1st Showing of the new Fastrack layout - MORE Photos added

Very nice looks great c.sam

c.sam is that pool a kit or scratch built

THANKS,ALEX

Very nice modular layout.  I'm sure many groups will enjoy it.

c sam, your club has made a wise decision using fast track!!! it makes setting up a modular layout so much easier!!!!..................roger

Looks really good and the Snow Village Ford Dealership is a real eye catcher. I have this piece also but it has not made it to my layout yet.

It's amazing that you where able to get it all together in a half hour, I'm really impressed.

Well, you guys have a neat club with a great looking layout, I wish you all the good luck in the world with it. 

sam, looks like it went together pretty good.  Layout looks great.  You and the club members did an outstanding job on it.  Thanks for posting.

TEX

Steve

Nice layout.  What material did you use for your roads and driveways?

Sam, Looking good as always! On a quick note: I visited Dess yesterday and we hung out at the TF museum and the shop. Dess thinks the world of your new "young " member. He said he's never met a kid with so much to offer. Drop me a line, I'm still looking forward to coming up and seeing all of you and I'm sure Dess will come with me.

Thomas 

Must be a record time for setting up a modular layout, looks great!

Actually, we don't have any roads and driveways yet. The parking lot at the Ford Dealership is two pieces of black construction paper!  This was put together on the fly yesterday.

I'll have to ask about the pool as it belongs to newest member Jerry Beavers of Asheville. It almost looks like it has a layer of ice on the surface. People keep poking their finger into it!

Thomas - I just sent you an email about Josh. You and Dess are most welcome anytime!

Here are some more photos from today (Saturday)

A big surprise was a fella showed up wearing a real NYC Conductors uniform that belonged to his grandfather! In great shape too. He punched his card and handed them out like tickets...

A very useful post and photos for me. I appreciate seeing the small scenery modules and how they go in, I'm a new module owner in our club, and am looking to add some easily applied and removed scenery. This looks like a good way to go.

Bill

It really is Bob. I use several of them pictured here on our home layout and pull them off for shows.

Sam;

Looking good!

30 minutes to get trains running must be some kind of a record.

Our show layout usually takes 4-5 hours to get trains running, then another hour or more of debugging!

Mind you, it's 13' wide x 45' long, with modules made by 4 different people, using tubular O gauge, FasTrack, and Atlas track, all on different modules.

Very nice work, and good luck!

Rod

Sam, the K-Line ranch house looks great next to the pool. What did you use to color the exterior?

Looks great.  Might try it while we are working on the inital layout.

Thanks!

I've asked new member Jerry to post here and tell about this nice corner diorama he brought. The pool looks great and hopefully he can answer your questions.

The roads on the detachable panels themselves are just black paint. We are considering whether to actually paint the tables or to leave them 'bland' which seems to blend in with the Fastrack nicely.

The swimming pool is plastic and card stock. I picked it up at The Train Room in Hagerstown, MD 5 -7 years ago.
I believe I used Floquil oak stain to give the K-Line ranch house a wood grain look , but that was a while ago!.

I want the house on the corner with the pool so I can sit and lounge all day while I watch trains. Well done sirs!

Yesterday we opened the layout to a group of "Special needs adults" from a local Senior facility. They numbered about 15-16 and you should have seen their faces! (I should have brought my camera ). Several let out squeals of joy, clapping their hands and jumping around!

One fella kept motioning to me with his finger to show me something he really liked in a diorama and even asked to hold a NYC Heavyweight car. I was able to politely decline but I held it up close to him and showed him the people inside which seemed to placate him just fine.

In 15 minutes they were gone. It was definitely worth it however and Harold and I stuck around to paint the area inside of the tracks green. Hopefully, it will be dry today for our weekend showing. I'll post photos tonight of the changes.