Martha Stewert, Eat yur Heart out, Vic's Xmas train is here!

[vsmith]

[:D]Martha Stewert can eat here heart out! This year I decided to put some left over track and some of those cheepo blowout LGB cars I picked up at Marshall's LAST christmas to some use this year. Thus is born the Christmas Tree Train!

Photo's work here so here we go...






A quick trip to Micheal's Craft Store, a bottle of tacky glue and CA, and a rainy day yeild's this year's contribution to Christmas Spirit.

The track is bent to fit the 36" square base for the tree. I need to add fake snow "ballast" and the engine is a stand in for a bright and shiny LGB Porter I have to fish out of storage.

Even my wife was impressed! She immediatly started pointing out where I could have improved it, I think she's just a little jealous, me intruding into Marthaland, thats HER territory![:D]

[Rene Schweitzer]

Now THAT'S a Christmas train! I have to grin when I think of how large those packages would be prototypically!

[SandyR]

Vic, I love it! It's so much nicer than the 'Christmas' train sets with their printed graphics. Your train really sparkles! Do you have any problem with binding on that radius? And where did you get the Santa figures? They're nice. I especially like the one holding the brass ring...does he get another ride?
SandyR

[vsmith]

Thanks

Sandy
So far no binding, I'm using stock LGB cars that have the pivoting axles, when coupled with hook and loop coupler they can take some ridiculous curvature. The 2 Santa's, Snowman and one of the Trees are actually Xmas placecard holders we found at Marshalls, the brass rings are for dinner placecards. I havent even added the lights yet!

I got the idea after visiting a LHS where someone was selling HLW minicars decorated with a ton of Xmas decorations on them but at $40 each (not a bad $ for the quality) I thought I could do as well, and a $30 trip to Micheal's yeilded three cars worth of decoration and I still have enough to do the engine or a caboose!

[Anonymous]

Looks good, Victor. I sure wish someone sold 36-inch diameter track on a commercial basis with paving blocks built in for use with a trolley line. I would buy some in a flash.

By the way, Martha is a Jersey Girl!

Regards,
Bill C.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SandyR

Vic, I love it! It's so much nicer than the 'Christmas' train sets with their printed graphics. Your train really sparkles! Do you have any problem with binding on that radius? And where did you get the Santa figures? They're nice. I especially like the one holding the brass ring...does he get another ride?
SandyR

I have to agree, Vic, the CONSERVATIVE look of the locomotive and rolling stock with the decorative cargo is much more my style than locomotives and rolling stock that is "Christimasy."

I think a "Polar Express" type of Chrsitmas train would suit me fine!!

[Anonymous]

Looks very impressive!!

Mikadousrp

[Rastun]

Vic,
That looks great, make sure and get us some pics when the tree is there too :)

[grandpopswalt]

Congratulations Vic, your Christmas train shows a lot of imagination and talent. I'll bet it inspires a lot of other forum members to try their hand at it this year.

Walt

[bman36]

Vic!,
Well done...good for you! That is the way to do it in my books. My wife is a floral designer (an awesome one at that), she also knows how to decorate when it comes to Christmas. Gonna' show her this all right. The holiday spirit is definately building here. Later eh...Brian.