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How does one come up with a layout idea?
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<p>There was an old Andy article from the Sept 1995 (I think..) that had the Drago Turn described on a two lap oval while describing a little bit of operation. I was having difficulty choosing other plans until I started to work on this one.</p><p>My problem is space. More space. More... always more. Wanting more space.</p><p>Enough.</p><p>I know my space and am literally taking a train through this space and designing a small yard, a town or two and maybe something else. Nothing special. When I hit the 4 walls Im finished.</p><p>There is a stack of trackplans on the shelf, on the hard drive and all over the trashcan from graphpaper and pencils. In the end I started to flop track down and thinking .. ok the coal trestle is here, the grade to it is there. Where is the switch going to be? and working from there.</p><p>Scenery? I dont even want to know what will happen. All I know is I love the eastern Foothills and mountains with all the rock and trees, no particular place. Im more worried about that huge dallop of glue ruining the appearances than anything else. Remember I started in the hobby in the days of the Life Like Grass Mat that had that hideous shiney green plastic a long time ago. Ugh. Anything but that....</p>
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