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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith A few of you know the saga of my ever shrinking layout...I have gone from a planned outdoor layout to a smaller 8' x 20' layout in my garage, well.... Two weeks ago, right before going to the BTS, I had to face the fact that my 8' x 20' indoor layout was eating up way too much of my garage and that I was going to have to reduce my scope yet again, by half! Yep, I can only keep 10 feet of my layout, I desperately need the other 10 feet back for workbench and storage space. So now my layout will be 8 feet by...... 10 feet....[V] After first going from a planned outdoor layout to a much reduced indoor layout to a now even farther reduced layout I was so discouraged that I considered chucking the whole thing and switching to On30. [:(!] But after working and reworking and reworking what I hade, plus the already substantial investment in G stuff, I now have a pretty viable layout in a very very tight space. It will be done alla my hero Malcomn Furlow, Much Detail in a small space, a series of mini scene to mini scene is what I am now planning. Using buildings and scenery to stack up behind the track to create a bigger impression visually. When I was at the BTS this last weekend I had brought along a copy of the plan so I could use it as a reference for buildings, detail items, etc. I had several very positive comments (including from GR editor Marc Horowitz, thanks Marc [:D])on the layout and that encouraged me to press on, and just as I was about to leave I came upon a Bachmann Saddletanker for sale for $60! Cant walk away from that! This is THE one engine I have wanted for a while now, so I took it as a positve sign to press on and I am now ready to continue , truncated layout and all, full speed ahead! [8D] [/quote] Vic, Hold the line! I nearly skipped a beat when I read the part about you dumping the whole thing. That would only cause you heartbreak that you would regret. I am facing major issues with the fact that I have to erect that fence I talk about so much. It's a little more than a year and a half away from completion. I have descided to concentrate on my shop scene for now. It will allow me to practice my stills and accomplish someting for the duration. I look forward to seeing the "mini scene to mini scene" concept in action. In many ways my shop scene is just that.
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