doctorwayne .......While I choose to ignore the unrealistically-close proximity of the towns to each other, and despite the length of my mainline, I prefer to think of my layout as an elongated ISL, where the multitude of relatively large industries are the reason the railroad exists.I don't think of my layout as having too many structures, but rather as one with too little separation between the scenes which represent each locale. Wayne
.......While I choose to ignore the unrealistically-close proximity of the towns to each other, and despite the length of my mainline, I prefer to think of my layout as an elongated ISL, where the multitude of relatively large industries are the reason the railroad exists.I don't think of my layout as having too many structures, but rather as one with too little separation between the scenes which represent each locale.
Wayne
I like this explaination of yours
Brian
My Layout Plan
Interesting new Plan Consideration
I agree , I treat my layout the same . It represents a crowded New England suburban area . I might add that I enjoy overcrowded streets ; too many vehicles .
I love buildings and I am not a knitpicker. Now, on my are larger layouts built over the years I spaced my buidling, giving myself some room out in the country, but still put in a lot of structures.
I just like building them and adding more detail to my layout. My latest venture is smaller in our new home, only 10 X 12 but packed with building, almost like one continuous town.
But again each to his own. I like crowded neighborhoods with buildings filling in all of the space.
Even my warf scene has buildings right up to the water,
Many will say not realistic, but cities can be crammed full of brick an concrete structures. It's a city.
I love this Bus Station at night, you can almost hear the sound of the city around it. Over the years I have built and painted so many structures, many are still packed. A new project is on the horizon. A new building just for trains-16X24 is going to be built behind the house. Can't wait. More room for more buildings.
And, I like watching the trains traverse the towns going from one street to the next.
I like older cities, not so much modern. There is something about the character and charm of the buildings from the last century so I build them.
They just don't build them like they used too.
Thanks,
Robert Sylvester
Newberry-Columbia, SC Line.