discussion Family Christmas Notre Dame Build

[dave]

A little family fun over Christmas, whilst hunting in a local model shop found a Revell Foamboard Notre Dame model and couldn’t resist. Couple of hours with the three of us has seen the front built.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Rather nice

Peter

 

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
That looks very good and with the family involved it's perfect for Christmas.
Jim

 

[Guest]

That's cool, reminds me of the Japanese kit I had of a Temple, great fun to build and something different.

 

[yak face]

Great fun dave i bet you all enjoyed that. Of course to make it more realistic it needs JR with his box of matches , in fact thats got me wondering, can he account for his whereabouts the night Notre Dame went up in flames?! :thinking:

 

[dave]

We did discuss if we should set fire to it once we finished, but decided as it is Foamboard, it was probably better not to, will try and do some more later today after Christmas’s Dinner and drinks.

 

[boatman]

Dave just wondering where is the big spire ? that I see on the news come crashing down when it burned down or is that still to be built an added on to the main model
chris

 

[dave]

Still to come, we only built the front yesterday the whole body and spire yet to be done,

 

[boatman]

Still to come, we only built the front yesterday the whole body and spire yet to be done,

OH OK yes sorry I should have studied the box pic more as I dint notice that an I see what you mean as my wife jen loves these 3D puzzles i'll show her an she maybe get one how big is it width an height ?
chris

 

[dave]

58.6 x 22 x 44cm

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Now that's different. :thumb2:

 

[Mini Me]

Hi Dave, I really like this, I looked closely at the box art and could not see a scale reference. Is it to any particular scale? Also, I'm wondering if Revell makes other puzzles like this. I'm particularly interested in the Cologne Cathedral. Any info would be helpful. Thanks, Rick H.

Merry Christmas!

 

[dave]

They do a range of buildings that can be found on Revell.de. No scale is given. They do Cologne Cathedral but it is smaller than Notre Dame and half the pieces and a third of the price. Looking at the website I think Notre Dame is the first Masterpiece model they do.

Did some more work this afternoon on it, it is really a model rather than a puzzle. It is mainly tabs and slots but some bits are self adhesive such as transparencies for the windows. There is a lot of complexity and multiple layers in places to give the depth in windows etc.

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[Guest]

A really nice kit and a great thing to do on a Christmas afternoon.

 

[Mini Me]

Thanks for all the info Dave. I will be checking out Revel at that website. Cheers, Rick H.

 

[monica]

very nice,have always won,t to try one of these,s
is Quasimodo ,in there as well lol, :smiling:

 

[adt70hk]

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

ATB

Andrew

 

[dave]

Ok further progress this morning, one side now finished. The other side and the spire still to do. Having great fun as a family activity.

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[boatman]

WELL its nice to see that you Dave had a nice xmas an that build looks great an big really well done :thumb2: :thumb2:
chris an jen

 

[dave]

We have now completed our Christmas build, a fun activity we all got involved in. More pics in completed builds.
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