Here's a street level view of the layout Henry Yee is currently working on that will represent New York City in the 1950's. "But," he says, "unfortunately most of my work is in boxes and will not be up until benchwork is completed in 2004 when my house is built to house the layout. In the meantime, I have assembled and kitbashed vehicles. This "mock lay up/set up" took just "5 minutes" to arrange and set up. Since it had a mirror, this was shot on my kitchen table!"

Note the following - taxis, buses, a hot dog vendor, a subway station (the final layout will have a running subway on a viaduct). The buses are APM and the City Taxis are Magnuson kits. Henry plans to have about 20 buses and, if you can believe it, 100 taxis along with 400 other vehicles on the layout. There will also be 150+ working lights; street lights, traffic lights, and billboards. "After all", he says, "New York City is a huge city!" Also shown in Photo Galleries 110 and 118.

Posted June 9, 2003