First Gary and now Matt---good to have you back on board

Thanks guys!

And now for the revised track plan. Things look a little bit less crowded than it was. The cement plant wasn't very much interesting to operate as it was so it had to go. The St. Sacrement Station near the diamond is (was) a modern CPR station built in the early 70s to replace Palace Station in downtown Quebec City which was scheduled to be demolished to make room for a highway. The new station had, for a while, a piggyback yard and loading facilities. Interchange with CNR was possible which makes it interesting to model.



Now, the pictures:

Allenby and St. Sacrement Station mock up:







The Bunge grain elevator is about 95% completed now. A few windows need to be glued on the central tower and lots of weathering to follow. Hard to believe we started working on this structure 7 years ago. Looks like we were a little bit LAZY!

The elevator is fantastic!!!!

Welcome back Matt, sometimes walking away from a project is the best way to make progress!

I like the revised track plan, and will watch with interest as you continue.

Cheers,

Kev

That's what I call a grain elevator.

Wonderful !

The grain elevator is nearing completion. Some weathering was done and windows were glued in place.



The port oil facilities were largely improved by the addition of 3 new reservoirs. The three previous ones were so small it was hard to believe they could handle large trafic.



Matt

Recently, a local newspaper strongly reacted to a new wood granules terminal at l'Anse-au-Foulon, exactly in the same place oil tanks existed until the late 1980s. Our layout depict this area at the same era. It gives you an idea how much crowded the place with tanks of various sizes!

http://images.lpcdn.ca/924x615/201311/15...rvoirs.jpg

Matt

Looking good, love the elevator !

The huge elevator is in fact very impressive.

ps. I like the automatic silo refill via the tube coming down from the ceiling

faraway Wrote:ps. I like the automatic silo refill via the tube coming down from the ceiling

You found out!

Some more pictures of the grain elevator:







It also has been proposed to enlarge the grain elevator in the same way the prototype was enlarged in the late 1950s. If we get tired of the mock up, it won't be build.



We started rebuilding the Limoilou section yesterday. The water heater located in the closet will be soon removed. The loop benchwork will be rebuilt there. The removable section is redone on a hollow core door. Rebuilding Limoilou from scractch will probably be the largest project for 2014.



Matt

Looks good, a very impressive building!

sailormatlac Wrote:

faraway Wrote:ps. I like the automatic silo refill via the tube coming down from the ceiling

Matt

All kidding aside...How were (are) they filled..??

The size and weathering of the grain elevator and silos is fantastic! Great job!

I started working on St-Sacrement station yesterday and today. The structure is a bash of DPM taxi cab and Cutting Co buildings. It was a kitbash I started last year for an ill-fated small layout.

The structure looks a lot like Farnham ex-CPR station (now located on MMA). The original building is a 1949-1950 International style structure quite similar to the DMP building. The two-storey part represent offices and freight station. The one-storey part is the maintenance crew space with a large door for a speeder.





First, I had to complete the basement section. I used plain styrene sheets to represent a concrete foundation. DPM modular parts were fitted to complete the cornice of the one storey shed. The door was extended to the ground, it will be used to store the speeder.





Then, I laminated 2 sheets of 1.5mm styrene together to make the marquese. Evergreen corrugated roof material was sliced and glued to mimick a classic metal flashing found on those old modern buildings. Horizontal window mullions are made out of heavy paper. I followed the prototype and feel it will help to forget, a little bit, the generic DPM look. Various electric appliances were added, make of Plastruct circular shapes and bits of styrene.

Downspouts were added with brass wire brackets to hide the seams between different brick parts.







And then I found out my can of white primer was empty... So no paint for a while, unfortunately.

Matt

You have a great eye for super-detailing .... It is amazing how much difference tiny additions like scale brackets for the downspouts make. Will you be opening up any of the dock doors?