Now, on to the next step, detailing. First off is a reclining mermaid attracting some interest from divers:
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
progress on the sea floor underneath the MILW car barge
Eric Vannice came over yesterday and we laid down the sea floor underneath the MILW car barge. It looks really cool, except that once the car barge is on top of it, it's hard to see much of it. But it's still a cool idea. The plexiglass water surface is removable, so we plan to go back in and add some divers and a mermaid after the rest of it is finished to our liking. Here's a few pictures:
The MILW boxcar that had fallen off the barge and is buried in the mud was originally Ray Wheeler's idea, much appreciated!
We decided to also include a Great Northern car upside down, just to give Doug Paasch and other die-hard GN fans a hard time! :)
Now, on to the next step, detailing. First off is a reclining mermaid attracting some interest from divers:
Now, on to the next step, detailing. First off is a reclining mermaid attracting some interest from divers:
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Well, at least the GN car is in a separate compartment of the Plexiglass cover to keep it from being contaminated by the MILW car! As I believe I mentioned when visiting your layout, a now long-deceased friend of mine whose father worked for the GN in the early 20th Century witnessed a GN box car sailing off the end of one of Seattle's downtown piers. Back then, the cars were made of wood, and of course the trucks would have fallen off as soon as the car was off the rails, so the box car floated. It found its way over to West Seattle without the need of using the NP drawbridge!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I'll put a GN boxcar floating in the Duwamish over near West Seattle next!
ReplyDeleteCool! Be sure it's old enough to have a wood underframe and double-sheathed wood body so it floats well!
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