The winner of the Best Dollhouse or Building Kit for 2011 as chosen by the readers of Miniatures.About.com is The Yule Tide Christmas Shop by Petite Properties. This two story 1:48 scale Tudor building has a removable roof and front making for easy access to decorate and fill the two inside rooms. The first of a growing range of Petite Properties 'Intermediate' 1:48 scale kits, this kit comes with precut architectural parts that make assembly and detailed exterior finish easy. All a builder needs to do to assemble the finished 'intermediate' buildings is add paint and glue. This particular kit fits easily into 'Dickensian' or period style Christmas villages in 1:48 scale.
A full range of other traditional English buildings and cottages are available in Petite Properties innovative range of 1:48 scale kits which can be finished using air dry clay or elements supplied by the builder. You can view a review of Petite Properties Corner Shop Kit which is one of the kits designed to be easily finished using card and air dry clay, or your choice of scale exterior materials. Kits in this scale can do quadruple duty as gaming buildings, Christmas village buildings, model railroad buildings or dolls houses. The instruction booklets which accompany the Petite Properties kits are clear and well illustrated, allowing any miniaturist to build a range of inexpensive (most are around £25) 1:48 buildings, many of which can be easily modified to classic North American styles as well. Books of instructions for making simple furniture from card in scale to fit the buildings are also available.
View more information on the Yule Tide Christmas Shop at Petite Properties website.
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