Xīn lóng International Airport - East Pier Connector

With the terminal to pier connector completed for the Western side of the field it's time to move onto the Eastern side connector. Because of the slightly asymmetric layout of the piers and the positioning of the widebody gates this connector can't be a carbon copy of the Western connector, however the tried and trusted method of building it remains the same.

The initial construction is of a simple balsa wood box made up of multiple sections cut roughly to fit and braced internally:

You can see that this rather crude shape fits only roughly into the space for it:

The outside of the connector provides the attachment point for the first gate's double airbridges. I'm using standard Gemini airbridges, which I'll probably try and spice up a bit later on. The airbridge walkway fits into the balsa at the base of the pier:

You can also see in the above and below shots that extra pieces of balsa added to the connector cover the worst joints, allow a better mating to the main terminal and add some architectural style features:

The next step is painting her up. You can see at this time I also began painting the main terminal - leaving clear spaces for what may become large terminal windows:

The addition of windows and voila - the connector is finished for now. Unfortunately painting of the main terminal didn't go as smoothly - but that's a story for next time.