NB: Warning this is an intensive critique!

What went wrong…

• Modules not named very well
• Leg marking on adjustable legs not consistent enough to level layout
• Simple nut & bolt to join layout not good enough
• 6mm top board not thick enough
• Not enough bracing
• Cork taken to all joins rather than incompressible wood/material
• Some modules needed handholds to safely put layout in trailer
• Electrical joins too rigid
• A lot of electrical should have been conducted if it didn’t concern a module it passes through
• The use of the older style Shinohara points, requiring in-situ mods.
• Control panels and back scenes interfere with each other when setting up
• Electrical connections p;lugs keep loosing wires.
• Plaster on layout could be a little thinner over the foam
• No end profile boards for better scenery matching.
• Not enough staging

What we should strive for…

• When joining the modules this should align the modules and level them at the same time.
• Lightest module possible, yet no compromise on structural strength.
• Represent the area as accurately as we can – a first for our club selecting a prototype to model
• DCC & DC operation
• Keeping some shunting to do
• Allowing a wide variety of trains to operate on the line
• Ensure we have PLENTY of staging !
• Easy to set up modules
• Easy to put in trailer transport
• Ensure the layout cannot be placed against another, to prevent viewing of the areas we want them to see