Here is an example of that soft rolled edge. The top hole has it - the larger clock opening is hard edged. The punch was not quite large enough for the bigger hole. It had to be cut up to size. Therefore it has the harder edge. The next punch size up was much too large.
Stettin Church, Modelik, 1:150 [FERTIG]
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A completed clock facade...
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There are porches at the four quadrants of the tower. They give the church much of its character. They feature open gothic arches.
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This upward shot begins to look like the acutal church in the photo taken by Raine who lives in Szczecin.
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Hi John,
Just perfect. :yahoo:
Excellent work, I can´t find a mistake.
greetings from Vienna, Herbert
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Hello Herbert,
Thanks. I'm really not that good. Out of every five shots I take of a model, one might show my work in the best light. The camera is very unforgiving. It sees all mistakes. The trick is to get just the right angle with the cameral to miss them!
Here is a close-up of a corner post used to connect the open gallery walls. One half of the roof is in place. The valley joint is cut so that the roofs turn the corner at 90 degrees. Small parts, but when I look at some of the small ordnance pieces on navel ships, this is child's play.
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Three open corners are in place. If you look closely at the base of the pilasters, you will see that they do not fall exactly on the footprint lines. This will create problems later as a coping or sloped brick sill will run around the base of this tower section. Each piece of the coping will have to be custom cut to fit.
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Before eight pilasters could be glued to the octagonal tower, the steeple had to be attached. It was built up of eight single panels - not the folded type. I made a mess of getting the panels in place properly. Some overlapped the neighbouring one, some left a gap in places.
I should have known better. The tabs on each part should have been cut off and new tabs glued under each panel edge. This would have created an edge that would receive the next panel properly.
So... the steeple parts was ripped apart, taken to a photocopy store and copied. With new tabs, the stepple was built up again. The results were much more satisfying.
I think I would have preferred a folded steeple.
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The reworking of the steeple may have altered its final dimensions at the base. You can see here in this photo what happened when the pilaster was dry fitted. The housed structure did not reach the steeple. The meant that the roof will also be too short.
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New material was added to the structure's edge. You can see it in this photo.
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The problem with the pilasters shown above, may have just been a bump in the road. The others are going into place well.
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Very nice progress indeed, John! Love to see how you build this model. It will certainly be a master pice once again.
Best wishes,
Matthias
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I do agree with Matthias,
It will become masterpice at the and.
This tower is not easy to build!!!
It´s always the same story.
What is perfect. I do think, nothing is perfect. When I take a look to my works, I can find a lot of "oops" in it.
But it is more or less the result of a very close and intensive engagemet with the modell that makes my deal severely with it.
Some weeks later I´m always look with some distance and more "fairness" to the outcome of my efforts, I´m always more satisfied with my work.
But, to be critical to you own works is the best way to make progress.
hopefully not a too theoretically answer
The most important think is to have fun by building paper modells.
nice greetings from Vienna, Herbert
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Dear John
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Dear Matthias, Herbert and Yu,
Thank you gentlemen. It has often been said that the harshest critic of an artist's work, is the artist himself. When I've been working on a difficult area of a model and parts didn't go into place as I had wanted them, the temptation was to be very disappointed with the model as a whole. But viewed in the cold light of the next day, the offending area blends into the overall appeal and care taken with the entire model. I guess the adage 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts' applies.Gee, Herbert, we've become philosophical!
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Well put, and well done, John!
L.
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Gee, Herbert, we've become philosophical!
Of course John !!!
To build card modells is nor just to glue part on part.
It´s a creative and philosphical artwork too.
greetings from Vienna, Herbert
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Hi Leif,
Thank you!
It is good to hear from you. I hope you have enjoyed a great summer.Cheers...John
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The remaining parts went into place today. I must say that anyone attempting this model must be prepared to make many trial fits with some of the little roofs at the base of the octagonal tower.There are many angles involved.
A few words about the model before some pictures. Without belabouring the questionable colouring of its brick veneer, the model has much to recommend. The architectural details are faithfully reproduced in great detail. The church provides much material for this - the gables ends of the roof, the clock tower porches, and the several chapels.
The sandwich style building up of the windows requires a lot of 1mm card, spray adhesive and many sharp blades.
I chose to paint the edges of the 1mm built up openings, but not the corner edges of parts. I felt that the model remained cleaner if the edges were left white. I tried to paint some edges red at the start of the build, but this interfered with the crispness of the look. The white edges blended in with the white mortar between the bricks.
In closing, I would recommend this model to any advanced card modeller who enjoys architectural detail in a larger scale.
John
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Here are two comparative shots...
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The church viewed from the apse...
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And again...
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I like these little twin side buildings.
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Here is a last picture.
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Just back from holydays and what do I see here? A masterpiece, of course!!! =D> =D> =D>
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Wonderful work John!
My congratulations to this great built.
Looking forward to your next construction.
Best wishes,
Matthias
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Hi Fellows,
Thanks for the kind comments Jörg.
Richleite, I hope your vacation was enjoyable. I look forward to seeing more train work.
Matthias, it's off to Vienna to finish Stephansdom in Wien.Another final shot of Stettin Church awaitng her storage lid. I think the shop floor needs a new coat of paint.
Cheers...John
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Hi John, this is just marvelous build!!! =D> =D> =D> =D>
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A different way to deal with the roof, with the biggest apologies for being so late :rotwerd:
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