The Los Angeles Terminal Railroad

[cnw1961]

I am not sure if I had the patience to scribe all those details into plaster though, that looks like it's going to take forever.

Koos, it is not as bad as you may think .

Anyway, today I took a break from carving plaster. I started to build the first warehouse: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=los+angeles,+palmetto+st&hl=de&ll=34.04039,-118.232999&spn=0.015256,0.033023&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&layer=c&cbll=34.04039,-118.232999&panoid=3FPnyFCD3JUTjMZEm8UJ3Q&cbp=13,327.68,,0,-5.5&t=h&z=16">http://maps.google.com/maps?q=los+angel ... 5&t=h&z=16</a><!-- m -->. It has been turned into an office building, so I am building it as I found it in pics from the 1930s and 1960s with a line of loading doors in the wall facing the track. Though I shortened the structure by about 1/7, it is still 18.9" long

As usual I first did a scale drawing, printed it out and glued the printout to a .060" sheet of styrene. If anyone would like to build this warehouse, the drawing can be downloaded here (PDF file): <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/Palmetto_Street_warehouse.pdf">http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/Palmett ... ehouse.pdf</a><!-- m -->



After cutting it out and fitting the windows (Tichy Train Group #8051 – two of them glued together for one warehouse window), the front wall looks like this: