Stangel HO house/shop kit

[madharry]

Stangel (www.stangel.pl) offers a range of HO and O gauge models of mainly germanic structures. I bought four kits at a recent show in Utrecht to build for my new "Norge" layout. The beautiful norwegian town of Alesund has some stunning Art Deco architecture. These kits remind me of some of those buildings, so here goes..............
The kit comprises of cardboard laser cut parts. some thick acrylic for window glass and some paper tiles for the roof.

Mike

[madharry]

I have painted the main walls of the structure. I used full strength acrylic paints to cut down on moisture and painted both sides of each part to avoid any warping.
Mike

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great. You do wonderful work with paper products.

[Janbouli]

Following along Mike , I bought a few N-scale kits from them at Utrecht show.

[GPdemayo]

Neat looking structure Mike.....I'll be looking in. 

[madharry]

Thanks for your very kind comments Curt.
Mike

[madharry]

Hi Jan,
Long time no speak. Yes I forgot that they also offered them in N. They are pretty fragile in HO so good luck.
Mike

[madharry]

Thanks for following Greg. I think they are cute.
Mike

[madharry]

The doors are made up of two elements. The paper used is very shiny so I had to give them three coats of paint.

[madharry]

The roof for the tower is a bit of a problem. The parts were too thick to fit properly and the holes for the parts were the wrong size and shape.
I cut off the tabs and finagled instead.................

[madharry]

The windows are very fragile. So I decided to spray the parts with a white primer. This has the effect of giving the mullions a little more strength. I discarded the kit's piece of acetate. IMHO it is too thick and I think it would be touch and go if there is enough to actually cover the windows. I used some thinner stuff that I had in stock.

[madharry]

The first part of the window frame is peel and stick. This can delaminate and I needed to use canopy glue on a frame or two.The second part of the frame is just card and needs to be glued with PVA.
Mike

[ReadingBob]

Unique (for this side of the pond) looking structure Mike.  I really enjoy following along with your builds of these kits.  Thanks for sharing!

[madharry]

Thanks Bob I'm learing as I go..................
The kit instructions are in German - not my first langauge. However they do not seem that encompassing. There is no step by step.
So the first wall shown was assembled wrongly. I glued the windows in first and then hit some snags.................

[madharry]

Here is second wall for the parts to be fitted.