10-22-2022, 05:59 PM
Speaking of ballasting, I ballasted most of the meadows yard this past week:
I masked off the roadway, townsite and future oil depot beside the tracks with the paper/ masking tape roll that I used previously. Then I applied WS fine gray ballast, same as the other yard. The rest was almost the same as Wayne's technique, except that I use diluted Mod-podge instead of white glue.
The other project I've been working on is the office/garage for my scrap metal dealer.
It's inspired by Bar Mills 'Bulls Salvage' I like the bar mills structure except that it has a strange wrap-around addition on the side/back that doesn't make sense to me. I also would perfer the have garage doors in both the front and back of the garage. I spent a bit of time studying pictures of a few built-up Bulls before drawing the plans for mine. I originally made the garage larger but shrank it back down again.
Then I made a mock-up out of cereal cardboard.
This is approximately where it will be placed. there will be a fence around the scrap yard and the track leading into it. I'll probably be getting into scratchbuilding it shortly, but I have a few projects for other model railroaders coming in and they'll be taking priority for the next couple weeks.
I did make one larger purchase today though:
A sneak peak into the upcoming engine facility.
I masked off the roadway, townsite and future oil depot beside the tracks with the paper/ masking tape roll that I used previously. Then I applied WS fine gray ballast, same as the other yard. The rest was almost the same as Wayne's technique, except that I use diluted Mod-podge instead of white glue.
The other project I've been working on is the office/garage for my scrap metal dealer.
It's inspired by Bar Mills 'Bulls Salvage' I like the bar mills structure except that it has a strange wrap-around addition on the side/back that doesn't make sense to me. I also would perfer the have garage doors in both the front and back of the garage. I spent a bit of time studying pictures of a few built-up Bulls before drawing the plans for mine. I originally made the garage larger but shrank it back down again.
Then I made a mock-up out of cereal cardboard.
This is approximately where it will be placed. there will be a fence around the scrap yard and the track leading into it. I'll probably be getting into scratchbuilding it shortly, but I have a few projects for other model railroaders coming in and they'll be taking priority for the next couple weeks.
I did make one larger purchase today though:
A sneak peak into the upcoming engine facility.