Rochester Riverside Masterplan – September 2018

The September 2018 launch of this site, phase 1 to 3, saw Countryside Properties install a bespoke marketing suite and carry out a South of England promotional campaign. MC Modelmaking supplied a sales model illustrating these first phases, with a further 4 phases to come over the next 12 years. The model showed detailed and illuminated houses and apartments, with key points on the local area modelled to illustrate main facilities and the site’s setting.

The suitable scale and level of

Model Scale 1 : 500

Client – Countryside Properties.

Lydd Camp, Romney Marsh – training model – June 2018

The MOD training camp at Lydd, on the Romney Marshes, was established early in the 20th century, prior to WW1. The modern day camp is used for various military and police urban training, and with a recent reorganisation a site model was required to enable advance training and planning for a range of operations. The brief for the model required a detailed and robust model that depicted the current layout as well as key assembly and geographical points within the camp. In order to be flexible in the protection and viewing of the model, a combination of sturdy acrylic side screens and removable top were included.

Model Scale – 1 : 400

Client – MOD

Office Building Section Model – June 2018

To assist in the planning process for a new office building in Oxford, our client ADP architects commissioned a sectional model in full colour and detail. The model is to be used to illustrate the relationship of proposed materials and detailing, the upper floors set-back, and the recessed stone window surrounds. At 1-50 scale we were able to engrave brick coursing patterns and shadow gap details. Model produced in laser-cut acrylic and polystyrene.

Model scale – 1 : 50

Client – ADP Architects

Latitude East Development in Hampshire for National Housebuilder.

We were commissioned to provide a further sales model for the next phase of this large development near to the village of Bursledon. Complementing the original phase one model also on site, the model shared the same 1/300 scale and level of detail, and is proving to be a popular and fast selling  location only 20 minutes commuting to Southampton.

Model Scale – 1/300

Client – Bellway Homes.

Sales model at Stanbridge Earls. November 2017.

The recent launch of a new Audley Retirement Village in Romsey brought together MC Modelmaking and Quintessence Ltd to supply an interactive sales model to assist in the sales and marketing of this 32 acre site. Consisting of 155 cottages and apartments, the LED-illuminated sales model depicted every aspect of the site, from the Grade II listed Tudor Manor to the restored greenhouses. The interactive presentation combines a Surface Pro 4 tablet computer with a mirrored flat screen to introduce and guide the customer through the village. Site is planned to open in 2019.

Scale – 1/150.

Client – Audley Retirement

New phase sales model for development in Wokingham. October 2017

As part of the developing new village at the former British Army garrison at Arborfield, MC Modelmaking supplied a sales model to be installed in the marketing suite. The site  is formed of 3 phases, with a total of 223 units. At 1/300 scale, the model depicted levels, existing and new landscaping, and the new balancing ponds across the site. A cabinet was also provided to display the model and provide storage.

Model scale – 1/300. Client – Crest Nicholson.

Guildford Cathedral floor-plan tactile model, September 2017.

With the refurbishment of the cathedral interior, the project also undertook to improve and enhance the visitor experience and information display. MC Modelmaking were commissioned to produce a tactile model of the floorplan for orientation, and to assist visually impaired visitors understand the space they were exploring. Modelling exterior and interior walls, floor level changes and steps, and including text and braille interpretation, the model needed to be made in a hard-wearing attractive material. Bronze-filled GRP was chosen as a suitable material, so the model was laser-cut and engraved in acrylic, moulded with RTV silicon and cast with epoxy resin containing the bronze powder. With careful polishing and buffing, the floorplan created a tough metallic finish that could be easily cleaned and able to take the knocks and scratches of daily use.

With some additional display and educational model work undertaken, the finished cathedral display was completed in time for the revealing of the 2-years-long refurbished interior plaster and stone work.

Model scale – 1/200. Client – The People’s Cathedral Project, Guildford Cathedral.

Cooper’s Hill Residential Village, Surrey. 

Installed by MC Modelmaking this month is an interactive sales model of this retirement village set near the Thames and the Runnymede Estate. Modelled at 1/100 scale, this scheme combines the detailed existing Victorian buildings with two new wings and surrounding groundworks. With each apartment individually lit, the front-mounted tablet controls lighting, floor plans and apartment specification, as well as highlighting details about the residents’ leisure facilities and the surrounding area.

Model Scale – 1/100.

Client – Audley Retirement.

Power Generation and Transmission Demo Model, June 2017

This model was required for an exhibition to explain core facilities and processes involved in the generation and transmission of electricity and energy. The approach was a stylised, graphic-look of model, with bold colours, simplified detailing and a selection of different scales in order to portray the essential ideas in a friendly, easily understood model. The model formed part of a larger exhibition display for the client.

Client – UK power generation and transmission company.