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Cardstock is hardly ever used in North America. Our British cousins do astonishing work with the stuff. So here I am, fumbling my through my second card stock attempt, and ending up with parts that don't seem to fit anywhere, or at least fit correctly without trimming. Thus far, these card stock models seem to be precisely cut so that additional trimming is not required. Am I doing something wrong here, or any ideas how to proceed?

The only thing I can spot is a strip that should go round the top edge of the arched base of the right hand building and two pieces that may be intended to be glued together to form a capping course for the same section. Sorry I cannot indicate the pieces as my Apple pen battery needs charging.

Richard

All I can say Chops is yes you must be doing something wrong, they have always fitted together perfectly for me. If all else fails read the instructions

TBH I find the Metcalfe kits are superior to Superquick with clear and concise illustrated instructions. But I'm sure you will sort it out soon Chops, good luck.

I’ve just built a superquick station for someone who has problems with dexterity. The instructions weren’t as precise as Metcalfe so they needed reading several times and parts then fitting ‘dry’ before finally gluing. One or two bits needed some extra strengthening but all in all the kit went together nicely. The guttering was a bit crap and if it had been my model I would have replaced it. Also the posters printed on the wall could have also been replaced with printed signs to stick on to give a more 3D effect. As I can see from your photo, most of the bits left over seem to be off cuts - where the main parts were joined to. All in all you seem to have made a very successful model. Perhaps a bit of weathering to finish off would be good.

A strange building to me. I do not understand if anyone enters the door, where do they go?

If I built the kit I would do two separate buildings.

As Bandit Mick says you seem to have done a successful model.

If you wanted you could add your own items to make it individual to anyone else.

Glencairn

I am slowly running out of parts, so the end is near. As to the door to nowhere, that is precisely correct, it is a door to nowhere. From a suitable distance it won't look too horrid.

Probably a bit late now but you have almost completed the kit. There are several pieces that are cappings if you look at the completed pictures on the packaging. Regarding the door to nowhere, it could be an entrance to the rear of the building or a private garden area. Suitable vegetation could be put to the sides of the buildings as if plant stock. Once these kits are made it is possible to add other features such as moss caused by overflow from a drain or dirty patches carefully done with pastels or coloured pencils. It's a case of trying things out on little areas. Many years back I made many Superquick kits and made them better with foliage etc. I have yet to start a Metcalfe set of kits and also use their brick sheets to add extra parts. I still like Superquick models but fancy a change, in the hope I can make a very small scene of a very small Huntley and Palmers ficticious factory base loosely on the massive factory in Reading Berkshire UK in it's heyday

The great advantage of Metcalfe kits over Surerquick IMO is Metcalfes clear glazed windows all round which allows internal detailing and room lighting to be added. Superquick frequently have used printed black card for the many of their buildings windows as can be seen in the photos above, so this would then involve a lot of very careful cutting out and adding glazing where internal detailing is required!

Chops wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:44 am I am slowly running out of parts, so the end is near. As to the door to nowhere, that is precisely correct, it is a door to nowhere. From a suitable distance it won't look too horrid.

A lot of those neo Georgian buildings façades were just that, built by very shady speculative builders so that there were no internals to teh buildings despite thoer grandeur, it was up tp teh tenants to design, and finish the interiors, often with terrible results. Check out Kemtown in Brighton, Sussex Square especially- Back in the days of bedists I've been in dozens of these grand edifices, surprised to get out of some of them in one piece!