The Ripper Connection Berner Street, Dutfield Yard

The Jack the Ripper Connection, Dutfield Yard Berner Street Whitechapel London, .
Where they found the Rippers third victim Elizabeth Stride.
Theories and possibilities abound but still no one has dicovered the identity of Jack the Ripper, . Was he, or perhaps a she? connected to nobility or was it the American Doctor. Who knows, but one thing for sure is that it will remain perhaps the greatest crime mystery in British History.
This model in O gauge depicts Berner Street in 1909. I changed the empty shop into a end of terrace pub, the other terraced buildings are as they wedre in that period.
Dutfield Yard which was to be found directly after the end terrace will be the subject of another model.

The absolute joy of model making is that History can always be a part of the creators lives. I looked at this model in the half light and imagined Victorian London and the terraced streets of flat roofed dwellings in yellow brick. How it must have felt to  walk through those dark terraces of Whitechapel knowing that the knife was but a foot fall away.

National Health Breakthrough

It wasnt a very good idea, slicing through my thumb with a craft knife, but for the nail it would have been history. Waited a while for the bleeding to stop, it didnt so I headed to the hospital. This new national health system they have adopted is wonderful. One waits for so long in that morbid waiting room that it heals itself Amazing.

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Cleveland Street Workhouse

Cleveland Street Work House

At last I finished it. I never did get the measurements so I counted the bricks and multiplied by 3.5.  The old fashioned way when one only has a photograph to work from.The other problem was getting it out of the work room door it only just made it.

Fun with Foam Board

I recently purchased a very good book  Model making Materials and Methods  by David Neat. It is an absolute must for the model maker and deals with techniques, many of which I have never come across or tried. Much of it is for set and diorama design and construction so it is ideal for the scenic modeller. It  introduces foam board of different types and textures and explains the use of the same in construction. This incredible material which I found in 4D Models has so much potential. The picture /diorama below of a Cornish sea scape and Tin Mine is layered foam board, carved and sanded , and painted in Windsor and Newton tube acrylics. As a first off I found it most pleasing to work with and has much potential for broader usage. The picture is 10" x 8" on 6mm ply.

Cleveland Street Work House

Cleveland Street Workhouse Project.
The Cleveland Street Project is progressing nicely, but I desperately need an image of the main entrance, either as it was, (preferably) or as it is now. So if anyone would like to hang over the front wall with their digi camera, and email me some images. I will be forever grateful. Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, Londinium! It was the old Middlesex Hospital. Ask Mr Bumble he knows all about it.

London Cockney Museum

It was a long day when I mentioned the Cleveland Street "Wharehouse" it should have been WORK HOUSE! which is where I should be if I make any more daft mistakes...