Good morning! I will try to catch up a few bits and pieces.
There was a question about the powerhouse on Quack Island. It is scratchbuilt of styrene sheet, brick siding, Tichy windows, Evergreen metal roof and a Walthers HO chimney.
The tea plant is after the one in Suffolk, VA. Mostly styrene sheet and chipboard plus scratch.
The backdrop across the window is painted on silk screen printing silk. It lets light through in daylight but is opaque after dark.
The water treatment plant comes from Willianston, WV on the N&W.
The rotary dumper is a composite of several prototypes. It is mostly Central Valley girders along with Evergreen shapes and sheet. The ship is also a composite from several coastal colliers I had pictures of. See Princes N&W steam book for more. It has a foam core covered with, you guessed it, sheet styrene.
I think this covers it for now. Keep those questions coming. I am in the process of starting my own layout after 50 years or so. It is a combination of 2 rail O and 3 rail. The setting is Glen Lyn, VA where the VGN crosses the New River and the N&W on a long bridge. Stay tuned, I will post some pictures soon.
Happy 4th of July!!!!!
George
