Yellow Kensal Door - 1:10 scale

I made this door, inspired by the NFTS Model Making door project. I wanted to further practice my scaling, technical drawing, and precision in model making.

This is a cheery door in my old neighbourhood of Kensal Rise, London. The pop of yellow in a sea of neutrals always made me smile whenever I walked past, so I wanted to pay homage to it! Unfortunately I had to go off a Google maps image (as I didn’t have a photo of it and was in NZ), which was a bit challenging to get the measurements. But I’m pretty satisfied with how it came together.

I made the door so it could open in its frame

It is also a double sided door. I wanted to contrast the nice bright yellow exterior with a grimy, landlord-white, well-used interior door, inspired by the many London flats I’ve had.

I started with working out measurements of the real-life door and decided upon a 1:10 scale

I used Illustrator to help me with calculating measurements against the photo of the door

I then worked up a technical drawing of the door and measurements

I then built a 3D model in Autodesk Fusion

And then created technical drawings. This is the front

I decided to make the door with primarily balsa and transferred my measurements to the wood to begin the model making process

I cut out the pieces with an exacto knife

I primed the front, then sanded, and painted with a high gloss yellow spray paint

For the inner door I simply painted white matt primer

I made the letter box out of a mixture of brass, balsa and palight

Final door and real world door photo alongside the paper technical drawing

Yellow Kensal Door - 1:10 scale

Bagend Facade

Salvage Robot Head