Orangeville Yard Views Looking North
North end of town.  You can see the town line road which cuts across the yard.  Grain elevator in the distance was made by joining two kits to make one long tower.  The station I bought from someone who had scratch built it.  I saw no reason to reinvent the wheel.  I want the layout done soon, and if others contribute by producing structures, then that is the way I will go.
One day the cars will all be cleaned of their dust!!  15 years on my brother's layout has taken it's toll.  The black piping will be replaced with fuel tanks, eventually.  Notice the lighter colour of the ties.  They are first painted with a light gray house paint I matched from photographs, then spotted with some burn umber and/or tie brown. The rails were hand painted with a grimy black.  Some rust will be added later.  The black cinder ballast will be toned down later with a spray of gray.
Wife waves to her husband who just arrived from Owen Sound.  Two IGA trucks arrive to pick up local produce brought in on the same train.  The road was made with drywall compound, the curbs with Evergreen plastic.  Once dry. I sanded the surface, then sanded in ruts where years of cars have worn the road.  It was then sprayed with flat black.  Once dry, I took a course grained sandpaper laying it over the road.  Rubbing hard with the handle of a screwdriver puts small pits into the surface.  Do not move the sandpaper, we do not want scratches, just pits.  I did this several times to ensure that the smooth road surface had sufficient pits.   Then several tones of grays were added using a brush to apply, but partly removed with paper towel, rubbing the paper towel in the direction of traffic flow.  Once that was dried I used weathered black to add more black hue to the surface where tires wore the road.  Oily black was used to add drips of oil, pools where cars would stop waiting for trains.  I then took a small tipped black magic marker and added the tar where they seal cracks in the road.    Once this was all dry, I masked off for the white lines, using spray flat white.   Once that was dry I reapplied some of the weathered black to go over the lines where it would be worn off.  The sidewalk is Evergreen tile sheet.   Both the sidewalk and the curb were painted with aged concrete with some added lighter grays after drying.

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