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The Freedom of Scratch-Building
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<p>And did this come to you in a dream, Mouse? I feel for you with the lack of a good hobby shop close by, while living in the hinterlands has appeal, there are these pesky draw backs. Maybe you can have some luck online with the sources mentioned above for styrene.</p><p>The road to a rewarding scratch building project is the road itself, gathering the materials, doing the drawings and mockups, and working out the problems of the gaps and other fit areas. I had a friend who worked in the Chrysler design area who made absolutely beautiful mockups of structures for his layout. Unfortunately he passed away before those became structures.</p><p>The best benefit fo the process is the unique structures you and you alone have made, specifically made for an exact space on the layout. The imagination is the only limiting factor in the structures and rolling stock you create. </p><p>I don't see a down side to the process, except for the time involved, but the benefits are huge. Dream, plan, build as someone said.</p><p> </p><p>Will</p>
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