Bush Terminal’s run down 1st Avenue was characterized by one and two store low rise industries paralleling the main running down the street. Spurs would diverge and curve sharply to serve the businesses which typically had curved sides to match the shape of the track. I’ll need four of these buildings. One down, a second […]
Author: Lmind1
Brooklyn Terminal Sept 20
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on getting the sidewalks done as well as adding street lamps and fire hydrants along 1st Avenue. I had to go back and repaint the hydrants from the original red I started with to a more prototypical dark green with white top.
Brooklyn Terminal Sept. 5
The yard and apron area are loosely (very loosely!) based on Bay Ridge and Bush Terminal facilities. Since the last report: added utility poles, coal bin, yard office, tree line to the left, and a water column. Except for a shed and some loose details this is getting pretty close to being a finished scene. […]
Brooklyn Terminal August 27
One of the more challenging aspects of this project is realistically modeling the street track. Brooklyn still has a lot of the signature Belgian block in place so I drove up there, took some photos from as high as I could get, and cobbled together some images in photoshop to use as photo laminates. Doing […]
Brooklyn Terminal Aug. 19
With the design book finished and submitted to Kalmbach, it’s back to your regularly scheduled programming. Next on the docket is finishing the Belgian block wallpaper overlays on the street trackage. This gets particularly dicey at the double turnouts. The first step is to photocopy one of the turnouts and cut the pieces out to […]