Category Archives: Small Scale Scenery
Salute 2021 – Micro-Hospitals
Phil gets in on the act today, with three new Small Scale Scenery pieces – a modern hospital building, plus not one but two Victorian-era ones. The modern one (left) is a large, multi-storey building with loads of windows. The … Continue reading
Salute 21 – new 1/700 Coastal Forts
Next into the Salute line-up are these new 1/700th scale Coastal Forts. We have three models (or rather, two individual models plus a set of four). The largest is Fort Paté, a small oval Vauban fortification in the Gironde estuary … Continue reading
Fort Week – Scilly Season
Dammit … this post was scheduled for Thursday but didn’t appear due to a technical glitch (I’m not sure why, and probably never will be). So ignore the bit about penultimate, as it’s appearing out of sequence ! Our penultimate … Continue reading
Fort Week – Final Friday
We round off Fort Week with the most modern of the new releases, Fort St Benedict in Kraków. Although now part of Poland, the fort was built by the Austro-Hungarians in the mid-19th century as part of the Kraków fortress. … Continue reading
Fort Week – I’ll Have Mine on Toast
As we reach the mid-point of Fort Week, I’ve run out of alliterative titles so I’m now resorting to puns. This is Fort Paté, a Vauban fortification on an islet in the Gironde estuary in France built at the end … Continue reading
Fort Week – Tower Tuesday
Our second offering for fort week is this collection of defensive towers from Malta. Known as the Lascaris Towers, they were built in the 17th Century by the Order of St John. Our set consists of two small watchtowers and … Continue reading
Fort Week – Matara Monday
Phil’s been busy lately, designing a large number of new buildings and fortifications for the Small Scale Scenery range. While I’m away on holiday we thought it would be a good time to have a Fort Week, showcasing one of … Continue reading
Italian Edifices
Phil has been busy lately, coming up with all sorts of new models for the Small Scale Scenery range. Today we have two magnificent examples from the city of Taranto in Italy. The first of these if the imposing Palazzo … Continue reading
Castillo de San Antón
Phil’s been very busy lately, designing all manner of new forts, castles and other bits for our Small Scale Scenery range. Today’s offering is the Castillo de San Antón, a rather uniquely shaped starfort built in the late C.16th to … Continue reading
Conisborough Keep
Today we have a new addition to the modular Medieval Castle range. This is a new keep based on the one at Conisborough Castle near Doncaster. The castle dates from the 11th century, just after the Norman Conquest, although the … Continue reading
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