In the model railway community it’s often said that a layout is never finished.
There’s probably something in this. You can always tinker about, add another detail…
When I make a layout I reach a point where I think: ‘I’ve done everything I want to do’.
And I’ve reached that point with Boxomise.
I could fill the space available with ‘cameos’ and ‘animations’, but I don’t want to.
I really like the rather quiet, rural atmosphere of the layout.
Provincial, isolated, a place where nothing much really happens.
I wanted to create a general carrier that’s struggling to make money and I feel I’ve done that.
Yes, Boxomise is ‘finished’.
It’s time to move on to other things.
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I too don’t agree with saying ‘a layout is never finished’. I guess some of those large, permanent set-ups in an attic or a basement or a shed can be continually tinkered with and added to forever. But, I feel, the sort of micro layouts we build reach a stage where we know when stop or else it becomes over-cluttered.
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Knowing when to stop can be the difference between a successful layout and a cluttered mess. Too many cameos can spoil the atmosphere, especially when the setting is a rural backwater where nothing much happens and what does happen does so without fuss or fanfare. I think you’ve got the balance about right. David Gander’s Green End was an excellent study of such a scene.
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Agree with all that has been said. Doesn’t stop you coming back at a later date to add things but when you feel it’s done it’s done! In this case it is also done very well!
Woody
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Hi Woody,
Thank you!
I will live with it for a while, but I’ll probably not be able to resist a few little tweeks !
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It’s a great looking layout. Sometimes less is more, and while you may find the odd detail that is worth adding, there is no point in adding for the sake of it.
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Hi Michael,
Thanks!
Yes I suspect I will go back and add the odd little thing… when I see a possibility.
I don’t think there will be a parade or a village fete though 🙂
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