"The Derelict" is an abandoned factory with a rusty  roof, missing and rotten boards and boarded up windows. Shrubs and weeds are taking over the property and ivy is growing up one wall.

The boards that cover each window are individually applied, and for diversity some have been loosened by hobos to gain access. Note also the leaning stack with broken stays.

"This just in from our newsroom: the Bank of the South West was broken into early this morning. The robbers, in an attempt to blow the safe, blew out the wall instead. All the windows in the building were broken by the blast and the   roof  suffered major damage in the attempt".

This is a burned out factory of sorts. It was NOT built then set fire to, it doesn't work that way. Look in the D.I.Y.  page to see how I did it.

"This just in from our newsroom: the local Jail was the scene of a break-out last night. Two inmates escaped when an unknown number of accomplices attached a cable to one of the window's bars and ripped them out. The Police is investigating.

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Continuing my "Wrong Side of the Track" series this old Antiques Store has so many loose boards it rattles. Note the weathering, the broken boards and the "antiques".

There are also plenty of broken window panes and junk laying around in the back, or are those antiques also ? Hard to tell.

It looks like the roof is an antique also and in dire need of repair else a lot of priceless treasures are going to be wet when the next rains come along. I used various Paper Creek Models roofing materials and boards. Note the sway also.

More derelicts. Note the patched up roofs and overgrown yards.

Z Scale #3

Buildings with character.

Doubt it's Z Scale?

Created 10/01/05