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Many of us don't have a time period for what our layout is in, since that would mean limiting what trains we want to run. However, of all the layouts I've seen, the majority of them seem to be set in Summer. They have big, bright green trees, at least one crowded beach scene, and a sunny feeling with the rest of the scenery and types of trains.

 

Overall, I prefer my layout to be Winter themed as I love Christmas and love using Dept. 56 buildings to add life to the layout. Plus, you can do a lot of realistic whimsy with snowy layouts. Although, I will say that Fall layouts are also quite unique when you have multi-colored trees in red, orange and yellow, and can do some Halloween themes.

 

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But, that's my opinion. What season do you like your layout to be?

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It's a plywood central right now, but once the scenery is in, it'll be late summer (in 1943). I have hundreds of scale corn stalks in O scale, just ready to plant in neat rows (even have the scale barbed wire and poles for the fences), I've always wanted to model a cornfield as it's so rare for people to do that...

Originally Posted by p51:

It's a plywood central right now, but once the scenery is in, it'll be late summer (in 1943). I have hundreds of scale corn stalks in O scale, just ready to plant in neat rows (even have the scale barbed wire and poles for the fences), I've always wanted to model a cornfield as it's so rare for people to do that...

I think that is a wonderful idea and true enough, You very rarely see corn fields being replicated on train layouts. Plan on any farm implements/tractors as well P51?

 

P.S. If I may ask, why P51? I ask because I love the aircraft and know quite allot about them. Ever here of Betty Jane? Anyway, I was just curious and not trying to be nosey.

 

Merry Christmas

 

 

Pete

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Tornado season. In the middle of construction of a 3 level layout but laid up right now after having rotator cuff surgery 2 weeks ago. Fell on the ice Nov 20 on the left shoulder & tore several ligaments in it. Dr had to cut arm open to fix everything.  Just started physical therapy yesterday so it will be awhile before I can do anything on the layout.  Have a Merry Christmas everyone!
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Originally Posted by p51:

It's a plywood central right now, but once the scenery is in, it'll be late summer (in 1943). I have hundreds of scale corn stalks in O scale, just ready to plant in neat rows (even have the scale barbed wire and poles for the fences), I've always wanted to model a cornfield as it's so rare for people to do that...

I think that is a wonderful idea and true enough, You very rarely see corn fields being replicated on train layouts. Plan on any farm implements/tractors as well P51?

 

P.S. If I may ask, why P51? I ask because I love the aircraft and know quite allot about them. Ever here of Betty Jane? Anyway, I was just curious and not trying to be nosey.

 

Merry Christmas

 

 

Pete

No tractors. I'm modeling in the back woods of the Blue Ridge mountains during WW2. My parents grew up in the very valley I'm modeling, in that timeframe and nobody had the money for a 'new fangled' tractor there in that timeframe. The depression hit East Tennessee long before the stock market collapsed and some would argue that it never left. People plowed with horses. I'd love to have some tractor models but it just isn't accurate. Once the scenery is eventually done, I'll be looking for a horse drawn plow model to include.

Frankly, I'd rather model tobacco plants as that was the most common crop up there, but nobody makes them in O scale. So, corn it is as they did grow some up that way.

As for my login name, that's part of my email address and when i get onto a new forum, it's normally not taken already. I used to volunteer a lot with warbirds and I do have some time in a Mustang. The best 90 minutes of my life was flying formation in one with a B-17 off the left wing, and a B-24 off the right wing, after intercepting them over water (the Gulf of Mexico).

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