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

[Old Collingwood]

I'm liking your thought process  with this  Kevin,  it takes imagination  to think out and execute  an idea like this  - keep it up mate  its starting to get very interesting.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

coming together nicely Kevin............the layout looks great!  

[Kevin]

On 1/5/2021 at 10:42 PM, Old Collingwood said:

I'm liking your thought process  with this  Kevin,  it takes imagination  to think out and execute  an idea like this  - keep it up mate  its starting to get very interesting.

 

OC.

 

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

coming together nicely Kevin............the layout looks great!  

Thank you, now i have decided on my way ahead the  mindset of getting the river sorted out, it has given me lots of ideas, and allows me to stay within the small area of what will possibly a large footprint, 

[Kevin]

walls and more walls, fortifications and a few more walls

 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

smiling tower wall

 

i used the tower from the Stari Most kit and attached it ti the wall, the base will have a wooded surround, and 1/2 way up will have a platform for the pageant horn blowers to honour the royal barge as it comes along side, 

Edited January 8, 2021 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

Looking Good Kevin  -    Im still  on the lookout  my friend................😉😉😉

 

OC.

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

 

after days, i rethought the wall/tower platforms, and re-planned them, it was more off, how might it have been done, this is my latest version

 

 

Edited January 16, 2021 by Kevin

[Canute]

Nicely done with the wooden walkway.

[Waitoa]

Enjoying watching your build, looks like it is already having lots of interesting details.  Are you going to populate it?

[Kevin]

47 minutes ago, Waitoa said:

Enjoying watching your build, looks like it is already having lots of interesting details.  Are you going to populate it?

yes, i will be

this part will be part of a royal pageant, lead into the city 

[yvesvidal]

5 hours ago, Kevin said:

 

I can see some resin being poured to simulate a brackish and dirty water.

 

Yves

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

well i just had to finish the platform, daft not to do do, my pageant pipers would fall through otherwise

 

then onto the roof

 

next project after this wall will be to make another, upto the arched bridge

[Kevin]

the wall on top of the tunnel dont  belong there

[Old Collingwood]

Looking really good mate  - lots of detail there.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

Good afternoon everyone

 

its going to be very hard for me not going down the fantasy route, i so very much want this to be a medieval town, but already my head wants to try other things on this project, those that have seen Merlin, or Game Of Thrones, will know what im on about

 

 

also i have broken another new years promise to complete a project before moving on, lol it lasted 10 days, must be a record

 

several things dont work, here, the water mill. and the large tunnel, so something had to change, good bye water mill, i can work with the very large tunnel

, the tunnel entrance may change size, or i will put something in front of it

 

are palace is now being built up, the wife is not helping much, as she asked why i had built a cabinet full of drawers, also the early start of a new civic centre to the left of the laughing tower

early start to the new civic centre with water inlet/ outlets

royal palace,

royal palace, or chest of drawers as the wife said

 

 

 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

Blimey  mate,    busy busy    - your going to need a bigger build area.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

3 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Blimey  mate,    busy busy    - your going to need a bigger build area.

 

OC.

lol i haven't even thought about the town

[Ekis]

I look at each of your new posts with a lot of attention: you build fast and well!
But I have to admit that I have no idea what your final project will look like... I have no idea where you want to go! 🤣
I'm very curious about what's next! 😉

[Waitoa]

The size of this is staggering, how did you get planning permission from the Admiral?

[Kevin]

2 hours ago, Ekis said:

I look at each of your new posts with a lot of attention: you build fast and well!
But I have to admit that I have no idea what your final project will look like... I have no idea where you want to go! 🤣
I'm very curious about what's next! 😉

 

2 hours ago, Waitoa said:

The size of this is staggering, how did you get planning permission from the Admiral?

i have a good idea where this stage is going, but it does have a mind of its own, i knew that this might happen, out side of the river area i have no ideas at all. maybe, just maybe the town will just become a harbour, im open to ideas 

but for now i have plenty to do

 

planning permission is not an issue,  lol i lie a lot

seriously though, since i retired, the wife is just happy for me to be at home

i will most likely convert the first mancave into a home for the diorama 12'x 8' 4m x2.5m 

[Egilman]

3 hours ago, Kevin said:

planning permission is not an issue,  lol i lie a lot

seriously though, since i retired, the wife is just happy for me to be at home

i will most likely convert the first mancave into a home for the diorama 12'x 8' 4m x2.5m 

Youse is a lucky man..... {chuckle}

[popeye the sailor]

looks great Kevin.....but if you keep increasing the size and scope of the project,  your going to have to get permits   

[Kevin]

16 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

looks great Kevin.....but if you keep increasing the size and scope of the project,  your going to have to get permits   

thank you,

i am trying hard not to spread it out to much this early in the build, but as everything is being buily as seperate units, i do chop and change some things around,, the courtyard over the top of the tunnels is the next to go i think

[Kevin]

good morning everyone

 

the royal palace is taking shape, the size is not over large, and will form part of the back drop, as in there will be no backs to this, one of the panels has already been removed to enable a matching look both sides 

 

hoping it will come to life a bit when the windows are made,

 

Edited January 22, 2021 by Kevin

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

quite a lot of changes and progress made since the last update, the palace/chest of drawers is now smaller, hopefully, it will look better than a block of flats when complete

the tunnel has gone

and the where the tunnel was a new wall has been made

the royal route to the palace has changed as well

the first wall i made on the right side jetty  has been extended 

[Old Collingwood]

Lovely progress mate   - starting to take shape.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

looks good Kevin.......quite a change  

[Kevin]

25 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

looks good Kevin.......quite a change  

Thank you Dennis

The Uk lockdown has been extended to 8th march, so as soon as we come out i will go back to the Dorade, but until then i am thouroughly enjoying this project

Extending it a bit to the right today with a new warehouse and wall extention  brilliant fun

[Old Collingwood]

Glad your enjoying it mate  - thats all that matteres , its giving us lots of enjoyement  also.👍

 

OC.

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

the build continues,  and gets bigger weekly

 

i wanted to try and attempt a bricks and wood structure, as this will form a lot of the buildings as it progresses forward, so i tried it with a large warehouse, as it will form part of the dockyard, i can just see a Tudor warship tied up alongside ( no dragons) that would certainly provide some reason for the royal parade

 

i have no home for the warehouse at present

a few other bits are coming together as well, as wall are being finished off