New Project Passenger Station. FINISHED PICTURES

The first pieces are promising! certainly one more master piece! 

jpv in France

Alan:

How thick is the material you are using? Also it looks like the three big arches are separate panels??

Joe

Joe

i am using .060" styrene. The three arched section is one piece 14 inches wide and 13 inches high.

alan graziano

Here are some pictures of the completed back of the station. I added a roof to the top of this section that will match the roof on the building. Since I am only working with a 14 inch building width, I layed out the front and side doors, windows and pillars as shown in the pictures. I went to AC Moore last night and found the pillars. They are used for weeding cakes and come in various heights. They were also pretty cheap. The windows I am using are a mix of Grandt Line and some Korber roundhouse windows.

It is very difficult for me to not try to construct something exactly how it looks. I spend many hours coming up with a plan and usually still not happy with it. Rather than drive myself too crazy, I just settle for what I think is best and hope the person I am building it for is happy.

Alan Graziano

I'm sure that he will love it, Alan. 

I'm enjoying the progress and it looks great. Can't wait to see the next update and your customer will be very happy! Terry

I am sneaking on a single progress picture of the front of the station.

Alan Graziano

The back of your terminal is nicer than the front of mine!  Always excellent craftsmanship.

Al, getting those wedding cake pillars is pure genius. Can't wait to see how this one shapes up. You definitely are the Yoda of styrene fabrication.

Myles,

"the yoda of styrene fabrication" You had me laughing my --- off with that comment.

thank you

alan graziano

"They are used for weeding cakes and come in various heights."

genius!! I really like your resourcefulness. Thanks for sharing your progress and tricks!

I always like checking out your projects! I have been admiring your pegboard organization for quite some time too. Haha, Home Depot handy panel aisle here I come!

Here are some updated pictures. I put the sides together on the building in order to get the roadway placed before I finish the side walls. It now actually looks like a building. The last picture shows the temporary supports for the roadway. A wall will be erected at the face of the roadway on three sides with storefronts.

Alan Graziano

Wow. Really starting to come together! Looks great. Terry

Impressive modeling work Alan.

Here are some of the pictures of the lower trim on the front and sides of the building. The trim was made from two 1/2" x 1/4" rectangular strips off set by half of the thickness. A 3/16" channel was added along with a .030 x .060 flat strip.

Alan Graziano

Alan, 

If I have a stop on the train from Munoz to Kansas City stopping in Washington, DC, I will need the Lincoln Memorial.

Mr. Scher,

That would require more wedding cake columns than ACMoore has in stock.

Alan Graziano

Great work. Neat bldg.