
All the best !
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Rolls will pass, viruses will not, Im afraid.
David Adams said on March 28, 2020
This is definitely a prized trophy looking for a contest. What must I do to win this? Maybe just survive the day? Thanks for the much needed humour.
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Hmmm freely give away your last roll to a person in need… Document this happening with a selfie here at iModeler and Ill send you my model.
Tom Bebout said on March 29, 2020
I swear off in the distance I hear the faint notes of taps being played. Well done Stellan.
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
A single trumpet or bagpipes, muted drums, Red Arrows and battle ship guns blasting to salute the going of the Last of the Many? The End of Civilization A*s Wee Know it. Thanks for stopping by, Tom.
bob mack said on March 29, 2020
two thumbs up
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Much appreciated, Bob.
Josh Patterson said on March 29, 2020
Awesome! The way you have it displayed make it look like it would be right at home in Lord Business’s Hall of Relics from the Lego Movie! Maybe he would have called it The Quilt of Cottoneelay. (Cottonelle quilted.)
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Yeah, maybe it should be kept at Smithsonian or British Museum on an antique column. Never saw the Lego movie…
Josh Patterson said on March 29, 2020
It’s quite funny and the ending has a great twist. We modelers would identify most with Lord Business’s Sword of Exact Zero. (Xact-o knife.)
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Aha, maybe I will have to look it up then.
Erik Gjørup said on March 29, 2020
So simple, and yet so imaginative! Your award deserves an award. . . well done and a big THANK YOU for this ray of light. Coool
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Glad to have made you smile, my humble thanks for your comment.
David Mills said on March 29, 2020
Brilliant in its simplicity Stellan!
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Thanks, David!
Chuck A. Villanueva said on March 29, 2020
Imagine when a time capsule in the future is opened from this time period and trying to explain the reasoning of the importance of TP in this season of nonsense, (the crazy rush to hoard paper products and sanitizers). When facts showed that there was plenty of this simple but a daily need in households across most of the western world. Maybe someone will have a good answer to the inquiries that many are asking today. But I laughed so hard as it is the perfect symbol of this madness. The COVID-19 is not nonsense don’t get me wrong as it is a big concern, and it is international. Remember these days, laughter is the best medicine, perfect Stellen, model of the month for just being human, funny and the sign of the present time. God Bless
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Thanks, Chuck. Yes, this is not to ridicule or make the problem smaller, just putting focus on a very strange behaviour. Hope you are all doing fine out there. Keep others and yourself safe and please do not add to the work load of all fantastic hospital staff.
bit2 said on March 30, 2020
I don’t understand why Americans are hoarding toilet paper, not models.
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Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 30, 2020
Americans, Aussies, Swedes…they are all doing it. I guess we all tend to have stacks of models but not toilet paper, so we think we need to hoard that too.
R_G said on March 29, 2020
That’s hilarious! LOL Great idea!
Ralph
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 29, 2020
Thanks, Ralph!
Greg Kittinger said on March 30, 2020
I don’t know where to begin…!!!
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on March 30, 2020
Just peel it open, then pull out as much paper you need.
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on April 1, 2020
Found this sign om a mail box… “Ads please, I have run out of toilet paper”.
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