christmas at the club rooms 2013
this years layout will feature takara tomy winter thomas, skarloey, glow in the dark devious diesel and peter sam from the pop out wagons range. this gives a good variety and backups in case the worst happens.
the thomas i wanted to use has an issue with his gears that i couldnt fix on the spot, so diesel and toby ran on thursday, with peter sam and skarloey going on friday. i also used a motorised hornby noddy car set, a late addition after i found it upstairs. the tomy layout takes about 2 hours, and due to having my stuff outside, required a complete rebuild both nights. so as a result, both came out slightly different as far as decoration is concerned. fridays was better as i had more time and patience to dig through and find things. im thinking next year i would like to include the sodor siding, which has space for 4 engines, but im not sure that would work with the current design.
the thomas i wanted to use has an issue with his gears that i couldnt fix on the spot, so diesel and toby ran on thursday, with peter sam and skarloey going on friday. i also used a motorised hornby noddy car set, a late addition after i found it upstairs. the tomy layout takes about 2 hours, and due to having my stuff outside, required a complete rebuild both nights. so as a result, both came out slightly different as far as decoration is concerned. fridays was better as i had more time and patience to dig through and find things. im thinking next year i would like to include the sodor siding, which has space for 4 engines, but im not sure that would work with the current design.
summerset rest home visit
on saturday the 28th, a few residents of summerset rest home came to visit. we had the same layouts as at the christmas show, so i only took photos of my own, since it was a fresh build. the visitors seemed to enjoy their outing, and it was neat to open the rooms to them.
when i ran my takara snow plow thomas at the christmas show, he kept on slipping. i swapped out the motor box for a standard tomy one, and this fixed the problem. i wil investigate the original box and see if that be sorted, but at least he is now working.
when i ran my takara snow plow thomas at the christmas show, he kept on slipping. i swapped out the motor box for a standard tomy one, and this fixed the problem. i wil investigate the original box and see if that be sorted, but at least he is now working.