Xīn lóng International - Final touches

It's been 10 months now since groundbreaking began on Terminal 2 of Xin Long International Airport and construction is drawing to a close. Actually construction has been near complete now since May but I haven't found the time to update the blog with new entries. Sorry 'bout that. Last time I finished the major detailing on the terminal piers and in this part we finish off the gate detailing, taxiway markings and add airbridges.

Just to remind you of the layout of Xin Long terminal 2 it consists of 3 piers as above. Below you can see the two main piers with airbridges fitted. For the J shaped pier you can see there are several swing gates capable of handling either two narrowbodies or a single widebody. As you can see it all looks a bit clean and there are no gate markings.

The fininshing touches involved using a soft pencil to create apron dirt and oil markings, plus the addition of gate numbering and aircraft position markings. I also used a pencil on the Gemini airbridges to make them look dirtier. Below is the affect on the J pier:

The impact on the longer L shaped pier was even better I think:

My hope is that with this new layout I can do some better quality photography although it needs me to practice with aperture priority photos. Hopefully I can improve on this kind of thing:

I've also got a new Ipad so hopefully some videos will be forthcoming as well. You'll note from below that the area around the smallest rear pier at the right (let's call it the I pier) still needs some work and that area of the airport will be the focus of the next update.

Gates detailed, taxiway markings added, weathering added and airbridges fitted! Almost there...