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Looks great, Ekis.   I can almost hear the vespers of the inhabitants.

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15 hours ago, Ekis said:

In fact, I'm not trying to be ultra-realistic (the materials don't really allow it), but just to do something coherent.

 

Oh it looks that way most excellent work now this pic you took gave me a quick illusion of Steps on the first glance. are you thinking what I am thinking?

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Yes, I've been thinking about how to move it and how to display it eventually.
It will be made of 3 modules on bases that can be assembled like a puzzle.
The 1st block is the current Church/cloister.
The 2nd one will be Rural House/Lord's Lodge.
The Third Fortified Gate/ Watchtower.
Each piece will be about 30x50cm with a maximum height of 30cm and can be stored on a shelf without any problem. ☺️

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While the roofing continues...

 

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I did 2 or 3 things: the descent to the crypt (to be inlaid in the support block to come), the installation of the local sanctified monk, the central well and a basin surely recovered from a nearby Roman ruin... ;)

 

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so your going to need to cut a square hole in the diorama floor to set the crypt in place...is that the plan for it?  your new add ons look really good...did you make the well from scratch?

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finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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7 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

so your going to need to cut a square hole in the diorama floor to set the crypt in place...is that the plan for it?  your new add ons look really good...did you make the well from scratch?

No, there's only the descent to the crypt...
All the items shown above are scratch, indeed.☺️

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Here's the project just laid out to get an idea of the work to follow. I had to do a quick assembly of the cardboard structures (they're just taped, they need to be reinforced from the inside, more framework) to see where they'll be placed.

 

Of course, the cardboard models have already been modified for some and not yet for others. Corrections are necessary. Also missing is the open hall, which will be a wooden frame with a tiled roof. And all kinds of small annex buildings, accessories, etc... :)

 

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It's going to look  awesome when it is finished!!!!,  I shall keep my eye on it with enjoyment and interest!!

Current builds;

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Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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this give me an idea of how your going to incorporate the crypt.......now I see where your going with this!  :)    it's impressive.........lots to do there ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Ok, I've reinforced all the cardboard bases of the other buildings coming up. I took the opportunity to rectify the angle and size of some roofs to be consistent with the church/cloister (rather from the south). The 3 small houses planned in the center of the village had roofs that were squarely cartoon ...

 

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A few more pictures:

The statue of the cloister, formerly in bronze (and therefore anachronistic for a village), has regained a stone aspect (with a mixture of diluted glue and stone dust).

 

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The zoom doesn't forgive anything !

 

 

 

And other views of the final project:

The brown squares are additions to small buildings, halls and central houses.

Still a lot of stones and tiles to lay to have a real 14th century fortified town.

 

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if someone told me tomorrow, no more ship building ever, then this is what i would love to do

 

lovely project

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Ok, the final implantation will be this one.

The streets are narrow and logical, the buildings are tightly packed together as they were then, the constructions use the existing walls to lean on.

There will be some small annex buildings to be done in the end, but overall, it seems coherent to me.

I give up the difference in level, too complicated to manage! 

The wall will surround the whole, with the exception of the back of the cloister, protected by the steep and inaccessible slopes. 

 

The whole respects the separation into 3 parts of the village.
So, let's go for the next part...  image.gif.e49ca107c327b5a29982481fb1ddeea7.gif 

 

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Kurt,

I'm not sure I understand your question.
If you're talking about that roof on the dovecote, then I just need to finish laying the tiles to finish it.

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If you're talking about this part of the picture: it's two circular towers that frame the fortified gate.

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The kit proposed something much too simple and unrealistic...

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I modified the whole basic structure to enrich it with a double arch, reinforcements and buttresses.
The 2 towers will be well present, but they will receive a circular roof and a part that will cover the whole gate.
A mixture of these 2 examples:

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Ah ok, sorry ! ☺️
So this is the watchtower.
There are 2 small watch-towers (échauguette in french) on the sides of the roof.
This is the basic construction of the kit. I'll leave them, they're authentic.

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On the other hand, I will add wooden or stone hoardings on the walls at the top of the tower, outside and towards the door.

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Before moving on to one of the following stone buildings, I wanted to take an interest in the village market hall. It is the only one that was not yet elevated.

So I went all the way, apart from the tiles still to be laid...

 

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