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Good Morning! I am a grouch again this morning. Why? Well, I used the birthday atmosphere yesterday to discuss the necessary changes to my layout with Petra - big mistake! Most of the issues I have with the layout could be solved by moving the layout 4 inches away from the wall and add a board on the back. I´d gain a lot of real estate for improvements, like the freight house could be moved to the end of the track, allowing a car to remain spotted there and still be able to run a loco around the train. It´d provide room for a water tower next to the engine house, some more buildings and even a dirt road leading to them. It´d also add those few important inches to the right side of the layout, where the track is too close to the backdrop for even a hint of scenery. The flip side of this step is it would make the layout even more intrusive as it is already. Petra´s answer to my arguments was a short and brisk "No"! While I can understand her arguments, it leaves me with a layout which will not turn into what I have envisioned. Somehow I knew this after a had laid the track, but seeing is not always believing. I am definitively not going to invest more time, work and $$$ into a layout which will not give me the fun I wanted it to provide. Keg Harbor died as of August 20th, 2014. I will try to sell what can be sold, but I am afraid it won´t be much more than the locos and the car. The layout itself probably has to be just given away. Time to count the losses, but I don´t know whether I will start anew. Not really a happy camper today!
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