Sunday, 7 February 2016

Lincoln Building (TTCombat)

The latest addition to my contemporary urban skyline terrain options is the Lincoln Building from TTCombat and their City Scenics range. Please forgive the poor pictures!

The minis used for scale reference are from Pulp City and all are mounted on 30 mm round lip bases.

Like the other TTCombat kits I have acquired and built so far, I am very happy with this one. In terms of cost, it can be bought for £25.95 including postage from the TTCombat web-site or Ebay. To me that is excellent value, especially given the table-top footprint of this as a scenery piece.

The kit does not have interior floors or detailing, but for the kind of gaming I do that is fine since it means a quicker build, and lesser cost. The building itself has a base with a footprint of 25 cm x 25 cm (9 3/4" x 9 3/4"); it is 30 cm tall (11 3/4") to the roof, or 31 cm (12 1/4") to the top of the parapet. The main building, excluding the fire escape, is 19 cm (7 1/2") wide and deep.

The fire escapes can accommodate 3 minis on 30 mm round bases at the same time, which is handy.

The build time was around 3 hours, with the bulk of that time occupied by preparing and positioning the window frames (48 of those) and the fire escape. The instructions are not great, but overall it is a pretty straight-forward kit to put together.

The laser-cutting was nice and clean, and lugs generally lined up well, although I had to sand down the connectors for the fire escape where they joined the main building.

The painting was mainly done using a 4 inch paint roller while parts were still on the frames, with final touch up after assembly, except for the door, which is easiest to do before main assembly. I set up with 4 main colours and 4 rollers, meaning primary painting was around 30 minutes in two stints form the two sided of the frames. Another 45-60 minutes or so was needed for touch up painting (inside edges of parts etc.).

Overall, I would thoroughly recommend this kit. It was nice and easy to put together (although my clumsiness meant I damaged one of the fine window pieces on the ground floor), and simple enough to paint.
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10 comments:

  1. Michael Awdry8 February 2016 at 06:17

    That's certainly an impressive structure and difficult to find fault with at that price.

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    1. pulpcitizen8 February 2016 at 11:44

      Totally recommended Michael, without caveat or hesitation. :)

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  2. Lasgunpacker8 February 2016 at 15:47

    Quite a nice building. I can imagine that it would be possible to put some "glass" in the windows as well to cut down on the hollow box look, but I suspect that in game you would never notice anyway.

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    1. Rob Bresnen8 February 2016 at 16:49

      you could get your wife to make lots of little curtains for each window!
      Seriously, its a nice big bit of kit. I like the fire escape. I have just been watching Dirty Harry and it has that kind of vibe to it.

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    2. pulpcitizen9 February 2016 at 10:37

      @Lasgunpacker: you could, but as you say, mid game I think it would be unnecessary. :)

      There are some buildings with really big windows I have avoided for a similar reason, that they could probably benefit from that kind of attention which for me is more hassle than I want to put in. :)

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    3. pulpcitizen9 February 2016 at 10:38

      @Rob: Definitely worth it, and coming up will be the boarded up tenement. ;)

      The fire escape nicely adds layers of elevation to the table simply and easily. :)

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  3. Carrion Crow8 February 2016 at 21:58

    Very nice. Your post on the theatre led me back to TTCombat, so whilst I was aware of their stuff, it's always good to see one that's been finished. An inexpensive way to build a city..
    Regards Jez

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    1. pulpcitizen9 February 2016 at 10:35

      Cheers Jez. :)

      While not perfect stuff (it is recognisable for being mdf vs the quality resin could do for example), it fits my needs and price range perfectly. A small number of buildings chosen well can start filling up a table nicely. :)

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  4. Simon Quinton 9 February 2016 at 13:23

    Wow thats a big one! Looks ace dude job well done! Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh next week.

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    1. pulpcitizen9 February 2016 at 23:18

      Cheers mate. It is pretty big, but still only around two-thirds the height of the Bank of Baltar:
      http://eclecticgentlemantabletopgamer.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/bank-of-baltar-ttcombat.html

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