Airfix Monastery

[Paul]

Airfix Fort Sahara converted to a Monastery


a few more pics plus the build HERE

[ironzentaur]

Wow! Absolutely great idea!
Skill and Fantasy: Paul!
Nothing more to say...

[sberry]

This looks great! It's really clever how you made the walls look more irregular and realistic, given the clean and sterile look of the original model.

[Beano Boy]

Very good to see a toy conversion,which in gifted turn is now a great looking model. BB

[MABO]

Very good Paul!

[Bramble15]

Fantastic piece! Great color on the walls, looks very realistic.

[Gowan]

nice work Paul looks really cool. Will it be used in Bodstonia?

[Panzer_Grenadire]

Excellent idea and nice fulfilment...

[Susofrick]

Wow! Great to see that old model made into something really nice!

[Kekso]

Wonderful work Paul

[dykio]

Cool idea ! And the result is brilliant!

[Peter]

Had a look at the WIP on your blog and it's amazing how you did it! Excellent work!

[Paul]

Thanks

Will it be used in Bodstonia?

No..in Bodstonia there´s no Religios aspect

[Mabbers]

That looks amazing. Ready for some of those new warrior monks.

[sansovino]

I like the idea and the quality of work which you have done. I have only the problem that you didn´t go still further with your transformation. Every cloister has a church which I am unfortunatly missing here, but you can still add a church along one side of the court and than it would been really a cloister.

[Paul]

Thanks.
Monastery is a stretchable term, some monasterys Held only a single Monk and Not every "Monastery" had a church, either inside, attached or seperate to the building..a lot only had (and still have) a chapel, a room set aside for prayer/Meditation and could be used as an oratory, ie; it could be used in the way a classic church would be with a Speaker talking to the congregation.
In the case of my "monastery" it could theoretically be inside the main building or in a crypt or seperate from the main building.
A cloister isn´t necessarily part of a monastery....it´s a metonymic Name (figure of speech) for a Monastery *

A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth

A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church or temple, and may also serve as an oratory.

Generally as in, not always

* I know that in German a Monastery is called a Kloster (from claustrum, enclosed space) but what in english is termed a Cloister, the enclosed walkway is called in german a Kreuzgang.
Etymologically correct is;
Monk(s) living/working/praying etc area - Monastery (monasterios from –monazein "to live alone")
Enclosed walkway around a building, church/temple or monastery - Cloister

[Wheeling Turn]

Cool idea. Looks fantastic and reminds me a bit of the project from the old Airfix Magazine back then in he 70s..Fantastic work.