You Won’t Believe Your Eyes! How To Make Miniature TV Studio
A few years back, our friend Jim Wickey made a beautiful, perfectly detailed studio for a real TV show. The RCA TK11 scale models are stunningly realistic, but are made of cardboard. Here are some shots of the finished product, and…his how to instructions. Enjoy! -Bobby Ellerbee
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Amazing.
Does he sell these, because I’m sure as heck not talented enough to build one on my own.
Unbelievable talent. Wow!
Wow!!!!
Incredible!
Wow!
Incredible detail. A video showing him doing the construction would be great to view.
Jodie Peeler, did you take notes?
Great, one nit pick, aren’t cradle heads wrong period for TK-11s?