Jerónimos Monastery; Edições Asa; 1:390

[tino]

Today I bring you a model that is a rare relic.

The theme is a Portuguese monument by a Portuguese publisher and a Portuguese cartoonist who has already passed away, José Garcês, a man known for his comics.

The model is the Jerónimos Monastery and is dated 1989.

The Jerónimos Monastery is one of the most visited monuments in Portugal and is located in Lisbon, next to the Tagus River and near the place in Belém where the discoveries fleets departed.

Its construction began in 1501/1502, at the same time that Portugal reached India. The building is not particularly tall like other large monuments in Europe, but it occupies a huge area and has such a large amount of small details that it is impossible to remain indifferent.

To begin, here is an infographic image and some links.

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Obra-prima da arquitetura portuguesa, o Real Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Belém, designado comumente por Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, por ter sido destinado à Ordem de São Jerónimo, está classificado como Mo...

www.museusemonumentos.pt

Jerónimos Monastery - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Revell-Fan]

That looks cool! I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[mijob]

Great building thanks for the background information. Looking forward to see your progress.

 

[tino]

After the introduction, the assembly of the model itself does not have much of a story. The number of pieces is relatively small, only 113, but it is a laborious model.

The graphic quality is very good, especially considering the age of the model and the fact that it was drawn by hand. The hand drawing is noticeable in many details of the painting where you can see that there are many slightly different details that if they were drawn by computer would be exactly the same as if they were copies of each other. The designer did a great job in this regard. One thing that worried me was the quality of the fitting of the pieces, since it often happens that older models don't have good fitting of the pieces. But there were practically no problems here. The model doesn't use cardboard pieces for internal reinforcement as is so common in Polish models, but since the paper is very thick and the lines are almost all straight, once again there were few problems (but they still existed).

 

[mijob]

I can see me walking there Great job tino.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

This looks like a very interesting project. You are doing a greeat job on it.

 

[tino]

Aside from the church, the assembly of the other buildings doesn't have much to do with it.
It was here that I had some problems fitting some of the pieces together. Still, it wasn't anything too serious.

 

[zathros]

This model is of a very historic building. Great choice. I might have made a copy of that model (which is fine as long as you own the original copy (as you do). This would give you the ability to "greeble' that model. I would have cur out the arches to give the interior of the courtyard more depth, but you could quickly open a can of worms when you see the incredible masonry. That masonry is beyond words. Picture below. Great model, great build!

 

[Chuffy70]

Nice progress so far

 

[Revell-Fan]

AWESOME!

 

[tino]

The model is finished. Almost everything matches, and the paintwork is beautifully detailed (thanks to its designer), but it's not exactly an easy model.
I hope you like it and appreciate it, because we're unlikely to see another like it.
But I have another from the same batch under construction of another Portuguese monument...

 

[Chuffy70]

A fine result

 

[mijob]

Great work, I didn"t realize its such a big model.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

YOu did a GREAT JOB on this project!