Sacral architecture

[Michael Mash]

Wonderful way of documenting the history and building these old structures. Always nice work.

I see you made some modifications to the kit.
Perhaps you are only one or two steps away from "scratch building" something?

Mike

[ZAX]

TO: Michael Mash

thanx, unfortunately I don't have much time for my own things... I walk past several crosses every day, so hopefully one day I will get around to building such a local monument...

Easter week has started for us, so I will put together a few models with this theme, the first one is:

Church above Calvary Oščadnica (Slovakia)

Scale: 1:150
Author : E.Drahošanová, O.Hejl

The Church above Calvary was built in the same way as Calvary, at the request of the Oščadnica believers. By November 1947 the church was on display and by June 1948 the interior of the church was completed. Architect Anton Medrický donated a gilded painting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus to the church. Just like Calvary, the church above it was built exclusively from the donations of self-sacrificing parishioners, natives, workers and brothers and sisters living in the USA. Thanks also go to the Oščadnice volunteer fire department, which supplied water from the stream to the church during the entire construction, and thus greatly helped and facilitated the work on the construction site. Three large wooden crosses stand out in front of the church. The cross in the center is the highest. The consecration of Calvary, crosses and the church above Calvary took place on August 15, 1948 in the presence of 20,000 pilgrims.

My edits:

This little church has a nice hand drawing, I built it without modifications, I just added a simple mat, probably the most work was carving the cross...

[ZAX]

Church on Calvary in Zákamenny (Slovakia)

Scale: 1:100
Author : Mgr. Juraj Gonšor
Source: Vystrihovačky (Green book), Perfekt

Calvary in Zákamenny consists of a group of fourteen Stations of the Cross with a larger central chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, which has a horseshoe-shaped plan. It has a wooden bell tower. In 1925, a bell made by a Czech company was installed in it. Next to the central chapel there are two smaller chapels. In one of them is the Holy Sepulcher. The second chapel is the chapel of St. Helena. Calvary was built in the middle of the 19th century.

My edits:

I started building this church during Easter, I built it from the original from the Green Book, while the paper is a little thinner than I'm used to, so it went slower... I didn't do much editing, I just put a bell in the tower, added the terrain behind the cross and figures of a priest and ministers (made from standard figures) and a cross and candlesticks on the table.

[ZAX]

Tomb of František Palacký, Lobkovice, (Czech Republic)

Scale : 1:?
Author : Ondřej Hejl

There are only a few graves in the old cemetery around the Baroque Church of the Assumption in Lobkovice near Neratovice. One of them belongs to the very father of Czech historiography, František Palacký.
František Palacký was interested in Czech history, especially the Hussite period, which he considered to be the time when national, democratic and social ideals were realized. One of his most famous works, the five-volume History of the Czech Nation in Bohemia and Moravia, was created in part at Lobkovice Castle.
The dominant feature of the tomb is the statue of the Savior by J. Maixner from Vienna, which was created around 1860. After the death of F. Palacký, the tomb was supplemented with ornaments and two reliefs depicting F. Palacký and his wife Terézia in profile. The modification of the tomb was carried out in 1876 by the sculptor Antonín Wilott. Since 2004, the grave has been registered on the Central List of Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic.

My edits:
Built without modifications, I made a box into which the tomb was pasted, I put sprinkles on the bottom, on the back of the box I added the biography of F. Palacký and the description of the tomb itself, which came out together with the model.

[ZAX]

God's torment in Bobrová, Czech Republic

Scale: 1:30
Author: Pavel Styl
Publisher: free model, download here:
Papírové modeláøství

...another addition to the series of sacral architecture is this little thing. A few words about the real construction:
...I didn't find much about this monument, just a few photos of the monument in not very good condition, where the statue of St. John of Nepomucky..

...The model built more or less without modifications, I just added glass, made a terrain with static grass, and tentatively tried to make a working candle. I used a regular LED tea light. The candle is hidden in the base, I separated the LED from the candle and soldered about 5 cm of extension cables to get the diode to the chapel, then only the tip of the diode can be seen...

[Viator]

A great idea with a candle light!
Extremely simple little chapel it is. Your model is great as usual. It's a pity that the real thing looks rather deteriorated.

[Michael Mash]

Lovely work.
Simple but elegant creations.
Mike