Friday 27 April 2012

Medieval Town House II

The second medieval house from Fredericus-rex,  town house with shops number 1.
I won´t repeat my  ideas and details as The Town House number 2  only that I´ll add that I´ve come up with a couple of tricks to speed up the building of the house.
1. Pinning the sides together with pins as I glued the wall sections together. This prevents them from falling apart as the next section is attached. The pins I removed after the joins were dry.
2. Using bits of the lasercut sprues to reinforce the internal (unseen) corners. This lends the unfinished construction stages a huge amount of extra stability and helps keep the walls square when duriing later construction.
3. Prepainting the etched wall sheets before adding them to the building. This is not only quicker to do as they are all on a flat surface but the overall colour is then consistant.
The happy family (and dog) with their new house
It´s even got a garage! :-D
The posh end of Styrow on the Foam is growing.
Hello to Michel from Michels Miniaturen Blog. Everything 1/72nd and mostly in my favourite period, the Middle ages. IMHO, Michel is one of the master dio creators...his blog´s well worth a visit

23 comments:

  1. Nice buildings, looking forward a group shot of "Styrow on the Foam".

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    1. Thanks.
      When they are based and the weather has got a bit friendlier (the war season also can then start..no space inside) I´ll take a couple of shots of the whole village..well...small town.
      Cheers
      paul

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  2. po po.....wow!
    They do produce some fine models may I say!
    You did an excellent job on these mate. And I am very glad you found a way to speed up the building process!
    T.

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      I´m going to have to get hold of a couple more and see if I can combine all the "tricks" (I thought of a couple more after finishing this one) and get one done in a couple of hours.
      Cheers
      paul

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  3. I can understand that it is a happy family. What a "Villa"!

    Great work as usual Paul. Thanks for sharing the tips and tricks!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  4. I'd live there as it's nicer than my house but smaller, great work Paul!

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  5. Outstanding; these are very, very nice Paul!

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  6. Nice building Paul.

    Fran - I'll ask one of my colleagues in the Physics department to work on a miniaturisation device so that you can live there (if you wish) ;)

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  7. This family can be happy : their new house is really amazing!
    But, but, I can't see any kennel for the dog??
    Great work!

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  8. Comes with a two-horse power garage, huh! Very nice, Paul.

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  9. Excellent work on these impressive models. They look just right... the only thing still needed may be some signage for the ground-level shops.
    Cheers, Richard

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  10. Definitely a des res! Great work Paul.

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  11. I want to live there! Well, if it was bigger, or if I was smaller.

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  12. very nice. I am assuming that it is not going to be desinged to show internal features. any way good work on the stability. I looked at those paper and wood structures and doubted their strength

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  13. Your models get better and better all the time-really impressive!

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  14. beautiful houses!!
    great painting work!
    Congrats Paul: all what you touch is perfect!

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  15. As per usual Paul your work is top notch. Great detail.

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  16. Just beautiful, Paul. You'll soon need another house to store your houses!

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  17. Lovely houses Paul !!!

    would they work for 28mm? you might have a picture with a 28mm mini as a comparison?

    Best regards Michael

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  18. Thanks for the tips. Another really superb building.

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  19. Your building seems a real one, especially in the upper part. From the roof to the second floor of the house. The tips to speed up your building are refine. Thanks for the tips and Good work!!!

    ~Jasmin

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