Thursday, April 22, 2010

Time Flies!

A look at the passenger platforms at the station & south into the tunnel approach.
A straight on shot of the passenger terminal. Still needs a lot of detailing.
Looking north into the passenger station tunnel, w/ lights!
The engine facility w/ turntable is under construction.
A look north to the front of the Keller Furniture complex.
An arial shot of new sawdust collector & structures.
A close up shot of some of the buildings along the waterfront w/ their new pilings.
Looking south at the Keller Furniture plant w/ my scratchbuilt sawdust collector & loader.
A view of some of the elevated track that will lead up to the ore dock.
The peninsula is where the ore dock will sit.
A look at the latest add on completed yesterday to the KTLC News studio. a garage entrance.
A multi-story housing project. (Kitbashed 4 tenement backgound buildings & a Brachs candy building on the side)
Looking at the rougher part of town near the industrial district.
Some of the industrial district, still needs a lot of detailing....
A look at the business district taking shape.
Lets see, my last post was Sept. 16 2009.... Wow, it's now almost 7 months later!! I'd like to say time flies when your having fun, but I've been busy making $$ to keep the empire afloat. A great deal has changed since the last post, as you can tell by the photos. Currently I'm working on the waterfront area. Just finished a Model Tech wood structure (Roscoes small engine repair) as an addition to my Keller furniture manufacturing facility. I also scratchbuilt a sawdust collector & loader w/ bits of odds & ends that I had laying around. I thought it turned out pretty good. I also did some street running in the harbor town area. It was a bit of a pain to have to scratch out all the plaster w/ some dental tools along the trackage but it was the only way I could think of doing it to make it look alright. I want to add another wood structure to the scene, American model Builders kits "Nine Mile House & Tavern" kit. I thought the wood structures were more fitting in the harbor area.
I also completed 4 "Imagine That" elevated track sections for the lead up to the ore dock. The are really easy kits to build & look great. Unfortunately, because they look so good, I'm thinking about adding a couple more so the whole city section has them instead of some other form of bridge or embankment.