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Train show layouts: What are some basic criteria?
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I go to extremely few shows now... and when I do there are extremely few layouts I spend any time looking at. <br /> <br />Reasons for this... <br /> <br />I've seen most of them before <br />They don't work <br />The people behind them don't have a clue what to do with them (even when the above two don't apply) <br />I got fed up with looking at the tops of variously balding heads (as the people behind couple/uncouple, re-rail, poke, prod...) <br />I got fed up with the people behind looking bored brainless by their own creation...(great to build, talk about, plan [shouldn't that be first]? talk about exhibiting at shows... Oh good grief I've run every combination of moves in the first hour of the show... only another eleven to go...) <br />I got fed up with the people behind having various discussions and ignoring the layout and paying customers even to the extent of running nothing at all. <br />I got fed up with various combinations of humourless, detail obsessed, opinionated, rude, ignorant.... <br />MOST of all... I got fed up with totally useless instructions on how to find the venue. <br />(YOU MAY know where it is... get someone who doesn't to check out your instructions before you print them) <br /> <br />SO... whatever you plan for your layout... ALL you have to do is achieve none of the above. <br /> <br />Have fun!
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