DI SONNY RUSSELL'S MINIATURE HOME
Shinglesea - Chelsea Flower Show 2007
I do like to keep a theme going. In 2007 I designed and exhibited a medal winning garden at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show - and met and shook hands with the Queen. But that's another story. As detailed earlier, I've now used the facade of the railway carriage backdrop as the front of a studio/writing room I've built in the garden.
Studio/writing room
Not content with that, I'm now reproducing it in miniature at a scale of 4mm to the foot or 1/76. It's part of a model railway layout, that I exhibit, called Compass Point. Now, if you've read my DI Sonny Russell crime novels, you'll know that the detective lives, with his little terrier Aggie, in a converted railway carriage, not far from Compass Point. In reality, Compass Point is a thinly disguised Rye Harbour and his carriage home is actually at Winchelsea Beach. Meanwhile, here's a couple of pictures of the progress so far.
The carriage is a cut-down model of a kit by Ratio and the fencing is made from matchsticks, split lengthwise in four.
Chris - this is great fun, the way your professional background, artistry, writing and railway modelling come together. There is no one I know who manages to do the same. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteTed, you're making me blush. I take that as a huge compliment from someone of your prodigious talent.
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