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I certainly will Dobbs, although they are not nearly as comprehensive as the Dubrovnik ones were. For one, the town walls are now non extant, and very few traces remain. Much development of the...

Just in the nick of time to get started this month the rest of my Brigade order arrived today.
I have now laid out a rough idea of how the town will look.
Rob.

Thanks Jonas.
I am feeling a bit better today, as the temp is down and my cough is not so persistant.
Rob.

That is white craft foam Vol. I usually use blue, but could not obtain it in 10mm thick so had to resort to this. It seems even more dense than the blue.
Rob.

Last evening I added the top floor with the battlements, before the Covid struck me.
This is what the end of this stage looks like. Next is the Bridge to the island with the town. If i feel up to it...

Here is the extended works glued up and just awaiting the top floor with the wallwork tomorrow.

HISTORY OF TARANTO.

In 1746 Taranto had 11,526 inhabitants. All of them were packed in the small island, among a high number of religious institutes and churches. Francesco Antonio Calo', a...

Here is a link to the castle map from the 17th Cent Dobbs.

https://www.siderlandia.it/2.0/alla-scoperta-del-castello-aragonese-di-taranto/

Here is the next phase done today.

Tower added to the battered part of the wall section, and slot cut in the back of the tower battlements. I had drilled a hole where the cross is on the...

With the tower now done I am starting to shape the Batter part of the walls.

Turning the tower yesterday.

And so another project begins with a scratch built extension to the existing fort to get it back to its 1800 incarnation.

Rob.

This may be of special interest to Dobbs who also has the castle on order.

The Castle of Taranto, called Castel S. Angelo, is located near an ancient natural depression of the rock bank above...

I have now started some research on my next project which is Castello Argonese also known as Castel san Angelo.



Fortunately Brigade models do an almost correct model of the fort, but as my...