I think it was 3 weeks ago that I posted this picture (below), and commented that I needed to do some improvement to that side of the fence on the right. You can't see that side of the fence from the front of the layout, but it does make for poor scenery in photos taken in that area. The area that is fenced in is the metal recycler Ferrous Processing & Trading site.
So my filing system actually worked (imagine that), and I found my copies of the paper corrugated siding that the fence is "made" from. The siding is printed paper images made by Paper Creek Model Works and then glued onto .020 styrene to make the fence. They were given to me years ago by Bruce Peachey.
So, after a couple hours of cutting and gluing, the back of that fence looks like this now:
Much better. Now I'd better put some ground cover between the track and the fence. I'll have to be careful when I do that though, because if the paper gets wet at all it will discolour the printed image.
Just another similar view, but with a CN gondola in the picture.
Another view from just a bit farther back. Guess I ought to ballast that switch and the area in the left of the picture also.
As for that gondola I mentioned above, I got started on making up a couple of scrap loads this week. A piece of styrene sheet cut to fit inside the gondola, some rusty chips from a milling machine, and then some scrap styrene bits and pieces that I've been saving for just this kind of thing.
All glued down with diluted white glue. Just need some drying time for the glue and then they'll be ready for spraying with the primer.
That'll be all for now. Happy Labour Day Weekend everybody.