club christmas show layout 2014

what an absolute mission this show was. completely drained and threw a rather long hissy fit on the thursday.
my stuff is always outside, and a complete maroon put the tarp up, leaving a huge gap at the top. even though its summer, of course it rained. so my couple of hours spent setting up was wasted basically, and my layouts were packed up by 8pm.
i was so cross that day i didnt even get photos. by the end of the night, i had been at the club for 12 hours, on my feet the whole time and was completely wiped out.

so, these photos are from friday night. thankfully it didnt rain.

major issues with this layout. the trains i ran [plarail DD51, xmas thomas, hello kitty and lady] all got stuck at the trackmaster xmas buildings. the roller bits seemed to make them stick for some reason.


the other side. normally its more decorated than this, but i was not in the mood.


toy story. this was static last night as something is up with the track terminals. i actually dropped the loco on the concrete on thursday, amazingly no damage either inside or out!


both layouts together. no matter how close to the wall i put them, or how close together, little people insist on squeezing in the gap.


ride on train, on the lawn!!!! this worked well. tacked the tracks down with tent pegs to hold it together. surprisingly, didnt suffer much touching, despite being unfenced and not under my "protective umbrella."


the little N scale tomix thomas ran flawlessly. not sure how popular he was, as that layout is inside, but im sure he caught a bit of attention.