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I built a VERY selectively compressed minor league ball field on my HO layout. Its situated in a corner as other writers above have noted might be a good location. I intended it to suggest the ball park where the St. Paul Saints play. The prototype is a neat stadium with double track railroad running behind the home run fences. Fans in the stands bring along railroad train whistles to toot when the frequently passing freights blow their horns in salute. <br />Any way, my ball park is in front of a double track curve around a corner of the layout. I used commercial blended grass and light colored sand to create the field and basepaths..simply sifting it on a piece of green colored masonite and gluing it down with a solution of white glue, water and detergent. The basepaths are only six inches long and the distance from home plate to the center field wall is 15 inches. Despite its small size the overall effect is pleasing. Since the area immediately behind home plate is at the front edge of the layout I only modeled the baseline bleachers (out of strip wood) and let the viewer's mind fill in the blanks. I set the scene to suggest that the game hadn't started yet so my bleachers aren't full of fans (saves on the budget!) I have some lined up at a ticket office outside. I pasted magazine and computer generated advertisments (some that that refer to friends) on the home run fence so the choice of fencing material wasn't important. The whole atmosphere of minor league ball is relaxed and fun..that's how visitors perceive the scene on my layout. My greatest dilemna is finding ball players. I don't think any makes them even though you can find figures dressed (and even nude) in every conceivable fashion! I guess I'm going to have to find some other figures with hats and reconfigure them. Best of luck on the project! <br />Ralph
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