Piko 62050, G-Scale family house

The town on my garden layout is constantly growing. After the first settlers moved into my Pola G house, the time has come to give Piko building a try. For this reason I've obtained model 62050 described as "Dr Koenig's house". It arrived in a box of an identical size to the Pola G product.

The box says "Authentic Edition" - I wonder what it could mean? It's also pretty heavy (~3.5kg) but not as heavy as the Pola G product (almost 5kg).

Opening the box reveals the usual content. Lots of carefully packaged parts and a significant amount of protective paper. Unboxing experience for train model products is usually a huge pleasure for me. This is definitely the case here.

A manual, a bag of flora foam, window decorations, stickers, a sheet of window foil, a plastic base for stickers and a glue! Yes, we get some glue with the set. And that's not just "some", that's whole three tubes!

The main building parts are not as impressively thick as they were in case of the Pola G model. They feel very sturdy, too, though. And I expect they'll perform very well outside.

There's a lot of white parts included. The building is supposed to be mainly white after all (and the previously shown wall elements are brown).

Details parts. Roof tiling, facade bricks, a chimney.

Step one - the walls. White parts are added on top of the brown background. Looks nice right away :)

Step two - and it's almost a house already. My experience tells me never to delay the roof installation as it makes the model much more rigid immediately.

Step three - the details. And the building is almost complete.

Now, I've noticed two issues with this house:

• Issue #1 - the ground floor of the house is symmetrical. And that means: we have two identical doors with two identical lanterns and two identical mail boxes. I've never seen a house with two front doors, so it does not look natural.
• Issue #2 - Piko did not provide enough window boxes. I agree, not every window needs to have one but I'd like to be able to decide it by myself. Instead Piko decided for me.

To solve those two issues, I've come up with an idea of 3D printing my own details. And so additional flower boxes and flower pots were created. I'm going to install them to customize the house a little bit.

Voila, the final result. As always - with Polish-themed stickers.

The house is absolutely beautiful. I really, really love it. The white walls featuring the contrasting wooden beams are just amazing. I definitely wouldn't mind living in this kind of residence myself!

The build was a lot of fun. The parts fit perfectly. I obviously ran out of the provided glue, but I'm not surprised by that fact at all. The door unfortunately open to the inside meaning I'll have a hard time closing them when they do. But that's OK and I'm pretty sure I could have prevented that during the assembly.

Let's see how the building works with interior lighting. Two 5mm LEDs were installed inside. No changes were made to the model's structure. Result? No weak spots. The white doors are a little "leaky" but other than that - it worked perfectly out of the box. Much better than the Pola G model.

What can I say? The model is not cheap. It's almost 150 Euro. But it adds so much to the layout, I would risk a statement it is worth this kind of money. I love the house's look and the quality of the product is great. I did not like the symmetricity, and the double front door in particular. But all in all, it's a fantastic house replica and I imagine everyone should be happy with this purchase.