Twilight zone train layout

[Anonymous]

On my next trip to the train store, I am going to buy some better people for the obsolete man scene instead of life-like people, 4 heavyweight athearn coaches ( so I don't have to use streamlined cars) and many LED lights to add to the UFO, and building lights to light up the inner twilight zone.  I think  should have a few more 's on the layout.

[chutton01]

Is your layout idea originally based on "Stopover in a Quiet Town?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stopover_in_a_Quiet_Town_(The_Twilight_Zone)

 

And you have the diner where William Shatner keeps playing with that fortune telling machine?

Or, for that matter, the diner where the alien with 3 eyes cooks while chatting with the alien with 3 arms?

And you do have a quiet, suburban Maple Street?

Ah, I know - one of the few episodes on videotape (and it shows) - you have the used car lot where the salesguy can't tell a lie, and ends up selling a car to Kruchsev?

The downed space capsule - is that Adam and Eve near-by ready to start a new civilization?

Or just an experiment in solitary confinement to see if an astronaut can survive long periods in space alone?

Finally, if you live in a remote farmhouse somewhere, make sure the little tiny aliens from the UFO don't attack your wife with a giant carving knive...oh wait, the wife is an alien, the tiny aliens are human...  (my favorite episode)

(one thing - if you are going to model Elizabeth Montgomery as seen in "Two", make sure she's wearing the advanced protective fighting uniform of a tight blouse, short mini-skirt, and leather boots)

 

[rrinker]

That's a great layout idea. Twilight Zone has to be one of the best shows of all time. Well written, and mostly well acted, and lots of well-know actors, too. OK so the one who played the mother in "Little Girl Lost" obviously went to the William Shatner School of Overacting, but hey...

                                        --Randy

[GearDrivenSteam]

Man, that's one of my favorite episodes. Great ideas there!

[Anonymous]

Sounds great. One of my favorite epsiodes is the one where after a huge war the last two people left on earth are two soldiers played by Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery.

[rtstasiak]

Sounds like a really cool way to combine two interests.  My memory is a little "obsolete" and my copy of the TWZ Companion is in storage, but here's a few more ideas:

How about a half demolished library with Burgess Meredith sitting out front on the steps, with or without his glasses?

How about a G-scale figure scaring the hell out of woman and a state trooper at a little cottage?  A hard-hat diver figure would be good for the big Alien, and don't forget to put a fingerprint on the police car.

For a gentle touch, have a blonde policeman leading an elderly woman from an old apartment building.  This is the episode with Robert Redford (Mr. Death) and Mdme. Schildkraut .

You might want to add a chunky Andy Devine character and harmonica sound effects to the UFO scene so it can cover 3 or 4 different episodes.

Have fun!

[Nataraj]

you are now entering.....................THE TWILIGHT ZONE!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Well, now that I have the train names down, and the city name from the twilight zone, here is a description of my layout. Trains 7&8, "The rod serling" pass through town everyday. The town is willoughby (from the episode, "a stop at willoughby") On a hill near town, I have a walthers UFO with alien figures, and I have a plane hanging above the layout (A boeing 707) with a creature on the wing. ( nightmare at 20,000 feet).  In the middle of town, is a man surrounded by 5 or 6 people. ( the obsolete man). Hows this for a layout?