Hi Group, It's early in the morning here in California, and I've just come into the house from the garage where my layout is located. Lately I've been wondering why progress on the layout has begun to diminished. It seems as though I'm bogged down compared to the other layouts that I've tried to build. Do I have too many projects? Do I have too much time on my hands since I've retired? (perish that thought!!) Why am I not accomplishing as much as I used to? After giving this much thought, I think that I might have the answer. The reason that I'm putting my thoughts here is because there may be other beginners ( amateurs, novices ) that have the same problem. Here's my answer. Since I have become a member of BASS ( Bay Area S Scalers ), I have seen some extraordinary layouts. They have all been worthy of model railroad articles, and none of these layouts are club layouts! They're all home layouts ( if you can call Arden's a "home" layout ) :>)... The point is these layouts can be easily intimidating, and can make one feel that his/her efforts are crude in comparison. This causes one to continue working on the same projects over and over in an attempt to make them "perfect". The result is projects are never finished. This was never a problem when the only examples were the ones seen in model magazines. I now realize that the solution is simple. Build your layout to the best of your ability and don't try to compare or compete. Try to improve, but above all, HAVE FUN !!! Now that I've worked that out, back to the layout and progress. Just random thoughts at almost 3:00am pacific time........ Ed Davis Stockton
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