steel sheet welded across the bin to give it some shelter from
the weather. To protect the engine from graffiti and over-enthu-
siastic railfans, a chain link fence was needed.
Starting from the ground up, a piece of 3/8” plywood painted
gray forms the base. A length of O scale flex track provides rails
for the unit. I painted the rails a rust color and put down a little
ballast and ground foam between the ties. Track under a static
engine is definitely not up to mainline standards. So gave it a
buried, over-grown look. I glued down ground foam and weed
tufts to the base to complete the un-kept look. Then I sealed
everything with a heavy coat of matte medium.
To construct a 6’ scale fence, I drilled holes in code 100 rail for
the posts. I mounted them on the base, and soldered music wire
through the holes as pipes. A gate was formed out of brass rod.
Tulle was wrapped around the frame as fence fabric and tied
off at intervals. Then a fresh coat of silver paint finished the
1: An overhead view of IHB 102, an 0-8-0 locomotive on dis-
play. The rails along with the locomotive are slowly rusting
away. Weeds beginning to grow in the display are due to lack
of maintenance.
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