A nice article overall, but the sidebar on Salty Talk was the thing for me... not nearly enough of the non-mariners know about the lingo, and if they're going to model it, operate on it, or photograph it, they ought to know what they're looking at.  Nice job.  Now, "turn to!" on that layout sailor!

Norm

 sidebar was an afterthought - but one that seemed appropriate. 

I'm busy working on some actual models (for once!) after two straight years of benchwork, track, and wiring. 

I was getting a little burned out - the change of pace has been good!!

Marty

 Are those foam core mock up buildings I see in figure 5? They look cool. I've used them before on my layout and liked them so much that I detailed some buildings and just kept them on the layout.