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Walden Books


Job's Modelling

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blog-0529599001411299906.jpgThe bookshop has its interior.

For the interior I used the pub interior from Scalescenes as a base and the bookcases are from a free download of Clever Models.

The used illustrations and book covers I selected from internet. This was a job I liked to do. Unfortunately when you resize them to 4 mm scale the sometimes beautiful designs get lost. Therefor I selected the fronts more on colour them on design.

Books are very tiny in 4 mm scale and hard to work with in card and paper.

 

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In the picture the whole interior with the shop window display next to small cup.

 

My regular readers know I like to create a story behind a shop. I did this also for Walden Books.

In the Northall Gazette of 26 October 1956 here was an article placed by the re-opening of the bookshop.

 

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And of course a picture of the finished shop front and the next overview picture.

 

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The used lightning is temporarily. But gives an impression of what I want to achieve when the diorama is finished.

 

Advices and comments are much appreciated.

 

Regards,

Job

 

PS. For those you like it the article of the Gazette in PDF:

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Wow!

 

What a wonderful idea to use actual books for the shelves, as you say it must have been nice to select them. It is like an Alladin's cave in minature. I also like the weathering of the white bricks over the bookshop, a nice effect. I like the slightly run-down look to the whole scene, not too much and not too litte, just right.

 

Nice to get another copy of the Gazette. I see that Grip is in the news :-) I hope that will lift it's spirits a bit!

 

Have you seen the shops on Earl's Court. They are set in a different and more airy neighbourhood, so not quite the same type of shops as yours, but maybe some details in there of interest (the hairdresser is my favourite): https://www.flickr.com/photos/45131642@N00/15290366945/

 

For some reason I also thought of Northall when I saw these, the night effect shots in front of the pub are intriguing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrypickett/

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