A few things we all should realize
- that the "magazine photos" all look great- because- a picture also fools the eye.
- what we should try and do with our layouts is make them look good in total. That can be done through having the scene the viewer sees first as the most spectacular- a mountain scene is more stunning than a yard.
- and ALL that really matters: pleasing ourselves. That means what WE see in our own eyes. My "yard" is now nothing but a bunch of 027 track laying loose, un-powered, on a brown piece of plywood. But I see the PRR yards in Altoona.
Making those two visions (minds eye and human eyes) come together is what makes this fun.
