Ben Taggart Modelmaking & Design

Ben Taggart Modelmaking & Design Ben Taggart creates architectural models and designs for museums, property developers and owners of

Happy Christmas!
24/12/2024

Happy Christmas!

A lot of people message to ask what the size of the house portrait models are. Hopefully this gives you some idea of sca...
20/02/2024

A lot of people message to ask what the size of the house portrait models are. Hopefully this gives you some idea of scale. Each one is different but these two are the usual sizes I like to work. 1:50 scale seems to work best.

It’s always the details that tell the story.Would you like to see your home in miniature?
19/02/2024

It’s always the details that tell the story.
Would you like to see your home in miniature?

If only I’d known all this time that someone had given me some free advertising!Model Houses for Families (now Parnell H...
17/02/2024

If only I’d known all this time that someone had given me some free advertising!
Model Houses for Families (now Parnell House), Streatham Street, London, built in 1850. A block of flats for 48 families, this was one of the earliest philanthropic housing schemes in London.

Have you ever wanted to find the perfect gift for someone who is crazy about their home? What about a miniature architec...
09/02/2024

Have you ever wanted to find the perfect gift for someone who is crazy about their home? What about a miniature architectural model. All hand made, accurate in every detail and unique. Have a look at my website for more information (link on my page).

Some projects take months to make, but sometimes it makes a change to make some quick sketch models in paper and card. ...
07/02/2024

Some projects take months to make, but sometimes it makes a change to make some quick sketch models in paper and card.

Tiny urns, tiny lathe, mini rubber moulds…It’s a small business!
03/02/2024

Tiny urns, tiny lathe, mini rubber moulds…
It’s a small business!

A few more pieces of miniature architectural salvage, columns all hand carved on a tiny lathe, some details made in bras...
28/01/2024

A few more pieces of miniature architectural salvage, columns all hand carved on a tiny lathe, some details made in brass, duplicates cast in resin.

With most architectural models there is a lot of repeating detail, and I often make pieces to cast in a rubber mould. Oc...
25/01/2024

With most architectural models there is a lot of repeating detail, and I often make pieces to cast in a rubber mould. Occasionally I find something I’ve made in the past comes in handy for a new project, but this is a rare event. Just in case, I have kept nearly all of my original architectural features on the scraps of wood I used to make the moulds. This is my miniature architectural scrapyard..

Painting a miniature house portrait model is always the most difficult part of the process, but also the most satisfying...
30/12/2023

Painting a miniature house portrait model is always the most difficult part of the process, but also the most satisfying.

I like to make as many parts of my models by hand as possible, but with some items 3D printing can be very useful. These...
29/12/2023

I like to make as many parts of my models by hand as possible, but with some items 3D printing can be very useful. These tiny balusters were only a few millimetres high and I needed them all to be identical, so what better way could there be? I can recommend for their help.

Happy Christmas and a huge thank you to all my wonderful clients this year! ...
22/12/2023

Happy Christmas and a huge thank you to all my wonderful clients this year!

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