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

[Old Collingwood]

Looking great mate,   love the wood beams.

 

OC.

[lmagna]

WOW,  you are a regular brick laying, (Or is that stone laying) machine Kevin. I am trying to envision where this is going but it is certain that it is going to be a grand city! 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

back to basics today, yet again i have pulled my self in, and telling myself to concentrate on work already started, this tends to happen when im enjoying doing something

 

so back to the the royal parade

 

[Waitoa]

Loving the cobblestone effect you and Ekis are inspiring me back to mind, sure my son won’t mind his home schooling slipping 

[Old Collingwood]

Cant beat a bit of  Crazy Paving.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

awesome progress Kev........are there to be railings along the edges?

[Kevin]

2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

awesome progress Kev........are there to be railings along the edges?

I dont know if there was much of safety rails in the tudor times, still looking

[mtaylor]

4 hours ago, Kevin said:

I dont know if there was much of safety rails in the tudor times, still looking

Safety?  They may have heard of it.

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

 

i now have the basic outline of the harbour, the centrepiece, will be a future build of a Tudor warship at or around 1/70 to 1/90 scale 

just making up the last sea wall

 

the entrance on the right will take us all into the town,

the chest of drawers as so called needs a new position, so at present i am now working out what to do with the back high wall 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

well another sea wall made up, this is about 550mm long and hopefully will be sufficient to park a Tudor warship, if and when i get the chance to built one

 

the basic layout is now taking shape and im happy with it, although i still have to think about ensuring the inside is secure from attack/nasty people

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

 

well im happy with the basic shape of the harbour, and should not change much now, some walls have been replaced but the previous units will go into the town,

one of the two lighthouse now have homes 

 

this afternoon i tried to do some basic weathering, agreed the tide line dont right tight, this will be the water lever so hopefully what is seen will be lightened or darkened, lol we all have to start somewhere

[popeye the sailor]

looking very good Kevin.....really nice weathering  

[EJ_L]

Wow! Excellent job on that tide line and the moss/algae even high up. The crusted buildup reminds me of the docks in the fishing communities back home in Louisiana. I think that will look great with the water lapping alongside. More and more amazing with each update!

[Waitoa]

Looking really good and impressed with the speed of your build

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

finally worked out how the diorama is going to work out for me, ever since the walled city became a walled harbour, the intention was to put a vessel in there, the vessel will bee the Caldercraft Mary Rose as it sits in around the 15th 16th Century time frame

 

i will be working on this project for another couple of weeks and then turn my attention to finishing of at least one project (the Dorade) 

 

meanwhile i have altered the right hand corner again the accommodate the jetty, hopefully it will be tidied off tomorrow

 

the new area looks a bit messy at present due to using pieces that were on the old design, nothing is being wasted, in a worst case, the bricks are soaked in warm water to release the PVA glue are reused

 

 

 

new jetty, this need to be about 6" inches longer to accommodate the Mary rose the distance from the edge of the round tower to the jetty edge is 30'