More work on the corrugated fence and caught a Heritage unit over the weekend.

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Built the first section of a corrugated fence last night. Came out pretty good I think.

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I have added a number of new things on my Wordpress blog if anyone would like to take a look.

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Spent some quality time in the man cave this weekend ballasting and laying ground cover. I have two short videos on YouTube if you want to check it out.

https://youtu.be/YfXg8fSBfos

https://youtu.be/jkQr_93bP0g

Well my first venture with pan pastels I would say had mixed results. Seemed to work about as well as Bragdon powders. I used a plain Southern boxcar as the first test. You can see the before and after here. I also used Mike Confalones oil weathering techniques on a covered hopper. Frankly I thought that came out much better. Before and after shots below.

BEFORE

AFTER

So my next scratchbuilding project....the Morton Salt plant in Chicago. Its not technically on Goose Island but close enough. Looking at the pictures, I don't think it will be that difficult to build. And I have the perfect spot for it.

I had wanted a really impressive truss bridge to cross my canal but after buying a kit and trying to work it to fit I decided that it was just too darn long. If i shortened it to better fit the space it would look odd. So what to do? How about a simple girder bridge? That would work. Buy one or build one from scratch. I found some plans and it didn't look too hard. Had the materials on hand so why not. First step, the girders. Some .080 styrene. Then I cut 2x10 strips into 2" long pieces and glued them flat every 8 scale feet apart.

Mocked up where the lumber yard will be going and decided to add a little something fun. A sliding gate. Now please excuse the crudeness of the gate and the fence. This is just a mockup to see how it might look. Couldn't figure out how to upload a video to this site so here is a link to YouTube.

Https://youtu.be/a7ILDFckP5U

Added some rain covers over the loading doors and then a little weathering....okay a LOT of weathering. Maybe a bit too much but I wanted the building to look like it had been there for many years. Through many years of rain, snow, hail, sunshine and winds. May have to come back and remove some of the powder.

Guys I don't want to sound braggadocios but I think this is one of the best structures I have built. It's a combination of photo laminating, sheet styrene and strip styrene. The sheets are actually 8 x 10 For Sale signs you can buy at your local big box store for 96 cents. Submitted for your approval.