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I was scanning your question and some of the others comments. It is very interesting to see that the freelance layouts are not dead. I also sort of freelance my layouts. I think this method should continue. In some ways a researched true to life layout that has been modeled after a certain RR or area is good, if that's what you really want to do. but in other ways it is not so good. A very good friend of mine has been going to build a layout modeling either the Kalispell, MT. or a portion of the GN RR for years now, and he has yet to ever get beyond the beginning stage. I have seen him start several layouts then suddenly tear them out and get rid of all the equipment ( to include all the pre-made benchwork he had ordered and assembled ) to just end up having to re-buy, all new quipment for the same thing all over again. (To me that is a waste of hard earned money, but that is his choice) I have built 3 freelance layouts in this time frame and have had all of them running. unfortunately, do to my occupation, I've had to tear them up as I've had to move from town to town or state to state.and because of limited cargo space when moving, i have had to leave the wooden portions of the layout's behind (but at least I didn't have to get rid of my equipment.) Well, at least wood is cheaper than model RR equipment. <br />My point is: that it's sometimes more fun to to just do a freelance and have the fun of running it, than to spend years doing research on a particular RR and building part of it and never even getting it running.BLOCKED SCRIPTinsertsmilie('[:)]')
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