When I finished Miami Jai-Alai awhile back, I basically just plopped it on the layout surface. Over the last several weeks I’ve been working in details and vegetation around the base and around the perimeter. The bus is to ship the gamblers in! Here’s how it looks from the back….more trees, a dumpster, and a […]
Category: CSX Downtown Spur
Grab N Go Staging
This weekend’s project was adding another shelf for my open top staging. These are floating shelves with a 1 1/2″ trim strip on top to keep the cars from rolling off. Steve Jobs big thing was his obsession with ergonomics and the user experience. A lot of this is subtle. I find that if I […]
The 1300 Block of 22nd Street, NW
In preparation for my upcoming open house for the Mid-Atlantic RPM, I put on a little push to finish up the scene between 13th and 14th Avenues on The Downtown Spur/Miami layout. In the shot above you’re looking west/northwest. 22nd Street is in the foreground. Right to left we have: Global Snacks, Dade Tomato, and […]
Global Snacks
The final remaining structure on the block between 13th and 14th Avenues was Global Snacks. There is very little to it, just a stucco covered cube of cinder blocks.
Dade Tomato
It only took me a decade to get around to it but the Dade Tomato structure is finally done. The base color layer is a photo laminate with additional photos “elevated” and layered on top to create relief. Details include: Shapeways security lights, Gold Medal Models security gate, scratch built dock bumpers, Atlas utility insulators, […]