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From: Jim and Cheryl Martin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 11:57:36 AM
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} thoughts for this year - do something
Everyone:
Bill makes some excellent points here.
My days of dreaming of grand layouts are over, and I'm much happier for it.
The
track arrangement on my Port Dover module is lifted directly from the real
thing, and its simple five turnout arrangement can generate 45 minutes of
switching for a four or five car train.
The Model Railway Show (themodelrailwayshow.com) currently has an interview
with
noted small layout builder and designer Lance Mindheim, and it's worth a
listen
by anyone who's feeling a little overwhelmed by his own plans. I attended
Lance's layout design clinic in Naperville last October and found his
minimalist approach to be a real eye opener. Three or four turnouts, and two
or three buildings, and you can have an accurate representation of part of the
real railroad world that will yield a surprising amount of operation. There
are links to Lance's website on The Model Railway Show website.
And although Bill and I have different modular layout preferences, I heartily
agree that joining a modular group is a tonic for flagging interests. If
others
are depending on you to have something ready for the next show, you're far more
likely to "git 'r' done" than if you are building simply for yourself.
Because
my modules are also part of my home layout, I've achieved much more in my
basement over the fast five years than I otherwise would have. And I'm having
fun.
Jim
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From: Bill Lane <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 7:16:26 AM
Subject: {S-Scale List} thoughts for this year - do something
If you are looking at the same benchwork for 5+ years now and even your S
Scale friends can't notice your "progress" perhaps building that massive
layout is not going to happen for you. Not everyone can have the grandiose
layouts of Ed L, Dick K and a few others. Cut back, tear down, rebuild or
rethink what you are doing.
Just do it. Get <<something>> started. Don't leave this world after 20 years
of PLANNING without seeing your trains run in YOUR HOUSE because of
"analysis paralysis".
Thank You,
Bill Lane
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