Eventually the “notes” layer, not shown here, will be filled with
everything from thumbnail photos of the prototype buildings
to various notes and comments on types of siding, years it was
built and/or altered, interesting notes on who lived where....
even a location of a particular tree if it somehow “makes” a
prototype scene! In short, these maps centralize much of what
I know about the scene. That way, when it comes time to build
the models I have an idea of where to look – or at the very
least a place to start!
Once I get this information together, the next step will be to
develop a track arrangement that will actually fit in place on
the layout – most of that layout planning is not done on paper,
but instead is done full-size with flextrack and paper cutouts
of the various buildings I’ve deemed essential to capturing the
look of the prototype.
Signature structures for Randolph
Randolph is populated with a variety of modelgenic structures
that seem to be built with the model railroader in mind. On
the next page are some of the key structures in Randolph I
want to include on the layout [3-6].