Schinkendorf. A small German H0 Layout

This spare Roco detail moulding had hung around in one of my parts drawers for so long that I had pretty much forgotten about it, but when I came across it whilst looking for something else, it occurred to me that the two handrails might fit in the handrail holes in my "rescue" VTG Ferrywagon, see "Rescue": https://schinkendorfh0.blogspot.com/2024/03/rescue.html?m=1 Its original handrails, which were moulded in a brittle yellow plastic, had already broken while still in the parts bag. A quick check proved that they did, indeed, fit. I'll need to paint them, but that will be a part of weathering the vehicle, whenever I get around to it.

...sugar beet, that is. Beet traffic in the 1950s is mentioned on Tim Hale's excellent blog, here:  https://timhalesblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/local-bus-for-pdorf.html?m=0 I would recommend a read through Tim's blog to anyone interested in German railways, it's a mine of information and inspiration.  In the 1980s era I'm modelling, sugar beet traffic was still conveyed by rail, but because it's seasonal it was often in whatever old wagons could be made to turn a wheel, hence the widespread use of old 4-wheelers like these. It's this sort of traffic that might just keep the remains of a through route like the line from Schinkendorf going for another year. The cowpat green bagger visible in the rear, has escaped (or been imported) from the DDR, as has the nearest wagon. So, having decided my wagons needed beet loads, how to go about making them? German company Juweela provided the beets themselves, they're some sort of natural plant product, suitably processed,