hollowneck Posted October 11, 2020 #391 Posted October 11, 2020 Ekis, Are those solar panels on your recent group of buildings? Ron PS Great project. Excellent execution with miniature stone as well as wood! FriedClams, popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood and 4 others 6 1 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Grace & Peace (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren
Ekis Posted October 11, 2020 Author #392 Posted October 11, 2020 Thanx Ron ! And indeed, this card looks like solar panels... waiting to receive tiles! 😁 popeye the sailor, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Ekis Posted October 13, 2020 Author #393 Posted October 13, 2020 Things are progressing slowly on these facades: Edwardkenway, popeye the sailor, gjdale and 14 others 17 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
FriedClams Posted October 14, 2020 #394 Posted October 14, 2020 Just catching up Ekis and I see you’ve made great progress on the village. This most recent structure has some very complicated facade detailing, lots of half-timbering. Looking very nice indeed! Gary Ekis, lmagna, popeye the sailor and 4 others 6 1 Quote Current Build Pelican Eastern-Rig Dragger Completed Scratch Builds Rangeley Guide Boat New England Stonington Dragger 1940 Auto Repair Shop Mack FK Shadowbox
Kurt Johnson Posted October 14, 2020 #395 Posted October 14, 2020 Ekis, As usual I like the way this is shaping up. What are you filling between the half timbers with, spackle? Kurt Egilman, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 5 others 7 1 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Ekis Posted October 14, 2020 Author #396 Posted October 14, 2020 Thanx !! To fill the half timberings, it is in fact a very fine filling paste, which I mix with dust from the stones. It's a long enough work to put it in place, level it, then let it dry and scrape off the excess to bring out the woods. Finally, a stroke of stain with a very fine brush, and voilà! Egilman, Canute, FriedClams and 4 others 7 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Louie da fly Posted October 14, 2020 #397 Posted October 14, 2020 Looking really good, Ekis. Egilman, popeye the sailor, mtaylor and 5 others 7 1 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
popeye the sailor Posted October 16, 2020 #398 Posted October 16, 2020 jaw droppingly good! shaping up nicely Ekis........love the 3D concept for the stairway {can't wait to see that part done}. I also love the evolution of complexity. don't stop now! Edwardkenway, FriedClams, Egilman and 6 others 8 1 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 October 17, 2020 Author #399 Posted October 17, 2020 Again the continuation of the work on the house. The staircase is done, but not yet its roof. The small semi-detached house is on the other hand finished with its twisted roof made of wood carvings and its workshop on the ground floor. The main facade is glued to wedge the staircase, not the other facade pieces. I still have some work to do on the back wall: I avoid to dust too much... And finally, just a blank view (not glued) of all the available elements. I think I'm getting as close as possible to what I had planned with the elevation done on photoshop... There is still a lot of work to do, especially all the roofs ! 🤪 GrandpaPhil, popeye2sea, yvesvidal and 16 others 19 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Old Collingwood Posted October 18, 2020 #400 Posted October 18, 2020 So impressed with your work - so much devotion to your skills - hats off to you. OC. Ekis, Waitoa, Egilman and 4 others 6 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
Kurt Johnson Posted October 18, 2020 #401 Posted October 18, 2020 Ekis, That looks so cool! That roof looks like the workmen had too much of that AK Still Water to drink! I hope you wear a mask when you’re making dust. The dust from the stones could play havoc with your lungs. Looking forward to your next update. Kurt popeye the sailor, mtaylor, FriedClams and 3 others 5 1 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Kurt Johnson Posted October 18, 2020 #402 Posted October 18, 2020 Ekis, I really don’t understand the roof on side building. Is it supposed to be a roof in the process of collapsing? Like I had said it does look cool, though. Kurt Egilman, popeye the sailor, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Egilman Posted October 18, 2020 #403 Posted October 18, 2020 52 minutes ago, Kurt Johnson said: Ekis, I really don’t understand the roof on side building. Is it supposed to be a roof in the process of collapsing? Like I had said it does look cool, though. Kurt It's a variable pitch roof, what your looking at is the result of how they did things back then... In those days, they just covered it using the materials in common practice.... In today's world you would have hips and valleys and all kinds of engineering sign offs required... That roof could last 500 years, the engineered roof would probably last 100 years if they were lucky..... Newer is not always better.... Ekis, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 2 others 5 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 October 18, 2020 Author #404 Posted October 18, 2020 Egilman said it all! 😁 Just to complete, I wanted to contrast a little bit the colors, the rigidity and the very luxurious side of the lord's house with an all-wooden house and a roof less straight than those next door. Usually, I reinforce the cardboard of the roofs with structural rods. For this one, I didn't put anything on, I even moistened the cardboard roof to deform it before installing the shingles ! Having said that, the workshop on the ground floor is quite sophisticated... popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Kurt Johnson Posted October 18, 2020 #405 Posted October 18, 2020 That’s interesting. Thanks, I learned something. I have never seen roof like that before ( which isn’t saying much at all). I am definitely of the newer isn’t necessarily better crowd. I’m a back to basics person, if anything. There was always a good reason why things were done the way they were done at the time. We are definitely not any smarter today. Irregardless I still like the look. Kurt Old Collingwood, Egilman, Canute and 5 others 7 1 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Old Collingwood Posted October 19, 2020 #406 Posted October 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Kurt Johnson said: That’s interesting. Thanks, I learned something. I have never seen roof like that before ( which isn’t saying much at all). I am definitely of the newer isn’t necessarily better crowd. I’m a back to basics person, if anything. There was always a good reason why things were done the way they were done at the time. We are definitely not any smarter today. Irregardless I still like the look. Kurt I would also have said - the aging of the roofs/materials as timbers bend and sag with age (I have seen it myself with old/er buildings you should have seen the roof in our old 17th century cottage we used to live in, it would have made a good roller coaster. OC. popeye the sailor, Canute, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
Waitoa Posted October 19, 2020 #407 Posted October 19, 2020 You have excelled yourself on this part, truly speechless as know how hard it is to get these results. May need to pull finger a bit on mine as being sidetracked with finishing off a number of small projects in my stash popeye the sailor, Egilman, mtaylor and 5 others 7 1 Quote
Ekis Posted October 25, 2020 Author #408 Posted October 25, 2020 I advanced on the lord's house and I will show you this at the end of this post. But first, I built the village forge! Go, the continuation of the dwelling with some arrangements of walls, aging, back door, etc... I will attack the roofs. GrandpaPhil, druxey, FriedClams and 15 others 18 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Kurt Johnson Posted October 25, 2020 #409 Posted October 25, 2020 Ekis, That was worth a couple of days of waiting. I don’t remember if I had asked you before, are going to have lighting in any of the buildings? I always look forward to your updates. Kurt Edwardkenway, Canute, mtaylor and 7 others 9 1 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Egilman Posted October 25, 2020 #410 Posted October 25, 2020 Tis a right fine abode mi'lord!!! Nice Job! Ekis, Edwardkenway, Canute and 6 others 8 1 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"
reklein Posted October 25, 2020 #411 Posted October 25, 2020 Going back a few pages to your discussion of "the Lords House" I think in the US it would be referred to as a Mansion,for instance the governors mansion or the lawyers mansion. lmagna, Ekis, mtaylor and 5 others 7 1 Quote Bill, in Idaho Completed Mamoli Halifax and Billings Viking ship in 2015 Next Model Shipways Syren
Egilman Posted October 25, 2020 #412 Posted October 25, 2020 It's quite fine usage for Europe, but not here in the US.... (it has a specific connotation this side of the pond) I think we decided given the setting to call it the Manor House, since he already has a Church, (the Lord's house in US english usage) and Cloister..... Whatever you call it, it's beautiful...... Good construction, Great modeling.... mtaylor, popeye the sailor, Edwardkenway and 4 others 6 1 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 October 25, 2020 Author #413 Posted October 25, 2020 Thanx all: comments are always greatly appreciated! 😁 @Kurt Johnson : no, for the moment, I don't plan to light up this village... I started this project at the beginning to make a model close to an architect's office, rather than a diorama very realistic in every detail. But today, I still don't know very well what finish it will have. It's partly due to the fact that I discovered some kits and modelers who do great things like World In Scale ! So, I'll see in the end... FriedClams, Canute, Edwardkenway and 5 others 8 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Kurt Johnson Posted October 25, 2020 #414 Posted October 25, 2020 Ekis, Thanks for the website. There’s so much interesting stuff out there that you can just stumble on. Kurt Edwardkenway, lmagna, Ekis and 6 others 9 Quote Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
druxey Posted October 25, 2020 #415 Posted October 25, 2020 Love the details you are including! The barrel, the anvil, the cart.... popeye the sailor, mtaylor, FriedClams and 6 others 8 1 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
mtaylor Posted October 25, 2020 #416 Posted October 25, 2020 An so it grows.... Very impressive to see everything relatively in place and all the detaiing you're doing. It's going to end up where someone seeing it completed could spend a couple of hours just finding and admiring everything. Egilman, Waitoa, Old Collingwood and 6 others 8 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
Ekis Posted October 25, 2020 Author #417 Posted October 25, 2020 Wow ! Thanx ! 😎 mtaylor, popeye the sailor, FriedClams and 4 others 7 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
Waitoa Posted October 25, 2020 #418 Posted October 25, 2020 Inspiring me to get back to mine as put it to one side as life has gotten very busy. Very impressed by the additional detail that you are adding but have to ask if you have an end in sight or think you will keep adding and changing things? Old Collingwood, FriedClams, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote
Ekis Posted October 25, 2020 Author #419 Posted October 25, 2020 Thank you Waitoa! 😁 For the moment, before adding -maybe- details to the different parts already built, I'm just doing what I had originally planned... building after building. When everything will be in place, then it will be time to see if I am still motivated enough to add things. popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Work: www.flickr.com/photos/133075291@N04/albums
popeye2sea Posted October 26, 2020 #420 Posted October 26, 2020 The Manor House is absolutely stunning with expertly crafted details. I love the detailing with the cart and barrel. Regards, FriedClams, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 6 others 8 1 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci
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