Hello There! I have continued to build the harbour. The first part is here.
Here is the wall for the harbour, complete with the arch over the entrance. I am planning to round off the top of the wall and after impressing the blockwork into the foam wall I will cover the wall with a thin sheet of air drying clay. I am using the clay because if you mix it with a little water and then dry it quickly in the sun it will crack. This is the process I used on the refurbishment of the Airfix desert fort here.
The top of the wall has a length of airdrying clay, rounded off to give the round topped wall when the next layer of clay is applied. There will be two posts either side of the entrance to support the arch. The corners have already had a mitre cut to join the corners.
The floor of the harbour has been covered with Slaters plasticard and two recessed squares were cut out of the base using a router. This is because the two disparate periods of history, that this scenery is intended for, will require a change of accessories. The WWII scenario with have a brick hut, (above), and a crane to help unload fishing boats. For the Napoleonic scenario I have a number of barrels, baggage and boxed muskets. These will be fixed to the plywood inserts and swapped as required.
The Hut above was scratch built, by me, many years ago and I have been looking for a use for it ever since. It was a practice for emulating Emmanuell Noilierre, a French model maker who specialises in ultra realistic derelict building facades.
He uses canson foam board and impresses brick and blockwork into the soft surface. His painting is very realistic and while I may not get to his standard he does have many useful techniques which are worth learning.
The next part should see the wall and accessories fitted and the result of an attempt to build a rig to hang fishing nets on to dry.
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