1:24th scale nursery box

I have been busy with miniatures but not so much on my own projects! The only thing I have done is added ceiling paper to the Grimmauld Place kitchen, but I do not have a picture of it at the moment.

A colleague of mine had a baby so I quickly put together a 1:24th scale nursery as a gift. I had a bit of help from another colleague and fellow modeller John. John specialises in model tanks and very expertly painted the boat, aeroplane as well as building a MIG welder out of plasticard, (The father of the baby enjoys working on cars, so we thought he would find it funny that the nursery comes complete with a welder!)

MIG Welder 1:24th scale

Welder, plane and boat

The welder even has a plug socket!

The majority of the contents are made from thick white card. The box itself was an ornament box with a hole cut in the front and plastic added to protect the contents. The outside has been papered to hide the design on the card.

I have never worked in 1:24th scale before and I found modelling in Polymer clay to be quite tricky to get detail. The Peppa Pig and Rastamouse being the trickiest things to make so small. Everything I did was made from scraps so I spent no money at all!

The plane hangs from the ceiling with wire. Was very tricky to close the box because of this!

Peppa Pig in the cot, Beads and odds and ends made jars/bottles

Shelf full of baby items, books and changing table

Arial shot

Cot made from card, balsa wood and cocktail sticks. Dressed with felt and fabric

3 scales in one picture, 1:12, 1:24 and 1:144

I really enjoyed working in a smaller scale as it was a challenge. The gift was well received and is to be displayed on a shelf in baby's room. There might be another opportunity next year to make another nursery for a family member but for a girl. I might do this one in 1:12th scale. Also I may be experimenting in railway model buildings as my boyfriend is building a train layout. So lots of interesting things to come!