A city pack for the Moonlit Atlas book

London

Tower Bridge stands open, both bascules raised, a tall ship sailing through. Put this set in your Moonlit Atlas, press the brass button, and London stands up under the moon.

The Moonlit Atlas book, closed: 8.1 × 6.7 × 2.5 in. With this pack, London is what folds flat inside it. Scroll to open it.

Press the brass button. The latch lets go, two torsion springs lift the lid, and a gear damper keeps it slow.

London's three rows stand up with the lid and are upright at 90°: the skyline at the back, the river in the middle, the street in front.

On the river, Tower Bridge is open. Both bascules are raised to 80° and a two-masted ship sails through under the high walkway.

Lights out. Big Ben's dial, the Eye's 16 capsules and every window glow. They are glow-in-the-dark filament: no batteries, no wires.

Bridge up, ship through

Most of the day Tower Bridge lies flat across the Thames. This set catches it at the moment London still stops to watch: a tall ship has come up the river into the Pool of London, and the road has lifted to let it pass. The ship is printed into the middle row, so in your book it is always halfway through.

Bascules: raised to 80°, one from each tower
The ship: two masts and four white sails, between the raised leaves
Clearance: the mast tops stop short of the high walkway

Tower Bridge in the printed London set, both bascules raised, with a two-masted ship between the towers and St Paul's dome behind — Tower Bridge in the middle row, with St Paul's and the Shard on the skyline behind it.

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New York off, London on

Your book came with New York. Each row clicks onto its frame with two magnets and two V-keys. Lift it straight up and it comes free.

Once New York's three rows are off, lift its harbor plate out of the tray.

Drop in London's plate: the Thames, with a river bus and a red tug.

Set London's rows on, back to front. The grooves slide over the keys and the magnets pull each row home. New York goes back on the same way whenever you want it.

Drag to turn the book. Tap a number for its story.

Eleven landmarks along one river

The Thames runs through the middle of the set. Pick a landmark to see where it stands and what the model shows.

London, printed

These pictures start from renders of the real CAD, which an image model then turns into what the printed set looks like. A checker compares each one against its render, and any picture that adds or changes a part is thrown out. Your own print's layer lines and colours will vary.

The London set in a dark room: the Eye's capsules, Big Ben's dial, the windows and the stars glowing — Lights out: the Eye's capsules, Big Ben's dial and every window shine on their own.

Close-up of the Tower of London on its green, black ravens on the wall and the keep, with the red double-decker and phone box beside it — The White Tower on its curtain wall, ravens on the battlements and the keep. The bus and the phone box wait next door.

What's in the London pack

The set

4 printed parts: three building rows and a harbor plate. Plus 6 disc magnets, 6 × 2 mm, two for each row.

Largest row: 164 × 122.5 mm
Harbor plate: 194.4 × 65.6 mm
Building depth: up to 0.47 in, so the rows fold flat 12 mm

For the printer

Filament: about 119 g of PLA 4.2 oz, slicer estimate
Print time: about 5 h 32 min slicer estimate for the whole set

A 0.4 mm nozzle and multi-material for the color regions. Every part fits a 256 × 256 mm bed.
Windows, the clock dial and the Eye's capsules are glow-in-the-dark inlays, 0.8 mm deep. They glow brightest for 30 to 60 minutes after a lamp has charged them.
The smallest pieces are the Tower's 6 ravens, 1.2 mm wide: three lines at 0.4 mm.

The closed Moonlit Atlas book: navy cover, cream page block and a brass button

Add-on: needs the Moonlit Atlas book

London needs a book to stand in

This pack is the city only. It stands up inside the Moonlit Atlas book, which is sold separately and comes with New York. The rows click onto the book's frames, so London swaps with New York or any other city set in seconds.

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