WOOHOO! Good weather = time to build

[Gary S]

Kevin, although operations is a vital aspect for me, when I say things like "down and dirty industrial areas" I am also talking about the scenic aspects, the buildings, the junk piles, product stacked outside, pallets, industrial garbage, weeds grown up in the fences, that sort of stuff. No mountains, no rock faces, no tunnels, no quaint little trestles over a babbling brook.... just industrial scenes and all that they entail. I want highly detailed buildings in various states of repair and cleanliness, the broken concrete parking lots, dust and dirt and grime. So, it isn't that the scenery isn't important, it is just a different sort of scenery... like what I see here in the flat expanses of houston.

Certainly we have to make compromises. And the layout you mention with the peninsulas everywhere is more like the prototype than mine. I am having to compromise on that part because I wanted a longer overall run and wide aisles. So, you're definitely right in your comments.

I think most of us start with an overall vision, and then sort of find our way as the layout progresses. I've never had any "set in stone" plans since I started on the original layout. It was "build the shelves to fit the space, then see how the tracks and structures will best fit to accomplish the overall goals.

All in all, very fun stuff! Thanks for your insight!