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To All- One good rain storm can turn your super detailed garden railway into a big pile of mud with train track running through it. I think we all should be realistic as to how detailed we should make our outdoor layouts. Up here in the Northeast my outdoor layout hasn't been used since labor day weekend. I can't see putting to much effort into detail when I can only operate my railroad from May til Aug. Other areas of the country where it is more temperate like Florida and California, certainly have an advantage over most other areas. I was at a HO club open house last weekend and a 3 foot distance revealed alot of flaws in their super detailed layout. I expected more under the controlled indoor environment. Outdoors has to many variables which we have no control over that make super detailing impossible and foolhardy. Chances are, visitors to your outdoor G scale layout will have never seen or will not be as "into" trains as you are. Even if they are, you should not be surprised when they tell you how fantastic your garden looks with the train running through it. Anyone who comments negitavely must be an idiot anyway. The "10 foot Rule" is something that I agree with. Any amount of detail that you place on your railway is meant to be appreciated from afar. Imagine that same visitor tramping into your prized roses or stomping all over your herb garden to get a closer look at your coal tipple. You wouldn't like that to much. Respectfully Pete
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