New Bedford Whaler...circa 1875. *The Harbour*

[spanner570]

Please don't desert me folks. Not after my 'Darkest Hour' with this.......I need all the support I can get.


I'm designing a backbrop of buildings out of thin card. I was surprised just how big the waterside buildings where around this time.


Here is the paper template and the resulting card frontage, obviously still more work needed, but I have the basics done and made all the templates.






Cheers,


Ron

[spanner570]

Oh well....


Here are a few pictures of the building...


Note the tabs for gluing.






Stuck together....






Placed on the base.






Thanks for looking.


Cheers,


Ron

[Guest]

Beginning to smell the salt air Ron, great work. Derek

[Gern]

He's here again folks! Creating another masterpiece out of scraps and oddments.


Are you trying to put the scenery manufacturers out of business by showing us how we can do without them?

[spanner570]

Thanks for your posts Derek and Dave. All good stuff.


I'm sure peeps will have noticed I have glued the back bit back on to accommodate the buildings - will someone please tell me to leave the bl***y thing alone!

[Gern]

Thanks for your posts Derek and Dave. All good stuff.
I'm sure peeps will have noticed I have glued the back bit back on to accommodate the buildings - will someone please tell me to leave the bl***y thing alone!

Hey Ron! Leave the bl***y thing alone!


Happy now?

[monica]

how have I,missed all this Ron,I,m so sorry,


lovely to see you back at it,and this will be very interesting to watch,


great work so far,as the polystyrene,just suits the scale so well,without all the work of making rocks,


the jetty and other woodwork looks great as well,real like your colors,


and for the building did you scale that down or just by eye,?


as I would do,


I do real like the ship,I must do one ,one day always been interested in a wooden ship,


look forward to seeing more and will be on board for all 3

[spanner570]

Thanks for the post Monica, it's always good to read your comments on my builds.


I scale up just the same as you - by eye. I always start with a scale figure in a doorway. Scale the doorway and then work across and up, scale 8ft floor to ceiling, 1ft for the floor joists etc. Then another 8ft to the start of the roof. Then I decide what pitch looks right for the roof. I then have a play with the position of windows and other doors. I would think you do much the same.


Cheers lady,


Ron

[spanner570]

Hey Ron! Leave the bl***y thing alone!

Might do..... :P

[Guest]

Great start to the building.

[monica]

Thanks for the post Monica, it's always good to read your comments on my builds.
I scale up just the same as you - by eye. I always start with a scale figure in a doorway. Scale the doorway and then work across and up, scale 8ft floor to ceiling, 1ft for the floor joists etc. Then another 8ft to the start of the roof. Then I decide what pitch looks right for the roof. I then have a play with the position of windows and other doors. I would think you do much the same.


Cheers lady,


Ron

ta Ron,


that is about the same way I do,me and scale rules don,t get on lol,


and it seams to work out ok as well,or go ,off a picture as well,


I do always enjoy your builds,so meany tips and hints,and ,and you do make it all


look so simple,as well,keep up the great work as I lov it,

[spanner570]

Thanks for your posts Monica and Ralph....


Here's the next stage of the harbour build. I've been sat in front of the thing, having a beer waiting for ideas to come along - and blow me down if they did.


I was doing some work on the warehouses, then hit on the idea of a waterside tavern and a fish market. Plus some replacement sails for the whaler.


Still some detail to do on the buildings like barge boards, chimneys etc, but the majority of the work on them is done.


Here are the pictures.


The fish market and one of the warehouses.






The pub and the other warehouse.






The line up....I set the pub back a bit and brought forward the market to break up the line of buildings.






Some replacement sails. After a bit of experimenting, I settled on making them from rolled up toilet paper, painted with acrylics and tied with beige cotton. These will sit on the quayside waiting to be hauled aboard the ship.






That's it for now.


Thanks for looking.


Ron

[Guest]

The buildings look great Ron as do the sails.

[monica]

great update,the sails look so good ,I use that paper or handwipes from KFC,once dry are good as well,


looks so much better with more builds ,I do real think so,well done,


on them

[spanner570]

Thanks folks, it's good to have you along for a sail........