On our trip to Germany, last year, we visited Neuschwantein Castle. The wife absolutely loved the place, along with the rest of Germany. I came across an old WIP thread of Doogs, where he built this model. I didn't know there was a model. GREAT idea for a Christmas gift! I scoured the web for the kit. The cheapest one I could find was the "deluxe edition" from Doyusha. "Deluxe" mean chrome plated parts...all the roofing and the gate house were plated. I hate that stuff.
On the road to the castle...
The kit...
The more ref pics I look at, the harder this is for me. LOTS of accuracy issues. The biggest issue, for me, is the the buildings are made of stone, so there's a lot of texture...the kit is just smooth. I considered scribing it...and had I started this thing a few months ago, I probably would scribe it all...not now though. I did do some scribing and texturing on the stone walls/rails around the base though.
I scribed in he stones and textured em with a bit of CA.
Buildings are built...some ill fits all around.
Started painting the gate house. So far, the only bit that's done is the brick. I mixed up a "brick red" base layer, then mixed other colors with it to "pick out" some brick and make look a little more bricky!
Mini Japs w/ sefie sticks!!! 
rocks 
