London 1840: a 1:1500 scale model

[geoff_nicholls]

Might be of interest:
Welcome to LONDON 1840 | 1:1500 scale model of 1840s London
"LONDON 1840 is building a 1:1500 scale wooden model of London as it was in that year, from Paddington in the west to the River Lea in the east, and from Highbury in the north to Kennington and Greenwich in the south."
June 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018
10:00 - 17:00

Admission: FREE

 

[2-Bil]

Thanks for the info.Itll be interesting to see if the model makers make a stab at the hundreds of brickfields ,small ephemeral kilns and Market Gardens that were a feature of Londons periphery prior to the development of railways................. and maybe some 1:1500 scale Cholera bacterium would give the work an additional stamp of authenticity........................................Wishing the project well etc etc ........................................ ................BW

 

[76043]

As a former architectural modelmaker, I dreaded models around this scale. It essentially meant repetitive boredom for several weeks, cutting, painting and sticking monopoly sized buildings on a flat baseboard.

Whereas a nice 1:50 would be a joy to work on.

It's a good job they are doing it for love and not the money.

Tony