04-27-2011, 09:41 PM
Thanks for the comments, Stein. I gave your ideas some thought as well as my own continuing ideas some thought and reworked some of the track. Basically the inspiration for the scenery is based on my trips to Vermont and New England in the Autumn... lots of color and that look that while it is 2011, it could still be 1896... With that in mind, the industry on the layout will be timber, syrup, paper, and granite and marble. The time period could be the 80's - today... I am not so much worried about replicating a time period per se, but more of a broad brushed "modern" era... in other words, freedom to mix things from the early 80's right through today with complete artistic license and no regard for realism as far as period goes. I thought about what industry might go where so I picked some town/village names in Vermont and gave some names and faces to the industry.
After thinking and moving tracks around, I still don't have the urge to build a layout based on operational perfection / prototype... I want to run a train continuous (and I am not afraid to admit that
... but I want some industry / sidings for the purpose of "setting up" scenes that can be photographed in small chunks to give the impression of realism... I have no intention of having an "operating session", so I am not overly concerned about track configuration that paints me in a bad corner operationally... in short, I am more excited to work on scenery rather than "run trains" in a prototypical fashion.
I realize that at the end of the day, this is my layout and ultimately all of the details are up to me, but I certainly do appreciate any and all feedback from the forum!
--Rob.
After thinking and moving tracks around, I still don't have the urge to build a layout based on operational perfection / prototype... I want to run a train continuous (and I am not afraid to admit that
... but I want some industry / sidings for the purpose of "setting up" scenes that can be photographed in small chunks to give the impression of realism... I have no intention of having an "operating session", so I am not overly concerned about track configuration that paints me in a bad corner operationally... in short, I am more excited to work on scenery rather than "run trains" in a prototypical fashion.I realize that at the end of the day, this is my layout and ultimately all of the details are up to me, but I certainly do appreciate any and all feedback from the forum!
--Rob.