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Hello! Remember this: modeling a town can be fun to do the research, the sounds, the smells. However, capturing all of this is not an easy task. If I were modeling a town here are some of the questions I would ask myself: 1.) Where is the town 2.) Did it actually exist and is it still in existance today (some towns are not) 3.) Is your town a small settlement or is it a metropolis 4.) Does your town have industries that actually existed in that town I say this cause I modeled a town and I had a wrong industry in it and sure enough one of the visitors made sure he pointed it out to me..LOL 5.) Is your railroad freelanced or are you modeling an actual locale? If it is freelance who cares what kind of a town you model 6.) Always use the K.I.S.S. method. If you are modeling a town you want to get in make it and get out of it and move on to your next project only model what is believable to pass on to the visitor that, "hey that's Pittsburgh or that's London!" This way it doesn't seem like it is taking forever to model one part of your layout. 7.) And finally is it fitting for you? did you accomplish what you wanted to do I could go on and on about this but I do not want to bore any of you just model what makes you happy and remember all of our comments are just what they are comments and some helpful advice thrown in. But once you're done modeling your town I want to see the pictures of it first!! ;-)
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