Hello
On my line, I want to have a siding that runs to a stockyard then back onto the main line. I am unsure of a couple of things, though. Any help would be great....
I am not sure if I want my siding to split in two and go on either side of the stockyard then form up again before getting back to the main line. I have seen may pics like this in the past, but space wise, I am thinking it might not be the best way to go. I have about 4 feet in length and 2 feet in width to work with.
Another quandary I have is about the stockyard itself. I don't know which one to choose. Our club has the Cornerstone stockyard and it's ok... but it looks abit, well, overly plastic. Don't get me wrong, I have plastic items on my layout; a few houses, fencing and whatnot. Maybe it looks that way, because we haven't done anything to it but take it out of the box and set it up. No weathering or the like. For this, I would like to get a wood kit, but I have no idea which one to get. I have gone thru the Walther's Bible and seen the 6 or 7 they offer, but buying something from a 1" x 1" black and white photo without seeing it in person may not be the best use of dollars.
Any help, comments, advice would be appreciated. I know that I might have started something by my plastic comment, so let me apologize in advance. I do not mean to say that all plastic models are inferior to wood models. It is just this one case, and it may just be this one model. That is why I need some help.
Thanks again.
George
On my line, I want to have a siding that runs to a stockyard then back onto the main line. I am unsure of a couple of things, though. Any help would be great....
I am not sure if I want my siding to split in two and go on either side of the stockyard then form up again before getting back to the main line. I have seen may pics like this in the past, but space wise, I am thinking it might not be the best way to go. I have about 4 feet in length and 2 feet in width to work with.
Another quandary I have is about the stockyard itself. I don't know which one to choose. Our club has the Cornerstone stockyard and it's ok... but it looks abit, well, overly plastic. Don't get me wrong, I have plastic items on my layout; a few houses, fencing and whatnot. Maybe it looks that way, because we haven't done anything to it but take it out of the box and set it up. No weathering or the like. For this, I would like to get a wood kit, but I have no idea which one to get. I have gone thru the Walther's Bible and seen the 6 or 7 they offer, but buying something from a 1" x 1" black and white photo without seeing it in person may not be the best use of dollars.
Any help, comments, advice would be appreciated. I know that I might have started something by my plastic comment, so let me apologize in advance. I do not mean to say that all plastic models are inferior to wood models. It is just this one case, and it may just be this one model. That is why I need some help.
Thanks again.
George