Just got the "tree layout" set up- tree and decorations aren't yet done but will post a pic when they are.
Anyone else out there have a "tree layout' pic or video to share???
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Just got the "tree layout" set up- tree and decorations aren't yet done but will post a pic when they are.
Anyone else out there have a "tree layout' pic or video to share???
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Still looks very cool Joe!
Chinatrain99,
I can relate. Today my wife used the "enforcer" (squirt bottle) on our 6-month-old kitten too many times to count, as he tried to rearrange my small near-the-tree layout. His breed likes water so it takes some doing to get the message across! This is why I made the entire layout magnetic per my post last month. If a cat knocks over a tree, as can be seen in the image, I just upright it and it stays standing no matter where I put it.
I plan on putting one around our tree this year, but our tree isn't up yet, and I think I need more power drops for my PE LionChief when I do get it up, it seems to stop or slow down quite a bit the furthest distance from the Transformer, maybe we will get our tree up this week. I will try to remember to post pictures when I do get it set up, though no buildings.
tcochran posted:I plan on putting one around our tree this year, but our tree isn't up yet, and I think I need more power drops
Rule of thumb, one power drop for every six track joints.
Got a nice new 'round the tree layout plan ready. My eBay shipment of extra track came in today. Trains were banished from around the tree as a result of the great "Coal Smoke Incident of 2012". The ban has been lifted this year as the result of a request by our 4 year old Granddaughter to her Grammy.
The same layout (just a circle of Lionel tubular track) in different years with different trains and different trees:
Regards
Fred
Does three 4x8's and some 2x4's leaning against the living room wall count? i hope to start today.
This is my first attempt at a Christmas Village. I never really had a train as a child apart from a brief HO loop. We bought a used O27 Lionel set last year to go around the tree and my son enjoyed it so much I decided to expand it this year. We went from 10ft of track to 100ft with DCS, two switches, a new MTH loco, a bunch of new/used cars, and a bump trolley. The village is mostly used pieces from ebay with a few new pieces.
The attention to detail some of you have is amazing, so I've lurked without joining the forum for several months. I've learned quite a bit from you all already!
pretty much got Uncle Jim's Nuclear Village set up (oversize chickens roaming the town) and need to bring some rolling stock up.Of our three cats, one totally ignores the train, one will occasionally bat the Cabin Car, and the third will do a Catzilla bit and walk thru town.
You people are unbelievably creative. My hat is off to you all!
Shife posted:This is my first attempt at a Christmas Village. I never really had a train as a child apart from a brief HO loop. We bought a used O27 Lionel set last year to go around the tree and my son enjoyed it so much I decided to expand it this year. We went from 10ft of track to 100ft with DCS, two switches, a new MTH loco, a bunch of new/used cars, and a bump trolley. The village is mostly used pieces from ebay with a few new pieces.
The attention to detail some of you have is amazing, so I've lurked without joining the forum for several months. I've learned quite a bit from you all already!
Shife, your set up is unreal! I wish the wife would let me take up that much real estate for Christmas!!!
Janitor John posted:Shife posted:This is my first attempt at a Christmas Village. I never really had a train as a child apart from a brief HO loop. We bought a used O27 Lionel set last year to go around the tree and my son enjoyed it so much I decided to expand it this year. We went from 10ft of track to 100ft with DCS, two switches, a new MTH loco, a bunch of new/used cars, and a bump trolley. The village is mostly used pieces from ebay with a few new pieces.
The attention to detail some of you have is amazing, so I've lurked without joining the forum for several months. I've learned quite a bit from you all already!
Shife, your set up is unreal! I wish the wife would let me take up that much real estate for Christmas!!!
Thanks! The wife thought it was kinda "dumb" when it was still a scarm rendering, but she's quite happy with the result. Our 4 year old loves it, and that's what I was aiming for.
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