Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

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Thanks, Charlie!  One more photo of the completed "main" structure.  

   

Next, I spent some time last evening coming up with a conveyor shaft to bring the bulk coal up from underground to the top of the building.  There were some nice siding pieces left over from my "Silver City Factory Flat" kit that I thought had the right scale and corrugated steel look, so I joined about 6 sections together and cut the end to the right angle, added windows (out of the same kit), and mocked up three sides and a floor....  Here it is just resting against the top of the breaker and the foam board, but you get the idea.

   

Tonight I'll add a roof sections (also from the Silver City Factory Flat).  The conveyor structure starts out virtually 2D right near the breaker, but transitions to 3-D and moves away from the backdrop on the way down.  I'll have to figure out some towers to support the conveyor at different spacings on the way down, and eventually, I'll be building some coal and stone berms to hide the lower end of the conveyor.  I supported the floor of the conveyor with some leftover plastic I-beams to give the whole thing some stiffness.  The picture below shows the underside of the floor and some of the siding details.