The 1.3 million pound Titanic model

This entry was posted in Large Scale Ship Titanic on May 27, 2008 by Ian Pattinson

Fine Art Models have taken the original plans and construction notes from Harland & Wolff to produce the most authentic model of the Titanic yet. The 1:48th scale model will set you back £1.3million, though there are cheaper 1:192 scale versions being done as a limited edition.

Fine Art Models own page on the Titanic model.

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Little cities

This entry was posted in architectural model diorama Large Scale on March 9, 2008 by Ian Pattinson

Tinselman has a fascinating piece about miniature cities. I’d love to do a huge model of a section of a city, but I’d want to make it imaginary because I’d be putting lots of fantastical and bizarre scenes into it.

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Building a big Mosquito

This entry was posted in Aircraft Large Scale vacform on November 25, 2007 by Ian Pattinson

Heritage Aviation models has a picture story of one customer’s build of a 1:24th scale Mosquito.

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Hand made model surf boards

This entry was posted in Large Scale on October 21, 2007 by Ian Pattinson

I was looking for surfboards in 1:32nd or 1:24th scale to add to cars. What I found was the Fin Guy, who hand makes 1:3rd scale boards for wall hanging.

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Miniature Himeji Castle Build In Mie Prefecture

This entry was posted in Castle Japan Large Scale on June 28, 2007 by Ian Pattinson

After the huge Moscow diorama, now there is this 1:23rd scale reproduction of Himeji castle built by a retired Japanese man. The project has taken 19 years and involved inventive use of materials and surreptitious measuring of the original.

There are more pictures here.

via BoingBoing

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Miniature Moscow

This entry was posted in diorama Large Scale Russia on June 8, 2007 by Ian Pattinson

This huge model of Moscow dates back to the Soviet era, and is a three dimensional snapshot of the city at the time. It has become increasingly expensive to maintain and was put up for sale for $3million (or maybe $380,000). Someone with 400 square feet to spare bought it last August.

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Task Force 72

This entry was posted in 1:72nd Large Scale Ship on June 6, 2007 by Ian Pattinson

Task Force 72 is a club for modellers of 1:72nd scale floating ship models. The crafts come in many sizes, all the way up to a 4.6 metre long USS Enterprise aircraft carrier.

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