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Wells Cathedral
While I am not painting pictures, I have decided at last to design a new model-kit of Wells Cathedral. I made one during the 1990s but with the passage of time, the art-work has not withstood the test of time and looks a little clumsy. However, my biggest regret over the old model is that I did a very poor job of the west facade - the crowning glory of Wells Cathedral. With this new one, I have taken all the proportions from photographic sources by selecting distant shots of the building for maximum accuracy and then I have test built the pieces as you can see here. Getting a reliable table of dimensions for Wells was difficult but everyone seems to agree that the central tower is 180 feet high and that the west facade is 147 feet across and so it is from those measurements that I have worked out the rest.
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