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Not the most exciting title, I know, but I'm working on it. The most recent Walthers Flyer included this year's National Model Railroad Build Off contest details. As usual, there's a freelance diorama category. In this category the modeler builds a large diorama that can feature any subject, in any scale, as long as it isn't part of an existing layout and fits the 2'x4' size limit.I have no intention of entering this year and yet, the idea still appeals to me. When I entered in 2022 and 2023 I really enjoyed the four months of focused work that resulted in a finished scene, from soup to nuts. It puts pay to the tired trope that a layout is never finished! When I entered in 2022 I knew we'd be moving soon and the layout work would be put on hold indefinitely. Before then I had been building real momentum working on the layout which I have yet to recapture since. It is time to get that back and make significant layout progress again.So here's the plan. I'm going to complete…

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