Freelance 2014-2

[sailormatlac]

I don't know about the BNSF, but the shed building would fit. It would be rather brand new for the time, so go lightly on the weathering.

BTW, the scene looks perfect with the locomotive emerging from the building.

Matt

[faraway]

The old switcher is back on duty.

[faraway]

Work at the east warehouse complex started today.

[jonte]

Looking good, Reinhard: whilst you work extremely quickly, nothing appears rushed.

Keep it coming,

jonte

[faraway]

@Jonte, in fact I am reducing my speed intentionally. e.g. I postpone this 4.th industry last weekend and used the time to try some more alternatives to position the buildings. I am really not eager to finish this phase in summer and dismantle it in fall again.
A base layer of paint completes this day.



Next day: did a mortal and a black wash, added windows and window glass. Not much done, have been busy with other matters.

[faraway]

Some progress

[Tyson Rayles]

Nice !

[Kev1340]

Gotta love those Middlesex buildings! They make a great scene Reinhard

Cheers,

Kev

[long island jack]

Ray

[modelsof1900]

Reinhard -
you are my world champion in erecting of whole industrial complexes in one or two weeks!
Wish you endless new ideas for all times! My highest approval about your work!

[faraway]

I had some wall elements left over from the Middlesex kits after the two intended main structures had been completed.

Two sides walls (match front walls in design and height dimensions) have been used to extend the background building in the left rear corner.


It became longer and more visible forming some kind of a yard with the other building.


A spare rear wall matches the second completed building and sits at it's right side now


and we got a bridge between the two buildings

[faraway]

Cornerstone's REA building is a nice one but there is one problem. It does not fit my layout at all....
Task for this Sunday is to make it fit!

Step 1
Use only the half building set across the layout. The west side becomes the truck loading dock. The east side is solid brick only.


Step 2
Use the lower half spare long wall saved in step 1 to create the railroad loading dock. I use a flat structure only to have less visual blocking.
the rear wall is a plain brick wall and is barely visible.


It fits my layout perfect

[Rscott417]

Looking good, I was curious to see what you were going to do with that siding. I was afraid it was going to be a team track but I should have known better with your kitbashing skills. From looking at the photo though, i'm going to guess that the coupler makes contact with the building before the wheels hit the stops (I could be 100% incorrect), maybe you could change it to a solid concrete bumping post to prevent any mishaps with railcar/building contact. OR, if the coupler does hit the wall you could make it look like there was an incident at one point and make some damaged bricks on the wall and some crumbled, fallen bricks in between the rails. It's not a perfect world, accidents happen.

[faraway]

.... change it to a solid concrete bumping post to prevent any mishaps with railcar/building contact....

A very good point. I can not find a lot of bumpers protecting a building. Do you have examples similar to my situation?

Status update


That's it. It's 00:12h... good night

[Rscott417]

A very good point. I can not find a lot of bumpers protecting a building. Do you have examples similar to my situation?

Nothing specific to protecting a building but heres an example of concrete bumpers <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://etraxx.com/projects/structures/railroad/bumping-posts/concrete-bumping-posts/">http://etraxx.com/projects/structures/r ... ing-posts/</a><!-- m -->
You don't have to narrow it down to concrete either, a hayes style bumper would be practical also.