1975: ASTONISHING Model Village at PENDON MUSEUM | It's A Small World | Making Of...

1975: ASTONISHING Model Village at PENDON MUSEUM | It's A Small World | Making Of... | BBC Archive

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10 ай бұрын

Andy Price visits the Pendon Museum at Long Wittenham, where work is progressing on an extraordinarily ambitious project to painstakingly recreate the Vale of the White Horse - as it looked in the 1930s - in miniature.
Andy speaks with Roye England, the founder of the Pendon Museum, about the techniques he uses to ensure the model is as accurate as possible, and the likely timescale for completing this unique diorama.
This clip is from It's A Small World, originally broadcast 28 August, 1975.
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@steveosborne2297 10 ай бұрын

I wonder if this is still around today , it deserves to with all that work . Edit : I’ve just checked , it’s still there and this model looks absolutely fantastic

@DarkFabulist 10 ай бұрын

It is very local to me and still open. Some buildings have lights inside, and they can run the trains as if at dusk by dimming the main overhead lighting. Modellers are always required, but they have exacting standards, and test you with a small outhouse or privy first!

@stinkymcgee230 10 ай бұрын

I love the story about how nice everyone was to him when he asked to photograph their house

@utterlee 10 ай бұрын

Very pleased to read this museum is still going strong today.

@spankflaps1365 10 ай бұрын

This model railway still exists, it’s much bigger, and has its own YT channel. I’ve seen hundreds of exhibition layouts and Pendon is easily the best.

@oooBASTIooo 10 ай бұрын

Can you provide a link or the name of said channel?

@sophieasha9069 10 ай бұрын

@@oooBASTIooosearch for Pendon Museum on KZfaq and you'll find lots of videos on the model village

@nicholasgargano7396 10 ай бұрын

Link

@tjdacatlady1920 10 ай бұрын

That is an absolutely astonishing model. I can't believe someone invested so much time into making this. This has GOT TO BE more of a labor of love than just a job. The meticulous craftsmanship down to every last little thing is a work of art, not to mention the skill and imagination it took. BRAVO or BRAVA as the case may be. WOW!!!😁💜

@Jack_Warner 10 ай бұрын

I remember Andy Price when he was on the Six O'Clock Show on London Weekend TV in the 80's. I've been to Pendon twice. The railways is a very accurate representation of the prototype in EM Gauge.

@petergivenbless900 10 ай бұрын

Every time the pencil emerged to menace the model I momentarily felt like I was watching a 1950's horror film; 'Attack of the Gigantic Pencils'!

@oooBASTIooo 10 ай бұрын

The twelve year old boy who made the barn model turned 60 this year!

@chelamcguire 10 ай бұрын

What a touching presentation. Thank you for sharing it. Perhaps one day I'll visit the museum as I've just read that it is still doing away quite dandy. What a bunch of talented and dedicated souls. Brilliant.

@brianbrino4310 10 ай бұрын

Astounding and so beautiful built with such mastery! Incredible! Thank you!❤

@chrisholland1121 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic I miss this time when life seemed simpler and the focus on art/craft was not so rushed amazing

@israelguerrero8253 10 ай бұрын

VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL MODEL!!🙂🙂👍👁️

@dazknight5622 10 ай бұрын

This is unreal 😮

@jennifergonzalez4059 6 ай бұрын

What a bloody legend

@michaelmiller641 7 ай бұрын

As Roye said, and like any model railway, it will never be finished!

@davedogge2280 10 ай бұрын

People who play 'Bolt Action' by Warlord Games will love this.

@dierkschurack-ye9kr 2 ай бұрын

Man kann nur ein Wort sagen. TRAUMHAFT

@matthewtrow5698 10 ай бұрын

I'm waiting for Postman Pat in his van to gently bimble on through the scene. Sadly, here we have another clickbait title used - "astonishing", when that word is not actually used in the footage. The word used is Ambitious. There really is nothing astonishing about it. It would be astonishing if a tiny volcano erupted in the model village and tiny people ran out of the buildings as they all caught fire. That would indeed be astonishing. No model village anywhere, ever, has been astonishing.

@andrewholdaway813 10 ай бұрын

Then you knew it was clickbait before clicking, thus for you at least, it wasn't clickbait.

@vikkispence 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree about Postman Pat

@daniellamcgee4251 10 ай бұрын

I think you have forgotten that 'astonishing' is not an objective fact, but a subjective opinion. Your opinion is not representative of all people's opinion, as some people may find this model village astonishing. The work, time, creative use of materials, enormity of the project and dedication to create detailed realism, to some people, is indeed astonishing. Therefore the title is not clickbait.

@Ridersonthestorm8899 10 ай бұрын

Blimey Matthew i bet you get invited to a lot of parties Mr pedantic. It would be astonishing if you did.

@chelamcguire 10 ай бұрын

@@Ridersonthestorm8899 Sir, I salute you. I detest those pedantic buggers!