The small building, slash shed on the side was constructed using scale lumber.  The roof is made from Tin Roof sheet styrene material by Evergreen. 
The windows. and doors are from Grandt line, along with a few leftover odds, and ins from my windows and door spare parts box.

Here you can see the side building attached to the main mill building.  The tracks leading in will be heavily weathered, with lots of plants growing in and around them.  The vent in the roof is from leftover parts.  The tractor was a nice shinny new John Deer.  I am toying with the idea of making this a historical building, and thus keeping the brush back a little. 
Using paintshop pro I created the decals. I really liked the original signs on the building so I copied them best I could.   Since these were metal signs, and not painted onto the building I attached the decals to pieces of pre cut sheet styrene.

The decals were printed on white decal paper using my HP inkjet printer.

The distribution tube and piping were built from leftover parts along with sections of sprues from previous kits.  When you enlarge the image by clicking on it you can see that the rails have been removed from this section of track.  The scenic work has just begun.   I used sculpture mold to build up the land around the mill so that it was not so flat.    More photos coming as I finish this scene.

Redoing this very inexpensive Model Power Church was both fun, and worth the effort.
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The model comes black, white and gray from the manufacturer.

As you can see by adding corner trim, fascia boards, gutters and downspouts the Church immediately looks more realistic. I wanted to keep the Church white so I painted the walls with Model Masters "Header White paint"  

The doors and tops of the window trim were painted with Model Masters red, then dull coated.  The roof was painted with a home brewed green using a couple greens with a touch of black.

The Steeple slate shingles were painted with a lighter shade of green, again my own mixture.    The indoor outdoor carpet was painted using Polly dark green. 
Multiple colors were used for the stone foundation, all by Model Masters.
Using a grayish water color thinned by fifty percent, the Stone Wall was given a full wash.  This gives the appearance of cement between the rocks.

The Sign was designed within Paintshop Pro, and then printed on heavy cardstock.
The sign board was then glued onto a piece sheet styrene.  The post were cut scale lumber 6 x 6's    The finishing touch were the hand rails going up the steps, these we made from sections of rail left over in my scrap box. 

The Hope Baptist Church was lightly weathered using pastel chalks and diluted Indian Ink.   Now all we need is a Pastor and a home for this Country Church!
 

These two Brookford (Train Museum) buildings were a lot of fun to restore. As you can see while the two scenes were kept in tack, they were updated to make them a little more realistic.

By adding multiple layers of paint to the demolition building and painting many of the debris items the building came alive. Some of the original figures were also swapped out to better fit the scene. 

The building under construction was completely taken apart, sanded and repainted.  A concrete foundation replaced the sandpaper base.  The old wooden shed was replaced with a scratch built construction trailer.  A section of the concrete foundation was removed and large piping was added.  The workers are ready to re-concrete around the piping.  All of the figures, equipment, tools etc were repainted to add realisms.

From Machine shop to Yard Office: 
This Tyco machine shop is still available new, however I picked this one up a train show for $5.00. 

I have been looking for a brick building to convert to a yard office for a fellow club member/friend that was always helping others.

The very first step was to lose the roof and base. Neither fit very well to the structure, nor did it fit in well for a North Western yard. 

First things first, there was no secondary door to this structure, so the center rear window was carefully removed and altered for a new door. 
The next step was to paint the building a more natural brick color, followed by a wash with a light gray paint. This not only dulls the brick but also provides a grout or mortar joint.  I could not remove the black windows so I used Testors rust color to paint the walls by hand. Normally I would have spray painted  the walls.

While the walls were drying I measured then cut out a tin roof using Evergreen's sheet styrene (tine roof) material. Using heavy card stock the top roof joint was covered.

Being that this yard office is in use today I needed to provide AC for the yard master.  This was from Walther's roof top ac kit. The AC tubing was made from thin metal rod.

The signs were created using Paintshop Pro and then printed on sticky back paper.  These were then fixed to very thin sheet styrene. The front and back sidewalks were again evergreen sheet styrene sidewalk material.  I Hope to provide a photo of the yard office in the DB&W yard soon. 

Once again by painting all parts of the kit the appearance changes drastically.  The Star Wars window posters and BK signs were made using internet images within Paintshop Pro. I printed the images on sticky back paper.

As was the case with Burger King this is another of Wades Train Town pieces in need of an overhaul.  The Florissant lights really take a toll on unpainted plastic over the years. 

This replica of the Spenser NC yard offices and freight was scratch built 20 plus years ago. It had spent many years under a shelf no longer being used.  The building was passed on to a fellow club member who had it for several years under his layout.  It was given to me to overhaul and setup to used against a back wall as an industry. 

Carefully removing the over hung roof and the dock flooring on one side, the building could mow e placed flush against a wall.  Several windows were in need of repair.  Any and all broken or missing pieces were repaired/replaced. The entire building which is 3ft long was repainted by hand. 

A new sign was created using Paintshop Pro and this company is now open for business on David Wards DB&W RR.