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Gary, thanks for getting back so soon. I don't even have a plan as of yet. I an trying to come up with a layout plan that will impress my 8 grand kids, and keep me busy. I have post war Lionel and new MTH trains. I am in the process of including too many things into not enough space. I have a U shaped area about 16' X 17' X 15'. Regards, Mike

I just pulled some of the Bedford Falls stuff out of the boxes, and there is no scale at all. One or two might be 1/4" scale, but for the most part, they are "cute" but all over the scale. Second thoughts? Maybe I should forget about that idea, and use something closer to scale. I'm not that fussy, but I don't want in to look silly.

Before I had a permanent layout, every Christmas my son & I would build a "Christmas Layout". 1st set up the tree, put down white cloth (snow) then lay track. It started  small 2 loops around the tree but grew every year till I think we had about 40 buildings & track going up & down the hallway etc. We don't do it any more (my son is 23 now) but some of my best holiday times were around the Christmas layout. I have several 8mm videos of my son playing with the trains on the floor when he was little and every Christmas we watch them.

 

Train Nerd Al 

Originally Posted by Mill City:

I think the idea sounds charming. You already have the stuff, so go for it. It certainly would be easy to change-out should you decide it looks silly.

I think it would be very nice to incorporate your wife's china buildings in the layout. There's no reason to think it's silly, even if the buildings are a bit off.

 

(And if you decide it looks too silly, you could go with a Frostbite Falls theme instead.) 

One childhood memory I have to this day (that's a long time!) is visiting my Dad's aunt and uncle every Christmas. Each year they turned more than half of their LARGE living room into a big display. They only had one little loop of O scale trains.....all the rest was little buildings, trees, figures and cars. NOTHING was to scale.....and that's kinda what made it great. I will admit I am a little bit of a scale snob......for my layout....but I will always enjoy a nice display/layout that is well done even if scale is all over the place.

 

Set some things up temporary and see if YOU like it. Go from there. Many folks here have 'Dept 54' type buildings on their layout. 

Originally Posted by breezinup:
Originally Posted by Mill City:

I think the idea sounds charming. You already have the stuff, so go for it. It certainly would be easy to change-out should you decide it looks silly.

I think it would be very nice to incorporate your wife's china buildings in the layout. There's no reason to think it's silly, even if the buildings are a bit off.

 

(And if you decide it looks too silly, you could go with a Frostbite Falls theme instead.) 

If they're all the same scale (presumably they are) at least it will be consistent. 

mlewski
You actually have a fairly large space. Have fun with it and using your wife's collection will get her into the project.Don't know how old the 8 grand kids are but getting them involved is also great. Enjoy
Steve
 
Originally Posted by mlewski:
Gary, thanks for getting back so soon. I don't even have a plan as of yet. I an trying to come up with a layout plan that will impress my 8 grand kids, and keep me busy. I have post war Lionel and new MTH trains. I am in the process of including too many things into not enough space. I have a U shaped area about 16' X 17' X 15'. Regards, Mike

 

Just read the Life article on Bedford Falls.  The entire LA set was 900 feet long and it was the first time real artificial snow was made for a movie.  Prior to that they used Asbestos as snow!!!  And all those actors thought they had tobacco cancer!!  wow.

 

Some  neat photos of the shoot.

 

Just google "Bedford Falls movie set"

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