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Documenting my project to reconstruct, remodel and renew the 'Art of Compromise' layout, built by Chris Ford based on a Roy C Link plan, and refurbished extensively by Howard and Phil from BRM, before being inherited by me in round one of 'The Great Model Railway Giveaway'

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A last-minute field trip (and more stuff I've been reading)

Last Sunday, I found myself with a few hours to spare, so I jumped in the car and headed to Wales. I’ve been planning a more organised recce around a series of locations in Powys and the Welsh Marches, to knock off a number of the places I’ve identified as possible prototypical examples for 'The Art of Compromise'. However, Sunday’s trip was just to take a few photos, get a feel for the potential setting and judge whether I’m on the right track (no pun intended, but I’m keeping it). I took a few
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A lineage

In the last blog I said I wasn't going to write anything for a couple of weeks whilst I was deep in the planning stage and starting to acquire materials, but I couldn't resist posting this...   An exciting delivery arrived yesterday. Well, exciting to me anyway. The final piece in a puzzle; completing a picture that should help me to understand 'The Art of Compromise' as a layout, as a trackplan and as an idea.   A couple of weeks ago I’d already found myself a copy of Railwa
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