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My name's Chris, I'm a graphic designer and ski shop manager from the Los Angeles suburban sprawl. I've dabbled in model railroading most of my life (all 28 years of it) and recently gotten more into it than ever before. Over the years I've started plenty of small layouts but never got any of them close to finished before getting distracted and moving on to a new idea. I get the most enjoyment out of planning, building scenery and structures and I'm a bit of a micro layout addict - I have two "done", two under construction and three more planned that I'll probably get the itch to start sooner or later! I'm completely unfocused in my modeling, having worked on or planned projects inspired by everything from California fruit packing to Utah/Colorado narrow gauge, industrial switching and even Japanese passenger lines! I work almost entirely in N scale but recently I've started down the slippery slope into HOn30 and (maybe) beyond. I'm excited to be in the forum to share my layouts and learn from everyone here!
Welcome aboard Chris. Glad to have you with us. Please post some pictures as soon as you are able, because we all love pictures.
Greetings and Welcome.
As Willie said, we love pictures.
Welcome aboard! I am also a fan of micro layouts. My first build was posted on this forum a couple years back. I was modeling in N gauge but have switched to HO. I will probably make another N gauge micro in the near future.
Looking forward to some pictures

Welcome to the group Chris.
A great friendly group of members here, so jump on the pile and have fun!
Welcome on board, Chris. A request for pictures please. It is surprising what ideas we all get from everyones layouts etc.
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
Welcome, Chris. Glad to have you here. Keep us posted on your projects, we all look forward to seeing what you have in the works.
You're in the right place.
Welcome, Chris. Looking forward to seeing your projects!
Welcome to the forums Chris! Please share your projects!
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Here's a few photos of past and current projects I could dig up...just realizing how disorganized my files are! I'll be sure to get some proper threads started soon covering what's in progress.
Welcome aboard, Chris! Nice photos! Oh yeah, nice profile photo too!
Don Z.
Welcome aboard, Chris! Nice photos! Oh yeah, nice profile photo too!
Don Z.
Haha thanks Don, same to you!
As promised I started a thread for my current build on the Layout Design forum
here. Check it out!
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