[:-^] Sometimes I just want to add more to what I already have or expand an area to make it more complete. A few weeks ago I was looking at all of the buildings I have put together that have not been placed on the layout, sitting on a shelf for storage when I came upon a nice silo which I thought should go somewhere, but where. Just about all of the flat land is taken up by structures and I like that, not much open space.
As I was looking at my harbor scene I thought, maybe there but no room. Then I saw a nice piece of styrofoam, the white kind, in my stack of left over foam. The silo would fit perfectly on that square of foam.
I could fill in that empty space on the other side of the warehouse in the harbor scene. I placed the squared off foam next to the bench work on the other side of the track across from the warehouse, then figured out how to attach it to the bench work. I ran a bead of white calk down one side of the foam and adhered it to the bench work then I placed a 1 X 3 board that reached the floor for support under the foam square so it wouldn"t sag or drop off. It looked pretty good. I let the calk set for a day then I painted the styrofoam an earth tone, then while the paint was wet, sprinkled my ground up, sifted rock dust on the top to make a gravel parking lot.
Bored some holes in the foam for trees then placed the silo complex on the newly formed deck attached to the bench work. I placed a few figures and vehicles to complete the scene, stood back, and realized I had added to the harbor industrial site. Looked pretty good to me. The track runs in between the warehouse and the silo complex servicing both, depending on the frieght cars parked there.
Thanks for letting me share.
Robert Sylvester,Newberry-Columbia Line, SC