I am getting back to building a small Lionel OO layout to take to shows. The original plan was to duplicate the dealer demo layouts that Lionel made. Which is the basic loop of 3 rail track, a whistling station and the train, in my case the early 1938 0080 set without whistle in the tender. But its a bit plain. Right now the table has indoor/outdoor green carpet(grass) on it(easily removed). It does help with noise abatement though. I am torn between sticking to what could have been built by the average OO modeler in 1938, or just doing my own thing and leaving the grass carpet in place. Here is how the table looks now and a pic of an original demo layout. AD
Here is the bare table without the grass
Here is the same table with the grass mat and OO Christmas set up a couple years ago, take the tree and ceramic buildings away and go with tinplate houses, bungalow, villa ect is one option
I do have some mastic matting to put under the table top to help with noise if I decide to build this. I have also seen versions with the Lionel Villa instead of the station. More tinplate houses could be added obviously. Now which direction do I go? I have the track, 1938 full scale freight set. no transformer or other bits yet. I do have the off white paint for the table. Thoughts? Opinions? AD
