Month: May 2011

Layout Lifespan

Post author By Lmind1
Post date May 18, 2011
Categories In Construction, Model Railroad Design, Most Popular, Opinion

It’s pretty easy to sub-consciously buy into conventional wisdom without thinking through whether such an approach actually applies to our situation. It may or may not. The expected lifespan of a layout is one such example. For many of us, when we set out to build a layout, it’s with the thought that it will […]

You’ve Come This Far

Post author By Lmind1
Post date May 1, 2011
Categories In Construction, Opinion

I’ve gotten a number of emails in the past week illustrating progress on switching layout construction. To a person each project looks fantastic, well designed, simple but efficient, and neatly constructed. You’ve come this far, don’t shoot yourself in the foot now. Next up for many of you will be the steps of painting the […]