Ugh, nearly done, but the four-foot tree is only half-lit. A couple hours with the Light-Keeper Pro only offered a temporary fix. Gonna run to the store tonight and see if I can find an inexpensive replacement (I hate pre-lit trees ).
PD
Wow, pd, sure sounds like the year when if it can go wrong, it does. To refresh my early start; the whole idea was to have trains and accessories set up for Thanksgiving so our granddaughter could play with them. Also, it was required to have no tree until after T-day.
Well, in general I reached the goal, however every repro accessory failed. It turns out Lionel has accessories (at least 3) that are driven with a belt. If the accessory sits too long without use, the belt takes a set and no longer works… Great! Only my original Flyer accessories worked, but none of the others.
So I’ll post a few pix of the layout ‘pre-tree’.
Last weekend we started the tree. Which meant the interior of the layout had to be removed to make way for the tree. We got it up only to discover we could not locate its controller – that means no lights! Panic and a mad search for local stores that had pre-lite trees. Most that listed trees in stock were really through internet sales. We finally located a display model that Lowes was willing to sell ‘as is’. At least it was a working tree and with the floor model reduced price and their GI discount, we got a really good deal.
So todays job is to move a 68 lb tree with a 20 lb base 6 ft into the middle of the layout…
To be continued…
Tom Stoltz
in Maine