Good Job So Far

I beams maybe can be supplied by Pastistruct. Really bad spelling on that. They are a maker of all sorts of plastic structural shapes.

What caused the destruction? That can help come up with a debri pile. A good place for all sorts of scraps. But no idea on how you would come up with a good pile of broken and burnt? bricks mixed in.

Jack

here's a good source of styrene shapes and sheet stock

I've been using this source for years.

https://www.ebay.com/str/modelpartsandsupply

This is a great idea.

Great idea, Alkeatts

I'll see what I can do.

I love the idea and it looks

I love the idea and it looks great.

How about showing it in the process of being taken down? You could show off all these cool construction equipment, lots of workers and some real dirty trucks.

I keep this in mind for my own railroad - so thank you very much for the inspiration!
Mark

What about a weed filled,

What about a weed filled, rusted out chain link fence around the property. Looks like you have room for 2 abandoned tracks. They could be in a cracked and weedy concrete area. Maybe even and old and rusted box car that was left to rot. 

Mark67 and Tim in Iowa

More great ideas! 

maybe you need

an old rusty dumpster thats partially filled with scrap rusitng away in a corner as if someone tried to salvage the place but failed?

Otherwise its really coming along.

Brick Pile

I think the idea Jackh had about the pile of bricks would be great. I purchased a bag of HO scale bricks on Ebay that would be perfect for this.

There are 1200 scale bricks in the package.

Greg

Here we go with day three

Lots and lots done today. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. All comments and ideas are welcome and encouraged, good or bad.

Quick comment

I doubt that any glass or even the frame of the window could withstand the torture that building has been through

also with some masonry walls still standing a security chain link fence with lots of warning signs would be a must. That place would normally be down to just an abandoned concrete pad leaving little room for injury lawsuits. If the partial walls are left standing  for investigation purposes (that has happened in our area) they will be fenced off and have supports to stabilize them. Now, if this is post apocalypse all bets are off!

The demo guys..

...didn't want 7 years of bad luck! 

Tell your demo guys that they'll have

7 years of lawsuits! Also check their eyesight......that's glass, not mirrors

BTW. That's a cool idea for a point of interest that isn't a view block

Evidence of Old buildings

  If one doesn't want to build anything elaborate they can just put in a weathered concrete slab with some old bent iron bolts or rebar sticking up where the walls were removed. There was a large cement foundation of a packing house near here for many years. It had brush and even some small trees sprouting out of it in spots. I've also seen old building sites where just a perimeter foundation and a grid of central pier blocks was left. These tend to get more grass and brush in the non concrete surfaces.  Back in the 1950's the site of a removed round house at Santa Cruz on the SP had a partially filled turntable pit with lots of weathered wood boards and beams scatter around in the brush....DaveB 

I would recommend K & S brass shapes over Plastruckt (SP)

The plastic H beams, I beams etc. are too thick due to strength issues with plastic.  The K & S brass is much closer to scale thickness.

Loving this . .

A great idea & I have just the place on my layout for something similar. Love the follow up suggestions by everyone as well. Thank you John for sharing.

Let's see what you come up with

Lyndon, when get something going, I hope you will share.

Demoed structure will get more

Rick Sutton, I have some scale fencing in my stash of stuff and will be adding that eventually. But the one thing I want to include as part of this is a couple railfans who have found a nice socially isolated location where they can watch the rail action without being harassed. 

Oh and btw, my wife wanted that one wall with a broken window! And since she is buying the Woodland Scenics Static Grass applicator for me, I figured that was a good reason to include it. ????

Bingo!

Keep the window and keep the wife!

And as far as the rail fans go I can certainly relate. Some of the best photos that I have gotten of buildings I want to scratch build are when the building adjacent or across the tracks is empty or abandoned and I can set my camera up there without being asked to leave! Very handy......One building took me several years to get a decent shot when they were transitioning to a new use and the fences were all down.

A few more pictures

These are from Day 4. Added the weed covered concrete loading area. Added the remainder of the abandoned track and ties.

Still to come is a chain  link fence.

Great progress

This is looking really good. The old track is a great feature. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Looks great.

One of these days...Im gonna go to Bruceton TN.  Remains of an old roundhouse still stand.

I think if my links work...it will give you several ideas.  Tall grass and ivy and trees growing through walls...but if you have an old kit we all know....bust it up...plant it in place...just like you want.

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