Still experimenting with the cranes .. also experimenting with "wyndbain" idea "Any chance we could get various ground tiles with weird markings, roads, walkways etc"
Been looking at images of Port Botany in Sydney Australia for ideas.
The images on internet of Port Botany have containers tacked 8 wide and a road for trucks with containers on to drive along between the tiles and the crane. Basically 9 tiles wide. The game tiles only fit 4 containers wide. With 2 tiles joined it only allows me room for 8 tiles wide total. Fitting 8 containers wide, the crane legs and the road for the trucks on 2 tiles near impossible.
See some other container port where the trucks with containers load/unload at the end of the container rows like in this image.
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So this probable be the design I will work to.
Something I would like to do, but seems impossible is to have actual road between the 2 cranes. But the tile already being used by cranes and crane tracks. The gantry section of these cranes overlap over top of the containers. So might just have a fake road with fake trucks and container Lifting Equipment on these.
Time for some beauty sleep and I work on them some more tomorrow.
Good night all .. I off to bed.