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If you wanted to "correct" the elevator and door (not that there's anything wrong with it), you could do something like this:
It's from Spitfire's site <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.parkdaleyard.com">http://www.parkdaleyard.com</a><!-- m -->. She put a metal sliding door you can see to the left. To keep the elevator cage door open so you can see the crates, you could add just the tips sticking down a little at the top of the door.
Andrew
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Yeah, there are lots of ways to represent elevators. One friend questioned why I opted to put the hoisting equipment in dormers, as many early elevators were hydraulic, with the lifting appartus in the basement (or lower). I just happen to like the looks of dormers, especially on large expanses of otherwise plain roofs.
The main reason for modelling an elevator at all was to include an open door and a little bit of interest without modelling a more complete interior scene - most of that would be lost in a non-lighted structure, and I'm not at all interested in doing lighted-anything again.
Heck, I purposely take the lights out of my locomotives, too.
Wayne
For what it's worth, "C.E.Bowyer" sounds like a very authentic Canadian name. How did your friend wind up on the wrong side of the lakes?
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We started out on the other side of the Atlantic. My Grandfather Bowyer came to the US in 1921. My Uncle was born in England. My Grandfather's father came from France so we are told, so the W may have been an English addition, though I think maybe the fact's are really vague. Half my mothers family came from Europe in the early 1800's and the other half were here to meet them. I have a picture of my Great grandfather Shurt and his cousins, and I sure would not have liked to meet them in an alley.
You will notice if you look they are all well armed.
Granpa Frank is on the left. He died a very young man from cancer.
Charlie
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Excellent work Wayne. I've seen many people trying to bash this very structure into something more realistic, but you just outdid all of them. The brick coloring, attention to details (cast iron parts, corbel, etc), makes it as realistic as can be. There used to be a Broom manufacture standing near my home and your model is almost an exact replica.
Very lovely result, particularly how the factory merge with the surrounding building. Very interesting scene. You definitely improved you urbanscape a lot. I suspect this will be a favorite spot to picture your newest rolling stock!
Thanks for sharing!
Matt
