Getting 90 degree corners on structures is not particularly easy. Some time ago, I realized I could make it much easier using something that I still have tubs of laying around from my childhood: Legos. The blocks are perfectly square and can be attached with cyanoacrylate adhesive (CA) to every plastic or styrene surface that I've ever used.

For the longest time this triangle of real estate in the corner of the 22nd Avenue Secondary has remained barren and empty, with no apparent development in sight. I have wrestled with this space almost since the construction of the benchwork, never having come up with a good plan for what to do with it. Besides the obvious angle-induced problems, whatever landed there had to keep the food distributor in the back accessible for switching.

Alright y'all. I've got this unused triangle of rail-served real estate and I have no idea what to do with it. I've gone back and forth many many times on what would work best there but all I have decided is that this is a terribly inconvenient space and I've (literally) backed myself into a corner. Heres a bit wider view of the scene.

Well a week ago I figured I would be done with this in a couple days. Between being busy in real life and grossly underestimating the amount of work I had left, I just finished the grain elevator this evening. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The silos, headhouse, and shed are still separate pieces until I fine-tune their location on the layout.

Spent some time today working on the grain mill and elevator anchoring the east end of my 22nd Street Secondary.

First some construction background: the headhouse is scratcbuilt from .030 styrene overlain with .020 strips to simulate a more substantial frame. The silos are 2-3/8" PVC pipe with a .030 styrene roof. The gallery (running across the top of the silos) is Evergreen metal-siding styrene, as is most of the loading/unloading shed.

Someone asked for a track plan of my 22nd Avenue Secondary so I whipped one up. Yes, it is drawn in Microsoft Paint. Don't judge.

All track is Atlas Code 83 Sectional. All curves are 18" radius. Turnouts are as noted. I don't know the exact geometry of the wye turnout but it is somewhere near a #5. That is a 19 degree crossing near the center.

I've been using MRH blogs for information and inspiration for some time now and thought I'd get involved myself. Hopefully some of what I have to say is useful to someone else.