This style of door goes way back beyond the 1970s.They are still being made today.They mount either on the outside like your example or on the inside of the opening so all you could see was the door itself streetside.

Thank you. That is exactly what I wanted to know.

Some time later

The super structure is complete. The glue must set well before I can handle it for base painting. Blocks of cork are glued to ground inside the buildings to form an alignment tool when the center and right building are removed and put back on the layout. They reside on a removable part (in front of the french balcony door)


ps. We call a balcony door with a handrail at the outside but no balcony a "french balcony" in Germany. It's advantage are better ventilation and more light than a window of the same width at the same location.

Reinhard, your new layout theme makes me think a bit about another (belgian)exhibition model railroad, which is set in a city/industrial zone.


Here's a link, it might provide some inspiration. Most buildings on this layout are made of card stock to be able to get them to realistic sizes.

New Ponca Yard. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.freewebs.com/newponcayard/movies1.htm">http://www.freewebs.com/newponcayard/movies1.htm</a><!-- m --> It has been exhibited in Germany before too, I believe Rodgau.

Koos

Koos, I saw that layout several years ago in Heilbronn shortly after I started with US model railroading. I was deeply impressed and it influencing a lot of my modeling. It is a steady reminder to be aware of the right proportions of (tiny) railroad vs. (huge) industry. It did open my eyes for scratch building too. My current layout is apparently influenced by New Ponca Yard.
ps. The other early and massive influencer was and is Jon with Sweet Home Chicago.

Reinhard, looks very interesting and will bring a lot of switching options!

Reinhard said,

"My current layout is apparently influenced by New Ponca Yard. The other early and massive influencer was and is Jon with Sweet Home Chicago."

Reinhard,I suspect Jon's Sweethome Chicago,and Sweethome Alabama have influenced a lot of model railroads. :mrgreen:

I think that Jon Grant's exhibition layouts have indeed influenced many people, not only by their quality of work, but showing that by selective compressing, leaving out the right things, you can get the feel of something much bigger (as in area) in a small space.

Personally, I'm also influenced by Lance Mindheim, Mike Confalone, Pele Soeborg, and Joe Fugate.

Koos

The west end industry got some more work
(kit bashed Walthers "George Roberts Printing")

What amazing work Reinhard. Truly awesome to look at.

coming along nicely. :-)

That's a NICE structure!

Ya know Reinhard, I think your layout would look even better with some large buildings on it. :mrgreen:

Well check that out . I finally hit 1,000 posts.

At the West Bottoms in Kansas City Mo is an old industry building with a loading dock under a part of the building. I will see how I can use that as an inspiration on my layout.
http://goo.gl/maps/7oENB
The back sides of two Atlas Middlesex kits are used for kit bashing.


Catt, 1000 keep on posting

Is that building why some boxcars have roof hatches?

Interesting structure. Your job on the previous concrete and brick structure is very convincing. The building proportions are right, making it rigth-sized for a train layout.

Matt