06-29-2013, 02:50 PM
So based on the encouragement, I went ahead and made a cutout from foam core for the basic shape of the structure, which I can work from to build it out. As I suspected, even 19" isn't enough to do justice to even part of the building in HO, but it will be a background flat, and the scale will correspond roughly to the building to its left, which I kitbashed from a Pola N engine shop (Ausbesserungswerk, I think) several years ago. I'll raise up the foundation another half an inch, too, but I can start adding "skin" to the back layer after that. The space in the center is for the Walthers N water tower, which based on the dimensions I see, I will probably have to section in half.
