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As long as my cutting and folding and gluing skills are worth something......

Me neither. Only one more concourse to build and it'll be the easiest of the 4. No complicated rooflines... I hope to have it done by the end of this weekend. Then attention will turn to getting this 3D rendering converted to an actual paper model. I will be leaning heavily on you guys... the...

Concourse B complete and test-fit with the rest of the terminal...

The reason I didn't was because I was concerned that the fact that 360 does not divide evenly by 7 might result in something not lining up quite right due to rounding error.

The basic structure of Concourse B is done. Now to complete the rest of the structures to connect it to the rest of the terminal...

In terms of the number of flights and destinations, it's actually more interesting now than it was when the old terminal was here. The old terminal had a total of 34 gates. The new one has close to 50. Plus the FedEx hub just keeps growing... they're running 3 sorts a day now on some days! But...

"Skinning" of the upper surfaces of the roof peaks is well underway. After this is complete, the next step is to clear away the leftover parts of the plan view that were used to establish the alignment of the roof outline but are no longer needed, then to skin the outer edges and under surfaces...

Here's the Concourse B roof roughly halfway complete. First step was to establish the plan view... it's a 7-sided figure with each side divided into thirds. All of the ridges and valleys radiate from the center. The peaks and valleys transition smoothly into a flat slope going the rest of the...

Beginning to lay out the roof for Concourse B. Six gates (two American, four Delta... and this configuration was retained from its construction in 1966 to end of use in 2008). Other than the parking garage and its ramps, this is the part of the project I dreaded the most...

Exactly right. I am reminded of the old days in Microsoft Flight Simulator when a 12-sided fuselage cross section was considered a major breakthrough (the standard before that was 8 sides)...

Well, this solution also has the added advantage of eliminating some wonky geometry issues I was getting from the plugin I was using to create the rounded corners. I can create these shapes myself with no plugin...

Putting it all together just to make sure everything fits the way it's supposed to.... all that remains to be built are concourses B and C which will be in the bottom center of this view. End to end, this whole complex measures 52 inches across... and that is in 1:400 scale! In the real world...

Here we have the beginnings of the portions of the terminal which were constructed in 1987. This is the central section of the landside which will connect to concourses B and C, and will feature a 7-sided observation deck on top. No attempt was made to match the architectural styles of the rest...

Another concourse completed! This is Concourse D which was built a few years after A, and shares common architectural features. This housed a "mini-hub" operation for Allegheny, later USAir. This model will depict modifications made in the mid-1980s to expand the facility to 10 gates.

And now for a concourse! This is Concourse A, which housed TWA and Eastern in the heyday, and Northwest's "focus city" operation at the end. There is no need to model the jetways at this stage, as those will be based on a ready-made design and installed at the time of construction.

I've turned my attention once again to the back side of the main terminal... the area between concourses C and D appears to be the operational "nerve center". Loading docks, maintenance shops, vehicle garages, and the like. Lots of complexity here, and not often photographed as it doesn't form a...

Well, I decided before I got too much further into construction that it might be a good idea to bring together everything that I've built so far just to make sure there won't be any unpleasant surprises when I go to actually build it.... it turns out I did need to make a couple of minor...

How would you keep it straight over 30 actual inches of application? Would it be better to apply it in shorter pieces rather than strips the length of a whole sheet of paper? And I suppose the same questions could apply to the layers representing the parapet wall for the Departures roadway (the...

So do you have any tips on how to apply a scale 6'6" wide (0.195" actual) strip straight and even along an edge that's almost 30 actual inches long?

So... am I better off to assemble the basic shape (including forming the curved inside corner seen in the foreground) first, then laminate the other layers onto that, or build up the lamination while everything is still flat then form that into shape? The base layer is going to need to be...