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Construction of Slate Creek will commence in earnest after the holidays since I am tired of not having a layout..

I heard that! Starting this thread has really motivated me to get started on an actual ISL as soon as I finally tell myself - this is one to work on! Just putting down one variation of this plan temporarily and being able to actually work it is not only allowing me to see where changes might/should be made and got me to operating trains instead of just spending countless hours looking and planning.

I am thinking about replacing the plastic buildings with scratch built modern "box" structures made from mat board.

I've been thinking about making structure mockup's from foam or mat board, but will look into the idea of building finished structures with that as a base. Far cheaper than styrene although I love working with that material.