I have a brass sand tower. The main tower and its shorter support tower on the other side of the track has a brass plate the connects the two at the bottom.

It seems this would necessitate the whole tower being painted and finished before I can lay track as the the brass plate needs to go under the track.

A plastic kit like Walthers has each piece separate and each can go on its own on either side of the track. You can also make it sit on a concrete slab if you want.

I am starting to work on the town of Watersmeet and the connecting road to Ironwood (located in the window well)

This is the ramp down from Ironwood to the road leading to Watersmeet. The basic sub form is two pieces of 11/2" thick rigid foam glued together. The road surface is .060" styrene.

I'll let the photos do the talking.

I finally finished a huge household project, a bathroom remodel.  This was a complete tear-out, down to the studs and joists with relocation of the tub and vanity and creating a closet space.  It really turned out well and now I once again may have some time for some model railroad pursuits.

When I left off, i was working on some structures and track right-of-way.  I installed some fencing now between the buildings and track.  First is a post type fence to keep vehicles from parking too close to the track along a tavern and gas station.