Or, for our non Dutch speakers - Drawbridge with row boat.
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Looking back it looks as if I've become a fan of kits by Leon Schuijt, this one must be the most unusual in that it's a bridge rather than a single building. The buildings are based on thoses found in the Zaanse district of Holland.
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One problem I had deciding to buy the kit was that there were no pictures of the finished model, just an "artist's impression". I decided to buy it because I like the Dutch style drawbridge.
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The base is folded to produce the ditch for the river - or is it a dyke. This leaves an area under the ground level and I'm not too happy with my efforts to cover it up. The base sheet has the thick black line round the edge, so you can see the problem I had.
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The kit is quite simple and the only addition I made was to copy the pattern of the gables onto the reverse. I put the wall face down on my light box and drew the lines with a thin marker pen. There is an element of scratch building for the railings on the bridge. The instructions are to use matchsticks, but I used balsa instead because it's shape is more regular than a match and easier to cut.
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The finished village is about 17* X 12 inches. It was a bit of fun and a million miles away from the miniature details of the Steam Roller!
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Cheers
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Mike
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Looking back it looks as if I've become a fan of kits by Leon Schuijt, this one must be the most unusual in that it's a bridge rather than a single building. The buildings are based on thoses found in the Zaanse district of Holland.
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One problem I had deciding to buy the kit was that there were no pictures of the finished model, just an "artist's impression". I decided to buy it because I like the Dutch style drawbridge.
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The base is folded to produce the ditch for the river - or is it a dyke. This leaves an area under the ground level and I'm not too happy with my efforts to cover it up. The base sheet has the thick black line round the edge, so you can see the problem I had.
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The kit is quite simple and the only addition I made was to copy the pattern of the gables onto the reverse. I put the wall face down on my light box and drew the lines with a thin marker pen. There is an element of scratch building for the railings on the bridge. The instructions are to use matchsticks, but I used balsa instead because it's shape is more regular than a match and easier to cut.
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The finished village is about 17* X 12 inches. It was a bit of fun and a million miles away from the miniature details of the Steam Roller!
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Cheers
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Mike
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