[Tapcho]

Where to start, what to tell? Let's just say for starters: "What a build this was!". Definitely the most complicated Micromodels construction I've made so far. So many intricate parts to cut and put together in a small and dense surrounding. I struggled many times but eventually survived.

I started with the base and immediately run into problems. I don't like these two piece baseplates, I struggled*with the Windsor base too. Finally*got it sorted out and had a sturdy and level base for the cathedral to stand on and up. I built it in subsections: Tower entrance, the nave, North and South facades and lastly Henry VII chapel and the Chapter House. When studying the references I noticed that the kit is greatly simplified*and many characteristic details were left out. It is what it is and I built it as intended. Almost.

One path I chose was to try to make all parts that are shown in a way that they havetexture on both sides. This meant scanning the pages and turning some of them mirrored*imaged and then print them. That lead to build long confusion as what parts to use where and so on.
One breaking point was narrowly avoided too. The flying buttresses of the nave. Nearly 100 1 by 2 mm finicky parts to be cut, glued together and trimmed, coloured and positioned - too much for me. I designed a short cut. I drew a new part (pen and watercolours respectfully), scanned the 'artwork', multplied the image to a page and then printed the easy way out. Worked out well and didi the job. Pictures tell the story.

Gotta love the Micromodels instructions. This time so much I made a collage of them. Hope you enjoy this effort of mine in the universe of Micromodels.

Tappi

PS Final pics in the next post.