Pegasus Hobby WWII Gothic City Building Large Set

5 reviews for Pegasus Hobby WWII Gothic City Building Large Set

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Amazon Customer – February 20, 2023

   I wanted some better terrain than cereal boxes for my table top gaming, and for the occasional D&D campaign. When I saw this and saw the price, I wasn’t overly optimistic about the quality, but, as I said, I figured it was better than cereal boxes and empty soup cans. I was happily surprised by this and other Pegasus products I ordered.

   First the product was very good quality plastic, not hollow or a super thin shell. The package was quite heavy and it was jammed full of wall sections.

   Design: The walls are double sided and are made up of 5″ square sections with a column at one end of each. there are 2 different wall sections. One has windows as you see in in the product picture, and another section that have gothic arches that are solid. The columns have slots and can be put together like “Legos” so they can be assembled in many different styles, not just what you see on the package. With all the pieces you should be able to make one building, with bump out as shown, about 10″ wide, 12″ long and 10″ tall, or several small building parts if you would prefer ruins/ruined buildings. The package only comes with 1 door section.

   All of the plastic pieces are a brownish/grey color and do not come painted.

   As for the casting quality, it is quite high. There were no miss casts however there are minimal mold lines along the edges. They were small enough that clean up will be quite easy or ignored if you don’t mind knowing they are there. Several of the posts had sprew cut marks that will need to be cleaned up to ensure a tight fit. There are small bits (lights, gargoyles) that are on sprews and will need to be cut off with a knife or side cutters.

   Note that the columns come in 2 parts, half attached to the wall section, and a half column as a separate piece. These will need to be assembled before the walls will stick together. However, as they are all uniform, you don’t need to match specific pieces together as they universally fit. The columns fit together quite snug with posts and holes, so glue would not be necessary to keep the walls from falling apart. Good idea for storage or if you want to mix an match your wall sections.

   I already have a second one in my cart. If you play miniature games and need terrain, this is a great, low cost way to add terrain to your table.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Lakota – March 3, 2023

   The Pegasus Gothic City kit is one of my favorite terrain kits of all time. I must have brought dozens of them over the years.

   You get 16 or so walls that slot together like Legos making assembly a snap. If you want to make a building permanent a bit of plastic cement will make you something damn near indestructible. Add some plastic card for the roof and you’re golden. The walls are detailed but not so detailed they’re distracting. Spray paint and dry brush and they’re done.

   Some of my photos are attached.

   It has its limitations, the walls only meet at right angles, the walls are so tough and thick nothing short of a power saw will cut them if you want to make ruins, and it could use more solid walls and fewer windows. None of these are major problems but be aware coming in.

   Honestly I would say if you’re doing war games from anything from the middle ages to the grim darkness of the far future this kit will always be useful.

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Henry Baffi – March 5, 2023

   This is a wonderful addition for your gaming table or 40k terrain. You can with some work you can get a lot out of the Pegasus Gothic line of product. The biggest gripe I had was the lack of flooring and roofing. Plasticard is your friend here; with it you can make floors and roofs and finish out where this line lacks.

   The size is a tad small for 40k but for the price of this set in comparison to the sector imperialis line makes it worth the purchase. With a minimal investment,I bought one of each set, you can put together a center piece for your table that is pretty amazing for the price.

   Assembly is pretty straight forward , just align tabs and push them in. You dont have to glue the parts together but I feel it was better for stability and rigidity to glue the sections together. There is a little cleaning of mold lines that needs to be addressed but not a big deal. A basic wallmart primer does the trick in getting these ready to work on.

   Like I mentioned the one issue I found was there are no floors or roofs for this. If this set came with roofing or flooring I would have rated it at 5 stars.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Henry Baffi – March 10, 2023

   We bought this for our steampunk model railroad layout. Most buildings available are Moderne, and just don’t have atmosphere. The Pegasus buildings can have their components used together in different configurations. We have seen this one used for a neo-Gothic bank building on other layouts: we’re doing a castle.

   These are designed for use with miniatures wargaming. They have no roofs, so you can reach inside and place your riflemen at the different windows. There are brackets you can put in holes on the walls (the same ones hold gargoyles, lanterns, or blank fillers) to support an interior floor you can cut out of cardboard or plastic.

   They do not provide floors or roofs because there are so many ways to build with a set. You can build a simple rectangle, leave pieces out for a square, have the jutting section shown on the box, or use a plain piece of corrugated plastic for a back wall and make it all the larger with the provided pieces for the front and sides. This is not “a model” to be built one way. It’s more like a set of blocks in the shape of wall sections. On a diorama or the edge of a layout, you can place the blocks flat against the back wall and get a long stretch (or 3 storeys) of imposing architecture.

   Everything is molded in plain grey plastic. The doors do hinge nicely, but if you want them brown, buy some plastic-oriented paint. To get a mottled grey will require applying black and darker grey with cut-up bits of cellulose sponge or crumpled newspaper (very little paint on the applicator, so it splotches). You might choose stone of a very different colour, yellow ochre or red sandstone or brownstone. Do wash off the mold release before painting.

   We’re very pleased with this, and have bought more sets from the same company.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Kid Kyoto – March 12, 2023

   great value for money – better than any GW product