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Track First! always track first! That's to say, get yiour benchwork leveled and stable, then lay the track, building the grades as well. once you're satisified the track plan works (no spots that seem to cause derailments, grades are manageable by the loco's you run, ect.) then you can move onto detailing the landscape (the mountains and hills you've created with grades, tunnel portals, retaining walls, painting the ground the base colors for the area, roads, ect). Once the landscape is done, you can move on to ballasting the track, once that's done start detailing the landscape with plants, trees ect. after that it's all fun as you add buildings, people and other objects to bring the layout to life. Usually once you have the track planm working, you can do the rest in sections, say 2x4 areas. this way you won't feel you're not accomplishing anything. over the years (yes this is a hobby and takes years to do things) you'll gradually go from a bare benchtop to a running track plan to 10% sceniced to 40% scenic, to 80 scemic and finally to 100% sceniced. at which point you've learned so much you start going back, tearing up sections and redoing them better or as some do, tear the entire thing down and start a new one. [:)] Jay
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