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Not so long ago, I started my what I thought to be my final layout - On30 shelf type switching layout. I took utmost care planning it, with many iterations. It was intended to be the epitome of my 50+ years as a model railroader. To cut things short, it won´t be my final layout! Why? Despite a quite solid foundation of experience in building layouts, I made a number of mistakes during planning and construction, mistakes which cannot be remedied easily. <ul> <li>O scale buildings require a much larger footprint that I thought they would</li> <li>I chose the wrong type of track for my prototype</li> <li>Track was laid and ballasted too hastily</li> <li>I ignored warnings on minimum radius requirements</li> </ul> Now you will be asking how that could happen? I don´t know. I should have and I did know better! My best guess is I was so happy to be able to start a new layout that I rushed into building it, as I was too eager to see the first train running. I will take down this layout and start all over again, this time hopefully avoiding costly mistakes!
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