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I usually show items i've made from fabric, i thought today would be a fine day to show a work in progress i painted over the weekend. Although i certainly feel more at ease with my foot on the sewing machine petal working with various textiles, i had a really nice fun time.
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The Southsea Miniature Railway first opened in 1932 as a 9.5" gauge line operated by a pair of Bassett Lowke 4-4-2 steam locos. After the war it was taken over by new owners and reguaged to 10 1/4" and operated by a pair of steam locos built by Guest and acquired secondhand from Dudley Zoo. The railway was a huge success .....for example, over 7,000 passengers rode the train over the August bank holiday weekend in 1946.
During the late 1940s/early 50s a company called Southern Miniature Railways built three similar steam locos - 'Valiant' and 'Victory' went to Southsea while the third, 'Vanguard' went to their own railway in Poole Park...in 1951 they also took over operation of the Southsea line.
In the early 1960s the railway built a couple of petrol locos and the steamers were sold off in 1964.
The railway closed at the end of 1976 and the two petrol locos were sold to the railway at Sandham Castle on the Isle of Wight. The line at Southsea reopened the following year as a 17" gauge third-rail electric operation. In 1985 it was rebuilt back to 10 1/4" but finally closed in 1989.
The two old petrol locos were later scrapped when the Sandham Castle railway closed down. The steam locos, Valiant and Victory, spent some years in a scrapyard before being rescued, the best bits of the two were incorporated into one locomotive and this now runs on a private railway in Lincs.
Where was the railway situated? The station was located close to where the aquarium now stands. It then ran down beside the sea wall towards Southsea Castle where it turned around a loop and came back again. Back then this area was known as Children's Corner and in addition to the train there was an outdoor swimming pool, boating lake, amusements and even a zoo. Everything is now gone and apart from the aquarium the remainder of the site is now just an empty field.
This is the bar when It was first made. MDF covered in zebrano veneer. Foot rest is 4mm brass rod fed through eyelets
My gorgeous Miniature Knits made by goldieholl: www.flickr.com/people/13882412@N02/
Arrived today!!! : )
They are so tiny and intricate!~Her talent amazes me!
1:12 scale dollhouse miniature savoury foods handmade by Caroline of Hummingbird Miniatures.
Images copyright of Hummingbird Miniatures 2010-2014
the basic idea: the mini effect shall chance a regular landscape or urban photo into a miniature world impression by adding a blur effect and other detailed adjustments.
after showing you a lot of miniature fakes i made, here i want to present a before-after comparison. so i hope you can see that the manipulation is very intensive!
i want to underline with my manipulation that the lightning effects and color-effects mustn't be forgotten. they are very important to opitmize the impression of the mini-view :)
thanks for watching! i love fake minis, so spread the idea!
Miniature poodle spotted at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens yesterday. This little guy caught my eye, because he looks very similar to my brother's dog.
3x3 inches, acrylic on Tyvek
This is the last miniature for now - the paintings go in the mail today. This one was inspired by my brother-in-law's grandmother at her wood burning cook stove. I simplified the image lots, but it's still a little busy. Some of the edges are a bit too hard for my taste as well, but I decided that it was done - not more fussing. Maybe somebody will like the nostalgia of the piece.
Blogged here: sherry-latebloomer.blogspot.com/2011/03/last-miniature-fo...
Check out my other miniature railway pics on Flickr:
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mini journals/books I'm making as pendants for The Reformatory (see profile)
totally recycled from scrap paper, junk mail , old catologs, etc. The only new materials are the glue & thread, and the jump rings & ball chains, although one already has an upcycled chain with beads to hang from.
The 10 1/4" gauge Farnborough Miniature Railway (known as the Fox Hill Miniature Railway for the first few weeks) only operated for two years - 1936 and 1937. The half-mile line was built by local engineer H.C.S. Bullock mostly as a test track where he could demonstrate his locomotives to potential customers. Shortly after opening a partnership was formed with wealthy London banker Alexander Kinloch and the railway became more commercialised in operation.
Bullock left the railway at the end of the first season due to a disagreement and took a couple of his locos with him - the following year he built a railway at California-in-England near Wokingham.
Kinloch continued alone and for 1938 he extended the track to give a 1.5 mile round trip. However it was never a huge commercial success and he began planning a new and much more ambitious railway nearby - The Surrey Border & Camberley. At the start of 1938 all the equipment was moved the short distance to its new home.
Where was it located? It's hard to say exactly as the whole area is now extensively developed and built over - the M3 motorway even crosses the old route! From available evidence and guess work it seems to have started somewhere near the intersection of Beech Rd and Sand Hill. It then headed off in a NW direction, crossing the Cove Brook river and terminating somewhere near to the Fox Inn Pub on Chapel Lane. Passengers could apparently walk through the hedge and get drinks at the pub in between trains!
My latest project with paper craft---made this for a friend with a new apartment that needed a piano! Lots of fun---needs a miniature soprano to stand beside it!