A Falmouth pensioner's love for making models has seen his work given pride of place in churches, businesses and buildings around the town and further afield.

Des Moyle started building models in the 1970s, creating replicas of the buses which he used to work on, before moving on to build models of popular local buildings.

Now his work has become more well known, he has seen several of his models put on display inside the very buildings of which they are replicas.

He said: "I've made one for the Penmere fish and chip shop, one for the Methodist Chapel on the moor, on for King Charles Church on the corner.

"I've made several churches for people that have asked me to do it."

One of Des' biggest projects was a model of Treverne care home, where his his wife is cared for after being diagnosed with dementia.

Des used to make his models out of hardboard and stone, but since suffering a massive heart attack in 2000 he has started using cardboard instead, which doesn't require the use of a fretsaw, and makes them lighter and easier to move around.

That doesn't make them any less intricate, with scaled down interiors, working lights, and sometimes even music being played.

As well as working on replicas of buildings around Falmouth - he is currently completing a version of Trescobeas Surgery - Des' work has gone further afield, with a model of the chapel at Edgcumbe where he was born, and he has also made a model for Hayle Hospital.

He said: "Sister Patricia [a nurse at the hospital] was so pleased, she asked 'do you mind if I take it with me when I retire?'"

Des' work has received recognition in print before, with a model of Falmouth's OTS minibus featuring in Coach and Bus Weekly next to it's full size counterpart, and also in the Falmouth Packet in the 1970s, which dedicated a picture spread to his model buses. An achievement he is happy to be reliving now.