I haven't built one myself but I have taken a close look at the kits Walter at Euro Rail Hobbies keeps in stock and they are quite impressive. I would not recommend them to a beginner but an experienced modeler should not have too much trouble. I have seen some photos of layouts done with all MBZ structures and they look amazing.

Walter has a good video on his site showing the process of putting an MBZ kit together that may give you a better idea if it is something you want to try out.

http://www.eurorailhobbi...ilHobbies.asp?pageid=484

Chris

I viewed the video just now, and it is a really good demonstration of using washes.

They really have some glod items that look old "timey" era 1/2 ish for me.And are giving me more layout inspiration.

You are not alone in that situation !

Thanks for the link, Chris.

Pierre.

Looks like very nice kits.

.....sorry , ...I've found the MBZ site....it seems to be in German only...
http://www.mbz-modellbah...behoer.de/news/index.htm

....in fact they use cardboard as well...

Just finished this MBZ Z scale Water Tower. Took a while to complete it, but well worth the time.

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I used the MBZ Paraloid B72 crystals that you dissolve in acetone to make primer. It worked well. I also got some of the some MBZ primer( ArtNr.72 214) from Reynaulds, but the bottle was only two-thirds full so I concluded it had evaporated. I may add some acetone to it and use it later. A few of my pieces were not well cut on one water tower and had tabs missing. I sent MBZ some pictures of the plates and Herr Oswald sent two replacement plates, so he is good to work with. There are some videos on painting and some instructions on the MBZ website. I dabbed my brush in acetone periodically while applying primer so as not to get too thick a coat. I used pigment to paint for the first time and followed the instructions. The exact amount of binder is trial and error. I added a bit more binder as I went along because I thought the paint was too powdery when dry. I was careful to do light coats of paint so as not to get the cardboard too damp which could cause warping, etc. On the pump station I first just dusted with dry pigments and later put primer over the dry pigment and it worked well. The pieces went together amazingly well, even in the areas where there were no tabs. I work extremely slowly and cautiously. I'd starve if did this for a living. The water tower lights up well.

I got sent a metal can of the primer.. its in the metal tins like 72-224, which may be the same stuff just larger quantity. I imagine he picked out the size to match the various kits I purchased. Since I'm building the giant Bahnhof Bebra (10528 ), its gonna take a good bit. Go big or go home. For me the station itself was the unicorn - I grew up around that station in my youth and to find there was a model of it available for such a historic but now irrelevant station, struck me as a miracle. Had to buy it.



Did you use the pigments MBZ sells or some locally sourced pigments. I wonder how well acrylics if near dry brushed would work, or if that would be a problem for the card stock structures. I'd asked him but didn't get an answer, so maybe I'll just ask again, what a base set would be of pigments for the buildings I was building. As I have no experience I have no idea what amounts of which pigments, particularly if one mixes, one needs for certain coverage. I imagine if I ask again I'll get some better guidance how much and which colors of pigment to do Bebra the way it is shown in the photo.