Friday 19 June 2020

The beach end of the port

I have added a large section which includes a beach, carpark and snack bar.

Laying out the tan, so much tan
 A small retaining wall that separates the different sections of the beach
 Some of the sand is creeping down over the wall onto the beach.
 more retaining walls to keep the sand dune in place.
 A close up of the beach
 The car park with the foliage on the sandy dune
 The DBG of the car park being laid down.
 More DBG
 And yet more DBG  to show off the finished product. The sand is creeping onto the car park. I kept it at the same level because it looked bad when I raised it up a plate.
 A small path has been built along the back edge.
 A larger view of the beach and car park
 A closer view of the beach and the people enjoying the day
 The tile wall of the snack bar
 The red roof is a big contrast to the reddish brown tile walls, but I like it
 The snack bar car park
View of the snack bar from the beach carpark
 The snackbar with tables out the front
 The customers enjoy the various snacks on offer




My road surface techniques

For the roads that lead through the port I am using a mix of grey tile and plates.

I start with  the 6x6 tiles laid out
 Then I start filling in between the big tiles with smaller tiles and plates
 And the finished section

Rail and road gates and fencing

I have built up 2 sections which will act as gates for trucks,trains and people entering the secure port area.
I start with my standard 2x2 323x32 stud baseplate sections
 Building up the internals and adding the 16x16 plates

Gates for the entrance via the railway
 Entrance for trucks and pedestrians
 Gates in place and a small security office
 The curved section of track that heads into the train line for the docks
 Adding in more plate
 And complete
 The train track is sloped down so it can meet up with my standard height of my train points.
 I have left out a section of 16x64 studs that the points will meet up into.
 This is the fence that I have decided to use , about 13 studs wide for each section.

Thursday 4 June 2020

Warehouse build

I have built up a warehouse that will be used to store small goods that can then be loaded onto trucks for transport out to the other parts of the city.
I may rebuild parts of it, even change the colour, and I am not 100% sold on the roof design, but as long as it has it's place marked out in the port, then I can continue on with the rest of the build.
Light BLEY is a bit drab, so I added a few stripes into the walls to blend it up a bit.
 Girders break up the sides of the building.
 Working out the roof sections
 I am using six sections for the roof, with 45 degree slopes. I may change this to 33 degrees, still not sure.
 Building each roof section, 1 at a time so they are removeable.
 Rook in place.
 View fro the front with the roof on, and sliding doors in place.

I have added some plant, lights, crates and other storage on this side. This is next to where the Coast Guard ships will dock.
 The dimly lit back alley of the warehouse with a  security gate to keep out the riff raff.