Garage pre-benchwork.
Garage pre-benchwork. Boxes hold railroad supplies.
Benchwork beginning
Benchwork
Benchwork
Benchwork with the Charleston foam saved from KB&T v1
Benchwork
Benchwork with storage under and a center workbench
Both the railroad and a city street cross the Elk River. The railroad bridge in the front was damage during moving and will be replaced.
Eventually the layout will have valance and edge trim to make a kind of windowbox.
Spring Street bridge.
Railroad bridge in front city street bridge in the back.
Benchwork with initial lighting.
Buildings saved from the first KB&T.
Near bridge damaged in the move to SC. It's the KB&T crossing of the Elk River in Charleston WV. In the background is the Spring Street bridge.
Panorama
A few of the buildings savedfrom KB&T v1
The Diamond was a once thriving department store in Charleston. The cement mixers and dump truck represent vehicles used by Pfaff & Smith. Those vehicles were once painted yellow. The school bus is lettered for Kanawha County Public Schools.
The Valley Bell truck has a photo copy of the planned decals
The orange and cream city bus is a Classic Metal Works GMC TDH 3610 city bus. It's been stripped and repainted for Kanawha Regional Transit as it would have looked in 1976.
Scratch built Valley Bell Dairy store on Washington Street West in Charleston, WV.
Scratch built Valley Bell Dairy store on Washington Street West in Charleston, WV.
Back side of the Valley Bell Dairy store. I only had a front photo, so this is completely made up. The roof over the door has been straightened.
GM "new look" fishbowl city bus painted for the Kanawha Rapid Transit scheme in 1976. The temporary advertising sign is for the #1 Top 40 radio station in Charleston in 1976.
GM "old look" city bus painted for the Kanawha Rapid Transit scheme in 1976.
Both bridges are close to final placement.
River "deadends" at the backdrop.
Photp of the real Elk River added to backdrop.
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Bridges to hide transition of river to backdrop.
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Engine and cars placed for photo.
The pink sanding stick is a stand in for a to be built conveyor. It will move sand from barges to the cement plant.
The pink sanding stick is a stand in for a to be built conveyor. It will move sand from barges to the cement plant.
Bridge abutments are build from the same "cut stone" as the bridge piers.
Bridge abutments are build from the same "cut stone" as the bridge piers.
Bridge now connected to the river bank.
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Paper version of WCHS sign to check for size.
Nelson Moving and Storage buiilding to block view of backdrop hole for trains.
Nelson Moving and Storage buiilding to block view of backdrop hole for trains.
Letters for WCHS sign cut from Evergreen sheet. The still need a bit of sanding.
WCHS TV sign atop Elk Produce Company. The prototype of the sign was actually in another location, but was an iconic sign in the 1960s and 70s.