Finishing the POW at the club

[Cjbdiesel]

Tonight, I took on the task of finally working on a neglected area of our model railroad club. The area (The Port Of Wilmington) was redesigned last year by another member of the club. The track was laid and a few objects were put in place to give it life, but not enough. This thread will show my weekly progress on the area. As of right now, I'm working on a scrap yard that looks nothing like a scrap yard. I'm using Woodland Scenic medium black ballast and fine brown ballast as grounds for the yard. A coat of paint will be applied tomorrow night and ballasting begins Saturday.

 

[Dougget]

Hi,
I'm looking forward to watching your progress. Do you have a 'before' picture?
Doug

 

[Cjbdiesel]

I'll take one tonight after I clean. Practically nothing besides 2 legs of track have been placed.

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[hamltnblue]

Are you in the Wilmington DE area?

 

[Cjbdiesel]

Indeed I am. New Castle, to be exact.

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[Cjbdiesel]

Here's the before.



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[Cjbdiesel]

And the after.

 

[Cjbdiesel]

We're about 1/4 of the way done. Only 3/4 of it is ballasted. Final coating of grass has yet to be placed, although some bushes and trees have.

 

[Dougget]

Wow. World of difference already. Looks great.

 

[goscrewyourselves]

Great job ... and as said, a huge improvement!

 

[Cjbdiesel]

I also made this for the yard. I used some spare nail polish remover, rags, rust pens, and sharpie to give it a tool shed look.