Hello: I have site that is being recreated in miniature for a project. It's the Amtrak Auto Train facility down in Sanford, Florida. I doing it in HO Scale So far, i've been unable to get any overhead pictures of the entire site so i can model buildings, would know where to place them and other existing structures on the site, the station and the trackage. And believe me, there's a lot of tracks. I have been able to procure a mass of photographs from everywhere but, they are all of various items on the site. But that doesn't tell me where these items sit on the property. So, i'm still at a loss. If anyone has any ideas, i am open to them all. I was hoping to find the company that built the station there, but that hasn't turned up yet. Is there an overhead schematic, diagrams, drawings or aerial photographs of the Sanford site ??? That would really help. Where would i get a copy of these ??? Knowing the scale of the schematic, diagram, drawing or aerial photograph would give me approximate footage of the place. That could be transferred to 1:87th scale and that would give the entire project authenticity. I don't want to cheat on measurements making things smaller than they actually are. i want this to size. Please send your suggestions to me here by E-mail to 'daiq@pacbell.net'. And thanks for reading this post even if you don't have any thing to add :-) --Daiq
Posted by richarddschivley (Member # 274) on 07-01-2001 06:27 AM:
Daiq... Try contacting the city officials, register of deeds office. All land plat surveys and layouts, are all, public records. Contact the Register Of Deeds Office, located in the city/town, you are interested in. They should be able to fax you what you need, from their records. Expect to pay a fee, for this. ...Richard Posted by daiq (Member # 226) on 07-01-2001 08:25 AM:
Richard, Thank you for your post. I am making a personal reply via your e-mail address.--Daiq
Posted by Kennedy Model Trains (Member # 808) on 07-05-2001 07:26 PM:
Try terraserver.microsoft.com- they have tons of satelite photos of everything, and you can zoom right on things as small as 1 meter square. Just go there and type in Sanford, FL.
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Posted by daiq (Member # 226) on 07-06-2001 04:51 PM:
Thank you very much for your suggestion. I"m replying personally to you via e-mail. --Daiq
