I was asked to do a table site model of a proposed museum here in my home town of Gympie. The museum is to be a working site of Gympie in the 1880's complete with real buildings of the era and a working gold mine as well.

the Town of Gympie was built as a mining town and the mine still operates and recovers gold from 3 km under the town.

scale is 1/200 and it is 1200mm wide X 1300mm long. (4foot X 4foot 4 inches)

Cheers
Cliff


the overall project


the mine


some of the building I have made.

the base was made using polystyrene sheet to form the contors. The shape of which was taken from survey maps and then I redrew them to the scale required. A special plaster was then spread over these.

At the moment I am just altering the landscape a bit and setting out the site as it will look when finished and open to the public. A large lake will also be added and the site landscaped like a park. Site size is about 50 acres.

cheers
Cliff

u got a pretty big task there my friend!!! I wish u have hands long enough to reach it !!!!!! LOL Good luck . if i can be of any help just whistle

This is a very interesting project Cliff, I can't wait to see what you do with it

Ambitious project ya got going there. Take your time, pour your heart into every color that you blend and every roof tile you carve. Your good name is going under this one .

Thanks for sharing with us, please, keep us up to date, we'll watch.

Interesting project Cliff, keep us posted......
Hummmmm Goldmine under Cliff's house......... Hummmmmm :-) :-) :-)

Hi Cliff!

That's a challenge and a change of pace from the Softskins

It's a great thing you're doing, so take your time and don't allow the "contractor" to stress you :-)
Just one question: Are you going to include litle 1/200 people, so that the non-modeler have the sense of scale?

Keep us posted on your progress, please

Skipper

What an honor, that's great. I know your skills are up to it.
When you say working gold mine does that mean you will have moving carts or flowing water? At that scale it's a 'doable' thing. I'm looking forward to more.

Bonjour Cliff!

You can be very proud to build for a Museum! that's something really challenging and it's a noble task! I envy you!

Good luck for this one!

Jean-Luc

Scott what is proposed is a full working town with the shops being open for business and all staff dressed as if they were in 1880. At the top of the site is a vintage steam railway which now operates 3 days a week. An original railway station will be moved to the top by the railway so people can travel to the site by the train. A large project to be sure but I am happy to be in at the ground floor and doing a lot of the planning.

I am also toying with the idea of incorperating a heritage rose garden as well on this site. Plus on another site is planned a military museum set in 1900. This will be designed and built as a replica barrack, quartermaster store and armory from 1900.

Thanks for your interest guys.

cheers
Cliff

Agreed!

Cliff, is there any modeling challenge that is beyond your skills??? (I don't think so ) When we meet in the next life, you will be the Jedi Master, we will be the young apprentices

Keep us posted on this--pretty cool!

Steve

Cliff looking forward to the on going work and look forward to a I/200 scale Valley rattler lol I love c17 also you have the timber museum and what is happening to the museum with Mr Fisher's house
I have just complete a piece for Newstead house - Had to try to make 2 bunya trees in 1/87 and also coverted some atlas figures back to the early 1800's so if you nee help please ask Cliff and all the best
Ian