tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post3311683802735466232..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Spiritual SupportMSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-19740955180788443092019-01-09T10:22:32.460+00:002019-01-09T10:22:32.460+00:00Thank you gentlemen - I am pleased with the church...Thank you gentlemen - I am pleased with the church - it is well assembled and the kit is cleverly designed, and it should give useful service. It's obviously a very personal thing, but I have to say (with special apologies to Airfix lovers) that I don't really care for plastic buildings, for a number of reasons - and the building scale thing is a bit touchy.<br />* the use of undersized buildings has worked well for me - 15mm buildings with 20/25mm figures is a pragmatic compromise - gets the footprint down but doesn't look too silly<br />* There is a great wealth of model railway buildings out there, but the kits always are too perfect - the corners are too square - they look like toy buildings. Real buildings are rough and lopsided and dirty - I like resin buildings, and I find the job of painting them as roughly as possible therapeutic and effective.<br />* Strictly speaking, 15mm buildings should correspond to 1/100 scale, which is the old TT model railway gauge - there is not much around in TT these days. There are German makers, but they are rare.<br />* The self-coloured German kits - Faller and similar - are well made, but the colour is too uniform, and often has a semi-translucent quality which doesn't please me. If the Airfix buildings look like toys, then the Faller kits look like models of plastic buildings. I am working up to applying a coat of matt varnish to the new church, though it feels a tad sacrilegious to do this.<br />* Auhagen is one of the few current German makers of TT stuff - a lot of the range is modern. German model railway enthusiasts seem to be very positive about modern railways (and, having travelled on German and Austrian railways within recent memory, I can understand why). British railway modellers normally live in a pre-BR, steam-age time warp, so the lack of vintage German buildings came as a bit of a surprise to me.<br />* Cribbing about unconvincing model buildings is a bit rich coming from me, since my soldiers are more toy-like than most.<br />* Now I come to fiddle about with a ruler, it appears that my 15mm resin buildings of choice (Hovels and various others) are a bit small anyway. That suits me, but it also makes me realise that 15mm models from FoW and similar are enormous in comparison. I was surprised how big a 1/87 HO building was. I fear that I have grown accustomed to buildings which may be nearer 10mm size - I wouldn't have chosen to do that, but it mostly works OK. <br />* I should take some time out to have a serious think about this. In the meantime, some matt varnish (probably matt artist's medium) should calm down the translucence and the uniform colours.<br />* No-one said this was easy.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-54926886284221767932019-01-08T22:28:15.236+00:002019-01-08T22:28:15.236+00:00The church looks very good. I wonder how well Tim...The church looks very good. I wonder how well Time Cast's buildings would work for you, they have some nice models. Perhaps their 15mm buildings are too small and their 18/20mm line isn't substantial. <br />The demise of JR miniatures and specifically the disappearance of the Architectural Heritage building line is a real shame. I hope someone brings them back to market.Jiminhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15163197311165054930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-38492181322255231052019-01-08T11:25:27.729+00:002019-01-08T11:25:27.729+00:00Lot of nice railway buildings out there , some qui...Lot of nice railway buildings out there , some quite cheap on Ebay.The Good Soldier Svjekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749564052124659180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-52552047346526382412019-01-08T07:55:00.071+00:002019-01-08T07:55:00.071+00:00Great looking building, very atmospheric!Great looking building, very atmospheric!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-70005151640877136572019-01-08T03:09:59.230+00:002019-01-08T03:09:59.230+00:00The church is very nice indeed, and should see lot...The church is very nice indeed, and should see lots of use!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-78810130451489150682019-01-08T02:58:07.454+00:002019-01-08T02:58:07.454+00:00Looks good.Looks good.Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.com