Unfortunately, we didn't see much of him over the last couple of years and I last bumped into him about a year ago at Halifax show where we had a good old chinwag.
What I didn't know about was his life outside modelling. The limit of my knowledge was that he was a book binder by trade but he was a very fine craftsman indeed, creating bindings for the Booker Prize winners and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
For more about David and his work, please see http://davidsellarsbookbinder.com/About-David-Sellars.php
RIP David.
Modelling time has again been limited due to work commitments, but there has been some progress on Coniston signal box (which now has a roof) and I've made a start on the box for Lightcliffe having put together the window frames for the front wall.
Hopefully get a bit more done today and tomorrow before it's back to work on Wednesday.
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| Coniston Signal Box - front |
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| Coniston Signal Box - rear |
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| Coniston Signal Box - northern end |
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| Coniston Signal Box - southern end |
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| Lightcliffe Signal Box (courtesy L&Y Society) |
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| Window frames for the frontage - Evergreen strip assembled on glass with Lemonene |
Superb
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DeleteThat's beautiful work...quite boggles the mind to think it is 2mm!
ReplyDeleteThanks Iain. I must admit that I find it easier to hide the mistakes with 2mm, provided they're not too obvious that is - but the camera's always very cruel. I've dabbled in other scales but there's just something about the look of things in 2mm - the painting of the bigger picture as it were, where say a slightly wonky chimney on a building that's one of a group can add a bit of character rather than detracting from a more closely observed scene that you get with the larger scales.
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