@RSJB18 posted:I added another lighted scenic piece to my layout today. Lighting is a must have in almost all of the scenery I've done.
Brings me to the issue at hand. When I built my layout, I sort of planned out the wiring and laid out an electrical panel for all of the track power, switches, and accessories that I had at the time. Now, almost 7 years later, as I've added various scenery, both AC and DC powered lights, has lead to the mess I have today.
Brings me to the title of my topic, Mission Creep!
How many folks have started with the best intentions to keep all of the layout wiring neat and organized, only to have it devolve into a mess. I will tackle the mess and sort it out one day but that day is not today.
I'm not ashamed to share, so please post pix and share your story.
Bob
Mission creep is part and parcel of model railroading (and many other things in life, too). In fact, I know myself well enough to realize that certain areas of the layout will not be fully fleshed out ("elaborated" to use the software engineering term) immediately. I expect to re-think sections of the layout and don't go into construction with everything planned out in exhaustive detail. It's going to change.
In fact, over on the Panhandle thread I am about to discuss a good-sized change to several building sizes and locations as well as the re-arrangement some some sidings.
It just comes with the territory.
George
