I'm reaching the point of completion / abandonment of the Henderson Building; that is, I'm close to finishing it, but sick of working on it.  It is at this point that I put it on the shelf and let it age while I start another structure with the hopes of returning to do the final finish before putting it on the layout.

The problem - more structures than I have MRR real estate.   (Both made and still in their boxes)

A notion to be explored.

I'm thinking that if I could cut two identical squares of plexiglass (or sign board) and indent this square into my town, then I could have inter-changable buildings.  The old Woolworths is removed and a new high rise goes in it's place. 

Anyone done something like this???

On the station track as Shelby there is about 6 inches to the wall.  The backdrop creates depth to the scene and a natural transition from the layout to the horizon.  The station is a walthers kit and there are 32 (little people) LPs from Preiser and Woodland Scenic.  You can see some VIA cars on the storage track.  They are from Rapido.

I am thinking about scratch building some of the structures seen above ground at a coal mine in HO scale. I have found hundreds of great photos and am wondering if scratch builders build from photos, actual plans, or just from their imagination. If built from photos how do you determine dimensions? Are there any web sites where I can get dimensional drawings? thanks for any input.