Lichnice castle (Lichtenburg ruin) 1/250 (ERKOTyp / Prag 2008/2011 Richard Vyškovský)

[Thomas Pleiner]

Good evening,

As mentioned in the introduction to "LIPNITZ Castle (Hrad Lipnice)", it should be noted that Richard Vyškovský's cardmodel designs are not always depictions of reality - but also often reconstructions of earlier construction stages.
But that doesn't detract from the irresistible charm exuded by jewels such as the outstanding “Schwihau castle” or the “Lichnice/Lichtenburg” facility presented HERE and NOW.

"Lichnice/LICHTENBURG" is now just a barely preserved ruin...

[Thomas Pleiner]

The cardmodel by Richard Vyškovsky scale 1/250 published by ERKOtyp in 2011 was probably designed in 2008 and shows an idealizing re-construction of the triangular castle complex:

[Thomas Pleiner]

... before it begins, there is a good (old) tradition of carefully studying the sheets ... excellent print quality combined with (almost) perfect cardboard material promises interesting model making fun:

ERKOtyp also uses a »difficulty scale« - LICHNICE is indexed with the highest level of difficulty (even "higher" than Lipnice Castle), whereby both models were created immediately one after the other and thus show roughly identical construction approaches. However, I would like to heretically note that RV always followed the same construction approach throughout his creative period - with the exception of the very early drafts. One or the other construction detail, such as the frequent use of "slots" or openings in roofs to insert dormers from the rear, were later used less often or not at all.
That the logic of some processing remains closed to me - personally - from time to time, I attribute to the fact that I am not able to read even a single word of the assembly instructions in Czech language ...

[Thomas Pleiner]

... it »starts« - extremely unspectacular with one first picture only:

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... small progress made on the gate tower of the main castle, as "usual" you assemble the inner structures first and try then, to connect everything without friction loss - the recessed windows are a bit small here ...
The two stairs that extend from the passage on both sides to the side walls fit very nicely. What proves the principally high quality of the design. It is noticeable that the construction is based on a material that is at most half as thick ... :-)

[Thomas Pleiner]

Gate tower closed, half-timbered storey and roof prepared.

The half-timbered floor shows recessed wooden crates on the cover picture of the kit, which are NOT contained in the model sheets (these are also not implemented in Ricardo Leite's model - his gate tower has simple, open "holes").
Of course it MAY be that LICHNICE/Lichtenburg actually only had "holes" "up there" - which doesn't seem too logical to me.
So there will be "self-knitted" wooden shutters - the necessary sufficiently deep lintels are made of 1.0 mm cardboard.

Because it's so beautiful: This "holder" for the flagpole is not my invention - I shamelessly copied it from Ricardo Leite - I also want to have a castle with flags one day.

[Thomas Pleiner]

The "self-knitted" wooden shutters worked nicely ...

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Otherwise, it continues somewhat fragmentarily, i.e. the first building structures emerge isolated from each other. It's still at the very beginning ... :-) :-)
The flagstick set here on a trial basis ... yes, that fits! Removable at any time - the plastic tube locked in the roof with cardboard parts does its job ...

[Thomas Pleiner]

This beautiful castle continues to grow. There is nothing special to report here - everything fits well so far - sometimes with a bit of "tugging" - but there is something lovable about it, nothing that needs special mention.

[Thomas Pleiner]

Three close-ups ... which show me one thing above all: a clever macro lens is needed now.