The Avengers:
Three Stable Mews
Steed's London Apartment in Miniature
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But my affection for life in miniature pre-dates that first house. Indeed, my parents were merely indulging a pre-existing condition. I still have a few of the many tiny trinkets that I collected when I was very, very young.
When I was sixteen and my father had been gone for seven years my birthday present was a dollhouse kit. Being an odd teenager, I delighted in spending evenings carefully assembling the hundreds of pieces of wood. The house was soon assempled but finishing touches eluded it (or me as my interests shifted). Soon my niece and nephews visited and played with it, doing some damage. And then I moved 3000 miles away from it.
But all passions find their way back to us, and eventually I shipped the house across country. Still, space in New York apartments was tight, and working on a dollhouse is messy, cluttered business. I made some progress over the next few years with wallpaper and trim. But ultimately, after a third move, the house was so severaly damaged that I bit the bullet and admitted that it was no longer an essential part of my life.
This was because, prior to that last move, I had started on a new house: Three Stable Mews. Avengers fans will know that this was John Steed's final London address during the series, the apartment he lived in during the color episodes of his partnerships with Emma Peel and Tara King.
Three Stable Mews is particularly special because I started from scratch: no purchased plans, no kit, just my own sketches and measured drawings, sheets of wood, and a saw. And lots of glue, screws, more glue, and in determination. And, of course the project is not yet complete.
I owe credit to Ian Duerden, a fellow Avengers fan whose gorgeous renderings of Avengers sets inspired me to go hime one better with three-dimensions. And I have to thank Cal Westray, whose many captured images from the series have provided me with details of decor and construction.
Other Avengers Material
"You're The Top" performed by Dame Diana Rigg in Evil Under the Sun (MP3 format)
Emma's Color Era Theme Thanks to Johnny O! (MP3 format)
Floor Plans of the Steed Estate from my fiction
The 3 Stable Mews Project: Steed's Flat in Miniature
Dollhouse scale is 1/12th. That is, 1 inch = 1 foot
Other Avengers Websites
Have an Avengers Website you'd like listed? Drop us a note.
David K. Smith's nearly enchclopedic fan site. My favorite writing resource. Visit David's links page for lots more sites.
The A&E official site.
Pat's comprehensive fanfiction library is not to be missed.
Yahoo Groups is the home of too many Avengers-related groups to list here. I urge you to visit the yahoo groups home page and search for your favorite character or actor.