Model Maker Scott Alexander comments on the Hold Your Fire street scene

A big thanks to reader Wayne Bryan who sent along this exchange with Scott Alexander, model maker of the street scene from the Hold Your Fire linernotes:

"The street scene for that cover was close to 4 feet wide. The foreground was 1:12 scale and the background, on the right, was 1:24 scale. I can't remember how long it took to build, but I built most of it in the very tiny apartment I had at the time. The foreground building was made of thin plywood and doll-house brick material that came in sheets. The diner and the building it was part of were made from standard architectural modeling materials. The car was a kit, with tail-lights lit up. The alley to the left of the foreground building was actually some other 1:12 scale fronts that had been made for a poster promoting Yamaha musical instruments. Hugh cut out the cat from some black paper and sanded the edges to give it some fur that would catch the light! The wet surface of the street was simply paint thinner poured onto the model. I really enjoyed working with 'Glugh' (Glen [Wexler, photographer] and Hugh [Syme] - pronounced "Glue". They made it up, not me!) They are both very pleasant, creative guys who only work to get the job done in the most professional way. I think they were unique in using miniatures to achieve these album covers and the results were always interesting and very striking. I miss working with them." - Scott Alexander, January 14, 2009