A decision has been made regarding the layout's timeframe and I have opted for a bleak, grey winter's day in 1984. Of course, George Orwell writes of a bleak and grey world in his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four, and this can be mirrored in the industrial grunge of a narrow, concrete/rusting tin rail corridor. The only splash of real colour will come from a series of (first generation) tags/bombings on those vast, grey canvases. I would also like to play around with creating puddles and the judicious use of a gloss finish to achieve a particular "wet look".
And there we have it, the model railway as Art modelling social commentary (he says, tounge firmly in cheek).
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Dear Dorian,
"Wet Look" modelling is not too hard to achieve, although it does require some alternative approaches to base weathering treatments, and the courage to overcoat with gloss in stead of matte finishes :-)
Tagging and suchlike are not greatly difficult, particularly if you have proto graffiti images to start from. Can I suggest you have a look at "Brooklyn : 3AM" on Carl Arendt's "MicroLayout" site as one source of inspiration.
I am also glad to hear that the "Chicago Fork" O scale switching helped you in your layout-design ruminations. I agree that many more "proto-minded" modellers often find the conventional Inglenook arrangement simply not in keeping with their understand of their chosen prototype, if prototypical at all. However, casting each of the 'nook tracks with a very specific purpose, and deliberately not casting the longest track as the "MainLine" by default can open up many "Proto-nook" possibilities :-)
Oh, and as you've discovered, strategic use of staging can effectively "emulate" the practical operations of the "far end" of a passingloop or other complex trackage arrangement, while saving significant layout area/space... :-)
Happy Modelling,
Aim to Improve,
Prof Klyzlr
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