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Michael, Allow me some open words. I was sad to see you abandoning your German HO scale layout project shortly before you were able to put in the golden spike. I liked this project very much and thought you had a great layout in the making there. There were a few tight spots on this layout, but nothing that could not have been solved. I was not able to follow your decision of dismantling the layout. While I also like your new N scale project, I see a big issue with it coming up. It is a very ambitious, huge project, which requires an awful amount of time and dedication to complete to a a stage allowing you to run trains. It will take years to achieve that, unless you have a couple of people assisting you. It also takes more than just one person to operate a layout of this size and complexity. Even if I had the means to embark on such a journey, I would not do it. I am more than certain, that I would lose my steam for this project after a few years, as interests shift. I know that you have quite a room at your disposal for a layout and that there is a strong temptation to put a club-sized layout into it, but I still find the "less is more" rule a suitable guideline. If I were to walk in your mocassins, I´d travel a different route to model railroading happiness - a "simple"  O scale or even 1 scale (1/32) layout with a prototypical track arrangement! Something like this: <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5G-YtSzwJ0g" width="425" height="350"></iframe> Just because I´d love to sit in the engineer´s seat! Just my [2c]
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