Dear Folk,
Did MR ever do an article on modeling an HO scrap/junk yard?
Does anyone have any links to Youtube videos that show a good HO scrap/junk yard?
Thanks,
Mike
Neither of those, but i did build a small scrapyard for my Transition Era HO layout.
I found a few piles of scrap and junk at various train show over the years, and kept them around until I had the place. I painted them all with spray and acrylics. A bit closer view:
The plank fencing is made from coffee stirrers. I scratched the small building from plastic sheets. The rusty cars were probably cereal box prizes I had painted decades ago, but they were not suitable for my layout, so I used Instant Rust and lots of paint on them to to turn them into junkers.
Mr. B,
Awesome job on those cars!!!
Guy
Found one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk6To-B4nMk
It doesn’t come close to Mr. B’s work (IMHO).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW7Ztqu4TRA
He does a good job of building a basic junkyard. He has a couple vids on it.
SHane
I believe there is a step by step article on salvaging a salvage yard in the April 2022 issue of the Magazine.
On a previous HO layout my scrap yard needed some crushed cars. I used plastic vehicles that I put in a vise. I tightened the vise while I held a butane torch to them. The plastic softened and kept tightening the vise until the vehicle was about half it’s normal height. The I weathered them and stacked them about 3 or 4 high. They also made nice looking loads in a gondola.
Mark B.
One of our departed member built a fine scrap yard to fit into an unusual space on his layout. We used to see Reggie’s quite a bit.
-Photograph by Garry Boyd
-Kevin
