Gustav:
I don't see any
gardening tools or seed-
lings in the room. It's all
railroad and railroad-
related items.
Jim:
Right. The railroad
ultimately took over the
entire room.
Gustav:
I've read there
are two kinds of model-
ers. Those that plan their
layouts and those that
simply let them evolve.
Tony Koester is a plan-
ner, George Sellios is an
evolver. Both built world-
class layouts. Where do
you fall?
Jim:
Oh, I planned the
layout over the course
of about two years,
first drawing out scaled
plans on graph paper.
Then, when I was satisfied with what I had, I covered the floor
where the layout was going to be with a roll of butcher paper and
transferred the drawings to the paper using a grid pattern. That
approach worked out very well because it allowed me to con-
struct the L-girder bench work right over top of the butcher paper
and I could simply look down at the floor and see where all of my
turnouts would be. That kept me from placing joists where I knew
I'd have to install switch machines.
Gustav:
I've been underneath your layout. Everything appears
very well thought out.
5: GN RS1 1831 crossing the
Lost River trestle.
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