With it being so complete, I couldn’t help but take some images of it to see if it looked as realistic as I wanted it to and to compare it to the other buildings that I scratchbuilt a few years back, one of Ozzy’s wine bar and the other, the Kings Head pub.
4th June 2025
Today has been one of those unavoidably broken days that happen every now and then, having started with a visit to the hospital. My mum needed a routine check-up, so I picked her up at 10.30 ready for her appointment at 11.
Not being big on sitting around doing nothing, I indulged in a period of remote working, grabbing a coffee and seat in the Costa that is now part of the hospital complex, and with my laptop to hand, spending an hour or so working on the Jaguar book. It’s weird, but I sometimes find that writing in an unfamiliar setting can often get the juices flowing more quickly than sitting in front of my computer at home. I found this whilst on holiday, writing my diary on my phone whilst away, freeing my mind up so that I could write in a more liberated and freer way. This morning, sitting in that busy coffee shop helped me to write an entire segment on decalling and though it was an incongruous occupation for a hospital visit, it seemed like a very good use of my time! As for my mum, her appointment was a positive one with nothing of note being picked up, which reassured both here and me.
Back home, I was planning to work on the Jaguar as a change of scenery from the commission, but decided instead to focus on the important build and get that done. I’d a few details left to do, including a couple of planters and their trees and then a little lamp that ended to be hung from the upper frame of the door, so that seemed like another good use of time.
I’d pondered how to create that lamp for a while, mulling over the idea to build it solid and simply paint it to reflect its construction. In the end though I went with building it to look like glass, using thin panels of clear plastic glued together with UV resin and then detailed with plasticard. The outer frames were decorated with fake metal strips conjured up using strips of black decal, laid in place using VMS superb decal softener. All in all it was a fun little project within a project, that occupied my mind for a few pleasurable hours.
As it stands, the commission is all-but complete, only a copy of very minor details left to do. It can then be housed within its box and frame, ready for delivery. With it being so complete, I couldn’t help but take some images of it to see if it looked as realistic as I wanted it to and to compare it to the other buildings that I scratchbuilt a few years back, one of Ozzy’s wine bar and the other, the Kings Head pub.
I have to say that I’m just as pleased with this one as I was with those, so fingers crossed, my client will be equally happy when it’s handed over in one week’s time. After it is handed over, I will post some pictures of the completed model on here, so you can finally see what the hell I’ve been babbling on about for the last few weeks…
See you tomorrow.
SPENCER POLLARD'S KIT BOX 
Ok, I’ll admit it. At first I thought the picture of the wine bar was the real thing. Until I looked again then spotted things that obviously pointed at the fact that it is a model.
Mind you age had a bit to do with it Spencer, not looking for an excuse mind. Superb, your friend will be very pleased with the end result.
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