All modelers need to have a “junk” box, a place to store old model kits or parts that you have no use for. About 10 years ago I bought a Micro Engineering mine kit. Today, I have no use for it, but a small storage shack is a good use for it…add in OLD Floquil paints that never go bad (unlike the Testors stuff), and I had a simple, quick project.
Today I dug out a few locos and staged an accidental meet as the local is trying to clear the switch….