Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

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Began scenery work on one of the two areas between track and backdrop this evening - this the area of the maintenance shop for the LVRR on the north end of White Haven.  I really wasn't sure how I was going to tie the Mud Run scenery into this lot, so I didn't do much more than a cursory treatment when I was working on White Haven.  

  The real building still exists - but it's been converted into the town library.  At one time, it was home to the helpers that pushed trains up the grade to Mountaintop, PA.  There were spur tracks that ran from the mainlines right into the building, which was a non-round 4-shed roundhouse.  I debated scratchbuilding my rendition, but settled on a maintenance shop instead.  Maybe I'll get hot to do that at some point and this building will be replaced.  For now, the maintenance shop.  This particular building is another paper model from Clever Models.  It has really nice details - like the balustrades on the corner of the building, the arched windows, the arcade windows at the peak.  It also has a loading dock on the back side.

   

  Decided the first order of business was to level the lot where the building will be located and then add gravel for the roadway leading to the main road, the parking lot and the personnel entrance at the front of the building.  Full strength Titebond glue followed by a very liberal coating of fine ballast.  The extra will be pulled up tomorrow when dry and then I'll begin painting some rocky areas around the property.