While shuffling through my collection of photo CDs I came across this one with preliminary shots of the docks and down town buildings as they are at the moment. I have posted a few here to illustrate where I'm trying to go with this project. That is once I get back to it. No backgrounds yet and everything except the dock is just placed right now to get a feel. The buildings are tiny of course because 1/2" structures take up a lot of real-estate! The water needs much more work too.
The only building finished is the white drink bar. The street is narrow and the structures are packed in next to one another. All are taken from photos of real Caribbean buildings, just severely compressed. Most of the doors and windows are already made. Some in wood and others cast in resin. The sidewalk will go up hill in a very broken manor. The street will be cobblestone, but maybe not what is there now. As can be seen the structures are a mix of materials from wood to stucco to stone. The tallest building is the hotel. Next to that are ground floor shops and apartments above. The loco is a Bachmann On30 2-6-0 bashed into an 0-6-0T. It is sitting on Pico track that will all but disappear under the street stones. The visible track will be reworked with resin tie surrounds for a beefier look.
Lots of work to do. I may add a tiny crane at the end of the dock. Behind the buildings shown and up the hill will be where the islands' residents live. This will be a forced perspective group of sheds and shacks getting smaller in scale as they go up and back. Directly across the street from the building closest to the dock will be a restaurant partly out over the water. Lots of Caribbean colors, iron railings and porch brackets to be made yet. The launch is awaiting passengers for The Last Resort. This will not be here. It will be on the other island's water. The ship posed here will be a larger wooden model
The only building finished is the white drink bar. The street is narrow and the structures are packed in next to one another. All are taken from photos of real Caribbean buildings, just severely compressed. Most of the doors and windows are already made. Some in wood and others cast in resin. The sidewalk will go up hill in a very broken manor. The street will be cobblestone, but maybe not what is there now. As can be seen the structures are a mix of materials from wood to stucco to stone. The tallest building is the hotel. Next to that are ground floor shops and apartments above. The loco is a Bachmann On30 2-6-0 bashed into an 0-6-0T. It is sitting on Pico track that will all but disappear under the street stones. The visible track will be reworked with resin tie surrounds for a beefier look.
Lots of work to do. I may add a tiny crane at the end of the dock. Behind the buildings shown and up the hill will be where the islands' residents live. This will be a forced perspective group of sheds and shacks getting smaller in scale as they go up and back. Directly across the street from the building closest to the dock will be a restaurant partly out over the water. Lots of Caribbean colors, iron railings and porch brackets to be made yet. The launch is awaiting passengers for The Last Resort. This will not be here. It will be on the other island's water. The ship posed here will be a larger wooden model
Thanks for the written update and (older) photos. It's all good!
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