Rather than mounting on Foam card I have printed off on paper and mounted on 450 grm black card. The reason being that I was not convinced I could cut out good windows on the foam card but was reasonably confident I could in the card
The first one attempted was the Harbour masters office and Fish warehouse.
The walls went to gether well but the model proved difficult when it came to the roof - I m not sure if this was due to it not being mounted on foam card with it wall thickness or whether there was a problem with mixed size printing - sometimes it looked like it was "fitting to page" when printing
I cut the windows and doors on the inn as I want to have it at night with light streaming out of it - that worked pretty well. Overall though there is a noticable bulge where I had to force the building together to get the roof to fit so definately not 100% satisfied and I might try making this one again in due course.
Then did the factory. Overall this one went together better as technically I think it is an easier model. I decided not to cut any of the windows off in this one.
Still, despite the simplicity if the model there were still some problems. - One corner had no wrap around so I had to make my own tab and the proportions on the upper middle wall seem incorrect - it has the acme sign on the wall but it sits below the level of the roof.
As a model though I really like it. Probably more than the Harbour master one. In terms of detail etc though I think the Clever models ones are better and cheaper. I have purchased one of their collections and will make some of them next
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