I`m with just about eveyone here, I have only been in the hoby for about 9 yrs,(still a pup really). I havent seen a finnished layout yet, so dont know what one looks like.!!!!!!!
not even exabition lay outs, a friend took me to Adalaide to a modle RR exabition, where I saw a layout I had seen 2yrs before in sydney, I thought I had seen it before, but on a closer look I saw the a few buildings had been added/changed, a coulpe of sidings altered, yard changed, just to mention afew things. this layout has been around for a number of years, I was told it started out as an early steem, layout, now it is runing SD units and such.
I also thought that once you got the track down, and the wirering done and the power connected you automaticly ran trains,(at least I do), like I said I have`nt seen a finished layout yet and I dont expect to see one, after all there are always area`s that could be reworked, or inproved/updated...ect, ect, ect...
then theres always the working out a timetable, and running to it( or trying to)especially with friends and other hobiest...
I hope I havent rabbited on to much but that meeeeeee!!!....Have a good one..Steve