Wedding Cake Table with Trains, update

Very nice. I think there will be some special figures also.

DOC posted:

Very nice. I think there will be some special figures also.

yes, can't wait Very special. Their stunt doubles are filling in here for this mockup.

Very nice! Good  manageable size for set up and break down. I think a 1930's car would be a nice touch maybe with a "Just married"sign on the back perhaps. 

Chris Lonero posted:

Very nice! Good  manageable size for set up and break down. I think a 1930's car would be a nice touch maybe with a "Just married"sign on the back perhaps. 

 

Yes, I'm looking at 1/24 scale 1930s cars on the EvilBay.

Carey;  Also check out Die Cast Direct.  You can do a search by scale.  Here is an example.  

https://www.diecastdirect.com/...ProductCode=LND72325

Hello Carey,

Glad to see your project is coming together nicely. 

My suggestion is why not set the cake onto a bed of roses (radiating outward) as well.  The cake diameter of 8" seems a bit small relative to your display and proposed 6" round second tier.  Wouldn't a base tier of say 10" and 6" top be better aesthetically?  The reason for my suggestion is that the ratio of 10 vs. 6 gives a value very close to what is known as the golden number.  A value found to exist in nature that lends to a balance to ones eye.  Many famous painters and architects have used this ratio in their works (1.618).  In your case for a 6" top you would need a 9.7" base thus the recommendation for a 10 inches.

The roses will very aromatic, given they are fresh from a Californian's yard!  Would you consider adding some sprigs of Babies Breath to dress it up a bit possibly.  I'm envious that your roses are in bloom while my dormant roses are being blanketed by a early spring snow storm (typical Michigan weather). 

The transformers could be hidden under the table on a separate platform or stool.  This would require a long skirted table cloth.  Thus it wouldn't take away from the picturesque setup that you have in mind.  To date, I haven't seen any transformers that look well with a wedding cake.  This also frees up the two corners for something else that would be more inline with the wedding e.g. photo's of yourselves as youngsters or early family portraits. 

Hope this helps as a thought starter. 

Carey T,

   You go girl!  Fantastic stuff.

PCRR/Dave

Church, station, rose garden, automobile, reception committee, two-car passenger special -- you have it covered. Maybe a tinplate tunnel on a back corner, very symbolic.

Will the train be travelling clockwise or counter-clockwise? Folks might read something into that ...  

Ace posted:

Church, station, rose garden, automobile, reception committee, two-car passenger special -- you have it covered. Maybe a tinplate tunnel on a back corner, very symbolic.

Will the train be travelling clockwise or counter-clockwise? Folks might read something into that ...  

what tunnel? got an online pic? wouldn't that be a bit too much? I don't know if I need to spend more $$$ to hunt down and buy a std. gauge tunnel also. Was thinking of maybe adding passenger platform like the Lionel 155 (No. ?)

clockwise or counterclockwise- are you meaning are we time travelers, going back to an earlier time? All folks attending already know we are into vintage... I'll have a authentic 20s vintage hat, and Tom will be in vintage 1930s morning suit formalwear ala' Fred Astaire, the groomsmen are renting theirs.

Carey TeaRose posted:

what tunnel? got an online pic? wouldn't that be a bit too much? I don't know if I need to spend more $$$ to hunt down and buy a std. gauge tunnel also. Was thinking of maybe adding passenger platform like the Lionel 155 (No. ?)

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Lionel 120 Tunnel pix <https://www.google.com/search?...rc=0rR1xhZaB5K3uM%3A>

A nice small station would be a Lionel 127 Station <https://www.google.com/search?...UB2B4KHQkBAyQQ7AkIKA>

Ron M

Allegheny posted:

Hello Carey,

Glad to see your project is coming together nicely. 

My suggestion is why not set the cake onto a bed of roses (radiating outward) as well.  The cake diameter of 8" seems a bit small relative to your display and proposed 6" round second tier.  Wouldn't a base tier of say 10" and 6" top be better aesthetically?  The reason for my suggestion is that the ratio of 10 vs. 6 gives a value very close to what is known as the golden number.  A value found to exist in nature that lends to a balance to ones eye.  Many famous painters and architects have used this ratio in their works (1.618).  In your case for a 6" top you would need a 9.7" base thus the recommendation for a 10 inches.

The roses will very aromatic, given they are fresh from a Californian's yard!  Would you consider adding some sprigs of Babies Breath to dress it up a bit possibly.  I'm envious that your roses are in bloom while my dormant roses are being blanketed by a early spring snow storm (typical Michigan weather). 

The transformers could be hidden under the table on a separate platform or stool.  This would require a long skirted table cloth.  Thus it wouldn't take away from the picturesque setup that you have in mind.  To date, I haven't seen any transformers that look well with a wedding cake.  This also frees up the two corners for something else that would be more inline with the wedding e.g. photo's of yourselves as youngsters or early family portraits. 

Hope this helps as a thought starter. 

 

woo! lots of great ideas, thanks for your input!

Allegheny posted:

Hello Carey,

Glad to see your project is coming together nicely. 

My suggestion is why not set the cake onto a bed of roses...

... photo's of yourselves as youngsters or early family portraits. 

Hope this helps as a thought starter. 

 

Really excellent suggestions!!

Here it is

Is the cake in the picture "scale"? The train idea is shaping up nicely, but if the cake itself is too small it could get lost in the overall image.

Additions: following members suggestions of an automobile or two, Tom has a 1935 Mercedes, I have a 1933 Dusenberg. 1/24.

Got the 4 piece MTH villa set- to add a house/building for this. Though I LOOOVE these, but they seem very SMALL next to the Barclay folks...  What size of a toy litho house should have I perhaps gotten, along with the IVES litho station I already have? 

MTH/Lionel Corp. makes standard gauge bungalows which would probably look better with the Barclay figures.  Pricey; about $299 retail!   

Carey TeaRose posted:

Got the 4 piece MTH villa set- to add a house/building for this. Though I LOOOVE these, but they seem very SMALL next to the Barclay folks...  What size of a toy litho house should have I perhaps gotten, along with the IVES litho station I already have? 

Maybe the villa set can fit in the back, perhaps on raised ground, the old "forced perspective" trick.

Chris Lonero posted:

MTH/Lionel Corp. makes standard gauge bungalows which would probably look better with the Barclay figures.  Pricey; about $299 retail!   

did not know this! Will look into it.

Found three little Marx tin litho toys sold as a set, perfect for the wedding cake train diorama. "Oh, porter? Porter!"

And a 1:24 die-cast 1935 Ford taxi to go with it.

The latest, for ushering the wedding couple and their luggage to the train station after the ceremony:

1:24 die-cast 1935 Ford