Making your own pallets can be very rewarding and you don't need many to set the scene off  As you can see in the image below, there are only three pallets but they really add character to the scene resting up against the fence.

Here is the video tutorial showing the process of building these cool looking pallets:

I am new using cricut explore which I am using to cut out and score buildings.  I do the drawings in sketchup 2d and then export as a .png file.  When I am just cutting out windows and the shape of a wall in general it works well.  In my drawing I have both areas I want to cut out (windows) and lines which I want to score in cricut.   When I import the .png file into cricut the first thing it asks me to do is to identify the areas which I want to cut out.

I am attaching a video link, sorry it is long, and would love thoughts and ideas on how I can increase interesting  additions/actions.  Some of my ideas that are in the works:

I've got a few road crossings planned and will be using a combination of the rubber and concrete grade crossings from BLMA.

These will be the first brass parts I'll have ever worked with.

Since they are etched brass, I have a few questions for finishing them before installing them.

1. Are there any particular tools to use for trimming the crossing pieces from the spur

2. For finishing the crossings, what colours have any of you used for the rubber and concrete versions?