mikejames Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I'm looking to make a simple (and cheap) card model of a chapel (welsh style if there is such a style) for my grandchild's model railway. There are plenty of churches but I cannot find a model chapel. Can anyone point me to a source please? Thank you mike james Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I guess it rather depend on what exactly you want. Chapels cover a huge range of styles and sizes as well the meaning of the word. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel That site includes a large number of photos of chapels including one welsh chapel that appears larger that the typical Metcalfe church card kit. Some of the smaller simper ones would be relatively straightforward to build from scratch using card and texture covering paper or painting. Otherwise check through the usual ranges of card kits from suppliers such as Scalescenes, Metcalfe, Bilt-Eezi, Builder Plus, Main Street Models, Prototype, Smart Models and others mentioned elsewhere on the card building thread. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejames Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 thank you both for the thoughts/info. as I need to do a whole village, I wanted to avoid scratch building mike james Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Does it have to be card? The old Airfix (now Dapol) church is tiny and more suitable as a chapel. Looks quite Welsh, even though the real one is on the Isle Of Wight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_St_Boniface_Church,_Bonchurch It always reminds me of this one http://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/site/430 You can usually pick them up pretty cheap. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 thank you both for the thoughts/info. as I need to do a whole village, I wanted to avoid scratch building You could just scratch-build the chapel - it doesn't mean you have to scratch-build all the other buildings if kits for them are available. Although many layouts do have entire villages hand made which look very nice and I've been building a cityscape from scratch (see my thread in my signature section below). G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I'm looking to make a simple (and cheap) card model of a chapel (welsh style if there is such a style) for my grandchild's model railway. There are plenty of churches but I cannot find a model chapel. Can anyone point me to a source please? Thank you mike james Do you have a photograph of a chapel you like, Mike? Marlyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Welsh chapels... Old rural: Town chapel (decorative): Town chapel (plain): Marlyn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejames Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) thanks to everyone for their thoughts. the reason for card is most plastic needs painting and I'm not good at that. I could do some scratch building and some kits, but as I said, its part of a village for my grandson and children and 'later' don't mix well! I attach a photo of one that would do as a start Its very basic and simple. not sure of any copywrite questions with the photo since I'm not sure of its origin thanks again to everyone mike j edited to correct spelling mistakes and other small mistakes Edited April 23, 2018 by mikejames 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejames Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 adding to my earlier post (just above) perhaps the dark colour stone locates it too much in (north west?) wales so while I like the (small) size and (simple) design perhaps I would do it in brick and tiles. It may result in a less pleasing building but fit in better with the rest of the buildings. mike j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Possibly the Wordsworth Model Railway Country Police Station or School and Playground could be adapted to look like a Chapel? They are free downloads so nothing lost if they don't fit the bill. http://www.wordsworthmodelrailway.co.uk/townscene.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Welsh chapels... Old rural: image.jpeg Town chapel (decorative): image.jpeg Town chapel (plain): image.jpeg Marlyn The first one is a church. The last one however is the stereotypical Welsh chapel though so many almost carbon copies of that building round here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Hi Mike, I known this post is a few months old but I thought I would reply as the information might be of use to other card modellers. An excelent resource for card models is the Wayback Machine at archive.org. The links below have an example of what would pass for a red brick built chapel. You don't say which scale you are using though this shouldn't be a problem as pdf files can be printed to different scales. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108072317/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp:80/milk-pot/redch.htmhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120131115749/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp:80/milk-pot/redm1.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120131115755/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp:80/milk-pot/redm2.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120131050257/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp:80/milk-pot/red1.pdf I would recommend anyone to checkout the Wayback Machine for card models. Just enter 'card models' as a search term and see what it turns up. I have found loads of card models on the site. One caveat. The Wayback machine archive containes binaries, something it was criticized for, so make sure you have an up-todate virus scanner installed on your computer before vising the site. My scanner (Norton) says the above links are ok. Another excelent resouce for card models is the https://papermau.blogspot.com/ web page. It has links to card models of all types. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you will see links to models of different scales and subjects. Best wishes. Martin. Edited October 27, 2018 by MartinRS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejames Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 Hi Mike, I known this post is a few months old but I thought I would reply as the information might be of use to other card modellers. An excelent resource for card models is the Wayback Machine at archive.org. The links below have an example of what would pass for a red brick built chapel. You don't say which scale you are using though this shouldn't be a problem as pdf files can be printed to different scales. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108072317/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp:80/milk-pot/redch.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120131115749/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp:80/milk-pot/redm1.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120131115755/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp:80/milk-pot/redm2.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120131050257/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp:80/milk-pot/red1.pdf I would recommend anyone to checkout the Wayback Machine for card models. Just enter 'card models' as a search term and see what it turns up. I have found loads of card models on the site. One caveat. The Wayback machine archive containes binaries, something it was criticized for, so make sure you have an up-todate virus scanner installed on your computer before vising the site. My scanner (Norton) says the above links are ok. Another excelent resouce for card models is the https://papermau.blogspot.com/ web page. It has links to card models of all types. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you will see links to models of different scales and subjects. Best wishes. Martin. hi thanks for the thoughts I model in OO and I cannibalised a wordsworth church. not very good but did the job thanks for yours (and everyones) comments mike j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium it's-er Posted November 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2018 Hornby did a resin model that is very like the Chapel at post 9 above. If I remember rightly, I think they called it a Baptist Chapel or Church. Petite Properties do a very neat card church - it looks a little plain when finished purely in card, but you should see their photos with the outside walls coated with n gauge ballast - it looks terrific. Here is the link to their webpage https://www.petitepropertiesltd.com/1/76th-st-thomas-church.html John Storey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium it's-er Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 I've checked out Hornby Skaledale Baptist Church on Google, and found they've done more Baptist Churches over the years than I remembered. Lovely! Hornby Skaledale produced a Baptist Church exactly like the one in post 9 above but with a blue front dooor and the year 1866 in the stone writing in the plaque under the eaves. I don't see its Hornby R stock number. And there is a slightly larger, more ornate version, typically Welsh to my mind, Hornby Skaledale R9653 Baptist Church. This one is quite similar to the third photo at post 8 above. Here is a link to eBay where, as I post, these two are shown, together with various other Skaledale churches https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Hornby-Skaledale-Church/69818/bn_7023555858 I know Mike's original request was for a card church, but as Hornby produce such lovely ones that are very similar to some of the photos above, it seems a shame not to draw attention to them. John Storey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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