I finished to paint and assembly the first temple model, and yesterday was a perfect sunny day to take some photos of it.
Despite some mistakes I made it came out quite good, especially considered that it's my first attempt to make an assembly building model and to cast something so big... and the mistakes are a good lesson anyway because so I will do better next time!
There was nearly no imperfections in the casting, I had to remove or fill very few tiny bubbles, only on the roof and on the front basrelief triangle.
The assembly fitted well enough only with glue, there was nearly no gaps at all, and therefore no need of putty, the acrilic was enough to cover the joints.
There is only a tiny gap visible under the roof because is not glued to the rest (I keep it openable to add figures and accessories inside later) this gap oviously will disappear completely if the roof is glued to the building.
Perhaps only the top of the roof junction need some putty to hide completely the gap and come out perfect.
I culdn't cast some protrusions on the back of pieces, therefore I couldn't add assembly rails to fit easy and perfectly the pieces together... After all both the making and the casting are first attemps of craftworks, and the model however came out well and it's easy to assembly anyway.
It was not easy to sculpt a perfectly regular junctions on such long pieces, and is not so easy neither to cast them without professional machinery... and in the end is not easy to glue perfectly two very long parts like that roof all along together.
Placing the 8 collumns all perfectly lined straight in the right place could be a bit tricky too...
However I already prepared the instructions sheet, with all the hints and tricks to make the assembly easy and avoid to get mad!
Now I just have to cast some copies, but I have to wait to release it... because my local envelopes and box distributor is closed for summer holyday, it's a matter of few days, as soon as she re-opens I'll get the boxes to package these new models!
The comparison with the old 1/72 Atlantic figures, the same figures which inspired me this model of temple since I was a child!
A bit at time I will sculpt my own haruspex and priests with altars, statues and roof decorations to complete the scenery... and hopefully within one year to make a complete diorama!
An image of the model unpainted.
Few other images and info on my website:
https://sites.google.com/site/phersumin ... 2-building