I am interested in placing a statue in a public park scene. My plan is to use war figurines which come in a variety of scales. I was thinking 1/64 would be a small statue with the people being just a little larger than a real 1/87 person. It seems like 1/48 might be right for a larger statue. 

Stautes come in a variety of sizes, but what is a good size ? Anyone have any experience building such a thing?

With the low supply of alcohol these days I have been looking for an alternative for a wetting agent for ballasting and scenery.  In the past I have used Windex glass cleaner to thin latex paint for air brushing.  Thought I would give it a try for ballasting when I ran out of IPA.  Seem to work pretty well.  Has anyone else tried it? 

Jim

Greetings! Extra modeling time on our hands can pay big dividends on the workbench. We needed a means of hiding some upper-deck benchwork supports in the town of Berrian Vista on our 1927-vintage Sugar Pine Lumber Company layout and a large, semi-flat-profile background industry would fit the bill. We're aiming for a woodworking industry, some type of wood products factory such as furniture, millwork, barrels or whatever, and it started life as two Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory kits, part of the Greenfield Village series.

I have a seven foot siding that terminates at a warehouse complex. Most of this siding parallels a street in a semi-rural setting, let's say on the north side of the street.  I would like to add a couple businesses on the north side of the street, specifically a gas station / fuel dealer. Vehicles would be required to cross this (seldom used) track to access the station.