Likewise. We are all deeply privileged to be able to share your happiness in making such a collection.
Sure..he does fantastic videos on vintage sets but he has nothing like your Layout the incorporates so many sets into one.
Another beautiful oldie from Vio - Freight Unloading Station, 1973
Yes indeed
When the video starts ...looking at the package I thought that this had to be used as no way they would package it assembled like that as it would easily be damaged and hard to pack multiples in a box to ship to stores let alone displaying on pegs in the store. Sure enough as the video went on, the roof was cracked. While watching this I knew I had an extra roof exactly like it that I was going to send to Vio but as the video finished I see he had a replacement. Probably easy to get replacements in Vios country.
Regarding the red roof, it is not easy to find it as it only appears in the early Merry-Go-Round era sets. I fixed the roof after the video. That replacement roof is orange, which is common.
Super, you said you have a red roof?