Coe Winery Project

Post date: Apr 07, 2014 4:7:32 AM

5/1/2002

- Here is what the area looked like with the original Coe Ranch and sheep hill spur track.

1/31/2014

- New bridge track in place on original wooden trestle.

2/7/2014 

- So here is a view of the Coe Ranch Area removed and ready for the "new" scenery that will become Coe Winery...

- Here you can see the weave pattern of the cardboard strips to make the basic contour of the mountain, along with the retaining wall of where a tunnel once was.  

2/28/2014

- In these 2 photos you can see the Coe area is now built up with cardboard and the spur track for what will be used for loading boxcars of bottled wine. The 2 large openings will include foam blocks that will be removable (1 will be for a vineyard and the larger of the 2 will be an access hatch and will have the actual winery located on it.) 

- A closer look at frame work for the removable vineyard section. A reason for this "lift-out" is because the actual location of this particular vineyard is a hard to reach area, so to make it easier to build the vines and to maintain them if ever needed you can do so on a workbench.

4/4/2014

- In this photo you can compare the undercoat of plaster cloth (the white material in the foreground) and the finished "hard shell" coat of the hydrocal (the grayish material in the background.) The plaster cloth is what gives the mountains their basic shape after the cardboard and makes the base for the hydrocal. The hydrocal is what makes the mountain terrain and gives it strength.  

- The new layout fascia and cardboard weave in place to allow for the new roadway and overpass to Coe Winery. 

- Another view of the roadway overpass...

4/5/2014

- Plaster cloth added around the access hatch of Coe Winery. Also you can see the service/delivery road for the area as well in this photo.

- Plaster cloth also added to the fascia side of the layout with roadway to overpass in view.