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[quote user="rrinker"]  If that's "limited" skills then I may well perpetually run the Plywood Pacific. Small that layout may be, but it looks absolutely fantastic.                                    --Randy [/quote] Thanks for the kudos, but there is nothing really special about this layout - no scratchbuilt structure, no hand-made trees, everything either built from kits or bought ready made. No special materials involved - all things sourced from DIY stores or hobby shops. Trees are of the inexpensive "bottle-brush" kind, slightly improved by clipping them to shape, coloring them and sprinkling fine WS Turf over them. The only really difficult part was painting and weathering the bridge and the chapel. What really makes the difference is the coherent look of the entire setting, which came from planning the scenery first before fitting the track plan into it. This was the plan: <img src="http://i.imgur.com/0UEHNn8.jpg" alt=" " /> To the OP - maybe this is a message for you - develop a vision for the setting of your layout first, than prepare the trrack plan! For a simple track plan, like this one, using a CAD program to desin the layout may appear as the absolute overkill, but I am a visual guy who needs to see instead of just imagining it.
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