Any updates, Henk??

Sure looks great though

Darryl

Thanks guys,

No real updates as such, as I have only chipped away at it at times so far. Have made some good progress with the figures though.



Now that sounds like a perfect idea. It would also tie in the four windows very nicely.

And thanks for the added translations.

Henk

Felix, that is a problem with vacuformed kits...it can be dificult to maintain an even thickness to the walls. I cut mine out with a slightly worn blade to guard against slips and angled the blade as close to the surrounding plastic as I could.
I then fixed a sheet of abrasive to a flat piece of board with double sided tape.
The board was clamped to the bench leaving both hands free to gently sand the back of the parts in a figure 8 motion.
I stopped sanding when the edge of the plastic took on the correct thickness when compared to the sheet offcuts.
I filled any gaps using Humbrol Filler, go easy though as the filler contains a solvent that will damage the thinner areas if too much is applied at once.
The most difficult joints are the face of the building where the walls meet the curved pillar.
I ended up with a slight mismatch on the inside but deemed the outside as more important to get right.

i have been wondering - what if they made their inner and outer sections so that one was slightly larger than the other and would then overlap? - then the final structure would be much stronger and w/o the fussiness of trying to make two thin edges match up and stick together. I sent Miniart an e-mail with that idea, but I don't know if they got what I was trying to say.
I have several of their kits, and I am a bit hesitant to get more because of the assembly problem (although I still have all my fingers!).