Hello There! Along with the modular terrain and the Walled Vineyard I have also started a harbour for the above.
This can be used for the Aegean and 20mm figures and also Napoleonics in 28mm.
This is based on the Wargames Illustrated Feature, 'Operation Nostalgia' which was in issue 74 in November 1993.
This is the basic shape. After drawing a plan of the proposed design I measured out a 600mm x 600mm scenic tile.
I had drawn out the layout of the harbour and used some timber I had stored in the garage, 'in case I ever needed it'! I cut it to size, using a cross cut saw,
I then made sure the surface of the floor of the harbour was all the same height by using some thin off cuts of styrofoam glued in place using non solvent gripfill.
The tool on the left of t he picture is a Stanley Surform. It is a hand held plane which is perfect for moulding styrofoam. It makes a big mess but is easily hoovered up. It enables you to mould the styrofoam and be more precise with your meausrements.
The block and brick work for the harbour walls and floor are from a railway model supplier called Slaters Plasticard. They supply many different scales and size if brick and block work.
I found it difficult to keep the steel rule in place while cutting the sheet to size so devised a system to hold the ruler in place which I had hands free to cut the sheet accurately.
I used a quick release clamp to held one end of the ruler in place while cutting and was able to keep my fingers out of the way while cutting.
I planned to represent a number of large timber logs to fit next to the wall as retaining and a way to protect the wall against careless fishing boat captains who could hit the wall while mooring. I also wanted a length of timber along the corner of the wall and floor of the harbour.
Both of these would be made from plasticard, scored with a suede brush and then marked with a wood grain with a sharp No 11 scalpel blade.The plastic strip is the start of this.
Also the foam and plywood sandwich is the start of the boundary wall of the harbour. This will be covered in air drying clay later.
On the left hand side is masking tape holding the Slaters plasticard on to the sides of the harbour walls.
This is the end of part one and in the next part I hope to complete the plasticard cladding and add a couple of extra features.