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Working on the Ivor layout

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, February 11, 2013 8:21 AM

And Grumbly after. Gasworks now as you enter town... I may add a few lights back there again. 

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Posted by Hudson#685 on Monday, February 11, 2013 8:24 AM

Doug,

This is really shaping up. Cool!

 

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Posted by MichRR714 on Monday, February 11, 2013 8:26 AM

Looking good Doug ! Thumbs Up

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Posted by KRM on Monday, February 11, 2013 1:29 PM

Doug,

 Looking good! Yes

 I don't know if it my old PC but it looks like the sun don't shine in Grumbly Town. Hmm

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:17 AM

Thanks for the kind words.

Kev
, it is only 'sunny' at the front of the layout. In my imagination, in the 'top left-hand corner of Wales' where this layout is set, it is often gloomy.  Big Smile  But it is too dark back there. I plan to add a few lights.

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Posted by KRM on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:54 AM

Doug, I know what you mean. For me it comes as the extra money does and that has been slow as of late. Right now I am at a stop in progress for more elect to power up the addition and landscaping supplies to build the hills.   Looking good and nice to have real-estate to work with. It is all about imagination.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, February 18, 2013 9:34 AM

Worked over the weekend on adding a few lights to Grumbly Town, and added to Llaniog all the ceramic buildings and accessories taken from Grumbly and combined with trees removed from around Ivor's shed, 

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Friday, February 22, 2013 11:29 AM

Doug......I am a sucker for your lighted buildings.  This nearly got me in trouble with the Christmas layout.  After we (I) hooked up her lighted Christmas village pieces, I took out my wife's Thomas Kincade buildings (from the china cabinet, AA battery powered) and she almost went berserk, apparently feeling they were too delicate for the floor layout with grandkids and the dog.  Go figure.  Anywho, did you run the wires for yours under the layout?  Are the pieces in the back corner all lighted too?  You certainly have a lot of valuable real estate to work with. Thumbs Up

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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, March 15, 2013 1:24 PM

Unfortunately, Jack, I can't run anything under the layout because it is just the indoor/outdoor carpet, then 1 and 1/2 inch of foam board, then the radon covers.  So all the wires are coming out of the buildings in the back and I've covered them with a green towel as sort of a hill, then they're plugged into an extension cord which I hide in a run up to the front of the layout where it runs back to the main power cord. So nothing's buried.

I found some elephants today at Michaels- most have been too small or too expensive. These are related to some adventures with Ivor and Charlie Banger's Circus which winters along Ivor's route.    

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Posted by rtraincollector on Friday, March 15, 2013 5:57 PM

Looking good doug yeah we now have elephantsSmile

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