Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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In the late 1960s, a Lightning Ridge resident built a detailed scale model of Opal Street that's still on display. Let's check it out!

The Model Mine is on display at The Big Opal, on the Three Mile Road in Lightning Ridge.

Special thanks to Steve at The Big Opal.

The Big Opal on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBigOpal

Behind the scenes, more photos, etc: idontunderstand.info/videos/the-model-mine-lightning-ridge-scale-model-from-the-1960s

Other links:
Things to Make and Glue (my other YouTube channel), where I've documented the building of my Space Shuttle orbiter model: youtube.com/channel/UCyWPQ1AM4i78G3ObOTt_pjA

Build log for my Millennium Falcon model: colonpipe.com/builds/building-the-millennium-falcon-from-junk

The Droste Effect on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect

Lightning photography from Lightning Ridge: youtube.com/watch?v=uZ-nOnoIseo

Google Maps coordinates for the part of Opal Street the model is based upon: google.com/maps/@-29.4296738,147.9800632,19z

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IDU theme remixed by fraxyl: fraxyl.bandcamp.com
Other music by Russell Gawthorpe: soundcloud.com/datazoid

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