Halloween Layouts

Cool take on the orange FasTrack! 

Here’s what my granddaughter has under the Halloween tree 

The Lionel Peanuts Halloween Train!!! Very nice!!! 

I must admit! I do like the Orange coloured track bed!! Very Very much in the Halloween Spirit!!! 

Beautiful images fellows!!! Many thanks for sharing!!! I just hope my Halloween layout can come close to all or yours!! Very Nice!!! 

set this up last month

Very nice!!!! 

I built a display for my wife's Department 56 buildings and we change the decor with the seasons.  Here are some pictures of this year's Halloween edition.

Rolland

 

Here is a link to our 2018 Halloween Display video, hope you enjoy it.

2018 Halloween Lego n Lionel

Ed, what are the two cylinders at the table's edge? One looks like a giant purple coffee mug, the other a big fire cracker.

  I like the big figures. They kept me busy at the local home improvement store for an hour playing with them all .  I was actually doing my own 20-30 years ago using life sized science models and car door lock solonoids.

I also immediately noticed the Oriental sails .  I find them facinating for some reason , especially on junks. 

"Birdie" used to be my vans 3rd brake light and extra turn signal in my rear window around this time of year. Braking makes his jaw drop and led eyes light up. (This was just a manual operation for fun) He can also be wired to one of the crossing gate triggers.

Adriatic, if you check out the video, those are called Remo Thunder Tubes.  I have a sound activated strobe light so when people come to visit they shake the tubes to create a sound like thunder to make the lightning effect.  We found the two figures at the local HomeDepot after Halloween and for $20 each, couldn't resist.  The oriental buildings and ship are part of the Lego Ninjago series.  We decided to go with a water theme/sea monsters this year.

Birdie is a "Keeper" 

https://youtu.be/SXAf7Hzbccw

Video play is hit and miss for me, I get throttled pretty hard at times. I can load "regular" data of larger size faster...???.   I'll make it a point to watch the next time Netflix isn't buggering up the works around here

REMO...The name seems familiar. Isn't that a vintage mfg. from the 60's... The company Curt Russel started his carrier with; a spy toy ad... Mighty Mites, Mr Machine, etc..

Birdie was fun. The eyes need to be lit for full effect though. It could be pitch black and suddenly you saw his red eyes highlighting the bone, "screaming" at you to stop.

His mouth is too small for anything HO or larger   I think I HAVE to get him down again now

I brought him down to play yesterday. His coil plunger head broke off in just a few cycles, lettin the recoil spring loose, but a junk screw retains it now. I bet the rest of the plastic lock mech fails in 5 more years; dryrotting away. 

I'm thinking I could whip up some shoulders, an arm and hand on a throttle.

Wondering if my engineer caps will fit him ? ..dead engineer's caps actually  

Spõõky  

Great imagination folks!  My wife bought all this stuff at the thrift store, so I felt compelled to put up a small Halloween layout myself last week.  You may have seen these over on the "What did you do on your layout today?" topic.

These are some very great train displays fellows!!! I've decided to keep my Halloween trains up all year long. I plan to cut my 4X8 plywood sheet in a classic "coffin" shape then, hopefully, come up with a decent track plan and possibly putting a 1/43rd scale slot car set on it as well!!! I have some 1/43 scale hearses that I can convert to slot cars!! I know my layout will have to be basic because of both train & slot cars on the same board. Any thoughts or suggestions will greatly be apprecieated.

That’s a neat idea for the layout shape and the slot cars.  I haven’t run slot cars since I was a kid in the late ‘60s

 

These came with hilly track and/or a jump ramp originally. I think slot cars call for the figure 8 derby track or a track jumping a figure 8 of tracks. Bonus points for anti collision control I don't think making a crossing(s) would be too hard. If I only knew what I know now back when I was 8 Train current can't hit the slot rails or visa versa so speed and a jumplike transition over an isolated section is kinda needed for the slots. The trains roller spread and wheel base should be enough to bridge the isolated "dead" section decently. Of course if you want to get nuts with sensors and processing that's possible too. Hoping this post brings on the attachment tool. I jammed a stick in his mouth so he couldn't bite me... again... and dressed birdie for a new job.

Nope. Other pages it loads. Not this one ???? Horrifying

Some of last years garage display for the kiddies, big and little goblins.

This years is almost finished, photos to follow.

Here we go! The jaw makes a lot of noise so I wired it separately for quieter operation when I want it.  The cigar is a dowel for now. I have a few from births that need a use before they disintegrate to dust. I figure a week's worth of pressure would be too much. Plus I'll likely move it to a card table or something soon.

These guys have wheelie frames that keep the pick ups planted.

Getting things dusted off before transport to the garage.

Irisa says hi!

Wow...  orange fastrack looks great for haloween layout...

jhz563 posted:

Getting things dusted off before transport to the garage.

Irisa says hi!

That is adorable I love it!  I like your layout

OUTSTANDING DISPLAY LAYOUT!!!!!

Rixster posted:

I never realized until I saw this delightful Halloween display something very obvious: that the New Haven McGuiness livery has the perfect colors for Halloween.

Rixster, The whole layout looks great!  It was a bumper year for punkins!!

Thanks, and pumpkins come in other colors. 🎃 

AWESOME LAYOUTS!!! 

Halloween 2018. My 2 yr old grand daughter has discovered "her new" Halloween layout. Children make all things new again!

Year 8 and this little layout is still going strong.

Tom, Your granddaughter reminds me of our girls when they were her age.  My wife always put their hair in piggy tails!  Now they are both grown and married, but no children of their own yet.

That's a nice looking layout, and the falling leaves and rain effects work well with the videos!!  Great job!! 

Mark Boyce posted:

Tom, Your granddaughter reminds me of our girls when they were her age.  My wife always put their hair in piggy tails!  Now they are both grown and married, but no children of their own yet.

Oh, the fun you have to look forward to! Don't ever let anyone tell you that girls don't like trains. Both of my grand daughters are train crazy. The 4 yr old is counting on Santa to bring her a Pink train. Little sister already has a Purple train.

Gilly@N&W posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Tom, Your granddaughter reminds me of our girls when they were her age.  My wife always put their hair in piggy tails!  Now they are both grown and married, but no children of their own yet.

Oh, the fun you have to look forward to! Don't ever let anyone tell you that girls don't like trains. Both of my grand daughters are train crazy. The 4 yr old is counting on Santa to bring her a Pink train. Little sister already has a Purple train.

Yes with no sons I am familiar with little girls.  They lost interest in my trains but kept watching Thomas on television for quite some time.  Not being a father until I was mid 30s, I had a realistic adult layout, and didn’t wake up to make it more kid friendly.  They each helped me build their dollhouses though.  I will have to be ready with trains fast.  I think my wife will be in the running for grandma of the year and confiscate grandchildren as soon as they come in the house!  Well none on the way as of now.

Background added.  🎃 

Wow, Rixster!  That really is impressive!

The gas company is tearing up the block! I didn't bother to finish. Our block will get skipped over. 

Well darn... It seems that I won't get my Halloween layout up in time this year. But, since it will be my permanent layout. It should be more than ready for next year! I hope to have O gauge trains (and possibly) a 1/43rd scale slot car track on the same layout! I do however, have only a 4X8 plywood sheet to work with at the moment. 

 

Except for a few figures and vehicles, the layout has made its way back to the garage.  There’s a few new elements this year, but basically the same. Pictures tomorrow, not sure if before or after trick or treating.