Arche De Liaison Tourelles

The name translates roughly as a linking arch with turrets, and that is exactly the subject: a raised span carried on an arch, closed at either end by turreted towers. It belongs to the vocabulary of castle and stronghold architecture, the covered walkway that ties two parts of a fortification together above a gate or a ditch, and it is built as a display object rather than as a working floor plan. Most of the interest sits in the masonry and the tower caps, so it rewards a slow look on a shelf. Collectors who build architecture rather than characters will recognise the appeal immediately, though it also works as a backdrop piece behind fantasy or historical figures, giving them somewhere to belong. It comes as a multi-part kit, which is worth knowing if you would rather buy a single-piece print, and it holds up at a range of sizes depending on the shelf it has to fit.