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I pondered this and came to one conclusion. In a form of a question: <br /> <br />"Is the owner HAPPY with what work has been wrought? (Done)" <br /> <br />Years ago I was given a 4x8 layout in a spare area of the basement. The track was "Used" and the landscaping just a plain roll of life like grass mat what such could be found. But it was my second layout and eventually we spent a very messy day building plaster of paris mountains along two edges and got them colored grey. <br /> <br />To me that was an empire full of expansive possibilities. <br /> <br />Until I thought of the work that really needed to be done to bring it up to a certain "standard" exhibited by those who has the resources, money, talent and space to make it all happen. Pick any railroad built in the MR or anywhere that you might have seen. <br /> <br />Find something that you like with that railroad. Enjoy it. I personally cannot stand tyco cars or brass track that needs 1 hour cleaning for every 15 minutes of "Hopefully it will run" with a loco picking up one truck power. Or figures from a Green army men set with different wild clashing scenes or things that are best off not placed on a railroad. <br /> <br />However, <br /> <br />If the owner genuinly (spelling?) enjoys the railroad and desires to share with others then that I think is the best we can ever hope for in this hobby. <br /> <br />I rather have that than millions of true scale protypical fidelity worlds locked away somewhere never be seen by anyone. <br /> <br />Now that I said that, let me build for a moment onto jeffshultz's use of the word "tact" I am not a tactful person. It is very difficult to be tactful. I am very blunt. Now. after some thought I probably would try something like: <br /> <br />"Those figures are really good, can we find some ground cover to give them some dirt to walk on besides plastic?" <br /> <br />Perhaps a few figures might look "lost" and might need to be placed with similar birds of a feather somewhere like a bus station, depot or some place on the layout where it seems like life is actually taking place. <br /> <br />Just dont need to see those plastic squares. Dont even need to glue em either, just a little dirt around the feet might help wonders. <br /> <br />Maybe I said too much, but it is my two cents.
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