The gallery shows the progress of building an extension to my existing CNJ Bronx Terminal N scale layout. It features the Third Avenue Bridge, the JL Mott Iron Works and the Bruckner Building. All structures are scratch-built based on my own vector graphics designs which again are based on my own research. I started with the Bruckner Building in February 2020, and upon its completion added the bridge in May 2020. It took me almost a year to complete this complex project. To display the bridge in its proper context I integrated it with existing components from my Bronx Terminal layout in a separate diorama. In February 2021 I also added the JL Mott Iron Works building. This was my first structure I laser cut and engraved on my own Flux Beamo laser cutter. As of the publication of this gallery in April 2021, the diorama is nearly complete.
I was interested to see your commentary on the J.L. Mott Ironworks. I have a family photo of my great-grandfather, William Tobias Litson rowing a scull on the East River, NY likely in the early 1880s. The Mott Ironworks building is visible in the background. I can send you a scan of the photo if you wish.
Hi Carol,
thank you so much for contacting me – and apologies for responding so late. I receive so much SPAM on my website that I lost interest in digging through it on a regular basis.
I’m very much interested in a scan of your photo. The earliest photos I have from the JL Mott Iron Works is from 1898 or so when the Third Avenue Bridge was near completion. I’ll send you my email address in a separate email.
Best,
Andreas