01-23-2009, 03:17 PM
Going back to Andy's comment about cardboard mockups, that is what I did when I was designing my Quinn Ball Bearing building. The structure was to serve as a scene divider, a view block from one aisle to another on a section of layout with no backdrop, for thet "wide open spaces" feel. It needed to rise above eye level (not difficult cause the layout is 60" high) and I needed to duplicate the overall feel of the prototype for which I had no measurements. I'll attach 3 pics, the end of the prototype, the mockup, and the semi finished model. There was a thread at the old gauge (Zealot) search for Quinn Ball Bearing if you'd like to check it out. The mockup sure came in handy in establishing dimensions.