Once in a while this decade-old post rolls up in the viewer stats and for once is quite timely. In other words I may actually do something about it. There is much to work out and even more that could go wrong to kybosh the idea, however, travelling hopefully... like an elderly gentleman I suppose.
As an aside, and referring back to the 15 years element of the last week: I note, and not without surprise that the numbers have shot up. It's the Spitfire thing. The runs of build posts always get a huge hit rate. the question is, do I play to the gallery?
Oddly, I now find myself in a position where I rarely use public transport, after 20 years when it was my first choice. I have belatedly remembered that Don and Val Sibley used to bring their layouts to ExpoNG from Belgium by Eurostar, and I think at least some of them were specifically designed to fit in the luggage spaces.
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Apropos the build series driving up viewings, I guess that "Shows you how" type content will always be popular, especially with things like Airfix kits being generally cheaply available (and with may people having a stash of them).
Playing to the gallery? Why not, all the time it's actually stuff you want to build.
Wasn't there an S gauge layout built specifically be transported on a train? Having lugged a lot of plastic boxes around over the last two years I would look at something with wheels - they make it easier to slide the box in and out of tight spaces.
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