This kit is precision (laser) cut from quality mount card, which enables crisper detailing and accuracy to scale.

In my opinion, which is biased as usual, I have the almost perfect dovecote, but there is one thing wrong with it. For the lords of the manor and aristocracy of medieval times, doves and pigeons were a year-round food source for the table – pigeon pie, or ‘squab pie’, was considered a delicacy - they also breed quickly so were easily replenished. Many ancient manors in France and England have a dovecote (still standing or in ruins) in one section of the manorial enclosure or in nearby fields. My first use of them was when I built Chez Columba Dove-loft and blatantly plagiarised the style of balcony used on 'Spotter's' dovecote (Spotter is the administrator of the Dovecote Spot / Forum). If the body become badly rotted you could save cost by building a new body and reusing the existing roof.Some forum members just paint their dovecotes with undercoat and don't use a top coat, the reason given is that it's easier to apply and dries much quicker so the doves are not deprived of their habitation for too long. To provide further protection from predators I also sheave wooden poles with a length of plastic drain pipe as per the Perishers dovecote in the photo below. It is very difficult to find what I would term good quality marine plywood and much of that which you see for sale is designed for constructional purposes.

Once clean I modified it and made 2 of the panels removable; each removable panel gave access to 3 x compartments so it was job done. With removable panels this time was reduced to a third, but perhaps the most important factor was that I was able to achieve a much better clean. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

It is not immediately obvious but none of the four fastenings penetrate the plywood inner roof lining over a void.