Postcard Models by L'Instant Durable

[asettico]

Really nice little gems! Beautiful!

[Philip]

Well, I got up off my backside at long last and took my lazy self on a walking tour. It was a long one as it needed to cover the first, second and fourth districts of the city. My feet hurt. Or as I remember people used to say, "my dogs are barking".

- Hotel de Sully, Place de l'Opera (Cafe de la Paix)
- Rue de Rivoli, Quai des Orfevres

Woof-woof!

[Mike Stamper]

Nice models Philip. I agree with your comments about the card - unfortunately it doesn't help the looks of the buildings, but you seem to have got round that problem.

I found that delaminating the tabs helped.

Cheers
Mike

[Philip]

Another departure from architecture were the folks in their finery featured on these cards who are presented in the manner of dress-up dolls, where you are presented with a figure in their underwear upon which outer garments can be hung by means of tabs at the edges of the clothing. As the costumes include both a front and a rear face the two sides need to be glued together so making it impossible to undress your doll. You shouldn't be looking anyway. Here we have:

- Robe a la Pompadour (1759), Habit a la francaise (vers 1760)
- Robe Empire (1806), Officier de la Garde Napoleonienne (1805)
- Robe de bal 1912 (Paul Poiret)
- ditto, from the back

[Don Boose]

A nive chnge of pace, Philip!

I like these paper people, and can hear Mouret's Rondeau (known here in the States as the Masterpiece Theater theme) playing as I look at them, although I guess that piece was played somewhat earlier than the time of these folks.

Don