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Although I gave some info on 3rd Planit above, I have redicsovered something proposed by Dave Frary in MR some time ago (and probably used by many others before Dave). Build a mock-up. Here is how I did mine with the help of Mr Frary's suggestion. Draw out your track plan - either by hand or using something like Atlas RTS. Print it out at a reasonable size - my 4x8 plan fit nicely on a 8.5x11 sheet of paper. Stick it to some thin cardboard - like a ceral box. Cut out the plan leaving about 1/8" on either side of the track. Cut a rectangle of thicker cardboard to represent the benchwork. Stick the track to it, but only where the track will be at the benchwork level. Then use modelling clay (I got Play-dough at the dollar store) to build up your elevations, make mountains, tunnels, whatever. It is fast, cheap, and user-friendly. And you went throught the learning curve in kindergarten... [;)] Andrew
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