Turn of the Century kit
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Anyone manage to check these out yet? Was running late for work this morning and didn't have time to fire it up and have a peek. Any new stands/seating to be used?
Update
No new seating...which is a major letdown. Thought they might rectify the letdown of the Rickwood prop update by adding appropriate seating...but that would make sense. Instead we get more buildings...not much by way of stuff for the actual stadiums themselves. Simple requests like bullpens being moveable, wall ads, distance markers, scoreboards in the walls STILL aren't a thing. Apparently there is a concrete staircase which might come in handy but that's about it
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I did. My favorite prop is the concrete staircase, which is an example of what I call "simple building block" props that we need much more of. These are props that allow stadium designers to combine the simple elemental foundational props to create the more complex results that look like an accurate and realistic baseball park.
I was also very much hoping for this building block approach to finally give us the small concrete concourse seating blocks with and without seats that is sorely lacking. It just seems SDS is determined to continue denying what they must know their customers most want.
Among the most useful other props added are the three styles of railroad tracks, which are well suited to replicate an elevated railroad bed, but could also be sunk to make it level with the ground, or use it as a road overpass.
Overall, I would say that the new buildings are quite nice.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Turn of the Century kit:
I did. My favorite prop is the concrete staircase
How well does it mesh with the other stands? and props? Is it wider? does it work with the ground level seats or the upper deck/plaza's?
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The vertical rise of the new stairs is higher than for the stand aisleways, so it won't work well to function as stand aisleways.
However, it is small enough to function singularly to plug in to small areas and be realistic, but also to snap several together to cover a wide area and serve as accurate looking access stairs to a concourse.
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Having played around with them a bit, it feels like the steps might be best suited to a minor-league style park. Have you tried using the elevated train station with the new tracks?
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Not yet, but I did revise my 1924 era Ponce de Leon Park with many of the new Turn of the Century props, including the elevated railways. But, I did not use the elevated train station because there wasn't one in proximity of the actual trolley train that ran across right field of the actual park.
