mfiferI guess where all of this is going is what would you all do if your layout was finished or near finished?
you've been building a model of a railroad.
now you start modeling a railroad, that is, the operation of a railroad and all the elements involved.
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
I have seen your layouts, very nicely done but not up to the detail of the Franklin and South Manchester and others of that detail. Not to say we can all get there but it is a goal. The proublem with life I have discovered is we set our goals (for the most part) too low, this is the cause of your proublem. I repeat thought that you have done some fine layouts!!!!
I don't believe there is such a thing as a "finished" layout. Once that stage of so called finished, there's always time to go back and have a "do over" of those scenes that just never came out as expected. Operational trackwork changes, scenery upgrade stand-in buildings to "craftsman" kit etc.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
No , you will not win a million but have you ever thought about this?I decided to make this post as I figured maybe a few of us have gotten to the finished stage. Then it hits you. NOW WHAT.As most of you know I have been working on the ACTRR version III for about six years and all of the changes and refinements. I am now at a point where it needs only finishing touches but I am afraid to do them as it will complete the layout. Is that what we all really want?I am struggling what to do next. Do I change the scenery, move some tracks, or simply start all over again and try a new track and methods.While I am unable to do that right now it is starting to creep into my craw (whatever a craw is).All along I think most of us know it is the journey and not the destination that draws us in.I guess where all of this is going is what would you all do if your layout was finished or near finished?Thanks , Mike
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