Lots of Sanding Needed

Well, we are in Panama City, FL, for the pulp and paper mill, so there is a preponderance of sandy soil.  Used primarily sanded grout with alcohol/water spray followed by 50/50 water/white glue.  Even with alcohol, the grout seemed to want to ball up -- but otherwise things worked out pretty well.

Much of the "sanding" was done with help from a granddaughter.  Previously, her brother and sister stopped by and added a couple of trees!

What to do for a Woodpile?

 Somewhere reasonably near the pulp and paper mill should be a stack of pulpwood -- short logs for 1956.  Maybe here?

Sure, why not?  But none of this looks quite like a woodpile.  Maybe less is more and we will use our imagination.

Just use a few of the cast truckload piles and put random stacked pulpwood behind.  Start with a wedge of Styrofoam painted Expresso.  Add individual logs dipped in 50/50 water/white glue.

That could work; maybe add a few more sticks for good measure.  A grapple/orange peel bucket to move to a conveyor-to-be.

Something like this with a little imagination. . . .

And this. . . on a smaller scale (in more ways than one).  Of course, most of the pulpwood is off of the layout.  😉

Custom Fitting a Recovery Boiler

 Hmm, how much room is left for a recovery boiler and how big can it be?

Looks like 6X8 is going to be the footprint. . . 

By about this tall:

These things get pretty big; that's a recent shot of it surrounded by smoke stacks!  We'll need to do a little downscaling to make things fit!

Here's a start with some Plastruct trusses!

Maybe the chip loading bin from the sawmill can work as a precipitator?!

And maybe a cardstock model of the furnace, itself will work.  Or maybe it needs to be bigger.

Working toward something like this schematic:

Filling Watson Bayou. . . not so fast, there!

 Filling Watson Bayou with realistic water was not quite as successful as had been hoped.  Several leaks developed in the dam as can be seen by the drips on the sideboards.  Probably should have been smart and put down plastic before pouring, but hindsight is great.  After a few, layered pours a decent bayou was accomplished.

In time, a proper thickness was obtained, boat and skier were placed, and wakes were added.  Noticed that skier may have been a bit surprised at how close she was to the bank -- probably waving at someone - and created quite a splash getting pointed toward the boat again.