measure twice, cut once...

We've got another wee saying that goes "measure twice, cut once". We don't have a badge for this one because it's so important that it's engraved onto the insides of our eyelids.

We've recently been asked by Reid Kerr College's Interior Design department if we'd go and talk to their students about modelmaking. We're excited about this! We hope to go there in November, and we'll give a wee talk and then run a practical modelmaking session with the students.


This should be fun and entertaining! If you're a wee bit jealous of all those lovely lads and lasses at Reid Kerr then why not get F&F along to your local place of study / workplace / pub for some educational modelmaking experiences........ drop us a line!

info@finchandfouracre.co.uk

Highland Housing Fair on tour!

Finch & Fouracre had a busy morning yesterday, repairing and cleaning the Highland Housing Fair models, in preparation for the tour! The exhibition, also known as Scotland's Housing Expo, will be traveling round the country and stopping at various places, shopping centres, galleries, etc, to take the "sustainable community" message out and about.
At this stage, we're not sure where the tour is planned for, we'll let you know when we do!

Nothing says I love you like an architectural model

Here at Finch & Fouracre we've got a wee saying we like:
"Nothing says I love you like an architectural model". We even had it made into a badge.

Bespoke model kit commission

Here at Finch & Fouracre, one of our favourite things is getting requests for slightly unusual commissions. We don't see it being a one-off as an issue, nor are we (usually) put off if it's something we've not done before. At the moment, one of the things in the works is a bespoke model kit. It's a birthday present, so I'm going to be careful to not give the game away, but we were asked by the customer to produce the kit for her husband of their house. It's fun being able to add the smaller details that we've not felt able to do with the tenement kits. And hopefully, he's going to paint further stonework details, so it should look really good.

We're also working on getting a new product in the shops by christmas (although we're still debating what this is going to be!), as well as hopefully getting the products in a few more shops.

Also, just for interest, check out http://www.kabloom.co.uk/ - I love it!

So, better late than never, we've worked out how to put PDFs into our blog!


Hopefully, with the link below, you'll be able to download and view the full Herald article of 8th August 2009. We hope you especially appreciate the photos!

download herald article page 1

download herald article page 2

oops! Over a month since our last blog post.... sorreeee!

Finch & Fouracre were in the Herald magazine on Saturday 8th August - a brilliant 3 page feature written by Heather MacLeod with photos by the Herald's Mark Gibson.
You can read the article here:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/homes-interiors-gardens/small-world-1.822172#

although unfortunately the photos printed in the magazine are not featured. Anyway, we've had a great response to the feature, sold a bunch of products, and a few enquiries about commissions too. We've also had our first couple of direct orders from overseas via Etsy!

Part of the reason for our absense on the blogosphere is that we've both been away on well-earned holidays, and also both been putting in a few shifts for Gavin at Abacus Modelmakers, working on a giant model of a proposed redevelopment of the Southern general hospital site in Glasgow. It's been good fun working there, though we're both glad to be back in our wee workshop! Apparently, there's been a few folk in the Lane asking after us - we're back now, please come again!

We were both a bit sad to hear of the Lighthouse going into administration - we'd heard rumours for some time, and so not too surprised that it finally happened. However, it seems the administrators have got things back under control, and the Lighthouse is still operating pretty much like normal - the exhibitions, shop and cafe are still open, and it's still well worth a visit. In fact, our models for the Highland Housing Fair are still on display (we thought they'd be there just until the start of August!), and there's a great exhibition "Films of the Clyde", showing an archive of fascinating films about the history of the river.

So, what next for F&F? We're catching up with accounts etc (BORING!) and then maybe a bit of work on our next model kit, once we've decided what to do. Any suggestions? Apparently there's been suggestions from Edinburgh that we do a proper Edinburgh tenement. we'll see.....

updated website

The all new and very exciting Finch & Fouracre website is now up and running. New things on it include the Model Me Real work, our hidden lane postcard, Briza Maxima for our pal Anna, and the most recent Highland Housing Fair model for NORD. Enjoy!

www.finchandfouracre.co.uk