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This page keeps you updated on what's going on in the shop and what models are coming up next. All the pictures below are from what I'm working on right now. I added this page so I won't have to edit the construction page continuously. As better construction shots become available they will gradually replace the older ones on the construction page. The waiting list has grown very long. Currently 43 models in construction or waiting to be built or about 5 years of work. I am trying to find more time in my schedule to build the models and I have placed orders for some mass-produced parts to speed up the process.

No. Status Model Description Scale Material Destination Photo
1 Shipped Mid grade 1907 Berger guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Stained Australia
2 Shipped High grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Switzerland
3 Shipped Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Cocobolo-Natural Louisiana, USA
4 Completed High grade 1860 guillotine and cigar cutter 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Pennsylvania, USA
5 Shipped Mid grade 1907 Berger guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Stained Sweden
6 Shipped Classic 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted City of Wetzlar, Germany
7 Shipped Classic 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted California, USA
8 Shipped Mid grade 1907 Berger guillotine 1/12 Red Oak-Stained France
9 Shipped Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Sweden
10 Shipped High grade 1907 Berger guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted California, USA
11 Shipped Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Dijon, France
12 Shipped 1854 German Fallbeil 1/6 Steel and Oak-Stained Paris, France
13 Shipped 1810 Guillotine w/head basket. 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Illinois, USA
14 Shipped Guillotine 1954 - Reunion Island 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Ireland
15 Shipped Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Stuttgart, Germany
16 Shipped Top grade 1903 Swedish guillotine w/basket 1/4 Mahogany-Painted Luxembourg
17 Shipped 1810 guillotine w/head basket 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Pennsylvania, USA
18 Shipped High grade 1907 Berger guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Stain & Oil Hautmont, France
19 Shipped Classic 1794 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Switzerland
20 Shipped Rastatt Fallbeil 1946 1/6 Steel & Bloodwood Minnesota, USA
21 Shipped Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Milan, Italy
22 Shipped 1900 Guillotine from Senegal 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Switzerland
23 Shipped 1792 guillotine w/scaffold & figures 1/6 Red Oak-Painted New Jersey, USA
24 Shipped Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Painted & aged New York, USA
25 Completed Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Painted & aged Germany
26 In progress 1900 Guillotine from Ile Nou 1/6 Red Oak-Painted New Caledonia No
27 In progress Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil New Hampshire, USA No
28 In progress Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/4 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Florida, USA No
29 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Wales, UK No
30 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Bloodwood-Stain & Oil Texas, USA No
31 Waiting list 1794 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Florida, USA No
32 Waiting list Swiss Lucerne Model Guillotine 1940 1/6 Walnut-Stain & Oil Florida, USA No
33 Waiting list Swiss Lucerne Model Guillotine 1940 1/6 Walnut-Stain & Oil Switzerland No
34 Waiting list Swiss Lucerne Model Guillotine 1940 1/6 Walnut-Stain & Oil Indiana, USA No
35 Waiting list 1794 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Idaho, USA No
36 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Paris, France No
37 Waiting list 1794 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Paris, France No
38 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Blois, France No
39 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil New Jersey, USA No
40 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil New York City, USA No
41 Waiting list 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted New York City, USA No
42 Waiting list 1792 style cigar-cutter guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Pennsylvania, USA No
43 Waiting list 1907 Berger guillotine 1/12 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Poland No
44 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Denmark No
45 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Lancashire, UK No
46 Waiting list Rastatt Fallbeil 1946 1/6 Steel & Black Walnut Kansas City, USA No
47 Waiting list 1860 guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted & aged New York, USA No
48 Waiting list 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Ludwigsburg, Germany No
49 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/4 Mahogany-oiled & polished Ludwigsburg, Germany No
50 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Great Neck, NY No
51 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Calgary, Canada No
52 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Mississippi, USA No
53 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Scotland No
54 Waiting list 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Sydney, Australia No
55 Waiting list 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Denmark No
56 Waiting list 1854 Fallbeil 1/6 Steel and Mahogany Denmark No
57 Waiting list 1854 Fallbeil 1/6 Steel & Mahogany New Hampshire, USA No
58 Waiting list Top grade Berger guillotine w/basket 1/4 Mahogany-oiled & polished Alameda, California No
59 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Tokyo, Japan No
60 Waiting list 1792 guillotine w/scaffold 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Tokyo, Japan No
61 Waiting list 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Los Angeles, USA No
62 Waiting list 1943 Tegel Fallbeil 1/6 Steel & Mahogany Germany No
63 Waiting list 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Massachussetts, USA No
64 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Stain & Oil Italy No
65 Waiting list Rastatt Fallbeil 1946 1/6 Steel & Bloodwood Phoenix, USA No
66 Waiting list 1792 revolutionary guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted Seattle, USA No
67 Waiting list Top grade 1907 Berger guillotine w/basket 1/6 Mahogany-Painted Grenoble, France No
68 Waiting list 1860 guillotine 1/6 Red Oak-Painted & aged New Jersey, USA No
69 Waiting list Guillotine 1954 - Reunion Island 1/6 Red Oak- Brown Paint Missouri, USA No

The model currently in the workshop is another 1/6 scale copy of the Berger guillotine used from 1872 to 1977. This model will be based on the 1900-1930s version used by Anatole Deibler.
I have built this model multiple times and I try to make small improvements every time.
9/18/11: A few pictures of the mechanisms, mouton, track, spring stops and chapiteau.
10/21/11: Additional pictures of the partially completed frame, post hinges and C-brace.
11/7/11: Chapiteau with embedded mechanism, steel T-braces, hollow spike attached to the mouton, pulley support frame, detail view of mechanism inside chapiteau... about as accurate as I can make those details.
11/19/11:Mouton release handle and pull rod entry point into the chapiteau. Finished lunette with brass liner plate and 50 stainless steel screws. Assembled model now only missing the bascule.
12/6/11:Some of the less visible but highly intricate details of the construction: The bascule cradle rest and matching support frame, the bascule cradle, the fixed and pivoting roller blocks, the rear support tay, the bascule plank on the cradle, the side board and the shield many from thin "planks".
12/18/11:Bascule & sideboard completed. Folding shield completed.
12/31/11:Rolled zinc tub & rope storage hooks added. Model complete except for final paint.
1/20/12:Model painted and ready to ship. See photo on workshop list.