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sapper joe
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Post subject: A review of Metcalfe cardboard buildings  Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:47 pm |
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Hello,
I put up a picture heavy review/tutorial of a Metcalfe cardboard building, the terraced houses, up on my blog. If anyone is interested in seeing what a typical Metcalfe kit is like and how they are assembled, here you go.
I have been working on another three terraced houses kits this weekend and they are almost complete. After they are completed, I will start laying out my terrain boards to mark out the locations for the roads to be glued down. This will all be towards a urban city board for a typical English city. As the overall project progresses, I will be adding updates.
http://sapperjoeswargamingtoys.blogspot ... dings.html
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combatcolours
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:35 pm |
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Sweet!!!! 
Cool buildings and nice report.
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Usuthu
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Post subject: Re: A review of Metcalfe cardboard buildings Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:40 pm |
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For a idea, not FoF but with own rules: Walmington on Sea 1942, home town of Dad's Army...  All are Metccalfe....
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whoa mohamed
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Post subject: Re: A review of Metcalfe cardboard buildings Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:19 pm |
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Ive stoped by your blog a few times very nice site Sir........Mikey
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Post subject: Re: A review of Metcalfe cardboard buildings Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:19 pm |
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Dad's army the T.V. Show? If so, love it.
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Jimo
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Post subject: Re: A review of Metcalfe cardboard buildings Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:02 pm |
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Ocelotgames wrote: Dad's army the T.V. Show? If so, love it. Indeed, the Dad's Army TV Show. I had a chance to see the table in real life in Rheindahlen (Action 2011), Germany. Great table, fantastic buildings etc. Got a load of Metcalfe and also Superquick cardboard models myself. The picture actually doesn't even get near doing them any justice.
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Post subject: Re: A review of Metcalfe cardboard buildings Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:17 pm |
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this looks fantastic, very envious
am i right in thinking this is for 20mm/1:72?
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Jimo
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Post subject: Re: A review of Metcalfe cardboard buildings Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:54 pm |
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cthulhubruce wrote: ... am i right in thinking this is for 20mm/1:72? Correct. Actually called "OO gauge" scale. Which is something like 20mm/1:72/1:76 (and please nobody start one of those tedious and boring scale discussions ...) To give you an idea, below are some pics of some WW2 games I set up a while ago using Metcalfe and Superquick buildings, except for the town hall with the French flag (they state their kits as OO/HO, but they are clearly not the typical German HO/1:87 scale) cardboard buildings (all seen figs and vehicles are 1:72/20mm for comparison).    For more info and pics go to: Metcalfe models/kits (take some time to also look up their gallery. Quite some amazing stuff there!): http://www.metcalfemodels.com/index.cfmSuperquick models/kits: http://www.superquick.co.uk/Cheers
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Usuthu
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Post subject: Re: A review of Metcalfe cardboard buildings Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:57 am |
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As Jimo said, the buildings can be used for 20mm, because my Dad;s Army figures from FAA (20mm) fit very well. These buildings were also the reason to start with the terrain, because there are not many usefull British buidlings. I wanted the figures because i'm a big fan of Dad's Army. But when i saw the buildings, a week later i started te project.  Main street  main street with shops (Fraizer, Hodges and jones) on the left, on the right martins bank. So as you can see.....i'm happy with the buildings
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