I am now on my second layout. I am trying to correct mistakes that I made when building the first one. I have adopted some guiding principles. Just for discussion here they are.
First, I must be able to touch all parts of the layout so that I can clean and fix things.
Second, I must have enough space for buildings and accessories not cover the entire area with track.
Third, I will have enough feeders to the track so that there is no slowing down or yo-yo effect.
Fourth, I will no longer use silly putty or any kind of clay to hold people up.
Fifth, wiring has to be a lot neater and not a tangled mess of spaghetti that is impossible to follow.
Sixth, I will have much less of non-train distractions hanging from the ceiling and on the walls.
And seventh, and lastly. I will avoid overcrowding just to show stuff off that really doesn't fit the layout.
I am imagining that many of you have some excellent guiding principles which I probably have missed. Any that you'd care to share I'd be delighted to read. Thanks very much.
