Attending Jeff Hanke's clinic on selectively compressing a prototype scene ... Here's the steps he recommends: - Acquire prototype track plans and photos - Define modeling space, dimensions and operational desires - Collect prototype details - track names, old photos, old railroaders' knowledge/memories - Determine the essence of the scene, the signature elements - Determine haves and wants for the scene - haves are MUSTS - Eliminate everything else - Draw the plan - rework until essence is captured - Build it and compare to model photos