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Visiting layouts at
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Notes from the
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Visiting layouts at conventions
W
e’re just back
home from
the National
Narrow Gauge Convention
in Pasadena, and the layout
visits from that convention
remain fresh in our minds.
We’ve seen a lot of layouts over the years and the experi-
ence has been educational, to say the least. We’ve seen empty
rooms with only drawings on the wall, all the way to amaz-
ing models with scenery and details that overload the senses
there’s so much to look at.
We’ve also seen micro layouts that cover less than 2 square
feet all the way to warehouse-filling mammoths.
There’s one truth to these layout visits – we walk away from
every layout we visit having learned something. Frankly, we’re
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