FOS Rust Rock Falls -- in progress

[postalkarl]

Hey George:

Great job on tnis and I also have to agree with Dave.

Karl

[ReadingBob]

Great work Opa George!  I really like the dance hall.  It looks perfect.  This is coming along splendidly.   

[Opa George]

Thank you, everyone.  Hmmmm...seems to be a lot of support for a biergarten.  I've been thinking about ways to work that in and may have a solution. Stay tuned.

Otherwise, I've begun the last supporting structure in this kit: the general store.  Not sure if I'll keep it as a store--thinking about making it a converted scrap and parts dealer.  I'll see if I can get some pics of that up this evening.

--Opa George

[Opa George]

Last structure in this kit, not counting the very large double-sided billboard, is the general store.  I didn't need a store, but have been itching to build a scrap yard/salvage operation, which will be an ideal companion business to the automaton factory.  I made up a few signs in MS Word and printed them out.

Here it is with the main walls together.  Still need the loading docks, stairs, chimneys, etc


This will be across the rear canal, connected to the factory by the pedestrian bridge and the concrete highway bridge.  This bumps the dancehall out of place, so I will relocate that a bit downhill from the factory complex.

--Opa George

[PRR Modeler]

Great looking building.

[deemery]

George, looks like a great repurposing of the structure.  A lot of times a commercial building would go through multiple iterations of the kind of store/activity it contains.


I'm listening to a program from our local historical group, "A walk down Central Ave in the 1900s" where a local historian talks about the various activities and businesses in each building, and how those changed.  (https://dovernh.viebit.com/player.php?hash=IrQPWJY7sT4V  if you're interested...)


dave

[SteveCuster]

Looks good George!

I really like scrap operations on a layout. It's a great detail area and it can be filled with some B grade details and leftovers from kits you have sitting around. Old bridge kits and things like that can be chopped up and rusted to fill it. Plus the scrap area can be as big or as small as you need to fill the area, just fence it in and start filling.

[Opa George]

Thanks for the comments, Curt, Dave and Steve.

I do like the repurposed look. It also gives me a reason to cover over the big front store windows with the industrial brown shades. My current owener scrap dealers aren't overly interested in attracting customers inside with fancy displays.  Either you need something or you don't!

--Opa George

[Opa George]

I've been spending lots of time in builidng up terrain.  Below are shots of Summit Street, leading up to the Rust Rock Falls Automaton factory and the adjoining scrap & junk dealer.  I will be adding ground cover and lots of weeds and bushes next.













--Opa George

[PRR Modeler]

Looks awesome George.

[deemery]

Looks good, and will look great once all the structures are properly buried :-)


dave

[Opa George]

Thank you Curt!  Thank you, Dave!

--Opa George

[Zephyrus52246]

So many great structures. 


Jeff

[GPdemayo]

Great scenes and excellent work George.....well done. 

[cuse]

Great. Love the variety of colors, of roofing style, of elevation...when it's all blended with ground cover, it'll be spectacular!


John