The Ferry Fairy visits…

only temporarily though…

Mark let me borrow his Walther’s Carfloat for a while to get some dimensions from it as I am thinking of scratching building some for the Terminal. It fits right in nice as the Walther’s version is correct for this area. Even the size is right, 17 40′ cars. I am also waiting on some drawings of carfloats from this area as well, hopefully between the two I can come up with something suitable.

It does reveal one flaw in my design though. The water level is a bit low, by about 1/2″ or so. At this level it might be close to the low tide level of the Harlem River. The float dock would be angled down to reach the float if left this way. I might try to raise it up a bit so it isn’t so distracting, but that will be a bit of a job.

Also, had I made the water 1″ wider I could have fit in a tug, which would have been a very nice scene. Perhaps if I add material to raise the water level I could make it a bit wider without it looking funny.

I’ll have to give that some thought.

-T.

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I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 04-18-2008 | 03:04 PM
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