Architecture & Passion

madharry · October 24, 2018, 12:08:03 PM

While I was at the Montelirail show in France recently I came across some interesting card kits.
I picked up a couple in n scale 1/160 to use in the background of my new Norwegian layout to force the perspective.
Here is one I have built earlier together with the pack of the next build.
Mike

madharry · October 24, 2018, 12:57:07 PM

Here are the contents of the second kit. The kit comprises of several sheets of card of different thicknesses. The balconies are beautifully laser cut and very fragile.
Mike

madharry · October 24, 2018, 02:56:54 PM

The laser cut main front wall needs cutting from its holding sheet.
The instructions (in French) call for the window and door frames to be painted a stone colour. I am using antique white. The paint is best applied to the inside of the frames (which have been burnt by the laser) from the rear. The picture in the instructions shows this being applied from the front. This would result in paint smudges to the front of the wall which would not look good (bonne).
Mike

PRR Modeler · October 24, 2018, 03:12:36 PM

Extremely nice for a card stock building. I'll be following.

madharry · October 24, 2018, 03:19:32 PM

I agree Curt, thanks for following.
Here are the main elements of the front wall. The larger grey piece is glued on the reverse of the cream wall and then the window frames and latticework is glued to the front. Voila as they in France!

madharry · October 24, 2018, 03:39:33 PM

Next the window acetate has to be glued to the rear of the main wall. This is best done before the next step which is adding the side walls.
Mike

Janbouli · October 24, 2018, 06:29:13 PM

I took a look on their website Mike , very nice , but a bit pricey I have to say.

bparrish · October 24, 2018, 06:33:07 PM

Pretty cool...

Thanx
Bob

madharry · October 25, 2018, 04:08:38 AM

Quote from: Janbouli on October 24, 2018, 06:29:13 PM
I took a look on their website Mike , very nice , but a bit pricey I have to say.

I agree Jan. But then again I found everything in France a bit on the pricey side. These kits are the only things I bought at Montelimar, the second hand prices for US locos etc were just silly.

Mike

madharry · October 25, 2018, 04:09:05 AM

Quote from: bparrish on October 24, 2018, 06:33:07 PM
Pretty cool...

Thanx
Bob

Thank you kind sir.
Mike

madharry · October 25, 2018, 09:08:01 AM

Ploughing on..........
The floors are glued inside he building followed by the back wall. This makes the structure pretty sturdy.
Mike

madharry · October 25, 2018, 09:53:46 AM

Next up the covering for the side walls which wrap around to form chimneys at the top..............

madharry · October 25, 2018, 09:55:26 AM

And now to add the balconies. They are different sizes so I made sure I glued the correct pieces in the holes..........
Mike

madharry · October 25, 2018, 10:30:24 AM

Next comes the roof. There are additional supports to glue to roof.
The card for the roof includes the main roof and the extra detailing.
I added acetate for the windows to the underside of the r0oof before glueing it to the structure.
The extra detailing was then added.
Mike

madharry · October 25, 2018, 11:01:11 AM

Next the railings and balconies need finishing.
The laser cut detail is incredible. They are very very delicate but give the building great character.
I do not usually model in n-scale and with parts like these being so small I have to be very careful with applying glue.
I am using Deluxe Materials Super 'Phatic glue for it's quick grab qualities together with a fine tooth pick to apply it with.
Mike