After having described most of the work building the castle Neuschwanstein in Parts I and II, this will be the final part of this review series.    The remaining components were required to finish the roof and the side towers of the main building.    The assbly of the roof begun by putting together the parts of component 59, which provided the internal frame and the portal on the back.     The structure is shown in the photos given below:

Component 60 added two turrets, which were placed on the back of the main building, before the roof was closed with parts 61 and 62.     The photo given below shows the roof before adding the dormers and chimneys. As you can see images for the dormers were already printed on the parts 61 and 62 to give you the option to leave out the extra parts.     The next photo shows one of the turrets.

Components 63 to 69 provided many small parts to be added onto the roof, which included many dormers and chimneys.     The top parts of the chimney indicated two openings of different size, however, the instructions do not comment on the correct orientation.     So in my case they were probably put on random. The parts for the dormers are optional and can be left aside for an easier assembly as already explained above.     After completion of the roof, components 70 and 71 were assembled into turrets on top of the oriels on the front of the main building.     Finally parts 72 and 73 provided two sculptures to decorate the ends of the roof.     The photos given below show the assembled roof and the parts needed to assemble a dormer:

The last components were used to complete the two side towers of the castle.    Components 74 and 75 provided the parts for the smaller tower.    Looking at photos from the original castle, it was my impression that the decorations on the side of the tower, which are facing towards the roof, were not included in the model. Furthermore, in contrast to previous components no extra parts for the dormers were provided.    This is in a way inconsistent.    The second tower was assembled from components 76 to 78. Putting the platform, part 76, into place was kind of odd, and I was thinking that it would have been easier to assemble it along with part 25b at an earlier stage.    Again there are no extra parts in the kit for the dormers of the tower.    The very last parts of the model were the spires, which I left for the very end.    In principle the kit offered spires for components 16, 20, 22, 57, 75, and 78, out of which all looked the same beside part 78.    This may have been easier for the designer, but somehow the original looks different in the photos.   After taking a closer look at the photos, I decided to leave out parts 16f and 20f (towers on the side of the gatehouse), and to cut the spires on towers 22 and 57 smaller.   Parts 75d and 78d were used as provided in the kit.    The photos given below show the assembled towers:

Summary:

Overall the pieces of this kit fitted together nicely beside the minor problems mentioned in my review, and the instructions offered good advice on how to build the model.    Though the designer most likely had to make some compromises to create a model that can be build by a wider audience, the completed model gives a nice impression on this magnificent castle, which catches the viewer's eyes with many details.    The models size is quite impressive as well with a length of 59 cm.    Despite my critical remarks, this model is strongly recommended, and you will enjoy building it.   Also a less experience model builder can achieve nice results with this kit giving the model some time and patience.

Model :	Castle Neuschwanstein
Kit :	Schreiber-Bogen
Designers :	Przemyslaw Tabernacki
Availability :	I obtained the model   from S&S in Hamburg, http://www.moduni.de/
Scale :	1/250
Difficulty :	Medium, some parts are optional
Number of    Parts :	Apparently 352 (I did not count myself)
Instructions :	Photos/diagrams and text in German and English
Fit :	Very good
Coloring     and     Artwork :	Very good
Printing :	Very good
Resources :	http://www.neuschwanstein.com/english/index.htm http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Central_Europe/Germany/germany7.htm