I just forwarded this to the “New products” editor but since it always takes a while for that to work it’s way through the chain I thought I’d give you guys a sneak peek at what’s been occupying my workbench. Modellers are always asking for undamaged buildings so I thought I’d give one a try.
Randy Pepprock
looks alot like a bakery i saw in germany!! [:D]
Those 2 Soldaten are gonna get their arshen reemed by their Stabsfeldwebel for lookin’ like that… Boots unbloused, hands in “Luftwaffe gloves”… Must be conscripts…
Is it all four walls on this thing or two facades? How about chimneys? Any interior parts? Oven, display case, etc…
Not exactally sure as i don’t speak french very well but a boulongiere is a bakery for breads and more meal type stuff and a patisserie is for sweet more pastery breakfast type things and i don’t think they’re usually done in the same estab.isment (could be wrong though) Hows the kit thought (and the cost?) does it go togehter well?
I’ve had 3 or 4 different modellers tell me 3 or 4 different ways the words on the signs should have been spelled or laid out so at this point I’d just suggest creating your own signs if you feel these are incorrect. : ) I dunno. I don’t speak French.
It is (IMO) very simple to construct. You can have the basic building glued together & ready for painting in about 15 minutes. That’s one of the things I really wanted to do with these kits, is to make them well detailed but simple to construct. Modellers don’t seem to want to put 9 or 10 hours into gluing a kit together & filling seams before they can even get to the fun part (painting & detailing the diorama).
Randy Pepprock
www,dioramasplus.com
looks good! could combine that with a few damaged buildings for a good look!
Is it a full building, does it have a back wall, can you see inside or anything? Does it have two floors or just hollow on the inside?
I added the chimneys, fixed the signs & awning. The building is hollow, so you could add an interior. It is designed to go in a group of two or three more buildings (to the right), so that’s mainly why it looks a little pinched and odd shaped. With another building or two added to round out a row of stores it will look different.
Randy Pepprock
PS. My webmaster added a bunch of new items to the site & thumbnails for easier navigation. Also, don’t forget the contest.
A ‘boulangerie’ is a baker’s shop, concentrating on things like bread, rolls and croissants. In the 1040s, they would normally bake their own bread. A ‘patisserie’ is a ‘fancy goods’ baker, concnntrating on cakes, gateaux and fancier breakfast stuff, such as pains aux chocolat. Normally found in medium-sized towns and larger. Many baker’s shops sell both, hence the words ‘boulangerie-patisserie’ will appear on their signs.
In 35 years’ travelling in France, I don’t recall ever having seen the words ‘pain’ (bread) or ‘crossiants’ (croissants!) as signs outside baker’s shops, since everryone knows that’s what they sell.
Cheers,
Chris.
OK. Thanks for the input. I guess that the best bet would be to leave the signs off of the building if they didn’t fit what you were trying to model. Cheers!
Randy pepprock
hello
chris has right 
pain and croissants (not crossiants) are not use in front.Or maybe is very rare
A froggy
Let’s not forget how tough the french are. They eat pain for breakfast…
Hi Randy,
Allow me to add my two cents to the bash. The colours of the building are incorrect for WW2 France - the only blue allowed was azure blue. Furthermore, if you look closely at the rightmost figure, the mouth has too many teeth and the ear hairs have not been trimmed.
I am actually impressed with your building as I too have been searching for 1/35th scale buildings. I can now see how I can easily(?) make my own with simple materials. Thank you for the inspiration. The outside of a building is good enough for me - I can’t imagine myself making Waterford crystal tumblers and Royal Dalton figurines for the inside.
Jim
: ) Thanks, glad you like it.
Randy Pepprock
Dioramas Plus