Showing posts with label Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Review. Show all posts

Saturday, 13 September 2014

Building Terrain - Large Farmhouse

Bit of a break since the last post. I built the Sarissa Precision Large Farmhouse sometime last week but finally got around to talking some pictures. 

On to the review. Another nice flat pack piece of kit. Three (or four, oops it's been a while) sheets of 2mm MDF and a sheet of 1mm card.

Again a nicely laid out diagram and exploded diagram for easy installation.

The kit went together pretty easy. I read a review that stated the floors and roof have little tabs (that clip it all together) that are a pain but I didn't find it a pain. It separates quite easily.


Finished. Looks pretty good.



With the roof off. Just two separate rooms.


With the second floor off. One large room, one small room and an overhang.


All three pieces separately.


I really enjoy Sarissa Precision kits and look forward to getting many more. The 1mm card pieces were fiddly. Especially the archways.

Thursday, 28 August 2014

Building Terrain - Western Wagon

I managed to find some time to put together the Sarissa Precision MDF Western Wagon. It comes flat packed and is really quite a small package.


Now onto my mini review:


Inside is a 1 page instruction manual with the overall picture (above) and the exploded diagram (below)


The kit comes on one single sheet of 2mm MDF.


I noticed that all the little punch out pieces are excellent for battlefield debris/bricks etc .

One view of wagon. There is also a long piece of MDF that attaches to the bar pictured between the front wheels. As I'm not going to attach this wagon to any animals I'm not attaching the bar. Forgive my wagon ignorance.


Reverse side


All in all, another easy kit by Sarissa. No real fiddly pieces. The lack of details inside the wagon is irrelevant as I plan to have hay in wagon bed.

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Building Terrain - Barn


Yesterday, I received my order from Sarissa Precision.

Today I thought I'd tackle the Dark Ages barn which will be an old barn in the corner of a walled farm somewhere in Normandy in 1944.

I must say these are my first MDF kits so I'm excited.


The barn comes with a single sheet of paper which includes the overall picture (above) and an exploded schematic (below).


There were also two small sheets of 2mm MDF with all the pieces.


A quick confession: I really dislike the initial smell but it goes away.

The barn pieces punched out fairly simply. I was worried about the front supports/beams but all in all, the barn went together very quickly.


Front angle - the exterior has detailing but alas, the interior is rather plain..


Rear angle - I really like the barred windows at the back. A bit fiddly getting the pieces out. When assembling these kits, a knife is a must.


The roof and walls are separate. I'll probably put a large hay bale or something on one side that a sniper can hide behind.


All built! Still a long way from being "done". 

Need to detail the roof, build a hay bale, and paint this sucker. 

This kit went together really fast and easy. It took less than 10 minutes to put together.


With Warlord American Airborne Pathfinder for scale.