Bake’s Small Airport Projects - 1:400

Beginning to layout an extension to my fictional layout. This extension will add 3 standard gates and 5 hardstands for regionals. The middle standard gate will reach up to a 767-300 and the rest are all up to a 757 or A321/737 size. This brings the terminal up to a total of 5 regional gates (up to about a CRJ200/E145), 3 gates up to an A321/737, 3 more gates up to a 757, and one gate for up to a 767. Plus 3 additional Southwest stylized gates. Total of gates A1-A11 as i’m calling it, with A11 having an A11a-A11e for the regional gates.

This extension will nearly complete the airside of this terminal (Terminal A as I am officially calling it!) as all that will be left is one or two additional “southwest stylized” gates on the left hand side (A1/A2 as i’m calling them eventually).

Those two last gates will be on the next extension which will be two more similar sized boards below of this picture featuring mostly a very detailed land side of the terminal. I’m choosing to do this so I have flexibility over only setting up one board, all four, or any combination. The terminal will cover up most of the seams as only 3/4” of the building sits on these boards as you can also see in the photo.

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The small white building in the middle will be a bump out on an eventual terminal building to add more interest to it. It has yet to be fully designed but I hope to grab inspiration from a handful of 2000s/2010s terminals around the US.

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A photo “Down the alley” showing what they can look like when eventually finished:

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I have no clue when i’ll get around to this (probably after PHL is finished) but I don’t think I’ll stray too far from this layout. I have a Terminal B sketched out eventually too but that’s wayyyyy later down the line for me😅
 
Beginning to layout an extension to my fictional layout. This extension will add 3 standard gates and 5 hardstands for regionals. The middle standard gate will reach up to a 767-300 and the rest are all up to a 757 or A321/737 size. This brings the terminal up to a total of 5 regional gates (up to about a CRJ200/E145), 3 gates up to an A321/737, 3 more gates up to a 757, and one gate for up to a 767. Plus 3 additional Southwest stylized gates. Total of gates A1-A11 as i’m calling it, with A11 having an A11a-A11e for the regional gates.

This extension will nearly complete the airside of this terminal (Terminal A as I am officially calling it!) as all that will be left is one or two additional “southwest stylized” gates on the left hand side (A1/A2 as i’m calling them eventually).

Those two last gates will be on the next extension which will be two more similar sized boards below of this picture featuring mostly a very detailed land side of the terminal. I’m choosing to do this so I have flexibility over only setting up one board, all four, or any combination. The terminal will cover up most of the seams as only 3/4” of the building sits on these boards as you can also see in the photo.

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The small white building in the middle will be a bump out on an eventual terminal building to add more interest to it. It has yet to be fully designed but I hope to grab inspiration from a handful of 2000s/2010s terminals around the US.

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A photo “Down the alley” showing what they can look like when eventually finished:

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I have no clue when i’ll get around to this (probably after PHL is finished) but I don’t think I’ll stray too far from this layout. I have a Terminal B sketched out eventually too but that’s wayyyyy later down the line for me😅

This is going to be great! Always cool to see all these US Airways planes together :love:
I like the red Metrojet 737... stands out among all these others!
 
This is going to be great! Always cool to see all these US Airways planes together :love:
I like the red Metrojet 737... stands out among all these others!

and this is the best part! Technically these are mostly the standard US Airways gate markings of the 2000s (which is helpful for the majority of my collection) BUT they’re so simple enough but still “proper” that I can set up anything if I want to. A small Delta hub? Sure! A couple different airlines every few gates? Absolutely. The options are nearly endless on this board. The only thing I can’t show off is anything widebody that’s not a 767. Still brainstorming some ways I can display a handful all together on one smaller sized board.

I just hope I have the same colored paints for the concrete still kicking around or this will not go as planned🤣
 
Beginning to layout an extension to my fictional layout. This extension will add 3 standard gates and 5 hardstands for regionals. The middle standard gate will reach up to a 767-300 and the rest are all up to a 757 or A321/737 size. This brings the terminal up to a total of 5 regional gates (up to about a CRJ200/E145), 3 gates up to an A321/737, 3 more gates up to a 757, and one gate for up to a 767. Plus 3 additional Southwest stylized gates. Total of gates A1-A11 as i’m calling it, with A11 having an A11a-A11e for the regional gates.

This extension will nearly complete the airside of this terminal (Terminal A as I am officially calling it!) as all that will be left is one or two additional “southwest stylized” gates on the left hand side (A1/A2 as i’m calling them eventually).

Those two last gates will be on the next extension which will be two more similar sized boards below of this picture featuring mostly a very detailed land side of the terminal. I’m choosing to do this so I have flexibility over only setting up one board, all four, or any combination. The terminal will cover up most of the seams as only 3/4” of the building sits on these boards as you can also see in the photo.

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The small white building in the middle will be a bump out on an eventual terminal building to add more interest to it. It has yet to be fully designed but I hope to grab inspiration from a handful of 2000s/2010s terminals around the US.

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A photo “Down the alley” showing what they can look like when eventually finished:

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I have no clue when i’ll get around to this (probably after PHL is finished) but I don’t think I’ll stray too far from this layout. I have a Terminal B sketched out eventually too but that’s wayyyyy later down the line for me😅

Looking great, nice to see a US airways layout.
 
While normally it’s C130s landing on this runway, I needed a jet to show off the finished product and this was the first one I grabbed😅. Here it is! fully grassed and clear coated with the the stand hole for their model to fit into. I’m super happy with how this turned out and i’m super excited to make one to have for my own as this is an awesome way to display models.

The stand hole is very tight fitting so I have no doubts it’ll fail…once I gift it i’ll still suggest maybe glueing the stand into place for peace of mind however. The only thing I may edit before gifting is the hold shirt line…it’s just a yellow line right now but want to try printing the line design on paper and glueing it down flat and clear coating over that. That will come later on but something I just explore for the heavily detailed bits for future boards.

I’m becoming a little bummed that this is a gift but this gives me a ton of confidence towards my next project to make that one even better than this one. I’ll try and get a few good photos of some planes on this thing before it’s gone. Enjoy!

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What modeling grass did you use? It looks fantastic!
 
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