3. Cardboard Wall Sheets (from Vollmer)

This site presents three models to you - all of them were constructed with cardboard wall sheets from Vollmer. These sheets have a thickness of about 1 mm and are ideal for the scratchbuilding of model buildings - especially when modeling historic structures.

3.1. City Church

The city church has completely been scratchbuilt with Vollmer wall sheets. Moreover, Auhagen roof sheets (of plastic, however) found a use.The separate wall parts have been cut out of the Vollmer wall sheets  These sheets have a graticule (1 mm-unities) on the back side,which facilitates the accurate drawing of the eventual wall parts.

The windows have been vitrified with transparant plastic foil, the bars are paper strips which have been stuck on the that foil.

3.2. Erleinhofer Tor

The prototype of this model is an old city gate from the 15th century in Neunkirchen am Brand, near Nuremberg. Sandstone structures are very common is this region.

First, I built the gate building itself, using Vollmer wall sheets, the same ones as for the city church. As the city gate has a hipped roof, it was necessary to draw an exact plan for each single part.

The same sandstone wall sheets which had been chosen already for the city church, were now also used for the gate house. 

 The extension has been built with normal cardboard, the framework in the front was modeled with paper stripes. Brown painted cardboard found a use for the construction of the barn, the joints were carved into the material with a cutter a ruler. This time, I chose Kibri roof sheets. They already come with a roof ridge.  

3.3. Fehnturm

In 1:1 gauge, this tower stands in Herzogenach, near Erlangen. It`s an old city tower from the 14th century. Before construction could start several drawings had to be made for the roof with its side bays. Afterwards I stuck the drawings on the back side of the Kibri roof sheets with a glue stick, while the bays were manufactured of cardboard. Finally, these parts were assembled on a base plate.