Updated 8/4/2013:
Since I last updated this thread, I have revised my thinking on several fronts and gained some insights into what I want to do with the Strip Steel building and the City of Weirton module:
- First, the spur modification seems to be correct. As currently laid, the spur will enter the building inside the 2nd "bay". If anything, I may need another 1/4" somewhere, but that is easily "fudged".
- Second, I have been looking at 1950s photographs of North Weirton to get ideas for sidewalks and telephone poles. From those photos, I decided that the entire length of the overpass (Crawford's Crossing) had to have sidewalks. I was planning to use 1.5" (6 scale feet) wide Crow River sidewalks. For awhile, I thought that might screw up the spacing of the completed mill buildings and the Strip Steel.
- Fortunately, I decided that the overpass could live with 1" (4 scale feet) wide sidewalks (2x) and managed to find an extra 2" in the spacing of Open Hearth. I will be using the Ameritowne sidewalks for that. I think we're going to be good there.
Next steps are to figure out how much of each sidewalk will be needed and order. We will also need to engineer a support mechanism for the sidewalks and the road that will align the Crow River overpass sides properly.
George
