When I shared my halfway progress, I mentioned that this book nook is inspired by a movie - Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024). After watching the trailer, I became even more interested in the movie, and it’s definitely one I want to watch soon. Set in the legendary Kowloon Walled City during the 1980s, the film follows a young drifter who finds refuge within the walled city and eventually joins its residents in defending their home against powerful criminal gangs. It looks like a great mix of martial arts action and a story about loyalty and community.
As for the build, it was a fairly straightforward kit, which is probably why I wanted to assemble it without making any mistakes. Unfortunately, things didn’t go quite as planned. I forgot to attach a couple of pieces and only realized this when I saw those pieces still attached to the boards after I thought I’ve completed the build.
Also, even though I tested the lights before assembly, they somehow kept turning off later on when I was taking photos. I also made a few small mistakes towards the end, and at that point I just accepted that they weren’t worth taking everything apart to fix.
The nice thing is that this book nook recreates the worn, cluttered streets of Kowloon Walled City, so a couple of forgotten or slightly misplaced pieces didn’t really look out of place. They blended into the scene well enough that I decided to leave them as they were.
This is one of the shorter book nooks in my collection, but I still really like how it turned out. Since it’s based on a specific movie, I’ll be leaving it just as the designers intended instead of adding my usual personal touches. Overall, I’m happy to have this one on my shelf, and now I just need to watch the movie that inspired it.
This kit is realistic and immerses us in the very dense Kowloon city with all the old tightly packed buildings with limited oversight.
Typically the kind of place you’ll find in mafia’s movies.
Concerningly your building, don’t worry, everybody makes mistakes, forgets pieces (when you only realized sometimes at the end that a wooden piece is still in the wooden plaque ), or simply breaks pieces (long live Super glue!).
Things happen but we can’t let it bring us down. I was really bummed when my harp didn’t work properly, but I was still very proud of the time and efforts I put into making it.
This looks amazing. The pieces you forgot aren’t noticeable at all. And to looking the bright side, you may be able to use those pieces in another build some day.
but you’re right, i shouldn’t worry much about it.
thanks for the reminder