Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

[TMo]

Enough sludge production - my parts came in to build the ACME (some Plastruct .080 x .100 strips and some transpartent sheet). 

I'm going to spend a good bit of time on the front face of the supermarket which will be a combination of cardstock and plastic pieces anchored together by a continuous piece of transparent plastic sheet to simulate all of the glass in the front.  To refresh memories, here's the prototype face:

https://web.archive.org/web/202202160311...ain_01.jpg

I first estimated the overall scale of the building, and the spacing of the window panels.  My guess is something on the order of 88' from front corner to front corner with a 10-foot wall height to the roof at the corner and a 10 degree angle of the roofing (the real deal may be slightly bigger, but I'd rather go with smaller based on the space available).  I sketched out the various dimensions (including scaled building in inches) on a piece of paper

   

 and then decided to attack the cardstock portions of the front face first - the brick sections nearest the front corners including doors as the first priority.  I found a 2-story section of brick from the Cream City kit to use as the brick for those sections of the building and used solid doors from that same kit.  Since the shopper doors are transparent, I'll use the ones I just built from the Central Camera kit.  I also need to remember that my front face will be a mirror image of the prototype - the shopper doors will be on the right corner, the solid doors on the other side.  I'll be working on these brick sections and adding the doors which will take some time.