Slowest Layout Builder?

[JulianO]

This might have been done before, but as there are comments that the Forum is quiet lately..

I wondered who might be the slowest layout builder on the Forum.

I am going to start by nominating myself, as my current layout was started in 1977 and is still very unfinished, though it has been extended several times.

I started with 2 Lima Class 31s and a Peco Hymek kit on an Arnold chassis, with Lima, Peco and Minitrix stock.

Later went through Minitrix Class 27 and 42 before starting to acquire Farish diesels once they became available.

The layout is now intended to be roughly 1970 to 1985 blue diesel era with a few anomalies, eg I like Maroon Westerns and Warships.

I am now running everything from a 1982 vintage Farish Class 47 up to the latest Rapido Class 44. Stock also varies from 1970s vintage up to current production.

Is anyone out there slower than me?

[Bealman]

I'm pretty slow, but you've got ten years on me.

[Sharkey51]

I started
https://youtu.be/m_bkciU72-8 in about 1977, it took till 2023 to get close to completion!

[Bealman]

Lovely layout, which I've seen here before.

Couple of questions, though...

Is the layout still operational, and is the Trainsetta still working?

Update, please! 

[Sharkey51]

Hello, George,
Trainstacka Mark II was commissioned about a month ago. It overcomes several lessons learned in v1 and sports 15 storage tracks. It can also be controlled by DCC as well as from the manual panel.
All 15 locos have been sound fitted since the video and I'm about to start on ambient sound as described in the latest N Gauge journal.
So, the layout is very much still operational.
=Robert=

[Bazza]

Layout building is not a competitive race. I prefer to enjoy the journey and the crafting aspects of actually making something. Take pride in your modelling endeavours and enjoy what you create regardless of how long it takes.

[Jim Easterbrook]

I haven't even started yet. Still procrastinating (and I have a fear of woodwork).

[Newportnobby]

I'm quite shockingly glacial in my modelling and hit the buffers (soz) when it comes to wiring

[alypar11]

I've tried a few bits and pieces and have a couple of baseboards built for shelf layouts but are currently making quite good shelves above my workbench!
I'm enjoying planning and researching different ideas and putting together nice eras of locos and rolling stock. I think that it will have to be switchable modules now to make sense of Grouping to Sectorisation ideas ( with a small German township to run my Railbus obsession on).
Thank goodness for Kato track or else nothing would turn a wheel other than the rolling road. I will get there eventually as I hope to retire next year.
Just enjoy the journey and exploring of ideas, it's a pastime after all.

[alypar11]

Sort of a shelf layout!

[scottmitchell74]

My first one took 12 years, but so much of that time was paralysis due to not knowing how to move forward on a particular area.


The one I plan on beginning on February 22, 2026 I hope will go faster.

I've decided to tackle:

Woodwork
Soldering
Wiring
DCC (Or DCC-light)
Weathering

[Steven B]

20 years and counting for a 7' long Minories.

Or three and a half years for a 1' T-TRAK module.

[Greygreaser]

It's the storage needed for those items I keep buying to 'finish it off'. After 5 years I've run out of storage boxes

[nick_bastable]

the small 2mm layout has been untouched for maybe 8 years the cat has taken to using it as bed