The nine assembled structures now await balsa chimneys, a few external stairways, and some other outer details.
Righty-oh! The nine new town buildings are mostly assembled save for the addition of a few external features. And all made from thick card and balsa. Several of these feature some internal framework made from the latter given the rather complicated roof schemes. Funny how the plan was originally for seven new buildings, but I've ended up with nine. Kind of like rabbits I guess.
I learned a new word while looking around online for a few minutes last night before turning in. Apparently, there is a large group of hobbyists out there -- real eccentrics -- who make miniature buildings to scale from paper and thin cardstock in what is referred to as "papertecture," and they are not all necessarily wargamers or model train enthusiasts. Who knew?
Anyway, once the external features are added to the buildings above over the next few days, then the fun stuff can start, i.e. the painting, the timbering (fachwerk) in a few instances, and the windowing. I'm looking forward to these steps.
-- Stokes
And the final building in the batch. Getting this particular dormer right given the roof line was a lengthy, frustrating experience, but I finally managed it after just about 90 minutes and numerous "almosts" that didn't quite work because I got one or another angle not quite right in the trimming.
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Best Regards,
Stokes