2021, Onwards and Upwards?
A Happy New Year to all my customers and visitors to my website. My first 2021 figures in production will be 1/76 scale Sets OO14 and...
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Lockdown . . .
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my customers around the world, it's fantastic that you continue to support my figure making...
More On The Way
The five 1/152 sets pictured in my last blog posts should be back from the mould maker in the next couple of days and in production the...
Update - Job Half Done
A quick update on my last Blog post, as some of the 1/152 scale 2mm/ft figures are now ready to go into production. These are sets which...
A Job Half Done
My workshop has become home to a steadily increasing number of unfinished projects, and with the extra work time afforded by Covid and my...
New Normal
New normal. That's the phrase all over the news in the current Covid 19 crisis, but I first heard it in my bereavement counselling...
Betty Ann Stadden 02/05/1929-18/04/2020
My mother Betty Stadden passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th April 2020 at the age of 90. She had been increasingly ill with dementia...
26.2 Songs, 26.2 Miles
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/26songs26miles Julie Stadden 19/06/1970 - 31/05/2019 My beautiful Julie and I were married in February...
Just Playing Around
Lately I've been just playing around with the possibilities of 3D modelling figures. I drew a locomotive footplate (I'm only really...
Progress Made
I've made progress on these new early Victorian figures quicker than expected, and this afternoon they were sent off for 3D printing in...
Full Up!
After a hard evenings work indoors in the warm while watching TV, these 10 seated early Victorian figures are now ready for 3D printing. ...
Filling Up
More progress on my new 1840s/1850s figures. Still lots of refining and detailing to be done. The seats here are drawn using plans of a...
Take Your Seats Please!
By using an app on my mobile I’m told I’m now able to post a blog from anywhere. So this is a test to see it it works. The image is of...
It's the Future!
An update on progress with more early Victorian figures. As described in my last post, as a test I drew Queen Victoria and Prince Albert,...
Scales and Gauges
As mentioned before in these posts, 3D drawing and printing is gradually becoming a large part of my working day. I am nearing the point...
Bits and Pieces
Firstly I finally got around to painting some of my 1/76 scale OO figures, purely because someone wanted to pay me for doing it! Set OO1...
Always Lots to Do!
I have been working for Toy and Model Soldier manufacturer 'Tradition of London Ltd' for around 28 years now, which I just realised on...
Merry Christmas!
Thanks to the many who ordered from my webshop over the last few weeks. I did get everything in the post, (except for one order for...
All Aboard!
It's ages since my last blog post, so here's a little of the things I've been up to. First of all here are the 1/152 Titanic crew,...
New Figures!
2mm03, 2mm04, HO9, HO10,(see previous blog post) also 1/43 Mother with pram, 1/43 Mother with daughter, 1/43 Fireman Firing LH have...