The South End of Southport Yard

It occurred to me that before I get too far down the line, the area at the south end of the yard needed some attention.  First, I needed to cove the corner where the utility chase juts out into the room.  On this side of the chase the wall sets back about six inches.  On the other side of the chase the setback is nearly a foot. So, at this location I chose to bend the corner material in an "S" curve to soften the corners.  It's easy to see in this view, but once the edges are tapered with drywall mud, and it's shaded and painted, the effect will be much better than two hard edges that previously existed here.

The box car is sitting on a short siding that will eventually be the Chapel Lumber siding and the buildings will further help disguise the corner.  Extending the ceiling lighting in this area will also help.

I used the green florist foam to shape the ground contours in this area.  I really like working with this stuff.  It's easy to carve and this transitions are easy to form.  On the rise is the distance, I planted one of my scratch built trees.  For this particular tree I used dried sedum from my garden.  The dried stalks are easy to arrange into a tree shape, and the brown color is great for late fall.  More on my tree making process in a future post.