Under construction, my Bachmann Trade Tower has some 60 LED's controlled by two Arduino Pro Mini microprocessors. One processor controls the the 13 story floor lights in a random pattern simulating movement of people within the building.  The other processor has a customized Geoff Bunza DCC decoder to control the upper corner lights and the mezzanine lights as well as the to be added Television tower on the top which will have blinking red LEDs.  

Thanks to Geoff Bunza for his excellent how to models.

 This is more of a test than anything else. A friend of mine is building a layout based on the SP between Salinas and Gilroy, including the Monterey Branch. Like a dumb <censored>, I volunteered to research  and build signature foliage for the area. Signature trees for the area include Monterey cypress, Monterey pine, Coast live oak and eucalyptus (multiple species with different appearances).

I am getting ready to start my first scratch built project.  I am going to make a compressed version of the Southern Pacific depot in Bakersfield California.  I have already gone and taken a ton of pictures.  I tried to find the plans for the depot, but to no avail.  so I will just design it to close enough dimensions. 

I am going to build it out of styrene.  I have used this and wood before, so I am good with it.  But what size thick ness of styrene should I use?  really that is my only question.

Thanks.

My local NMRA div held its September meet in Brockville, so of course I had to take the transfer terminal out for one last show & tell before it got bolted permanently to the layout, and then took it down to visit the real building.

Me, in shot from the west end:

Hmmm...some HVAC equipment on the roof would look good....