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**ricleite** · #51 02-10-2017, 07:38 AM

Thanks

I still have to glue a yellow ball on top of those details...

The last complex assembly is the entrance. Today’s pictures show only the bigger parts.

**ricleite** · #52 02-13-2017, 07:30 AM

The six columns are not particularly small but I opted to delaminate GPM’s very thick paper and put a paper roll inside. The pinnacles are not part of the kit (you only get a template). I made them of a paper roll and a stack of card circles. Not the best solution but it is paper…

**Vermin_King** · #53 02-13-2017, 09:37 AM

Very nice touch

**ricleite** · #54 02-15-2017, 07:36 AM

Thanks, Vermin_King

Well, I can’t seriously envisage making the assemblies shown in the third picture with just the kit’s parts. The solution used is simple but the hard work of card cutting could/should be spared if the detail set included laser cut parts. I delaminated the surrounding part, for obvious reasons. I also cut it in several sections and applied them only on visible faces. Some card edges were cut at an angle, in order to avoid gaps when mating them to wall and base edges.

**romanmodels** · #55 02-15-2017, 04:46 PM

good work on the roof detail.

**sander1942** · #56 02-15-2017, 05:32 PM

Exceptional work.

**elliott** · #57 02-16-2017, 04:30 AM

Incredible detail Ricardo. Very nice!

**ricleite** · #58 02-17-2017, 07:49 AM

Thanks for the comments, friends

It is quite common, on GPM kits, that some colors in the kit cover picture don’t match what is inside. In this case, the roofs are much darker on the parts than on the pictures of a completed model, including the cover. Frankly, I find the darker color better! The only snag is that the dormer window positions are marked with a thin black outline. Before looking more carefully, I thought that the markings were absent. It would be bad, because the dormer window pattern is neither regular nor symmetrical.
I added card formers and stiffeners to the roof, as it is far too loose. I don’t imagine, in the absence of tabs, how the roof is to be glued to the walls. Butt gluing on steeply sloped surfaces? Not convincing…
Well, virtually all the assemblies are complete but I didn’t yet glue a single part to the model’s base! It will be next.

**romanmodels** · #59 02-17-2017, 03:37 PM

good work on the roof.

**ricleite** · #60 02-20-2017, 07:36 AM

Today’s pictures show the first stages of final assembly. As you can see, I opted for a very open structure, both for visibility and accessibility reasons.
There are many L-shaped paper strips. I find them more reliable and easier to apply than butt joints. A big former was added just below roof base level, in order to ensure proper wall alignment and ease the roof mating.