Nearly 20 years ago, Clarke designed and we (Dunham Studios) built a terrific 8' X 15' Z-scale layout for a client in Yonkers, right outside of New York City. The look was European: that is buildings, scenery, trains, controls. Late last summer the client asked us to come and get his layout, which we did. He wanted to change his European layout to an All-American layout. That, as he well knew, requires more than changing a locomotive or two, or three. It requires new buildings, new signals and a whole new 'look.' As the layout we're working on at present (a 30' toy-look O-scale layout) drew to a close we got ready to start the Z re-do. Below are pictures of the Z layout as it is now. Also a picture of Mike Burke cleaning up those teeny-little train and a picture of Mike, John Doty (partly hidden) and Clarke Dunham pondering the possibilities. I want to take you along as we endeavor to create the look the client wants to see starting in a couple of weeks. (The electrics, electronics and trains are already happening.)
Barb
