North West Mounted Police / RCMP: Jail and Guardhouse - WLK640001
Pulp Places downloadable PDF paper-craft kit North West / Royal Canadian Mounted Police Series Jail and Guardhouse Interior / Exterior card stock kit Period appropriate for 1874 through 1930s Kit components are appropriate for various fort buildings (1880s) for this period. The kit includes 18 pages of floor layouts¸ wall textures¸ accoutrements¸ and furniture. Detailed Assembly Instructions included 37 pages of illustrated assembly / customization instructions are provided to assist newcomers to paper modeling in assembling all items contained in the kit. Removable Interior and Exterior Walls All walls dovetail into each other to be easily removed without being glued into place. Walls can be removed to facilitate photographing miniatures and game play. Summer and Winter skins Summer and winter skins are provided for both the models interior and exterior walls. Additionally¸ layering can be applied to reveal/hide summer or winter accoutrements such as uniforms and bedding. Alternate Wall layout The default wall layout for this kit is the historical structure which is housed at Fort Battleford¸ Sask. An alternate wall layout is provided which provides more room for miniature gameplay. 1:64 scale This kit is suitable for 25-30 mm miniatures. Optional assemblies Optional assembly options include: masking layers for window insets and wall accoutrements and kit basing options. Furniture included The kit contains designs for the following pieces of period furniture: firewood boxes (2)¸ guards sleeping pallet¸ wooden benches and tables¸ writing and wash desk¸ storage cupboards¸ cell bunks and cast-iron stoves (3) Ready to print This kit's graphic components are ready to print on card stock (in the range of 140 - 170 g/m2). Wall components and various furniture pieces also require 3/16" (.5 cm) thick foam board for assembly. You will need Acrobat Reader 7.0 (free) to access the graphic layers in this kit. Techniques and Tips manual A free Techniques and Tips manual is also available from Pulp Places on this site. Part of a wider series of NWMP/RCMP models currently in development: A number of companion kits are currently being developed in this series which include: Constables / Sergeants barracks (round log¸ 2 layouts¸ winter and summer skins) Administration building (square log¸ 2 storey¸ winter and summer skins) Fort Outbuildings (outhouses¸ wood chests¸ kennels¸ well¸ baking oven¸ wooden walkways¸ etc.; winter and summer skins) Other buildings under consideration for this series include: Officers Mess Sergeant's / Constable's Mess Married Officer's housing Officer's quarters Commanding Officer's house Sick Horses Stable Magazine (up to 1940s) Store rooms Boat House Garage (1920s +) Smithy Boathouse (1900s +) Customs House Inquiries on this or other Pulp Places kits should be directed to pulpplaces@gmail.com. Two burly red-coated men had a firm hold of Dick Gridley's arms. They hoisted him up two steps and through the doorway into a brightly lit room. The room was sparsely and strangely furnished: a large pallet in the corner (for sleeping on?); a desk; a chest¸ wall hangers festooned with canteens¸ red coats¸ military cut¸ other gear and¸ most telling¸ leg irons. All the windows were barred. The red-coats leaned him in the corner between the chimney flue and wooden wall. Dick was still freezing cold¸ but¸ being placed close to the wood stove which dominated the centre of the room; he started to stir. He felt nauseous and was sure his head was going to burst. He wavered and then relieved his stomach of the last dregs of bad whiskey onto¸ what had been¸ the freshly scrubbed wooden floor. A much larger red-coated man appeared off to his side. "Bloody hell and damnation! Get him to his cell NOW." He bellowed and with that the two burly fellows grabbed hold of Dick's shoulders and dragged