The Walled Harbour of Wilberton - Diorama - Aedes Ars - 1/87 - by Kevin - December 2020

[Kevin]

 

good evening everyone

what the hell are you doing here i ask you say

well i fancied a break from ship building, and wanted to try something different, i not expecting it to take years to do either, so i could be back to the sawdust within weeks

well this is a kit by Aedes ars and they have a range of historical buildings in their catalogue, i picked this one, as the castle i fancy are now wrapped up for Christmas to me

this is the link to the subject

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_Most
i ordered it last night and it arrived 18 hours later

apart from tools everything is in the box

                                         

Edited February 3, 2021 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

This looks very interesting mate  - good practice if you ever fancied building a whole scale castle.

 

OC.

[Waitoa]

Welcome to the brick building brotherhood, visited Stari Most many years ago after the Bridge was rebuilt but many of the buildings were still in ruins

[Kevin]

4 minutes ago, Waitoa said:

Welcome to the brick building brotherhood, visited Stari Most many years ago after the Bridge was rebuilt but many of the buildings were still in ruins

its a lovely subject, i suppose you can add detail if the will is there

 

lol your one of the culprits for me being here, its a much smaller scale than you are working on, but gives me an ideas about working in this material, i have a couple of castles from the same company for Christmas

[Egilman]

Ahhhhh, another closet member of the MSW Masons Guild steps into the sunlight!!!!

 

Way to go brother! we will model this planet yet!!!!

[yvesvidal]

15 hours ago, Kevin said:

 

Kevin, what a surprise! I like these kits, but they are a little bit short in parts, so to speak.... 😉 Not much to assemble compared to a CAF model.....

 

Yves

[Kevin]

5 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

 

Kevin, what a surprise! I like these kits, but they are a little bit short in parts, so to speak.... 😉 Not much to assemble compared to a CAF model.....

 

Yves

just something different for a while. to keep the admiral happy, lol she lives here as well, the Enterprise will be back

 

[popeye the sailor]

you know what they say..........the mortar,  the merrier!       {had to say it......}   welcome....I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job!   

[Kevin]

good evening everyone 

day 2

well i made a start yesterday, 

the card templates are of good quality, instructions are a bit like the CAF, just illustrations of the basics, i will learn more from watching the build logs on here and of course there is you tube

the tiles are set diameter, but the lengths vary, like the 5mmx5mm of which there are 000's vary from 2mm to about 15mm you you have plenty of choice to pick the size required

lots of sanding, some decent file sticks and sandpaper are the main things used so far,

the supplied glue, is very much like a decent paper/wood glue,

the 1/2 round building was hard to get the shape right so i made up a couple of 1mm bulkheads, which worked very well

i am learning as i go along, like all of my builds you can tell where i started, i am sure there will be help and advice as i plod along, im happy to listen

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Thats a cracking start  mate  - nothing like a bit of brick work to keep you busy  - "Half a brick - Full brick  - Half a brick  - Full brick"   rinse and repeat.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

your well on your way   

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

day 3 much the same as yesterday

 

its  slow progress, so i have more than one section on the go at a time, allows time for the glue to dry

 

 

 

[Waitoa]

In comparison to me this is rapid progress.  Where the bricks extend out I have found it easier to trim with a modelling saw prior to fitting and then refine with sanding later on.

[Kevin]

7 hours ago, Waitoa said:

In comparison to me this is rapid progress.  Where the bricks extend out I have found it easier to trim with a modelling saw prior to fitting and then refine with sanding later on.

but its not as good as yours, and i agree that i need to be more careful on the ends, im loving it, something completely different to anything i have done before

[EJ_L]

This looks like great fun! May have to look into getting myself a kit.

[Kevin]

1 hour ago, EJ_L said:

This looks like great fun! May have to look into getting myself a kit.

Great fun, but oh so messy, the dust travels much further than the sawdust

[Kevin]

good evening eveyone

Day 4 and 5 Bridge

 

the reason starting this, was so that the admiral could have something on the shelf, started and completed, by me, very quickly we both realised this was not going to be a weekend job, so i put it to one side and built up a cheap lego kit, and thoroughly enjoyed it,  with a couple 1000 pieces, took sat evening and Sunday to build up (about 8 hours), yep looks like a toy

anyway having gained a bit of confidence over the last couple days, i started the bridge, and tonight have most of it done, i might be cleaning the pieces up to much, as they are quite smooth  

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Great work Kevin,    do the  bricks  strengthen the  assemblies up much  - give them some rigidity?

 

OC.

Edited November 25, 2020 by Old Collingwood

[Kevin]

the card alone is good quality, and makes a decent solid model, the bricks make it earth quake proof

[popeye the sailor]

your making some great progress Kevin..........really nice !

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

day 8

the  work continues,  at a quess i would think at about 150 to 200 bricks a day

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Absolutley amazing  considering it 1/350 scale  thats the same scale as the  moden warship builds  in the forum  - and we know how fiddly they are.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

1 hour ago, Kevin said:

i would think at about 150 to 200 bricks a day

You could make a decent wage doing that on some the housing sites I've been on😆

Looking good, gets better with every post, nice job👍

[king derelict]

Stellar progress and looks very nice. it's making me a bit more determined to make progress on the Towers. I had thought about adding lights but I didnt think the lead outs through the card formers well enough so it will have wait for the Loarre castle kit which is next up

Alan

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

day 9

 

who would have thought a few brick some cardboard, glue and some imagination could be such fun

 

yes i have made a few mistakes, i need to get in a better routine for windows and corners

i hope to finish this building tomorrow, and then back onto the 1/2 round house

 

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

day 10

 

the roof tiles are very oversized  will address that on the next project

[popeye the sailor]

it's all in the learning curve.......I see your really getting into this project    looking good!

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

well it had to happen, not happy with just the kit, i had to expand my project a little

 

i have been following a few logs on here @Ekis @modeller_masa and @Waitoa and they have inspired me to do something different for a change,  i have always been happy with building ships and thoroughly enjoy it, but in the last few months i have realised that there are other things i would love to try,

this was brought to a head a few weeks ago when the wife suggested trying something different and the Stari Most Bridge was started

 

so here i am with a 48x 30 inch base board and a town to build, i have no time frame to work to, but would like to get the Dorade build completed within the next six months, 

 

inspired by Game of Thrones i did try basing the idea on the city Of Dubronik, but the harbour was taking to much room, so i have scaled it at present to the fortification of a river valley with high walls on two sides 

 

still very much in the planning stage, and would love any ideas and take any criticism 

 

  

[Old Collingwood]

I have to ask  (can not help myself)   are you going to do some figures?

 

OC.

[Kevin]

7 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

I have to ask  (can not help myself)   are you going to do some figures?

 

OC.

yes

 def some monks and some girls of bad reputation lol,