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Title: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 18, 2013, 08:13:37 PM
..ok, so I'll get a little thread started here too....with no intent of a thread before this forum began, the pictures will kinda start after the fact....I'll do my best to show progress from going back into my pictures and see what happens....most of my builds of late have been my own kits....the only other kit on my bench at this time is Doug's Red Hook 2....(I'll get some pics up on that one here too)

Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 18, 2013, 08:37:48 PM
...looks like I need to resize the pics.....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: robertseckler on December 19, 2013, 07:14:30 AM
Jeff

What pictures

None there!!!!
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 19, 2013, 07:25:35 AM
....starting the dock supports...
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: PHQRR on December 19, 2013, 08:16:20 PM
How big is the whole project going to be?
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 19, 2013, 09:34:02 PM
...this is like dejavu, I can't post pictures again....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 19, 2013, 09:36:08 PM
Al...the plans on this one for now are -
    - harbor master
    - cotton exchange
    - a small freight house
    - a large freight house
    - another dock with a different footprint
    - and a little grouping of 3-4 stores/dock business's......
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 06:11:06 AM
...the dock progresses.....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 06:15:47 AM
...I hope to post some pictures of the completed Cotton Exchange and the little dio that it is on.....I'll post more construction pictures as I move on to the next building of this series....the next building will probably be the smaller freight house....but knowing me, that is subject to change....I just picked up a neat structure from a friend to do a kit of....which may interfere with scheduled plans... ???
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 06:18:00 AM
..the Cotton Exchange building.....the picture is of the test build, and the dormers and some others issues have been fixed....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 06:48:31 AM
...here is the Harbor Master building for this series....is it unique or weird? 
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: Dave K. on December 20, 2013, 07:27:29 AM
Methinks Jeff is burning the midnight oil.
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: PHQRR on December 20, 2013, 08:18:18 AM
Quote from: jlgrove on December 19, 2013, 09:36:08 PM
Al...the plans on this one for now are -
    - harbor master
    - cotton exchange
    - a small freight house
    - a large freight house
    - another dock with a different footprint
    - and a little grouping of 3-4 stores/dock business's......

Me thinks this will cause me great misery as I may have to remodel the whole end of Port Hapless...Fortunately it hasn't been ballasted in or too scenicked yet...
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: Slim Jerkins on December 20, 2013, 09:44:29 AM
Quote from: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 06:48:31 AM
...here is the Harbor Master building for this series....is it unique or weird?

I think it's unique AND weird.  :o

-slim
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: Dave K. on December 20, 2013, 10:13:31 AM
Weirdly unique.
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 12:33:14 PM
..and here is the finished version of the Cotton Exchange...this is the first building of this Front Street Dock series.....other than some details this one is ready to go.....cutting and packing these now....(maybe this should be posted in the manufacturer's section of this forum??)....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 12:35:20 PM
...and a few more pics....

....up next, will be the "Dockside Fish Market", a rather run down fish market that has stood the test of time....this one replaces the small freight building that I originally had on the list.....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: gnatshop on December 20, 2013, 01:11:41 PM
Quote from: Slim Jerkins on December 20, 2013, 09:44:29 AM
Quote from: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 06:48:31 AM
...here is the Harbor Master building for this series....is it unique or weird? 
I think it's unique AND weird.  :o  -slim 
Looks perfectly normal in my mind!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 05:14:57 PM
...here is a conceptual vision of what all is to be a part of this series.....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: ACL1504 on December 20, 2013, 07:37:58 PM
Jeff,

Well done my friend. I like the dock look!

Tom
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: PHQRR on December 20, 2013, 07:46:27 PM
Tugs at my heart...I spent two years commercial fishing along the coast from Cape Hatteras NC to Cape Canaveral FL.  Most of the time going out of Shem Creek in Mt. Pleasant SC (Charleston).  Looks like a lot of the little fish docks that we came in to unload our catch of Snapper, Grouper, Vermillion, pogies...and anything else that we could sell.  All on hook and line with 1-armed bandit rig that we used.  I'll dig out a picture from back then, it'll be good for a laugh.
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 08:01:02 PM
Al, most of my "ideas" from the waterfront stuff comes from Coastal Carolina stuff...especially from the Wilmington NC area....some of this series comes from a portion of early Wilmington from the turn of the century.....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: Bobby on December 20, 2013, 10:17:34 PM
Quote from: Slim Jerkins on December 20, 2013, 09:44:29 AM
Quote from: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 06:48:31 AM
...here is the Harbor Master building for this series....is it unique or weird?

I think it's unique AND weird.  :o

-slim

I concur....
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: rslaserkits on December 20, 2013, 11:47:10 PM
Looking like a great harbor seen for sure.  But your working way to hard for a retire old fart  ;)
rich
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: rustyfawcett on December 21, 2013, 02:24:32 AM
Looks good so far. I would like to see the rest of it.  I am doing a large waterfront scene my self.
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: PHQRR on December 21, 2013, 05:27:00 PM
Quote from: jlgrove on December 20, 2013, 08:01:02 PM
Al, most of my "ideas" from the waterfront stuff comes from Coastal Carolina stuff...especially from the Wilmington NC area....some of this series comes from a portion of early Wilmington from the turn of the century.....

Made quite a few trips out of Oak Island, Southport NC.  You need a model of "Supply NC" just over the dry county line... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: coors2u on December 21, 2013, 05:35:11 PM
The waterfront looks great Jeff.
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: gnatshop on December 21, 2013, 08:28:25 PM
Quote from: PHQRR on December 21, 2013, 05:27:00 PM
[You need a model of "Supply NC" just over the dry county line... ;D ;D ;D     
Jeffy-boy - Sounds like a must-have kit to me!   ;D ;D ;D
As long as it's on the right side of the dry county line!
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: PHQRR on December 22, 2013, 09:41:54 AM
Quote from: gnatshop on December 21, 2013, 08:28:25 PM
Quote from: PHQRR on December 21, 2013, 05:27:00 PM
[You need a model of "Supply NC" just over the dry county line... ;D ;D ;D     
Jeffy-boy - Sounds like a must-have kit to me!   ;D ;D ;D
As long as it's on the right side of the dry county line!

I think you could model the whole town...4 liquor stores in gas stations...That's all it was when I was there.  Don't forget the big red dots...the locals couldn't find the liquor stores without them.
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: MAP on December 23, 2013, 07:50:31 AM
I like this building.  It could be used anywhere on a layout.  Will you be offering a stone/brick foundation in case it is not used on a pier?
Title: Re: Building the Front Street Dock & Cotton Exchange
Post by: GPdemayo on December 23, 2013, 01:27:04 PM
Great looking structure Jeff!