Thanks for posting your build. What an awesome model... You know I love the individual shingles... lots of time but very well worth it!!! Looking forward to seeing your progression with the waterfront scene as I am sure our fellow forum members are too.

Great work Joel !
Awesome to see another shipyard in progress, and done so well. The shingles really look good, as does the siding colour and texture.

I'm really excited to see how you are integrating all these kits together. Judging by these first pics its going to look superb and I look forward to seeing it, both in progress and completed.

Karl.A

Well I finished "planting" the ship. I left off a couple of ribs and plan to create a scene with the workmen lifting one into place. I placed some of the supportting elements arount it to see what it looks like. Nothing is secured except the seawall the scenery and the ship under construction. The last picture is a good sketch of what this side of the diorama will look like. Note the trestle for Shelby's in the back. The green of the algae on the seawall is off but I'm working on it.

Anything further on this build - also. please fix the pic so we can see them - thx

Just got back from holiday and I'll get back to building. Unfortunately I decided to add lights so it may go slow. I'll try and resend the above pictures and see if it works this time.

WOW
This is stunning modeling Joel.

Thanks. All I see are red "X"s on my computer so I hope some of the pictures are clear.
I'm just about done the trestle and the interior of Shelby's so hopefully I'll have more pictures (or red "X"s) soon.

Not sure about the red 'x''s Joel, but everything looks superb from here....

Maybe the problem is with the file size, it would be appreciated if members could keep the image sizes below 200k. Instead of the larger 2mb file size, this benefits all of us.

This may be where you are experiencing problems viewing the pics due to the download time, (ie your connection 'timing-out')......Other members may also have the same problem.

Modeling this good deserves to be seen by everyone and enjoyed.

Great work.

Karl.A

Joel-
I've had the "red x" problem in the past--everyone could see the pictures except me. In my case, it was an issue with Internet Explorer. To fix, try to click on the "compatibility view" button. It's to the right of the address window and looks like this:


Can't promise it'll fix your issue, but it worked for me.

BTW, fantastic modeling! The weathering on the Foss Tugs & Barges building is awesome. Shingles are great as is your rock work. Looking forward to more...

OK I've been busy finishing the trestle. I started the interior of Shelby's and realized it is so detailed it needs lights so I've been building tiny little lamps to hang. Here they are installed.
Also started doing the roof. the picture here shows my new peeling paint effect on the siding using "White-out".

OK did some work on the boat repair area. I want it complete before I add the building.
I think the hoist shed needs a light to show off the detail. This is getting a bit crazy.

today was different. I painted about 70 seagulls and finished detailing the boats. I poured the first two layers of envirotex but I'm trying something new I learned at CSS last year. Modge Podge. Never tried it but here goes. lots of little bubbles. I hope they fade as it dries. I also started sketching in the dock details as once the boat is in it will be hard to reach. The buoy is a piece of Lego I rusted up.

I cannot wait to see this in Peabody... what an awesome diorama!

It's time to start seeing how it will all shape up. I love this part. The buildings, details and lights are not done but I'm impatient and need to plan for my trees so I can work out the junk/detail placement. I placed all the buildings where they go (nothing except the docks and one boat are glued down). I placed what I hope are some appropriate trees for a relatively quite east coast cove. I think you can see it start to come together now. Now to finish the trees/buildings/details....that's whole other thing.

Joel- Fabulous work so far! Can you elaborate on your "white-out" method of peeling paint? It looks great. Mike