Future
For scenery, paint and playground sand can be used initially,
and then ground foam, static grass, and trees can be added.
Some material can be gathered outdoors and used (with the
appropriate preparation). Purchasing scenic material will go
over the budget, but my goal was to get started with track,
equipment, and benchwork, so a pink top is OK for now.
I am already considering expansion. A wood pellet manu-
facturer is the last industry in the town before the short line
curves to the north, and then to the west. At that curve, on the
east end of town, there are two tracks heading east that can be
used for switching (these are remnants of a former interchange
with another shortline).
The Atlas track and turnouts will slowly be replaced with hand-
laid track. I will use the Atlas track in the interchange area, or in
the new storage area under the bench.
The industries can be modeled
with parts from kits, or with
photo-mural techniques that
have been written about in
many articles.
$500 layout-7
MRH-Jun 2014
