“Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame.”
– The Day of the Doctor
One of the first things I did when I got my printer, back at the end of 2020, was of course to download Sir John Hurt and print him at 1:19 scale.
![Painted 3D print of John Hurt as The War Doctor](https://i0.wp.com/gardenrail.simonwood.info/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/03/IMG_9553-1.jpeg?resize=660%2C998&ssl=1)
One of my key motivations for getting a 3D printer was to create figures for the railway. It wasn’t John Hurt in particular I had in mind, but there’s not only a fine drawing of him on Thingiverse, it also allowed me to connect two of my main interests – railways and Doctor Who – and of course there is no limit to the number of Doctors Who that you can have on a model railway, since (s)he is a time traveller!
The drawing wasn’t in 1:19 scale, but the internet says Hurt was 5’9″ so I used that to scale him.
I think I need to work on painting eyes…
![Unpainted 3D print of John Hurt](https://i0.wp.com/gardenrail.simonwood.info/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/03/P1320015-1.jpg?resize=660%2C880&ssl=1)
![John Hurt, painted, on the foot plate of a Roundhouse Millie](https://i0.wp.com/gardenrail.simonwood.info/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/03/IMG_9530-1.jpeg?resize=660%2C880&ssl=1)
![John Hurt, painted, standing on the railway track](https://i0.wp.com/gardenrail.simonwood.info/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/03/IMG_9533-1.jpeg?resize=660%2C880&ssl=1)