Gruyers Castle.

[Mike Stamper]

Here's another model from Switzerland. Again, I bought the kit from the castle shop, but unlike Chillon, it's published by Ketty and Alexandre and is available from many on line shops.

The castle is part of the town of Gruyers - better known for its cheese.

Those who have seen my post for Chillon will guess that both kits were bought on the same holiday. This time round, we decided to go for an escorted holiday - it takes away all the effort of finding the way round the country - a no brainer. The coach delivered us to the town and most people made for the cheese factory. My wife and I were almost the only people who went straight to the castle.

We both preferred this castle to Chillon, there was much more to see in decorated and furnished rooms. Also, there was a big exhibition of modern art, I've included a picture below. However, the best bit was a Masterclass on making lutes! The workroom was in one of the ground floor rooms (Just under the left hand arch in one of the pictures. As we all know, all enthusiasts of any hobby are happy to talk about it and thankfully, this applied to the lute makers taking this two week course. We spent so much time in the castle and masterclass, that there was no time to visit the cheese factory.. Ahhhhhhhh!

Sorry about the diversion - back to the model. I have made other castles from K&A. They are quite small models - in this case about 8x10 inches. They are also a little basic and the dotted score lines are a bit too obvious, but on the other hand, the parts fit together well and there are oportunities to add extra details. Anyway, for me, it's a reminder of a great day.

Cheers

Mike

[Kevin WS]

When I saw the thread title I wanted to come here and say your post was a bit cheesy. Which I have just done!

Hope you gave the lute makers advice!

[SCEtoAUX]

Nice looking castle model. That green guy art is nice too.

[Mike Stamper]

I hope a certain designer won't mind me reminding him of a conversation we had.

It appears that some American schools have Shakespere as part of their studies and buy the kit of the Globe theatre. My friend was quite upset when he told me that an American teacher had bought his kit then sent sent him an e-mail saying how disapointed she was with his "cheesy model". I'm not quite sure what she expected. I've made the model and there's nothing cheesy about it - except for the shape, a good stilton has a fuzzy top, reminiscent of the Globes roof ;-)

[Erik Zwaan]

Very nicely crafted Mike. Regarding the cheese: The smell of Gruyere cheese is rather obnoxious, you either love or hate it. I've been to the castle once when I was around 14 years of age and the smell of that cheese seemed to be everywhere.

Regards,
Erik

[twosolitudes]

Very nice!

I'm going to have to find this model. My wife and I were just in Gruyeres yesterday, and stopped by the restaurant at the cheese factory to have some rosti.

I love the H.R. Giger museum there too.

Rob

[Mike Stamper]

Rob,

Here it is or should that be it's here
Yoda

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[twosolitudes]

Thanks, that's perfect!

They appear to make models for many castles and chateaux in Switzerland.