By Mike Rountree Model railroaders often focus on scenery in terms of rocks and trees, without considering how the built forms, especially commercial and residential architecture, will fit into the scene. In the real world, much of the scenic context is determined by the houses, roads, stores, other man-made features. These can look out-of-place or otherwise wrong if they are just dropped onto a layout without proper planning and understanding. Selective compression is a familiar term to most model railroaders, referring to our need to retain the distinctive character of a building … [Read more...]
