Father's Day Layout

[grandpopswalt]

Brian,

Good for you! You're doing good work for both your church and for the hobby. You're probably a part of that 10% who do 90% of the work in your community. We, the other 90%, salute you!

Walt

[Anonymous]

would love to see the pics!

[Anonymous]

I would love to see the pictures.Troy

[bman36]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jmozz

Brian what a great way to show people a family hobby God bless jmozz

Appreciate it...thanks! As I said before...worth the effort. Definately breaks the stigma of what church is today. We try to be cutting edge if we can. Later eh...Brian.

[jmozz]

Brian what a great way to show people a family hobby God bless jmozz

[bman36]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kimbrit

Nice one Brian, looking forward to the pics. I wonder, did you get a better audience with it being on a big shiny truck? and will this be the norm every year now?
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

Kim,
My wife and I were talking about it afterwards and yes definately we will do it this way from now on. The truck was the perfect drawing card. Also elevating the layout worked wonders for viewing. Being about three feet off the ground was perfect. I have many ideas in my head to add for next year. Wish we had a club here so as to assist in the effort. After setting up, dusting off the rig was in order as well as making everything "glisten". A lot of work but worth every minute of it. BTW anyone wanting pics whose email I don't already have can post here. I will do my best to get to all of you. Wish I could put pics on here. Later eh...Brian. [:D]

[Anonymous]

Nice one Brian, looking forward to the pics. I wonder, did you get a better audience with it being on a big shiny truck? and will this be the norm every year now?
Cheers,
Kim
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[vsmith]

Brian, we cant wait to see the photos. Really innovative idea. Vic

[bman36]

Hey Everybody,
Just wanted to share on my yearly endeavor. Each year come Father's Day my wife and I have committed to setting up a Garden Railway as part of a display at our church. Normally we set up in a grassy area that is closely mowed and has a few nice trees and shrubs. A week before the big day I found out we would be moving to the other end of the property to a new area. No gardens here...just asphalt! Oh boy. What to do? Setting up on the blacktop seemed out of the question. The display also included some cool bikes, hotrods, RC cars and planes, a paintball firing range and a whole lot of other stuff. Being a truck driver I was blessed with a cool idea. Use a semi! Talked to a few people about my idea and went for it. Loaned from Western Star a georgeous new unit all decked out with a whole lotta' chrome and stainless steel. Then got a hold of a 48' drop deck trailer and drove them over. Next my wife, a friend and myself built a double dogbone type layout right on the deck. We used landscape bark, bedding plants and all the stuff we could bring from home. Ran my Aristo FA1 on one track and my Shay with skeleton log cars on the other. Was it awesome! Most had never seen a Shay in action before and were fascinated by the mechanism. In short it was very much worth the effort. Took about three hours to set up and one hour to tear down afterwards. Getting to drive that shiny new rig was a real treat too! My brother-in-law took a million pics with his new camera and I am waiting for them to be sent over. Will send a few out as soon as I get them. Looking forward to next year! Later eh...Brian.
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