Mike Stamper
01-29-2012, 01:33 PM
I’ve put this in the architecture section because there is a building on the model ;-)
However, as you will see from the pictures, it’s an automaton, Like my earlier model - The Artist - this is from Cool4cats. The difference is that I managed to make this one work - so it must be an easy kit!
There is a demonstration on you tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLZSc0JhOnM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLZSc0JhOnM) . It isn’t mine. As you may note, I’ve added a few bits of my own. I copied the van and one of the trees. The van copy went inside so there is no white card inside. The odd thing I noticed is that on the back doors, there is a logo - the left hand door has “ME” over “ES” but is back to front. While the right hand door also has “ME” over “ES” but this time the right way round !
I used the copied tree to cover up the mechanism at the back that makes the chimneys move. Finally I added “caps” to the front of the shafts, to cover over the holes.
One thing I should mention is the instructions. As with “The Artist” the instructions are highly detailed - there’s an example in the Artist thread. It takes almost a page to explain one operation. This differs dramatically from, say, the instructions for St Marks - there, all you get are pages of diagrams.
I will be posting another model shortly and here the instructions are positively minimalist! Watch out for a new model……..It’s German and neither a castle nor a Cathedral!
However, as you will see from the pictures, it’s an automaton, Like my earlier model - The Artist - this is from Cool4cats. The difference is that I managed to make this one work - so it must be an easy kit!
There is a demonstration on you tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLZSc0JhOnM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLZSc0JhOnM) . It isn’t mine. As you may note, I’ve added a few bits of my own. I copied the van and one of the trees. The van copy went inside so there is no white card inside. The odd thing I noticed is that on the back doors, there is a logo - the left hand door has “ME” over “ES” but is back to front. While the right hand door also has “ME” over “ES” but this time the right way round !
I used the copied tree to cover up the mechanism at the back that makes the chimneys move. Finally I added “caps” to the front of the shafts, to cover over the holes.
One thing I should mention is the instructions. As with “The Artist” the instructions are highly detailed - there’s an example in the Artist thread. It takes almost a page to explain one operation. This differs dramatically from, say, the instructions for St Marks - there, all you get are pages of diagrams.
I will be posting another model shortly and here the instructions are positively minimalist! Watch out for a new model……..It’s German and neither a castle nor a Cathedral!