All change.... new start

[jerseycentraluk]

Thanks for the kind words guys. Its always good to hear the views of fellow modellers.

The way the layout is designed means that this is the first building seen when anyone enters the layout room. I wanted to create a bit of an impact so I decided to add some interior detail to both the office and the warehouse, but not so much as to detract from the layout itself.

I added a basic reception and dividers and an office at the back. On the layout only every other door is used for unloading (I think its the same as the prototype judging from alignment of boxcars from satellite photos). So doors 1, 3 and 5 are the doors that are used, the others are modelled closed. I left Door 1 closed too as this is used for frozen goods so I thought that the doors would not be left open. Door 3 has a plastic curtain, and some wooden blocks covered in printed photos of racking/shelving that are supposed to represent food storage. LED Lights were added above each of the loading doors on the warehouse building as well as one light inside to show off the detailed interior behind the plastic curtain.


Door 5 is for paper rolls. I made some tubes of brown paper to represent the paper roll stacks and found a pack of Walthers paper rolls to use.

Small LEDs were added inside the ground floor of the office building to light up the inside. I used one of the Busch sets of computer desks with lit monitors.



The prototype site is protected by chain link fence, so I have tried to replicate what I can see from the photos. The chain link fence and gates are made from brass rod and wire. Walthers chain-link material was glued to the posts. Thin multi-strand wire was stripped out of some cable and soldered the posts. The brass rods for the pair of gates were soldered together, very fiddly job. This will be installed when the ground surface is finished.




Hope to post some more updates shortly