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I admit to being a very forgiving sort when it comes to "look" in the garden. But then, I've never tackled an -N- gauge layout which HAS to require far more attention to detail than I'm probably willing to put into in a garden layout. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE the bringing of these skills and that attention to detail to the Garden, and in my humble opinion, would have to say that the indoor "N" and "HO" people are mostly the reigners of detail here, I have not reached that level of LAYOUT enthusiasm yet. I'm still too busy getting the darn steam engine to run the way I WANT it to, control it with a good RC setup, and get that 1:22.5 Loco to pull that 1:24 consist around the solid laid track bed for longer than 20 minutes or so without having to add water before the boiler runs out of it. Yeah yeah yeah, we got valves that let us add more water while still up in steam, but I paid a ton 'o bucks for this rivet-counting GORGEOUS steam loco that comes with all the amenities except a way to hual water for longer than a 20 minute run WITHOUT actually STOPPING it's motion to put more in thru the aforementioned valve. Am I complaining, NOT on your life! Once I get this problem worked out for THIS particular loco, I guess I'll have to go with something between a 10 and 20 foot rule to make that consist acceptable with the loco scalewise. Frankly, the whole assembly looks good to me from anywhere from 1 inch out to that infinity where I can't see it any more and getting to old to try. But DARN... you actually CAN count the rivets on the cowcatcher of that loco, and swing the real brass bell to ring it. (You DO have to listen closely tho). And you have to operate the little steam valve wheel from INSIDE the cab of the loco to get the max speed you want. The little round brass one about 3/8 inch in diameter to open the valve once the boiler is up to pressure as indicated on the pressure gauge next to it, at 3 Kgm/cm2 for proper operating capacity. (The two safety valves prevent it from over pressurizing.) After all this is done, I stand back at about 5-30 feet, smile and watch it go, and then clean all the excess oil off of the mechanics before I put it away for the night. AFTER I've drained all the leftover DISTILLED water from the certified copper/silver solder boiler that is. It all looks pretty good to me, but what the heck do I know.
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