Oh no not another blog entry...

Actually it's been about six months - been busy with the '2012 comp' (2entries) project managing the house refurb (still ongoing) and having a pacemaker fitted (ticking along nicely!).

So why this entry? A couple of weeks ago, as a break from architectural modelling (see the comp) I went and looked at some REAL buildings as part of Farnham's 'Heritage Weekend'. Ther I made the aquaintance of a leading local architect, & the subject of modelling came up... He's asked to see some of my work - however this is mostly in 4- & 7mm, hardly archtectural modelling scales.

At the same time we looked at some of the town's 'yards'. Today we would call them 'service areas' but back in the 17th-18th century they were actually farm yards! Now here was a potential project (about 40 0f them)! One of them -

struck me as ideal. Tucked away off 'West Street', one of the main thoroughfares, it is basically cart road serving what were originally 18c brick-built buildings - a mix of domestic and light industrial (might even have been a weavers with workers dwellings opposite). Plenty of scope for differing brick finishes etc and an impressive (I hope) demo piece.

However, waste not, want not. I'd hate for all the upcoming effort to just sit on a shelf, so I'm actually going to model it at 1:150 (makes the brickwork even more challenging!) and will incorporate it (somehow) into 'Upton Dene' village area.

First order of business - a 'concept model' in plain white card. Start Wednesday I think.

Regs

Ian