At the visit to my hometown Vienna last October I grabbed a small laser cut kit of 2 garden sheds from my favorite model shop called Krois (yes, this is the guy with the DCC controlled un-coupling should you use NEM pockets). As the shop is close to the airport I always pay him a visit if I rent a car.
Being bored yesterday evening I decided to build the two sheds - or rather summer houses. And I am impressed with the precision and the details. Walls are laser cut veneer on paper, floors are card and the roof is laser treated card. Windows and doors are to be glued in which gives the building a more 3-dimensional look. Glasing is laser cut acrylic plastic.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1536/23705347694_e833957c7c_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/C7L6Zh)IMGP5322 (https://flic.kr/p/C7L6Zh) by Gerhard Novak (https://www.flickr.com/photos/137050108@N03/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1647/23706737023_6b6a265899_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/C7TdZe)IMGP5320 (https://flic.kr/p/C7TdZe) by Gerhard Novak (https://www.flickr.com/photos/137050108@N03/), on Flickr
As you can see they lasered even the board joints and the nails in. I like these details.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1688/23706736563_1a75993664_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/C7TdRi)IMGP5321 (https://flic.kr/p/C7TdRi) by Gerhard Novak (https://www.flickr.com/photos/137050108@N03/), on Flickr
The card roof could do with a better card quality or a bit of reinforcement, you can see that the roof on the bigger shed is slightly deformed. But when I look out into the gardens behind my house I can see quite a few sheds where the roof is not straight any more...
All in all I had a lot of fun for 9Euro 99Cent.
Now it is time to find them a decent place in the lay-out which is so far existing only in my immagnination...
Gerhard,
Very nice models indeed :), would you think of staining them or just leave "as is" :-\, which ever, they are very nice models and usable in most parts of a persons layout.........
My regards and best my friend...Tom......... :) ;) 8)
Tom,
Probably I stain one dark and leave one as it is. I glued the sheds using PVA - so may be close to the corners the wood will not take the stain. Also I need something really liquid so that the wood structure remains visible also after painting.
Very nice - a man can't have enough sheds!
You'll need to put a model railway inside the bigger one!
To be honest I prefer this scale. :)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1699/24405749776_0697871123_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DbDR8f). (https://flic.kr/p/DbDR8f) by Gerhard Novak (https://www.flickr.com/photos/137050108@N03/), on Flickr
NOT!!!!, with the white stuff tho`...... :o ::) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Regards...............Tom...