Australian Model Railway Magazine

Planning a Layout - Part 2

ollowing on from the previous instalment of ‘In the Loop’, as we approach a new layout plan, first we should have two short lists of what we're calling ‘givens’ and ‘druthers’: the givens being a list of things that will be included and druthers, a list of things you'd like to have if possible. If you look at my lists from the previous ‘In the Loop’, the givens centre on items that provide the broader context of the layout such as the scale, era and setting whereas the druthers list was dominated by specific models and scenes I'd like to include but could live without if they proved impractical. I could have a lot more if I worked in a smaller scale and

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