Logistics, Base & Buildings. Updated March 1, 2019
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Wow Bob, those structures are going to be big...and intricate to scratch-up!
I agree with you on the train station dio, something along those lines should fit well and add some texture to the rail area.
Ian.
You're an artist, so you understand balance. The left front corner needs something to balance it. The City Gate is just cause I like them and think it would add a dimension. The charm in European cities to me is all the clutter and tight spaces, ancient structures and absolutely no city planning like we have in America!
Bob
:hmmm .....its hard to see any room at all in the left front without a bigger overall photo showing more of the area in question. It looks as though there is no room left with the railgun and the tanks etc. I maybe reading it wrong. Can you indicate with some lines on the image or a simple plan view sketch, what you are thinking?
Ian.
OK Ian, I'll do my best to explain. If you notice in this photo, at the far left end of the tracks, I plan on removing the wall cap 18 inches (46cm), and in that space, I'll create the ruin of the train station. Here is an old photo of the wall that will be the base that holds the roof of the train shed. This is looking left to right. The 46cm that I will remove that concrete cap will be the space for the partial ruined train station. When it is finished and built, there will still be ample room for the locomotive, tender and K-5E rail gun. In fact there will be several inches that will be empty track.
In this photo, you can see how the roof for the shed will set on the brick wall. there is a sufficient distance left on both the left and right sides of where the locomotive and tender are setting to put the rail gun and another 24 inches, (61 cm) left to build the partial ruin, (IT will be larger that the reference photo I posted.
See below the refiner]nce photo I posted..
As in larger European cities, there is the train station, then what I call a train shed. A huge and very long covered space to load and unload passengers. Mostly, these are made of steel and glass. They were primarily to give cover from the elements, snow and ice, for the passengers. The area under the shed was open on the far end and were not heated, just a shelter. The shelter butted up against the train station as this one will, albeit a lot of heavy damage to both the shed and the station. AS you can see in this photo a partial section of the train shed.
Luckily, the original base I designed for this is 8 feet, (2500 cm) long which gives me all the length I need.
In this photo you can see how the train shed steel and glass cover will attach. At the far end, imagine two of those brick sections removed and the ruined train station will be built in their place. Of course, then the train, tender and rail gun will be moved closer to the viewer to accommodate the Train station.
The City Gate will be adjacent to the Old Town and will connect the department store to the Fisherstube gasthaus..
I hope that explains it and thanks for your interest! Just to make sure, I'll take an overall photo of the front of the diorama with the locomotive, tender and rail gun so you can see the space left for the train station. I'll post it tomorrow!
Bob
