construction phase, I made cardboard mock-ups of the freight house and other structures to give the

locals or road freights making setouts or pick- ups. Based on input from the opera- tors, I plan to implement a car-card

to the back to it. The others are just mock-ups from my previous layout just to give a feel for how it

16-foot-long O scale layout has building mock-ups. The detail of ready-to-run...are accurately scaled cardboard mock-ups, and the track is unpainted Atlas code 100 - what I call

or kitbashed. I built foam-core mock- ups of the major prototype structures as stand-ins

levels: an overview from a balcony, close-ups from aisles, and underneath the benchwork. They can

such mock-ups, don't forget to factor in the space required under shelves

partially completed buildings used as mock-ups to help visualize both the Main and Railroad street

using the partially completed models as mock- ups. I also set my sights on several smaller structures in Orleans

U.K. for station wagon). Full-size mock-ups I find it difficult to visualize what a finished layout...process, I built a series of full-size mock-ups from whatever materials were on hand. This helped identify

first in Adobe Illustrator to make mock-ups before later crafting it in styrene. He then used his

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you omitted from that article about mock-ups: They can be addictive! I had so much fun switching on...layout with those mock-ups that I didn't start building real structures for almost

determined by trial and error using mock-ups. It was important to us to maintain generous aisle space

is around chest level. Creating mock-ups of sections of the layout can help you understand how

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of the 1:24-scale (1/2" = 1 scale foot) mock-ups Gerry Leone built provide a good way to visualize potential...backdrop effectiveness, and so on. Mock-ups also allow those currently without space for a layout