D. M. FERRY & CO.

FEED & GRAIN STORE

I needed a line- side structure to fit a special position on my new 'On30' layout "STREAKY BAY". The rear of the structure had to be two stories and would face the front of the layout and be served by a siding, while the front was single story on the second level.

I choose a feed & grain store because of the many different details that could be added to the working side of this structure, as well as being a good switching location for box cars, gondolas and even flat cars.

The entire structure has an interior base of 3 mm matt board (treated cardboard used to surround pictures), with the main warehouse section clad in weatherboards and the second story office covered in board and batten. 

The entire structure, scratch built in 1/4" to the foot scale, was built using "Mt Albert Lumber", while the roof is scale thickness corrugated aluminum supplied by "VR Models". All the feed and grain bags are home made resin castings, cast from rubber moulds of my own masters - see "Making Your Own Castings" for more details.

Below are some more photos of the model

The model inserted into the layout