Several weeks ago, I closed my eyes and picked the Mezquita de Cordoba (Mosque-Cathedral in Cordoba, Spain) as my next model to build (that is a scientific way to do it). We visited the Mezquita on our Cathedralquest to Spain in 2009. Please visit my website -Cathedralquest ( CATHEDRAL QUEST Spain 2009 day 11 our visit to C) for the history of this magnificent building, photos, and our experience visiting it.
The model kit is by Merino in Spain. I have 10 Merino models of places that we have visited in Spain, but so far the only one that I have made is El Pilar in Saragossa. I posted this model on Papermoders on 3/5/12.
The Mezquita model is 20" x 27" – a large model. There are 40 pages of parts. As shown by the cover photos, a section of the roof is removable to reveal 178 of the 856 red and white striped horse shoe arches of the mosque section. The Cathedral construction was begun in 1523 in the middle of the original mosque but does not open up in the model. It was a beautiful Cathedral.
The photos below show the progress that I have made so far with the cloister section. This is such a large model that I will post my progress regularly. The small circles on the ground show the location of trees that are to be cut out and glued on - over fifty of them.
I am having a similar problem as I had on the building of the GPM model of Malbork Castle, and that is the parts for each section are scattered throughout the 40 pages. It takes a long time to find the smaller pieces. I went through the pages about eight times looking for part N5, which was the small stairway leading from the main exterior door into the cloister. I almost gave up on it:-)
The part numbers are printed beside the part and not on it, so it is a good idea to write the number on the part as the directions and drawings constantly referred to the part number. There are no numbers to indicate which parts are to be joined together. There are 10 pages of detailed instructions written in three languages – including English. There seven pages of good size drawing of each section which show how the numbered parts fit together.
Today I finished the first section of the model which is the cloister. The center of the cloister has over 50 small trees which I have not yet planted.[/SIZE
The model kit is by Merino in Spain. I have 10 Merino models of places that we have visited in Spain, but so far the only one that I have made is El Pilar in Saragossa. I posted this model on Papermoders on 3/5/12.
The Mezquita model is 20" x 27" – a large model. There are 40 pages of parts. As shown by the cover photos, a section of the roof is removable to reveal 178 of the 856 red and white striped horse shoe arches of the mosque section. The Cathedral construction was begun in 1523 in the middle of the original mosque but does not open up in the model. It was a beautiful Cathedral.
The photos below show the progress that I have made so far with the cloister section. This is such a large model that I will post my progress regularly. The small circles on the ground show the location of trees that are to be cut out and glued on - over fifty of them.
I am having a similar problem as I had on the building of the GPM model of Malbork Castle, and that is the parts for each section are scattered throughout the 40 pages. It takes a long time to find the smaller pieces. I went through the pages about eight times looking for part N5, which was the small stairway leading from the main exterior door into the cloister. I almost gave up on it:-)
The part numbers are printed beside the part and not on it, so it is a good idea to write the number on the part as the directions and drawings constantly referred to the part number. There are no numbers to indicate which parts are to be joined together. There are 10 pages of detailed instructions written in three languages – including English. There seven pages of good size drawing of each section which show how the numbered parts fit together.
Today I finished the first section of the model which is the cloister. The center of the cloister has over 50 small trees which I have not yet planted.[/SIZE
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