Big station

Hot outside, little work inside!

Here are some seats for the restaurant and the first curtain I cut in a cloth I used for my curtains (scale 1/1!)

Hello, all,

I have worked on the left part of the station; now, the walls are glued on the floor; the ceiling and roof will remain removable to keep an access inside.

Work of the day: ceiling and lights in the information office and waiting room; this evening, I will take another photo (this side of the station and the main hall together). 

Great job, it is really looking fantastic!

Art

Thanks, Chugman, it's very kind; sorry for the photo yesterday evening, forgotten!!

The beginning of the framework above the information office and waiting room; it is asymmetric as in reality; under, you can see the electric system on the ceiling; this one can slide along the walls to have an access inside the building(the station is in 3 parts not fastened but just side by side which is easier for work).

Continue with the framework; all cardboard 3 and 1 mm thick for pieces in length; perhaps you think it will be fragile, but once the roof glued on, no. Light but strong!

Fantastic modeling.  I love the whole thing, amazing work.  Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful station and work.

Thanks JEM, big pleasure to share with you in the USA!

Today, the roof has been done and put in place on the building to have an idea of the appearance(painting is for tomorrow!)

Before beginning the building of Lyon Perrache last year, I hesitated between two stations: this one and the other one, Lyon Part Dieu, witch is the most important station in the city (120 000 passengers by day), but it was too big to reproduce! just one photo to see this huge building!

jpv69,

I only know of one way to spell and say, "Wow!". You can share your fantastic work with this old man in California anytime, my friend.

There are still a few existing train sheds on this side of the pond.  This one in Harrisburg Pa. is very similar in construction.

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/s...la&hsimp=yhs-004

Bruce

Thanks, Prewar Pappy!

----> Bruce: that's right, perhaps these two stations are sisters! I have seen the link and found a picture witch is very amazing when I compare with LYP. I will go to LYP and make a photo with the same point of view, very strange....

So, today I finich electricity in this part of the station and add "light well" (I don't know if it's correct!) on the roof of the corridor.

And now, roofs are completed and painted on the left (south) side of the station; doors are lacking in the restaurant area; paint is drying!!

Are you kidding me! Your station is unbelievably awesome!!! What a great talent.

Thanks for keeping us up to date on all of your progress.

I just found this topic today.  Excellent work!  It is a great looking station.  

I did not know about the one in Harrisburg, that's only about 3 1/2 hour drive for me.  Or maybe I should drive an hour to Pittsburgh and ride the train.

I'm speechless. Outstanding, beautiful work

wish I had the patience to do something like this

That is fantastic work!

Thank you very much for your kind comments; now the week-end is coming and the " cardboard cutter" takes two days off!

However, I keep on working in drawings 2 and 3d; I will show you in another topic to have your opinion; it's not the same subject.

Hello,

As I said in my post on the 21st of August, I went to LYP yesterday evening to take a photo and compare with Harrisbourg station as Bruce told me.

First photo is Lyon Perrache; second one, Harrisbourg station; amazing, no?

Uncannily similar....that is why I commented.  And had passenger revenue been as healthy in the US as it is in Europe, maybe the Harrisburg station would have undergone an upgrade by now.  Still, there's something to be said for retaining it's original structural appearance.

There's a few fascinating aspects of the passenger bridge that connects the platforms.  It's entire length was raised to accommodate the catenary when the PRR electrified here.  Apparently the jacking up process, by a small army of workers, took only a little over 2 hours, without an interruption of service.

Bruce

An amazing productions. Well done.

On the contrary, in LYP, the passenger bridge was added to the station and built in the 70'; they only had to lower the catenary which was installed in the 50'. I will show you soon some other interesting details of this station(and news of the model, of course!).

Thanks for your replies.

Only been spot checking the Forum lately and missed this thread till now.

Very nice work on this big undertaking. Please keep posting.

Thank you, redball342!