I've been working on a Builders in Scale 630 Elm street for several months, in between coding binges and other chores. It is finally finished, or at least ready to be put aside until installation on the layout. (It will be at the front, so must be installed last.) Here is the realtors' view:

I have run across Tempera paint again in my local Hobby Lobby...it is very inexpensive...about $1.25 for 16 oz. I have read all about powdered tempera, even saw Joe use it and his formula in one or two of his videos, but I am curious if anyone has ever used it in this liquid form ? I searched the MRH forum and came up again with uses of the powdered form...but nothing on the liquid.

I'm not sure what topic category this belongs in, so I am going to post it in a couple. 

Does anyone know of a good way to hide Atlas switch machines on a layout?  I've read about several approaches, including hiding in the scenery or mounting under the benchwork.

Do you know of any good ways to hide them in the scenery?  Any techniques that have worked for you, or that you know have worked for others?

This past Jan I had the pleasure of visiting a semi-annual 'open house' layout in Orlando Fl. It was a pretty interesting layout, and one scene in particular attracted my attention. it was a steel mill scene placed in a corner area in a diagonal manner rather than in conformity with the straight sides of the corner. 

My thoughts were that it presented a lot of 'structure' in a fairly small space.

I am interested in such an idea as I hope to put a steel mill scene on my new relatively small layout