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Layout planning and construction A: Before planning - What should you consider, what
do you need to know at least? A 3: The Ambition - How do you find fulfilment in
the model railway hobby? |
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After we have clarified that the personal
requirements for the construction and long-term operation of a model railway
layout are given (if not yet read, please catch up), we start to identify the
design criteria. What influences the shape, the
design of the layout the most? The ambition of the builder. (The next step towards self-knowledge.) The pure collector... ... uses the available space primarily for
display cases and storage cabinets. An installation serves on the one hand for the
occasional, careful movement of the valuable antiques, and on the other hand
for the display of collectors' objects in connection with each other. The style of the installation therefore
depends on the spirit of the times in which the objects are displayed. The playful one... ... wants to move as many trains as possible
in the available space at the same time. Therefore, he lays out as many
tracks as can be accommodated on the available space. New ideas come while playing, then they are
rebuilt. Nothing permanent, no thought of the other criteria. The strategist... ... wants to assemble and move his trains
according to rules. He acquires extensive knowledge about the
railway system and plans his track layout according to the purpose, arranges
his trains in a historical context and keeps a history for each train and
each wagon. He works prototypically. Train movements take place at exemplary speed,
often slower if the signal boxes are operated manually, of course as closely
as possible to the railway operating regulations. If he is technically skilled, he builds in
automatics that give him more time to enjoy the scenery. The design of the landscape is secondary, is
often rather symbolic, simplified. The handicraft enthusiast. Fiddly jobs inspire the handicraft enthusiast. I think I can identify two opposing types of
handicraft enthusiasts: The fussy handyman... ... attaches great importance to the finest
details on the vehicles, the buildings, the landscape. Often photos of the layout can only be
distinguished from the original at second glance. Anything that is not available from the
well-known manufacturers is made in-house. The eye for detail is so sharpened that many
things that others throw away can be used for model railways. The vehicle technology is kept in first-class
condition. The imaginative handyman... ... builds things out of anything he can get
his hands on, things that may well be far removed from any model and almost
exclusively to his own liking. You can almost consider him an artist, in art
everything is allowed. He is absorbed in creating something new from
defective models, from leftovers, from waste. And then there's: The model railway freak... , ... who unites everyone, collects everything,
dedicates all available space to the railway, plans his layout both for the
grandchildren and pays attention to the optimal and logical track layout,
orientates himself on the prototype. He maintains an extensive library, has read
(almost) everything. He knows all the TV programmes on the subject.
(To know all the videos on the internet is impossible...) His vehicle collection is mainly from one era,
but he cannot limit himself. The layout tends to be highly detailed, but
there is not enough time at the back and front for the finishing touches. Where automation is possible, he builds it in,
but it can be switched off, so that sometimes you have to take responsibility
for the operations yourself. Trains are true to the epoch, prototypical,
the train runs are according to regulations. Staging yards provide for constantly changing
trains. (With this I have described myself...) On the next page I discuss the style of the
layout. |
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