This is my recently completed ethanol plant. The table measures 8' X 3' 6" and has insulation board placed on top. I spray painted large evergreen sheets with Rust-Oleum Desert Bisque for texture and applied them to the board. All buildings are from Walthers Cornerstone North American Ethanol Plant Series. A combination of Walthers and Plastruct parts are used for ethanol and water piping.

Due my last move, I've been a few years without a layout and I'm always thinking of little modeling projects to keep me entertained in the meantime. I've bought a few kits that I can build that will be useful on a future layout I have planned, one of the kits is discontinued and has some broken parts. Its  almost impossible to find new parts for as well. So one thing that I have considered is molding and making new parts after I saw a resin molding kit for sale. Any advice if I was going to attempt anything like this?

Well it’s September already, I woke up to a cold rainy day, so it is down to the basement to get the layout running for the winter.

First step is to vacuum the track and layout.

After spending some time with my current layout in it's new space and trying to come up with a design for the expanded railroad that would include those original modules, I've come to the conclusion that they just would not fit the space well and I'd be better served starting over from scratch. 

With that in mind I dove into researching and designing a brand-new layout that would make best use of the space available and would allow me many, many years of enjoyment. I don't ever plan on moving from this home, so this layout will be my fourth and FINAL layout. My dream railroad.