California Mission Model Kit San Gabriel Arcangel

This foam kit stayed together better than the cardboard ones from the hobby store. This foam kit doesn’t come with any accessories, but neither did the expensive cardboard ones at national hobby/craft stores. Son was able to hot glue the walls together on low temp with the instructions and pictures on the back of the sheet almost entirely on his own with just a few questions. Kit said to use water based paint but we only had acrylic so none was used but leftover light plaster (kind to fill nail holes) was used to make the walls look like adobe or stucco. Would recommend painting the roof tiles instead of buying the accessory plastic tiles because 2 sheets are needed and accessories add up. The foam roof tiles are just fine if painted brown and the real mission replaced the roof with cedar shingles in the 90’s anyway. Overall was satisfied with the foam kit.

Easy to assemble as long as you label each part we did it with tape and just removed the tape after we glued it together I suggest you only use hot glue we used so many different types and nothing work only hot glueDo not use E6000 it melted the foam and it was a mess lucky the green grass covered it and also did the roof.Nothing comes with the project you just have to get creative and creat your own things or buy.Here are pictures to help you with the ideasWe used white paint and mixed it with dry sand which gave the walls texture also the roof.

The finished product was great! It was relatively simple to assemble. Please note that regular Elmer’s glue doesn’t work. I had to use a glue gun. My only complaint (and it may have been my fault for not reading) is that it didn’t cost me with any of the accessories. I had to purchase them separately (didn’t discover until after I opened the package).

It is beautifully cut out and ready to assemble. We did this in class with groups of 3-4 students. The instructions are too small and difficult for students to follow. It would really help to have clearer instructions.

We probably put about another $50 in it to make it look like the example but it turned out very nice..

You need to take it step by step. But the end result is amazing. Of course you paint it and get the the additional add ons separately but overall it was fairly easy to put together. I would of liked clearer pictures for the instructions.

The instruction and the pictures are not clear and some pieces are less than perfect. I would not recommend this and I have not received a response with a clear copy of the directions.

Looked great for daughters 4th grade mission project. Put together w super glue and held together well.