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Actually at this point, I think I have some ideas for how I want it to be set up.  The more I think about it though, I have no idea what to do with it scenery wise.  I'm thinking of putting a line of old tubular track into it to park some old gondolas on, and I've got a few old F unit shells to use as engines being scrapped.  I have an old Lionel Alco RS3 that's been turned into a dummy (one of the cheapie all plastic ones) that I may use to represent a beat up yard switcher.  That's about as much as I can think of.

 

What scenery materials would you use.  I'll probably be doing this on a piece of 1/4" plywood so what would work best to cover that up?

Originally Posted by TrainsRMe:

For covering your plywood, how about some fine ballast in your choice of color?  Paint the plywood with latex paint or wite glue first.  Sprinkle some ground foam "grass" here and there and you've simulated a gravel surface.

 

Thanks for the tip, that's what I was initially thinking but I haven't really seen a true scrapyard before so I thought I'd ask

They are dirty! There usually isn't a square foot with out some type of metal sticking out of it. Scrapping has lots of grimy dirt & the mach's are filthy too! Very weathered, doesn't have to be rust, in fact most working mach's are grimy from heavy greasing that catch all the dust particles. And all mach's have solid rubber tires! No flats!

Jake, You asked what to start with. I start with the space available - shape and dimensions. Then, I usually have an office and an enclosure. You can put the office inside the enclosure...

office inside

 

hello...

 

18bx

 

...or outside...

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...and let me underscore the point CP Jim made about a junk yard being a place for a personalized statement, and Justin's point about such a place being dirty and grimy. Even the type of groundcover you use, as well as the presence of or absence of foliage adds to the story you are telling...

 

Old guy at the Yard

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Originally Posted by Smoke Stack Lightnin:

Moonson- If your work has never been in O-Gauge magazine, it ought to be!  Love the era and detail.  Thanks for sharing!... 

Stack

Such a nice thing to say, Stack! Thank you. As the layout has grown and progressed, and as I learned, some of its evolution has been documented in OGR, in Runs 163; 168; 221; 224, I am honored to say.
Frank

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