she emailed me the other day and is getting out of the thomas game. she offered me 10 custom made wooden trays for the cost of postage. they arrived today and i have to say, they are awesome! better than i imagined. i have decided to clear out under my bed and put them under there with the vintage locos in some and the most commonly used thomas engines in the rest.
in other news, work is progressing on the tri-ang/hornby rolling stock repaints for robs christmas layout. i have got 2 coats of undercoat on each and will do a third on sunday. after that, they will be painted a multitude of colors and the 2 open trucks filled with festive loads... one will have a small flock teddy and some christmas beads.
i won on trademe today a wooden frame with alphabet cards for making names. each card features a thomas character. i looked at the same thing at the model train show 2011, but it was too expensive. i think the frame alone was $5 and each letter was $2 or something. i got the frame and at least 34 cards for $4. will put up photos when it all arrives.