The Liberty Bell Hotel ~ a work in progress

[Yankeepedlar01]

I've been slowly assembling my latest addition to New Paddock City, the Liberty Bell Hotel. Its the large 'Palace Hotel' kit from Battleflag. Inspired by earlier posts, I've made an attempt at Wallpaper!!! I plan to add curtains and also to paint the furniure in time.

A General view ~ its a large and complex kit, but the instructions are clear, logical and idot proof!

I'll try to Blog about it later!

[Malamute]

Splendid stuff, it's certainly large and very impressive.

[Admiral Benbow]

Great work! This is now the last thread to convince me to try some Battleflag kits myself. They seem to be the best looking and most detailed buildings around the lasercut kit market. Yes, I will ... 

[Digits]

Do you get the internal walls for it or do you have to make those yourself?

[Yankeepedlar01]

Do you get the internal walls for it or do you have to make those yourself?

No internal walls are available, as yet. It would be very fiddly infact with them, hence I add the furniture to delineate 'room' spaces. I shall colour the floors later, leaving the 'wall outlines' in the original colour ~ you can see this on my Bordello on my Blog.
David

[Tomitchoe]

Great stuff again. looking forward to seeing the final product... !!! 

[Elbows]

Looks fantastic...that's the one thing I don't have - a big "centerpiece" sized item.  I'm debating between a full on saloon, or a hotel...or both.

[Yankeepedlar01]

Looks fantastic...that's the one thing I don't have - a big "centerpiece" sized item.  I'm debating between a full on saloon, or a hotel...or both.

Both seems like the right option to me!

[Mindenbrush]

Nice work 

Has anyone done a comparison on all these laser cut and resin buildings for Old West?

I ask as a friend has Old Glory, ERT Cowtown, Plasticville, Sarissa and now Battle Flag but says the Battle Flag are much smaller than the others.

[Yankeepedlar01]

Has anyone done a comparison on all these laser cut and resin buildings for Old West?
I ask as a friend has Old Glory, ERT Cowtown, Plasticville, Sarissa and now Battle Flag but says the Battle Flag are much smaller than the others.

Can't help, I'm afraid. Only bought Battleflag as I could n't see any sense in buying what looked like inferior products by comparison.

[Elbows]

Owned several from several companies.

Sarissa Precision: Phenomenal quality.  Excellent materials and perfect laser work.  Their latest offerings are much more interesting than their original line of buildings which I have.  Stuff like their Cantinas etc. look marvelous.  Their prices have gone up significantly though.

Tri-City Laser: Excellent prices, and he does interior walls on most of his buildings, including some furniture etc.  I don't like that he uses wood over MDF personally (MDF takes paint easier, and is generally darker, and when mixed with laser cut stuff is more natural looking sans paint).

Gamecraft: I've only seen these, but don't own them.  They're a nice "build yourself" budget option.  If you want a real cheap alternative these look great.  They do a lot of excellent budget accessories too.  Fences, furniture, etc.  You have to put more money in to buy extra floors, etc.

4Ground: While they don't do Old West stuff, they are easily my favorite.  Their laser work is unrivaled.  Beautiful work, beautiful details, finish and materials.  Really top notch.  They're much more complex to build (they go nuts designing the stuff, so even a simple wagon consists of dozens of pieces) - the end result is phenomenal.

Battle Flag looks great, but I'd say they're on par with Sarissa easily.  They do larger, more elaborate pieces...with larger, more elaborate prices.  As they only make a handful of buildings, they'd be nice centerpieces, but a full town would become quite expensive.

Best solution?  Mix em all.  No point in restricting yourself.

[Yankeepedlar01]

That's a useful and interesting post, Elbows. But, to my mind the products of Sarissa and Gamecraft are positively crude by comparison to Battleflag, whose detailing is fine and delicate. But, as your post shows, its clearly horses for courses, as it always is with gamers! I examined the whole Sarissa range at Derby Worlds but was n't tempted. Gamecraft I've only seen on posts here and there, but they look very simple kits. Tri City Laser I'll pass on as I've not seen any, while Foreground are OK but not for Western Towns. Ideally I'd like a few more of the HGWalls kits, but they seem long gone ~ although Herb did say to me that he still had the files.
David

[Skunkape]

The wall paper adds something special to the piece. I'm sure the curtains will make it that much better! Very nicely done!

[Elbows]

I see very little difference in the designs of the Battle Flag and Sarissa kits.  I think you get a little bit more for your money with the Battle Flag kits (for the same price), and I think they have some nice big pieces too.  I see things like additional latice/cornice work on the Battle Flag buildings.  The big hotels etc. are up to 100 pounds though, which is pretty damned pricey!



^The "basic" Battle Flag buildings look identical to Sarissa to me. (and priced nearly identical).

I'd definitely pick up Battle Flag buildings, but I wouldn't shy away from Sarissa stuff.  Now Gamecraft is quite...sparce by comparison to the other companies, but they're also 50% the cost.  So if you wanted to build the entire town of Tombstone...you'd spend thousands of quid doing it with a company like Battle Flag or Sarissa...but it could be done cheaply with something like Gamecraft models.

I'm almost glad 4Ground doesn't do Old West stuff as their kits are simply stunning (and I'd be driven to buy some!) by comparison to all of the above.

[Mindenbrush]

Thanks for the comparison Elbows, I will advise my friend of your post.