Louie da fly Posted June 8, 2020 #241 Posted June 8, 2020 Beautiful work! Steven popeye the sailor, Egilman, Ekis and 4 others 7 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht
Kurt Johnson Posted June 8, 2020 #242 Posted June 8, 2020 Ekis, It’s coming really well. I particularly like the wood work on the doors. Kurt Canute, mtaylor, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Edwardkenway Posted June 8, 2020 #243 Posted June 8, 2020 Fantastic work on the gateway. With a different background it would be hard to know wether we were looking at actual buildings or miniature replicas 😀 Keith Black, Ekis, Canute and 5 others 8 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 - on hold HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64 - FINISHED Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - FINISHED Providence whaleboat- 1:25 - FINISHED Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED
popeye2sea Posted June 9, 2020 #244 Posted June 9, 2020 I'm really liking this build. Such great character to all the buildings. Regards, lmagna, mtaylor, Edwardkenway and 6 others 9 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci
popeye the sailor Posted June 12, 2020 #245 Posted June 12, 2020 the gate is a model all by itself! awesome work my friend.........I recall back when you first brought it out...just the church. it has grown so much! Egilman, Edwardkenway, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote 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
Ekis Posted June 14, 2020 Author #246 Posted June 14, 2020 That's it, that door's finished! Not much more to say, let's get the pictures. The rest will be more modest, but interesting: one of the houses against the wall. But it has a special function... Keith Black, Javlin, mtaylor and 16 others 19 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Kurt Johnson Posted June 14, 2020 #247 Posted June 14, 2020 Ekis, As usual it turned great. Special function ..... let me guess...hmmm. So close to the church? Oh my. Kurt mtaylor, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 5 others 8 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Ekis Posted June 14, 2020 Author #248 Posted June 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, Kurt Johnson said: Special function ..... let me guess...hmmm. So close to the church? Oh my. 🤣😂 It's more about the food... But I'll take your idea... for a bigger city! mtaylor, Edwardkenway, Canute and 5 others 8 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Kurt Johnson Posted June 14, 2020 #249 Posted June 14, 2020 Oh, It’s a McDonalds! I don’t know what I was thinking of. Kurt Canute, Edwardkenway, lmagna and 7 others 10 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Ekis Posted June 14, 2020 Author #250 Posted June 14, 2020 Well, you're not that far away... But adapted to the 14th century! Come on, I'll leave a little more suspense until the next pictures to explain in more detail. 😉 Canute, mtaylor, Keith Black and 5 others 8 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Kurt Johnson Posted June 15, 2020 #251 Posted June 15, 2020 Ekis, All kidding aside. This is a most enjoyable project to follow. I hope we are quite far from completion yet. I may try something similar myself at some point. Do you think you would do something similar again, or is this a one time project? As I mentioned once before I hope there is a visual “walking tour” when this is done with a GoPro or something. That would be the ultimate! Kurt popeye the sailor, Keith Black, Ekis and 5 others 8 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Canute Posted June 15, 2020 #252 Posted June 15, 2020 Impressive gatehouse, Ekis. Well done. Ekis, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 6 others 9 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
Ekis Posted June 16, 2020 Author #253 Posted June 16, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 2:16 AM, Kurt Johnson said: All kidding aside. This is a most enjoyable project to follow. Do you think you would do something similar again, or is this a one time project? Thank you all! 😃 @Kurt: I can't answer your question yet... I must admit that I like this type of model very much. It allows almost total creativity and to stage buildings whose appearance has been forgotten from the time of their construction. But I also have a few boats that have been waiting for me for some time! Especially a knarr and a Nordland boat that I envy. Conclusion: I'm going to finish this village which still takes a lot of time, and I'll see... Afterwards, if I have to come back to this type of thing, I will complete the village with outside buildings. As the village is already divided in 3, I just have to add a 4th part at the end or on the side like a puzzle. Canute, Egilman, Edwardkenway and 3 others 6 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Ekis Posted June 16, 2020 Author #254 Posted June 16, 2020 Here's the rest... I didn't want to make a simple townhouse for this one, I'll have others in the middle of the village in a row. This is a commonplace oven, not commonplace because it's common and uninteresting! In the Middle Ages, a common oven was built for the whole community (to bake bread and pies) and the user paid a banality to use it for the local little lord... The facade of the 1st floor is made of shelves to let the pies cool down! Here is the beginning, with the oven in place (and the inside of it) and what will support the fireplace. This house is leaning against the wall which will receive just a small watchtower on one side. And this real period house (and unique!) which will serve me well as a model: Keith Black, mtaylor, Jack12477 and 12 others 15 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Egilman Posted June 17, 2020 #255 Posted June 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Ekis said: Here's the rest... I didn't want to make a simple townhouse for this one, I'll have others in the middle of the village in a row. This is a commonplace oven, not commonplace because it's common and uninteresting! In the Middle Ages, a common oven was built for the whole community (to bake bread and pies) and the user paid a banality to use it for the local little lord... The facade of the 1st floor is made of shelves to let the pies cool down! Here is the beginning, with the oven in place (and the inside of it) and what will support the fireplace. This house is leaning against the wall which will receive just a small watchtower on one side. And this real period house (and unique!) which will serve me well as a model: I think it's a very smart move to keep the pie cooler next to a guard tower...... (even the barbarians knew where the good stuff was) popeye the sailor, Canute, Edwardkenway and 6 others 9 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
Clint83 Posted June 21, 2020 #256 Posted June 21, 2020 Hi it's a great build is it. I started collecting this kid when I was 19, in 2003. As it became to expensive to collect the parts for the whole village, I only got to finish part of the cloister 🙄😂. I wonder if anyone knows if it would be possible to buy, the rest of this kit? (Wishful thinking) but you never know 🤞lol. Thanks mtaylor, popeye the sailor and druxey 3 Quote
Ekis Posted June 21, 2020 Author #257 Posted June 21, 2020 Some pictures of this oven: the ground floor is built, the wall too. I thought it was going to be quiet with this little construction, but as usual, the angles, the removal of the oven, the pillars (with a door!) on each side makes it rather more difficult and longer than expected! Never mind, we'll take the time we need to make it correct... 😉 Javlin, druxey, Jack12477 and 15 others 18 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Kurt Johnson Posted June 21, 2020 #258 Posted June 21, 2020 Ekis, This is a very interesting building. I have a question for you, if I may. You discuss the “removal” of the oven In the beginning of your post today. I don’t understand what you are referring to. Is it currently obstructing the building of the structure? Does it currently not appear as you had envisioned it should? It appears the same. I look forward to all your updates. Kurt Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Ekis Posted June 22, 2020 Author #259 Posted June 22, 2020 Thank you, Kurt (and all "like") ! ☺️ I think I misspoke (or that my English translation is bad...). Actually, I was talking about the oven which is recessed, set back from the front of the building. It forces me to anticipate the size and thickness of the stones to make the right and left pillars correctly. And as I work without a plan, I have to imagine the result before building. In the same way, the piece of exterior wall is not (voluntarily) in the same axis as the house itself. You have to plan the alignment of the walls at each row of stones of the house so that at the end it will be well leaned against this wall. mtaylor, lmagna, popeye2sea and 7 others 10 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
lmagna Posted June 22, 2020 #260 Posted June 22, 2020 I am not certain that I would like doing guard duty in that tower. SO CLOSE to all those fresh pie and bread smells! That would be pure torture! Great progress Ekis mtaylor, Egilman, druxey and 7 others 10 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey
Javlin Posted June 22, 2020 #261 Posted June 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, lmagna said: I am not certain that I would like doing guard duty in that tower. SO CLOSE to all those fresh pie and bread smells! That would be pure torture! Great progress Ekis Br'er Rabbit I know this one Edwardkenway, Keith Black, Egilman and 8 others 11 Quote
Kurt Johnson Posted June 23, 2020 #262 Posted June 23, 2020 Ekis, I know you modify the size and I am assuming the shape of the kits building stones supplied? Have you ever found the need to make unique stone shapes from Sculpy, clay or epoxy putty to satisfy a special situation? I would think sometimes that could be easier than grinding or cutting a shape. I guess it might not be desirable though, since the real stones wouldn’t have been constructed that way. Kurt popeye the sailor, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Egilman Posted June 24, 2020 #263 Posted June 24, 2020 I believe Kurt that back in medieval times when the builders had a situation where a stone couldn't be cut to fit, they made up their own... The ancient egyptians were familiar with concrete and sun dried clay bricks.... I don't see why someone can't make up their own sculpy bricks and build themselves a brick building... We make stone faces out of sculpy for model railroad scenery, outside of the expense why not make bricks out of sculpy of even fired clay for that matter... Keith Black, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
Kurt Johnson Posted June 24, 2020 #264 Posted June 24, 2020 Egilman, I was just asking Ekis if he personally had. I have myself in the past. I personally like the two part epoxy putties. They can get expensive if that’s all you are using though. The reason I had asked is I was considering trying a to build a tower or keep and was trying to figure if there was enough in the kit to get by with. I didn’t ask my question correctly in retrospect. Kurt Canute, Egilman, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Egilman Posted June 24, 2020 #265 Posted June 24, 2020 No sweat Kurt, Not the first time I've answered a question that wasn't being asked.... {chuckle} I guess I misunderstood also... Old Collingwood, Canute, Keith Black and 3 others 6 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
Ekis Posted June 24, 2020 Author #266 Posted June 24, 2020 Kurt, Egilman, For this village, in addition to the stones I had at the beginning, I bought quite a few stones and tiles in different shapes and sizes from the Aedes Ars range. For a 14th century village, there are not many illuminations or sculptures to be expected. The elders tried above all to make it efficient and solid. I haven't yet encountered a situation that really requires special shapes. But maybe I adapt according to the elements in my possession. But just in case, I also have some blocks of white and ochre clay in stock so that I can make special things if I need them. These are quick air-drying blocks, without firing, used for small sculpture work as a hobby. And then in the Middle Ages, wood was also used quite a lot to make columns or statues for example. And in this case, I also have a little bit of reserve at home. I believe that my stocks (stone, wood, clay, etc.) would allow me to make a much larger village... But for the moment, I'm already going to finish what I planned! 😁 popeye the sailor, mtaylor, Egilman and 8 others 11 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Canute Posted June 24, 2020 #267 Posted June 24, 2020 Hydrocal or molding plaster could work, although you need some forms to put them in to keep their shape. Hydrocal dries to a very hard consistency. Molding plaster is very shape-able, when dry. druxey, popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood and 5 others 8 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
Ekis Posted June 28, 2020 Author #268 Posted June 28, 2020 I haven't had much time to keep this oven going. And the heat wave didn't help to go up in the workshop... But it's still going on ! Some pictures of the chronology of the last days. 😁 Egilman, popeye the sailor, Keith Black and 10 others 13 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Kurt Johnson Posted June 28, 2020 #269 Posted June 28, 2020 Ekis, The village is coming along very nicely. What is the purpose of the holes in the side walls? Kurt druxey, popeye the sailor, Keith Black and 5 others 8 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
popeye2sea Posted June 28, 2020 #270 Posted June 28, 2020 Will there be a balcony in front to get access to the pie cooling rack? Regards, lmagna, Canute, Keith Black and 2 others 5 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci
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