Good things come in narrow packages

[Steve]

Thanks guys!
I never really gave the scrap yard much thought until I needed to come up with the scrap itself....wasn't as easy as I imagined. The narrowness of the area was a challenge and there was a very long section of fence too close to the track to place scrap in front of, so I decided that the owner of this yard collected signs and placed them about. The rest of it just kind of evolved  

Well Matt, you asked what is my next project?...well I actually have completed it. Originally the track plan called for a small structure to the right of the coal house (next to the road). As I built up the surrounding area and structures, I decided against putting anything in that small area.....until I stumbled upon this website https://myp48.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/f...yungkurth/ and this structure:


To model this structure I used a combination of wood and card stock. I will show a couple of progress pics but it is really just a straight forward "box" build:






Unfortunately I couldn't make the structure quite as long as the prototype, so it is a little more square looking  


Needed hinges for the big doors:



Just made them out of plain copy paper:



Hardest part of this build was trying to imitate the font on the signs and getting the paint color right....I think they are close enough:






All in all it was a very easy and enjoyable build....now I need to "excavate" to place this on the layout