Left over kit pieces or scrap can be used to create gondola scrap loads.  spray the pieces brown or gray and add your pigments, rust, dirt, or grime as you wish.

or why did I decide on Z-Scale model railroad.   

    I had been dabbling in N Gauge off and on since 1974, when I gave [ ... ]

Here's a pic of the six, so far...

Well here goes nothing. I bought a MTL F-7  trainset, a GP-35 trainset, also a Marklin 81466  Micado steam loco set.I also got 2 packs flex track [ ... ]