Still working on the warehouse

      The four walls and the roof are done. The green will be painted black and fine ballast will be glued on top. I also ordered roof top units which I'll then install on the roof.

     I've also been working on my platforms. The platform roofs were given it's first coat of paint and all the pillars are now done. The side of the roofs is a balsa strip which solidifies the strings on the roof. I will now be able to cut the strings under the roof. I will install hanging lamps later.

Little details and the warehouse

     For the past few days, I've been working on some details such as this security gate made from scratch. This will be at the entrance of the container yard. I still need to make a few touch ups, but I'm happy with the result.

     I also tried making a link fence which will surround the container yard, I'm happy, but not satisfied. I'll have to give it another try later.

     I've also started working on my "L" shape warehouse. The walls are made of foam board. I searched the net for brick like walls in HO scale and found someone in Greece that sold them on EBay. The bricks are printed in color on embossed paper. I really like the look and feel of these.

New Year for the layout

     Before continuing on the layout, I decided to do a little staging of my container yard. I then realized that I needed to extend it in the back so that my tractor lift for the small containers could have access to the right side. Did a bit of weathering on the concrete with the expansion joints.