One of my Kibri second-hand buys, a model of two attached
townhouses – a favourite of mine because of its size and features –
was not as grand in size as my other Kibri purchases. A useful model
but it required quite a bit of work to bring it onto the early-19th
century wargames tabletop. I began by removing down-pipes and
guttering and ripping off a modern-looking lean-to. After peeling off
the printed stickers (see Post 11), I made balsa wood and Milliput
putty replacement timbers. I had to rebuild a small wall section with
putty because of an original skew-whiff gluing job that was
impossible to correct. I made a new chimney out of moulded plastic
brick sheet that was a surprisingly easy DIY job. I couldn’t reach all
the windows from the inside but I glazed the ones I could with clear
plastic. I must admit I turned a blind eye to a double window frame
that had been glued in a single window by the
original owner – resulting in a single window
frame on its side doing a botch job
impersonating two window frames!
Kibri Townhouse Rebuild
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