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January, 2005 (Cont.)
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| Again, comparing this view with its counterpart on page 9, you can see that there has been expansion on both ends of the BUSINESS DISTRICT. To the right side of the picture we find commercial development and to the left, a new city church looms over the town. (Eventually, adding to the right side of the picture, I am presently planning on a small “strip mall” type area of specially shops this side of the elevator complex.) |
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To the left of the MAINTENANCE SHED and between the BUSINESS DISTRICT and the edge of the layout, this area has been filled with an abandoned warehouse district. Not only has the rail crossing to the area been barricaded, but the owners have quickly, and somewhat haphazardly, put up chain link fencing to discourage trespassing.
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As you can see by this picture, the job did not get completed and in the distance, rolls of chain link fencing are still piled at the edge of the project.
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Some work is yet to be completed as I set in HOPE AND MERCY CHURCH. Guard rails are still being manufactured for the parking lot, which only recently had its “parking stripe painting” completed.
Before going on, everyone who models probably recognizes the building at about the one o’clock position from the steeple in the picture as Cornerstone’s UNITED TRUCKING TRANSFER TERMINAL. If you’ve worked with this building you know that it is molded in EXTRA THICK PLASTIC! I was adamant that I was going to give this building a different look on my layout! . . .
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It took about three nights of sharp selecto-knife blades to finally cut out two of the doors. As you can see, I raised one part-way, and opened the second one. I installed a floor at ramp level and filled the building with boxes and a worker. (OK, so unfortunately you have to be the size of an HO figure to really see all that, but I don’t care . . . I have this supreme sense of accomplishment ! ) And a blister on my thumb.
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Looking across the highway from HOPE AND MERCY, we find a small residential area.
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