I've recently joined rmweb, having come back to railway modelling after an absence of 25 years. I have just read through this thread, and what a fantastic little layout. Simple, yet beautifully detailed. Fantastic!
It's a credit to you.
I have been looking at various layouts for inspiration, and this has it in bucket loads.
As has been mentioned within this thread, a small, well detailed layout is certainly the way to go, as it is most likely to get finished.
This is certainly, along with several other small layouts I've seen, going inspire me to put some track down on a base board. I hope I can get to see it at an exhibition at some point.