Blog Posts

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 th...

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,...

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 wr...

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 paint...

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, Captai...

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 arriv...

Back to 7mm/ft

Back to 7mm/ft for a few new figures, with a vintage pram (finished master in photo) and probably some sort of family on a shopping trip ...

Four New Sets Completed

A lot of hard work over the last few days has completed the pewter masters for the following four sets - Seated Edwardians, 2mm/ft 03 and...

LMS Turbomotive

Recently I supplied bespoke figures for a lovely model 7mm/ft LMS Turbomotive being built by Nick Dunhill. In order to match reference p...

85mm Stadden Figures

Despite the 10 years or so since my late fathers 85mm figures were last in production, there is still tremendous interest in them. I have...

Lee Marsh GWR Dean Loco Crew

I have now added the 7mm/ft GWR Dean Single Loco Crew to my shop, both as unpainted kits and assembled/painted. They fit into the magnifi...

Where does the time go?

I've been back to work on the sets that were promised soon after Christmas. A steady influx of work to commission was the reason for the ...

CC Stadden 85mm at Blenheim Palace

Yesterday a customer sent me images of some of my late fathers 85mm figures he recently saw on sale at Blenheim Palace. I don't know any ...

Hopes and Aspirations

Some of the eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that, since a few weeks ago, my website now looks a little different. After redoing t...

Happy New Year!

Now that all the Christmas madness is in the past I'd like to wish a Happy New Year to all my customers. I should be completely up to dat...

New OO Figure Sets are here!

These three sets have 6 bodies, 6 heads, 24 arms and three shovels. Now on sale in my website shop. OO11 - 1860s Loco Crews OO12 - 1900s ...

Next OO Sets on the Way

I finished all the pewter sculpted master parts for my new OO gauge 1/76 scale Loco Crews today so they'll be off to the mouldmaker tomor...

Arms and Shovels

It has taken a while but I now have all the master sculpts of the arms and shovels that I need ready for my new 1/76 scale footplate crew...

Thanks

Thank you to everyone who purchased sets OO9 and OO10 on pre-order, this really does help get some of the initial costs covered quickly a...

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Andrew C Stadden

Miniature Scale Figure Sculptor

Modelmaker