Jubilee Church at Night

Night shots of Jubilee Church model.

Flames of War

I cut this elevation few weekends ago. My friend from university sent me his survey drawing of  this beautiful tenement-house in Poland. I thought it may be a nice element for the wargame table or diorama. I am going to make damaged version of this building   in the near future. It will be in scale 1:100 to fit the Flames of War figures.

Round Tower

This is my favourite part of the building. I think that asymmetrical tower captured my attention when I was passing by that church. It has 8  little columns on the perimeter and looked complicated at first moment, but it was very easy to make.

I started with 50 cross sections laser cut in 1.5mm cardboard. Then  filled spaces between pillars with green stuff and sculpted stone. It will be primed later and cast as single resin part.

Micro manufacture

Those are my first casts of 3 finished parts.  I used polyurethane Axson F16 resin. Very quick de-moulding time (2.5m pot life, de-mould 20 – 30 minutes).  It has low viscosity so  it flows like water to all details.  Silicone mould rubber T20. Its hard to get those materials here in Dublin so I ordered it at http://www.tiranti.co.uk.  It arrived quickly and well packed. The bad surprise was delivery cost over 20£ for 4 kg parcel.

Saint Bartholomew Church in Dublin WIP

This is the project I am working at the moment. It is Saint Bartholomew Church on the Clyde Road located in Balsbridge in Dublin. When I first saw this building few months ago, something captured my attention. Was it the location? Its stands on the triangular land surrounded by red brick  houses converted to embassies.  Hard to believe that when it was built in 1867 it was open fields.

The church was designed by an English architect, Thomas Henry Wyatt  in a Gothic Revival for Sidney Herbert, of the Earls of Pembroke. The original design was never completed, the unusual octagonal tower never received its intended spire.

I am building the laser cut prototype in scale 1:160 (N scale). I am going to make moulds of finished pieces and cast it in resin. I will see how many copies my moulds can handle. I will offer them on eBay hopefully at the end of April. That will be very limited edition. If anyone is interested, send me an e-mail: architecturalmodelmaker@gmail.com or check this blog to see the progress.

Into House

This is the model of house designed by finis architect Jyrki Tasa

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Jubilee Church

First model I would like to present you is Richard Meier’s Jubilee Church I made last year. Plan-form and section are extremely clear. Three circles of equal radius create three concrete shells to the south and together with a thick spine wall to the north. The west (altar) and east (organ) walls are light glazing, surrounding the bright, white set pieces for the cross and organ respectively. Natural light is the major theme, with skylights between each shell and over the main space, creating ever changing patterns within. In a contrasting, plain L plan around a sunken courtyard, is the community centre, on four levels. The centre is separated from the main church by a linear top-lit atrium.

The whole model is hand cut from styrene. That was before I bought my laser plotter. The shells were vacuum formed or rather pushed on my clay mould I prepared especially for that. At the beginning I was going to laminate it with glass fibre and resin, but I decided that styrene will be easier to cut later. Each shell contains 2 sheets of formed styrene and few stripes in the middle to add the necessary thickness. Then I sanded the edges and engraved the mesh of panels divisions. The rest is pretty straight forward. The most time consuming was engraving (panels, paving and railings).

Everything is lit with around 40 LEDs and it serves as the “mood” light in my bedroom It better than “lava lamp”. http://themodelmaker.net

Hello!

This is my blog! I will describe here my model making techniques, present my WIPs and finished pieces. I am also looking forward for your comments and ideas.

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