I'm building Schreiber-Bogen's Castle Hohenzollern, 1/250 scale:
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This is the largest architectural model I've built so far, about 2' x 1.5' x 1.25'. I've built other Schreiber-Bogen models, so I felt pretty comfortable jumping into this. The instructions and assembly diagrams are straightforward.
Being so large, the base needed to be assembled from 4 pieces:
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One problem with the kit is that only the backs of many parts are exposed. In some Schreiber-Bogen kits, they provide parts to cover the exposed backs, but not this one. I scanned all the pages before starting, so I've been addressing this by printing mirror-image pieces on thin paper and attaching the relevant bits to the exposed areas:
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Here is the first segment of buildings. You can see how much better things look with the backsides of the crenelations properly colored rather than flat gray (I love building castles, but man I hate crenelations...):
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I also have used reinforcements inside the buildings to help maintain shape. These first parts are tall and thin, hence floppy. They need more structure if things are to fit together properly:
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Some progression putting the main buildings in place, with their fiddly bits (dormers, towers, etc):
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The next step was to insert the main courtyard. Again, the kit provides too little support. The courtyard is supposed to be attached to the sides of buildings, and left flapping until other buildings are attached later. And they expect you to mount buildings on top of it. IMHO, this is poor design. I made a bunch of support pillars from cardstock and glued them to the base. Now the courtyard is well supported, and I won't have to fear tearing it off the sides of the buildings when I add other components later:
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Well, that's as far as I've gotten to this point. I'll post more updates as the build progresses.
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This is the largest architectural model I've built so far, about 2' x 1.5' x 1.25'. I've built other Schreiber-Bogen models, so I felt pretty comfortable jumping into this. The instructions and assembly diagrams are straightforward.
Being so large, the base needed to be assembled from 4 pieces:
Attachment 241445
One problem with the kit is that only the backs of many parts are exposed. In some Schreiber-Bogen kits, they provide parts to cover the exposed backs, but not this one. I scanned all the pages before starting, so I've been addressing this by printing mirror-image pieces on thin paper and attaching the relevant bits to the exposed areas:
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Here is the first segment of buildings. You can see how much better things look with the backsides of the crenelations properly colored rather than flat gray (I love building castles, but man I hate crenelations...):
Attachment 241449
I also have used reinforcements inside the buildings to help maintain shape. These first parts are tall and thin, hence floppy. They need more structure if things are to fit together properly:
Attachment 241450
Some progression putting the main buildings in place, with their fiddly bits (dormers, towers, etc):
Attachment 241451Attachment 241452Attachment 241453Attachment 241454
The next step was to insert the main courtyard. Again, the kit provides too little support. The courtyard is supposed to be attached to the sides of buildings, and left flapping until other buildings are attached later. And they expect you to mount buildings on top of it. IMHO, this is poor design. I made a bunch of support pillars from cardstock and glued them to the base. Now the courtyard is well supported, and I won't have to fear tearing it off the sides of the buildings when I add other components later:
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Well, that's as far as I've gotten to this point. I'll post more updates as the build progresses.
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