Stubby47's Micro Layouts

I think the cement dust would adhere to the corrugations, but not uniformly, perhaps. This makes the essentially 2-dimensional medium rather difficult to adapt - i.e. paint. But, as we all know, the relatively trivial cost per download means you can try that first, have several goes if needed, all for the one fee (plus your printing costs), and then try something else if you can't get the required result.

Following Oldudders advice, I have purchased the two sheets from Scalescenes of corragated iron.

 

A couple of prints of each should give me enough for most of the box, if I intermingle them. They will then be covered in the internal framework of the shed - plastruct 'I' beams painted a suitable rusty/cementy colour.

 

A quick check for sizes shows my rough sketch to be roughly correct (surprisingly), there is enough leeway to get a wagon inside, plus the front of whichever loco is propelling it.

 

I've also thought about the 'floor' level within the box - this will now be at 'track' level - ie 1/3 the way up, so the bottom end of the conveyor will have to set underground into a 'pit' below the hopper.

Thanks for that - makes a lot of sense.

Got a trackplan drawn up yet Stu?

 

I like the idea of a boxfile on its' end/edge!

And added track on the lid is another stroke of genius!

 

Marc