Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

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After, trying a bunch of different locations.  Taking test photographs. And trying again.  I came up with a final location.  I added the dirt that I'm going to use in this area under the structures - wet it down with water - and then glue.  And placed the buildings in place.

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I also glued the siding track in place.  Once the glue dries it will be time to start all the detailing.  George included lots of great details with this kit.

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With all that glue -  I expected to find a mess on my work bench - but I only had one spot on the far left this morning when I lifted it up.  The dirt did a great job of soaking it up.

[EricQuebec]

Very impressive as always...
Can't wait to see this part of your layout totally finish....
Eric Quebec city

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Everything looks great especially Isaac's.

[deemery]

John...   This is hyper-critical but...


The small distance between the two hopper structures looks a little strange to me.  I would have expected them to be combined (at least the roofs) into one big structure, or more separation between them (maybe even curve the supply track to justify why there are two separate buildings.)


Just a thought...


dave

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John...   This is hyper-critical but...


The small distance between the two hopper structures looks a little strange to me.  I would have expected them to be combined (at least the roofs) into one big structure, or more separation between them (maybe even curve the supply track to justify why there are two separate buildings.)


Just a thought...


dave

Dave




So here's my story, and I'm sticking to it.  I tried having one big roof making it look like one complete structure and I didn't like the way it looked. So I started separating the buildings and liked it better - looks like a companion building when the company expanded. As for the gap - I have a mountain in the way on the left side and I run out of siding for the conveyor and unloading pit on the other so the gap was fixed. If it bugs me after everything is in place I will put a pine tree in front of the gap.  I like the way you think and thanks for the suggestions - please keep them coming. I just got into a position with very few options because of the size of the spot.

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Everything looks great especially Isaac's.

Curt


Thanks for stopping by and the kind words.

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Very impressive as always...
Can't wait to see this part of your layout totally finish....
Eric Quebec city

Eric


Thanks for the kind words - I have one more structure that I need to build for this area - a signal tower. And then, I will finish the scenery - lots of detailing to do.  Especially with the rocks, talus, and ground cover.