It took about 13 years, but when I asked my good friend Jim Harr to see if we (OK, he) could finish up the bare cardboard "structures" to something that looked like an actual building, he pulled out all the stops!
Honestly, I don't think this could have come to fruition back when he first mocked these up, because he would have had to have done them the 'hard way", meaning styrene and paint, etc, etc. But advances in the hobby and the methods used have converged, and here we are! That's not individual styrene or embossed foil, or even paint! The only "real" detail are the windows!
Please enjoy the following photos.....I'll let them (mostly) do the talking!
The prototype -
The original cardboard mockups -
I can't thank Jim enough.....The railroad really looks like a waterfront yard now!
~ Ralph
