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[quote user="Paul3"]Sir Madog, The things I like to see in a model railroad are (in no particular order): 1). Realism 2). Operations 3). Detail [/quote]  ... agreed, those are the things I´d like to see  in a good layout as well - in your layout, my layout - because we are model railroaders! As for commercial layouts, well, there are vast differences what the spectators are offered to see - from master model railroading to huge, well made, but maybe a little too gimmicky (Miniatur Wunderland) to just huge. Miniatur Wunderland attracts over 1 million visitors each year, at $ 15 admission, it is a multi-million dollar business. Their USP is detail, gimmick, variety (i.e. Hamburg, Alps, USA, Scandinavia parts) and size, Northlandz´s USP may be just size. As long as people are willing to pay to see it and have a certain grin in their face we all know best, it is perfectly ok for me. If it were advertised as the "best" layout, however, I would have my problems with it.Edit:Kosmo - your are right! If any of those display layouts around attract people to the hobby, they have served their purpose well. In my younger days, there were little layouts on display at train stations. You dropped in a coin and could watch the two trains circle around for a few minutes. To say they were crude is bragging already, but the got generations of kids into the hobby - even me!
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