Thanks for the white window and gas explanations. Both will be used. I will paint some windows white from inside. Gas meters have been ordered and will arrive in about three weeks.
I did see a lot of gas tanks in the backyards in rural areas. I did not notice a so wide gas supply with a pipe network, especially not in earthquake endangered CA.

The roof is in place now and got five support strips.



And it got a dark gray paint layer. Visible inside parts got a black coat reducing reflections and the windows need no black paint. The loadings docks are the topic for tomorrow.

As much as I miss your grain silos I think that building looks very fine there. Say...do you have the ability to change structures out so you have some variety if you wanted?
Ralph

Ralph Wrote:...do you have the ability to change structures out so you have some variety if you wanted?...

Ralph, I can not exchange buildings but it is fairly simple to replace a building/area with another one. The layout is absolute flat and everything is glued with white wood glue in place only. That makes it easy to prepare a spot with some water within an hour for a new building. In this case it it even more easy because I will keep the industry ground (1/10" blue foam painted with concrete color).

The warehouse is ready for operation. It will hold five 50' boxcars with first, third and fifth car at a loading dock.

As always, excellent work!

Smile,
Stein

Russ Bellinis Wrote:I also think most businesses would have gas lines and meters.

SS Limited has gas meters (which Reinhard noticed on photos of my layout), although the sizes they have apply pretty much just to single-family houses and small businesses (like DPM buildings). In a pinch, the larger DPM style buildings could have multiples of the largest SS Ltd gas meters.

However, industrial gas meters are a different matter, same goes for large-scale industrial and agricultural water connections. Nobody's done models of these, though with the larger size shoebox style industries, or even the big warehouse here, they'd be really excellent details.

Note to self: take some photos on next railfan expedition!

Reinhard that's a fantastic scene!

Thank you for the kind words.

I felt the shoe box across from the new storage looked strange now. A bunch of DPM elements could form a building as an optical counterweight on the other side of the three tracks. The loading docks have been spaced for two 50' boxcars.
I am not convinced the bold DPM walls match the fine structured wall of the Cornerstone building. May be I shall make it shorter and less prominent to let the Cornerstone building dominate.

I agree, lower the DPM building because the Walthers building is A+! A really great structure and well done.

It has been shortened from six to two segments. We will see how it fits with some paint and mortal wash. "Breaking" of one story will be the next step if it is still somehow a mismatch. If all that fails I will look for another fine Cornerstone structure.
It will be extended by a low one story building with a double pitch roof along the three cars.

I had a look at the Cornerstone Hiawatha Freight House Kit (#2954, http://www.rd-hobby.de/shopping/catalog....item=19143). That might be a good choice. I had that building on a former layout. It is a beauty and two sets can be combined. It is a brick structure but has a very different shape and will not be in competition with the warehouse..

Looks good from here.

Gary S Wrote:Looks good from here.

I ordered the freight house. Shipping will not happen until next week.

Reinhard, earth quakes really don't effect whether there are gas lines or not. Virtually all cities have utilities run through piping in tunnels built under the streets. The propane or natural gas tanks you would see out in the country are due to a house being too rural to have the underground utilities run. Typically electrical and phone lines will be run on power lines first. Often gas will be delivered to a tank in the yard and sewage will be handled by a septic tank system.

Russ Bellinis Wrote:Reinhard, earth quakes really don't effect whether there are gas lines or not. Virtually all cities have utilities run through piping in tunnels built under the streets. The propane or natural gas tanks you would see out in the country are due to a house being too rural to have the underground utilities run. Typically electrical and phone lines will be run on power lines first. Often gas will be delivered to a tank in the yard and sewage will be handled by a septic tank system.

I see. The tunnel is like a buffer if the earth is shaking. That is much more expensive to build than just the pipes in the ground as we do here.