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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: Giorginetto on February 08, 2010, 20:34:41

Title: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Giorginetto on February 08, 2010, 20:34:41

First buy for 2010 ( ok after some steck toasts i bought ) a boxed 3445  :love: :love: :love:. I am building my mediaval castle and always wanted this . i was going to get just the sign and the bell and the yellow wind arrow at first as i have plenty of everything else but decided to buy the  whole set. Pictures of my mediaval set will follow hopefully in a couple of weeks . i am still building the kings quarters ( see pic )

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/M3_Motorsport_/3445set.jpg)

and a shape of how its all building up -  very slowly  :-\ 

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/M3_Motorsport_/0169.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/M3_Motorsport_/0170.jpg)

I am thinking of creating some access on the back at all levels otherwise it will be kinda difficult to use these rooms and fil them with stuff and klickies etc etc ...  :) :) :). Apologies for the bad quality of pictures  taken by phone etc etc  :-[ :-[
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on February 08, 2010, 22:22:17
Congratulations on your new purchase  :)9! I like Steck best of all  :love:!
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Elric on February 08, 2010, 22:55:38
Nice set and castle!  It would be nice if these sorta sets were still offered.
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Gepetto on February 09, 2010, 00:42:36
That is a nice set and thank you for keeping us up to date with the photos!  :wave:
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Rasputin on February 09, 2010, 01:38:03
Hi Giorginetto

I love this set for that bell tower. The sign is also nice but for some reason that bell is such a great addition to a castle. To be able to pull the bell from the ground floor is a great design. I only wish I had a lot more of them for a stecks church. It is a hard piece to understand if you do not have one and you really can not see it in the box picture so it took me a long time to even know it existed. I ended up with one in a miscellaneous lot and had no idea what I had. It took me over a week to realize it fit inside a square stecks tower.

Great find and thanks for the pictures of your progress
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Richard on February 09, 2010, 04:32:44




I am building my medieval castle ...
... a shape of how its all building up ...



That's a lot of Steck, Giorginetto  :o

Looks like your castle is going to be a really great one!

Please keep the photos coming as you continue your construction.

All the best,
Richard


Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Klickus Mobilius on February 09, 2010, 06:26:27
Wonderful set!  I'm going to have to look out for more Steck!
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Giorginetto on February 09, 2010, 08:06:44
To be able to pull the bell from the ground floor is a great design. I only wish I had a lot more of them for a stecks church. It is a hard piece to understand if you do not have one and you really can not see it in the box picture so it took me a long time to even know it existed.
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

Now thats something i didnt know Rasputin. Actually i havent even noticed this bell can be pulled from ground floor .  I am looking at the 1977 range of mediaval house inc the beautiful 4977 House and I guess it must have been something back then to have all these houses... i bought the Baker's house back in 1983/84 and i remember the excitement ,  ;D

The Kings quarter's will have to be changed completely . will creat rooms and have open walls at the back to be able to put klickies etc etc , Roof i reckon will stay as it is  and i will not use the open roof parts, i wish i had more time for all this , stealing a few hours  here and there and in a few weeks all my playmobil wil go to a storage area in long and tall shelves and plastic boxes etc etc  plus a few big tables with green  ( like the billiard tables) cloth on them ... i really hope to finish the kings quarters today and proceed to the  rest of the fortifications etc etc  ;D
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: kaethe on February 09, 2010, 10:27:34
i do not have any of the castle sets, so i love to see the wonderful creations that everyone builds.  thank you for sharing your progress reports.
kaethe
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Jimbo on February 09, 2010, 12:42:54
Hi Giorginetto.  Great castle in the works. :wow:

Happy building,
Jimbo
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Richard on February 09, 2010, 14:15:57



I love this set for that bell tower. The sign is also nice but for some reason that bell is such a great addition to a castle. To be able to pull the bell from the ground floor is a great design. I only wish I had a lot more of them for a stecks church. It is a hard piece to understand if you do not have one and you really can not see it in the box picture so it took me a long time to even know it existed. I ended up with one in a miscellaneous lot and had no idea what I had. It took me over a week to realize it fit inside a square stecks tower.

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"


A couple of pictures of the bell tower for Ras's friend Quasimodo ...  :klickygrin:

see attachments
Title: Re: Just bought this to add to my mediaval & pre pic of kings quarters...
Post by: Rasputin on February 09, 2010, 14:34:25
Hello

Even in the pictures I could never quite understand how the bell was hanging there. With the misc. lot all the parts were there but I could not figure out that they all went together.

I use these parts combined with this floor piece to allow the string to make it to the ground floor. This floor has the hole in the corner.

(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/6250/3060088.gif) (http://img682.imageshack.us/i/3060088.gif/)

(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/3369/3007881.gif) (http://img705.imageshack.us/i/3007881.gif/)

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Title: Mediaval City-
Post by: Giorginetto on February 09, 2010, 18:53:38
... and here is the latest . I changed the kings quarters all together and even used the holed roof parts which i dont really like but i would like to fill all the rooms with klickies, i even used doors in between all the rooms and stairs. I have completed the wall that separates the kings quarters/ barracks from the city with 4 main double castle doors and now next will build the city sourround walls, will be about the same foot print as the one shown , the 4 big towers will go at 4 corners with the 2 smaller in the 2 corners of the wall in  between . i will put 4 draw bridges in the city walls , 2 in the front and 2 on each side and then the 16 small towers all round . expect to have  it completed by end of weekend, then i have to build the dragon/ magic castle ( 7 green dragons , the ' flying squadron of the enemy' , the vikings, the forrest etc etc  and then pu in all the items and the over 1000 klickies !!!! many pictures will follow bear with me please ...  ;D ;D ;D ;D

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/M3_Motorsport_/0171.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/M3_Motorsport_/0172.jpg)
Title: Re: Mediaval City-
Post by: Gepetto on February 10, 2010, 03:37:05
many pictures will follow bear with me please ...  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Gladly!!  :love:  :wave: