Hi Guys,
This post is especially for John DeAlto, but also especially about how we do things here. When you build as many layouts, and in all styles, I tend to carry around in my mind a series of "qualifications" such as "Hi-Rail", "Scale", "Traditional" and "Fantasy". I could use these uprights (which came right out of our parts box), in the Hi-Rail, Traditional and Fantasy groups, but not in the others. There are other, more realistic, solutions that can serve exactly the same purpose, as on our NYC/Long Island layout (see our separate OGR Forum thread for that). That's just my thinking. As you can see there are several different approaches here, including the "little guy" who functions as the edge detail on a platform face to complete the sense all the risers on the layout have set. You'll see this happen on this project, later on when we get to the upper center level. Note that the Grade Angle has been cut into the top member of all the supports.
Clarke
clarke@dunhamstudios.com
