Whenever working on a layout, we generally have certain steps we complete: benchwork, trackwork, wiring, scenery base, buildings & trees. and then superdetailing.
Buildings can cost some serious $$$ and time. Generally, very few of us rely on pre-assembled buildings...and kits take time. Scratch built buildings take even longer. So the trains get to run through rural towns and serve imaginary industries.
The great John Allen used to place card board boxes all over his layout as place holders for future buildings. So why not take cereal board and other free materials to construct space holders that resemble the future buildings. This can be as simple as printing out a picture of a building and gluing it to some cereal board, or building a building and painting it. I've been saving card stock boxes just for this sort of thing...
Buildings can cost some serious $$$ and time. Generally, very few of us rely on pre-assembled buildings...and kits take time. Scratch built buildings take even longer. So the trains get to run through rural towns and serve imaginary industries.
The great John Allen used to place card board boxes all over his layout as place holders for future buildings. So why not take cereal board and other free materials to construct space holders that resemble the future buildings. This can be as simple as printing out a picture of a building and gluing it to some cereal board, or building a building and painting it. I've been saving card stock boxes just for this sort of thing...
Post some pics when you do it...