Stunning Hogwarts Model

Hi all,

Firsly, mods - I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link to ebay auctions or not (I did have a hunt through various rules on the site and couldn't see anything). Apologies if we're not, and please feel free to mod this as necessary (it's not my auction I hasten to add! Although in this case, I wish it was).

The main reason for posting this is simply because I stumbled across it today, and thought it was a stunning piece of modelling work so thought others may love to see it too.

I'll only include 1 image here for now as I expect it will stop working shortly after the auction ends, but personally the attention to detail blew me away:

http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!B-2tdDgBWk~$(KGrHqEOKo4Ey+jCy+DNBM96v6f1o!~~_3.JPG

Enjoy!

Wow.. that took some effort! Bet it sells for a pretty penny.

It sure is fab. Probably one of the nicest I've seen.
I'd love to have a go at making one, but that will have to wait a few years

There's some more pics but I can't link to them as it's on a certain auction site (no, it's not me selling it sadly), so I've included some more pics below:


http://i.ebayimg.com/17/!B-2t,Zw!mk~$(KGrHqMOKikEzWkeEoisBM96vymNpw~~_3.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/04/!B-2tf1QCWk~$(KGrHqQOKiYEy-bKiK+fBM96wBZthg~~_3.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/22/!B-2tkGgEWk~$(KGrHqQOKiYEy-bKiK+fBM96wMtnQQ~~_3.JPG
(check out Hagrids hut and the little pumpkins!!!)

http://i.ebayimg.com/02/!B-2tm6Q!2k~$(KGrHqEOKkMEzHmuY(1iBM96wVTLcw~~_3.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/07/!B-2tqQQ!Wk~$(KGrHqYOKigEzS-1wQZ9BM96wd5NtQ~~_3.JPG
(The little view perspective is awesome)

http://i.ebayimg.com/11/!B-2tu!gCWk~$(KGrHqIOKm8Ey0rN(kY(BM96woBTP!~~_3.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/20/!B-2tyT!!mk~$(KGrHqYOKkYEznEZ9ykKBM96wyihGg~~_3.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/18/!B-2t2Y!B2k~$(KGrHqIOKjoEzIY-jfUpBM96w73cBg~~_3.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/07/!B-2t93!!mk~$(KGrHqIOKiwEzSKiJTJ+BM96)PEue!~~_3.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/11/!B-2uB0QEGk~$(KGrHqYOKi!Ey77ySJBsBM96)Ytm6w~~_3.JPG

Very nice model
I took a stab at it myself in HO scale with my local modular railroad club <www.marrsweb.org>

http://i56.tinypic.com/ifwvuq.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2mwh6o2.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/24w6i5e.jpg

-Clay
Columbia, MD

That is really good, what's it made from?

Thanks Dragon.

My model is scratch built primarily of balsa and poplar dowels. The main cylindrical tower is a 4” piece of PVC pipe with a standard collar fitting.

I made a single wood master of some features (dormer windows, courtyard wall panels…) and reproduced with room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) molds and casting resin. I achieved a nice texture on the buildings by making a large RTV “stamp” from a sheet of stone texture styrene and used a scrapbookers solution of embossing ink and powder. It gave me a very nice stone wall texture.

The mountain is 5 layers of 2” housing insulation foam covered in a tough plaster-like material and rock castings. The lake is plywood with a little latex caulk, latex paint and a heavy layer of artist’s gloss gel applied with a coarse sponge

-Clay

Here are a couple more shots of hogwarts...
I'm working on Hogsmeade Station now

http://media.the-leaky-cauldron.org/fanartpics/pictures/cgraham/broom_view_2.jpg
http://media.the-leaky-cauldron.org/fanartpics/pictures/cgraham/boatview.jpg

http://media.the-leaky-cauldron.org/fanartpics/pictures/cgraham/hagrid_station_2.jpg

http://media.the-leaky-cauldron.org/fanartpics/pictures/cgraham/hagrid_with_express_wallpaper_sized.jpg

UPDATE:

http://i54.tinypic.com/4lr51d.jpg