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These pages replicate the layout designer Scott Perry's questionnaire for his clients. The contents are used here with  is permission. I have formatted it to be an series of pages with his questions and my answers.

Personal Interview Survey Page 12

Dreams and Heroes
Which layout(s) in the model railroad press do you admire most?

    • Well, you’ve heard me gush over Steve Flanigan’s Louisville & Wadley.
    • Stan White's Ma&Pa layout in the Dec 2005 MR is awesome: scenery, operation, short line theme.
    • Tony Koester’s old AM for balance between scenery and operation.
    • Rand Hood’s for scenery, but I don’t like western themes.
    • Jack Burgess’ Yosemite Valley, but again the western theme
    • Eric Brooman’s Utah Belt layout for scenery and concept but not era or location.
    • Paul Dolkos’ B&M layout for operations and scenic balance with prototype theme if not replication.
    • Lance Mindheim's Monon shelf layout featured in MR. BEAUTIFUL scenery.
    • Bill Darnaby’s Maumee route for concept.

Which model railroaders do you like the most?

    • Tony Koester’s too organized and cannot be fatigued it seems, but I like his philosophy. He’s at a different point in modeling than I am though.
    • Dave Frary is a “get ‘r done” kind of modeler with good eye for scenery and an engineer’s eye for rule of thumb formulas.
    • Jack Burgess does the prototype layout modeler thing well.
    • Mike Garber (met him at Kudzu Rails) does prototype modeling right, don't know about his layouts.
    • Harold Minkwitz is not afraid to try and then explain what he did (http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/)
    • Spencer Duncan (CVMRR member and friend). Spencer is a tinker who likes “neat stuff that works.” He is a modeler extraordinaire…extending way beyond trains. He is building an A&Y cab from a SilverStreak kit for me. He would be over helping me if he didn’t live in NH and I live in MD.

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