posted 03-13-2000 02:24 AM            

Most of these books/models are best suited to children aged between seven (who might need help) and thirteen. Also, these models would make good templates for those wanting to create something more ambitious in other materials.

Make This Model Castle (Usborne Cut-Out Models) by Iain Ashman ISBN: 0860205789 (my boys particularly like this one)

Make This Model Medieval Castle by Iain Ashman ISBN: 0746032927 (my boys particularly like this one too)

Make This Model Crusader Castle (Cut-Out Models Series) by Iain Ashman ISBN: 0746024355

Cut and Assemble a Crusader Castle in Full Color: The Krak Des Chevaliers in Syria by A. G. Smith ISBN: 0486252000

Easy.To.Make Castle by A. G. Smith ISBN: 0486254690

Make This Model : Wizards Castle (Cut Out Models Ser.) by Iain Ashman ISBN: 0746006071

Cut and Assemble a Medieval Castle by A. G. Smith ISBN: 0486246639 (Based on Caernarvon Castles in Wales - delightful model).

Not castles, but could be nice alongside:

Make This Model Village (Usborne Cut-Out Models) by Iain Ashman ISBN: 0860205797 (this goes with the castle and cathedral of the same series - my boys liked this too).

Make This Medieval Port (Usborne Cut-Out Models) by Emil Markov Ivanov (Illustrator), Iain Ashman ISBN 0746018444

Cut and Assemble an Old English Village in Full Color : 12 Buildings and Structures in H-O Scale by Michael Grater, Marc Sewell ISBN: 0486251985

Cut and Make a Knight in Armor by A. G. Smith ISBN: 0486275337

Easy-To-Make Village by A. G. Smith ISBN: 048625478X

Make This Medieval Town by Iain Ashman ISBN: 0746033028

Levan

posted 03-13-2000 02:48 AM            

It's quite a simple model to make - certainly our ten year old managed its construction without difficulty.

I would suggest that best results require a lot of care during folding and cutting out. I also think that it would be best to reinforce the model with thicker scrap card. Finished results were fine, particularly once the model was weathered in a similar fashion to that done typically by railway modellers.

The model is designed by John Martin and available directly from Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peebleshire EH44 6PW, Scotland UK. Tel. +44 (0)1896 830323

Traquair House is an extended tower-house. It also claims to be the longest continually inhabited in Scotland.

Levan

posted 03-13-2000 05:03 AM           

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