Building Bachmann City Scenes Hotel II

Construction continues on the large Bachmann Spectrum City Scenes hotel. In the first post, I described the base and the ground floor of the building.

Some time ago I bought a lot of very thin oak wood that I intented to use on the edges of my dioramas. It didn’t really work out the way I intended, so instead some of the nice wood found a new function as floors for all the rooms in the hotel.

I also added a view block to the first floor, with two pieces of balsa painted in silver to play the part of elevator doors.

Before sealing off the restaurant I added a plant near the window and prepared two more for the balcony in front of the building. I like the effect from the outside, despite the darkness inside.

After the first red-brick wall was in place, I began adding windows shades as suggested in the great article about this kit on the Gateway NMRA site. I used strips made out of a postcard.

Finally, in the back of the building, a yellow cat found a place to simultaneously sleep and keep an eye on the world 🙂

Continue to Part III…