This past June we visited Amsterdam and Poland. Poland has several paper model companies that produce a great number of wonderful kits. I have been able to obtain over 30 of places that we visited. I have posted several already.
I recently began this GPM model of Wawel Castle in Krakow. The base of the model which represents the hill that the Castle, the cathedral and other other buildings are on measures 29" X 20". A rather large model. Building the wall was rather time consuming because the back and front of each section had to cut out and most had crenelations to be carefully cut out to match the opposite side. The first several construction photos show how the base is supported.
The instructions are all in Polish: however, GPM has recently started providing downloadable translations of the instructions on their site for some of the models. The instructions for Wawel Castle came to 10 pages. There are still several Polish words that need to be translated separately.
The kit also contains a number of diagrams of where each piece goes and ten pages of photos of the actual part in place. There are several pages of bases to be glue to heavy cardboard for each building. In order for the hill to contain all of the buildings, the buildings themselves are rather small with even smaller parts, particularly my old friends, the dormers.
The first building that I have completed is now the administration building and a restaurant. I have started working on the cathedral which is very small compared to all of the other cathedrals I have built. I plan on bringing this unfinished model to the International Paper Modeler Convention in Sterling, VA. next weekend. BTW, it is a great show and all of you are invited. This is the 20th year.
We had a great visit with a good guide. The entire hill has a very interesting history. To read about our visit and the history, please read our webpage -
CATHEDRAL QUEST: our quest to experience cathedrals in Europe.
I recently began this GPM model of Wawel Castle in Krakow. The base of the model which represents the hill that the Castle, the cathedral and other other buildings are on measures 29" X 20". A rather large model. Building the wall was rather time consuming because the back and front of each section had to cut out and most had crenelations to be carefully cut out to match the opposite side. The first several construction photos show how the base is supported.
The instructions are all in Polish: however, GPM has recently started providing downloadable translations of the instructions on their site for some of the models. The instructions for Wawel Castle came to 10 pages. There are still several Polish words that need to be translated separately.
The kit also contains a number of diagrams of where each piece goes and ten pages of photos of the actual part in place. There are several pages of bases to be glue to heavy cardboard for each building. In order for the hill to contain all of the buildings, the buildings themselves are rather small with even smaller parts, particularly my old friends, the dormers.
The first building that I have completed is now the administration building and a restaurant. I have started working on the cathedral which is very small compared to all of the other cathedrals I have built. I plan on bringing this unfinished model to the International Paper Modeler Convention in Sterling, VA. next weekend. BTW, it is a great show and all of you are invited. This is the 20th year.
We had a great visit with a good guide. The entire hill has a very interesting history. To read about our visit and the history, please read our webpage -
CATHEDRAL QUEST: our quest to experience cathedrals in Europe.
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