I must go down to the mud again...

In keeping with my lovely old set-piece of Paglesham with the dinghy, I have been making some Fishermens' sheds, huts, whatever you want to call them. All are intended for a set-piece based on Southwold Harbour, where the little 3 foot gauge Southwold Railway had a small branch, which came to nought really, although a bit of light flat-bottomed rail survives at the edge of the land next the River Blyth.
All are based on real buildings, but may have some slight changes of detail, finishes, etc.  So far there is a small, well kept hut, a larger, neglected one and a smokehouse/fresh fish seller.
All are made in Foamex, a wonderfully compliant material which is a self skinned PVA foam . I use 3mm as it is nicely self supporting but not long winded to cut. I mitre the corners just by laying the scalpel over to an estimated 45 degrees and glue with Evo-Stik impact adhesive.  The planking can be impressed with a scalpel-scoring and the corner of a steel rule, leaned over and run along so it represents shiplap.  On brickwork, you can impress the courses and do the verticals to place the bricks with a narrow home made chisel or a sharpened piece of brass.  Stucco can be done by pressing some 60 grit sandpaper into the surface with a small hard roller, like a wallpaper seam roller.  I use it for the doors too.  Cut it out, score the planks, set it back and glue it.  Done.

Bare Foamex, with planks scored with the back of a scalpel blade. Door cut out, scored and replaced. Styrene strip framing.

Painted with enamels, wiped off with a finger and re-painted with designers' gouache in patches to represent where the tar has weathered away.  An attempt, not too much, has been made to paint wood grain on as that shows up strongly when the aged wood silvers with no paint on it.  These are the two main weathered walls. The other 2 don't get so much wind and rain and so have a little more tar left.  The door is painted in a different grey with some bits of Foamex left unpainted to represent where the grey top coat has flaked away from the primed wood.

The finished hut, with styrene roof, covered in 240 grit wet'n'dry paper and real wood hold down strips, all weathered with ground chalk pastels. Some evidence of junk inside with some fine netting representing old fishing nets and the odd wooden block and notice from the Harbour Master.

The littler hut is a better kept example. He's been flogging that dinghy for years, if there's owt left!

The smokehouse/ fishmonger's stall.  Menu boards inside.  "A" board for outside. Varnished plywood for the counter and blue marbled Fablon covered top.  If you know what that is, you ain't no spring chicken!  There will be a bricked paved area out front when it's finally set in it's scenic position.

Another set-piece that's even older, but not so muddy, is Lantern Yard, for which I just made this to give a bit of extra interest in the canal lock area.  It's a canal Lengthman's hut in brick. Foamex, with hand impressed bricks, individually painted, just now requiring a slate roof and some rainwater furniture.

Oh and a door knob and some glazing!  Note the correct brick bond, including Queen closers at door and window reveals.  I trouble over such things.  And who's to tell me otherwise?