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Saturday, 23 August 2025

20/25mm Miskatonic U (Newhaven campus) finished!

 Took a while and I'm sick of cutting out windows and sticking them on buildings!

So this is the finished set. I did break one self imposed rule - actually bought the walls and side gate!. They are Busch set HO 6014, Wall and Gate.

I confess - didn't allow for the saw blade width and cut the walls a few mils too small!

Side view with a few 20mm figures for comparison. The smaller scale allowed for a much grander building setup. Didn't always get the windows right... main building has an attic and slightly lower ceilings!

Another side view  showing the size of the building. Looks really solid. 

Back view. Probably shouldn't have put windows over the joint but...

Courtyard is very much compressed for use in city sized use. If I do scenarios based on just the university I would add a few more wall sections and possibly also do a separate wall not connected to the buildings. The roof wasn't painted, just had a couple of layers of PVA glue covering it - I thought it looked more realistic than paint. Must do something about the camera date staming pictures. Possibly set the right date and time on it?


Size comparison with the Sarissa manor house and gate house- haven't got an annex for the Sarissa version, beginning to regret that!

The 20/25mm version allows a much more believeable size building to be made.

The gate house comparison really gives the game away! 

Overall I'm really pleased with this set of buildings. I can see them being very useful in the future.

12 comments:

  1. Good looking. Obviously, the windows are an upgrade on one side of the building but not the other. Different years, different looks. That's wot I'd say!

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    1. The contractors changed in the middle of the build. Didn't go bust or anything, just kind of disappeared one night. New contractors booked hotels in a different town...

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  2. That is really cool, very imposing.

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  3. The finished building is very impressive, looks great.

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    1. Thank. I'm happy to admit it does look impressive!

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  4. That looks very impressive Rob!

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  5. Magnificent building Rob. I can see why you have had enough of doing winduz (at least for now...)!
    Best wishes, James

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    1. And just finishing off a restaurant now...

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