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Now that I have an idea of how the warehouse fits I started thinking about the fact that Franklin Polymer is on the same track as this building. I modified the warehouse to include Franklin Polymer. If I decide to keep it this way I'll need a replacement customer for the current Franklin Polymer siding.
So my oprtions are
A) leave it the way it was
B) add Franklin Polymer and replace the current siding
C) keep Franklin Polymer where it is but add another car spot for some other industry in the modified warehouse.
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Great looking progress! I don't have room now but I'd really like to incorporate a car float like yours to my layout someday.
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Thanks PEIR, my carfloat foot print is about 8 foot long by 10.5 inches wide with a 22 inch curve and my carfloat has 2 extensions added on. I realize the 8 feet sounds like a lot but you can keep it relatively narrow. I wanted to include a tug boat but didn't want it to be too wide.
From my previous post I went with option A) leaving everything the way it was. I also mocked up structures for Atlantic Waste and for Franklin Polymers. My thought for Atlantic Waste was to make it appear the building and the track inside curve to the left while hiding the railcars in a low relief structure. Once I get a roof on there we'll see how well it fools the eye.
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Thank you Brakie.
This area is supposed to be similar to 41st St & 1st Ave, the actual building at this corner is pretty tall so I took a guess at the height. I really don't like that it blocks so much of the corner and background and I'll probably chop it down to the height of the building next to it on the right. It won't be accurate but the lower height will allow more scenery back there to be seen.
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I choppped down the height of the corner building and like that more of the background and slightly more street running is visible. It's almost starting to look like a busy Brooklyn street.
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Track is finally painted and I'll slowly start weathering it. I have 23 of 26 turnouts hooked up with blue point switch machines. 2 turnouts will have to have some other means of throwing them because they're too close to the edge of the layout for the blue point machine to fit underneath. I was able to get away with it on 2 others but I must have veered off a little crooked. Im going to try to get the float bridge painted next so I can get the last blue point installed for the float bridge turnout.
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10-08-2018, 02:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-08-2018, 04:19 PM by Rscott417.)
Painted and started weathing the float bridge. I might have rushed a little because the primer doesn't seem to want to stick. Hopefully some clear coat and touch up will fix it.
Update: clear coat made it way worse. Might strip it down and start over
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It looks good in the pics. Looks rusted and bulging at the seams.
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Thanks Peir, unfortunately when I sprayed it with clear coat it flaked all the paint off. I also purchased 2 MTH add on subway car sets. They're really nice models, I almost hate to turn them into scrap loads.
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I was messing around with the video editor on my phone, I know it's not great quality but I hope to get a better camera once there's better scenery and lighting. So for now, here's a video of Brooklyn and Greenville #3215 unloading and loading a carfloat.
https://youtu.be/V8PV149IBsY
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I was trying to figure out what my next step should be and decided I should get the roads and sidewalks poured in the back corner. Of course I ran out of paving tape so I turned my attention to fixing the float bridge and got it wired up with the rest of the track power. I think it could use more weathering but for now I can live with it.