I like this Sally 4th kit but I had some issues with it as well. Keep in mind that I have had these sitting around for a couple of years before I pulled it out to work on so its quite possible that some things have been up graded. The instructions are adequate at best and a couple of elements are just flat out missing. Things like how to finish off the shutters, which requires the hinges which are on their own little sprue, a sprue that is not even listed in the components. Another thing that comes to mind is the black squares for the chimneys are no where to be found, at least in my "edition". They are clearly mentioned as being on the cover page but I have checked the instruction book and the package cover sheet and I sure can't find them. Because of this the chimney remains unfinished. Another point to make, when I first bought these the pdf files for the exterior walls, the interior wall paper and the roofs were available as a free download. That is no longer the case, not that they cost much, but I was a little irritated since all my original downloads have been lost over the course of time. I do believe that they are included in the current edition of the kit.
The building is basically finished at this point, the courtyards have been left unfinished just because I haven't decided on how I want to mount the building and I want the scenery to more or less match. The interior will remain somewhat bare as well, just because I don't want to spend to much time on something that will not be seen to often. I would rather spend the time detailing interiors of buildings for Calamity (something else I need to get back to). There are some exterior touch ups that need to be done, but its certainly usable as it stands right now.
I would recommend the Sally 4th kits, just read through the instructions first and then decide how to tackle the putting it together. The order in the instruction book isn't, necessarily the best way to go about doing it. I'm quite happy with the "bumpy" paper as well. While I need to get better at hiding the bare edges at the corners I think it looks quite good. Better than the dormer house that is just done from smooth paper.
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| The roof glued together. The tabs stick out way to far and need to be sanded down to get a nice flat surface on the angled end. |
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| Sanding and filing accomplished. Certainly made gluing the roof paper on much easier. |
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| Weights in place to try and keep everything flat while I glued the roof material in place. In the interest of time and sanity I opted to do it in one piece rather than placing individual rows. May go the other way for the next one. |
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| All the roof paper is on and the first dormer has been added. |
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| All three dormers, the chimney and the edging have been added. Just need to add the dormer roofs and the chimney cap at this point |
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| From the front. I'm thinking that I'll mount it with a sidewalk permanently attached, still mulling that over. |
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| The alley way side. |
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| From the back with the unfinished courtyards. No idea how you would actually get into the court yard there are no doors from the inside of the main building to the little sheds (which have quite fancy window and door framing, which really contrasts with the old wood planking I used). |
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| This blank wall would butt up against the adjacent building. I guess I should build that one next. |
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| Upper floor and you can see the fully completed roof sans the chimney stacks. |
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| The bottom floor showing the optional staircase kit. Which by the way does not fit well in the end unit. The staircase on the alley way side partially blocks the door and needs to be cut down a little in order to fit. |
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