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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 21:58:30 GMT
A bit of shameless self promotion...
I arrived home from work this afternoon to find an advanced copy of the January issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine. Within this issue is a very nice six page article about the 2018 edition of our Redford Theatre display by Roger Carp. It's a great feeling knowing we've gone from the very plain 8x12 layout I did my first year doing the display to having a jam packed 8x20 display seen by thousands of people every year published in one of the large toy train magazines. Hope you guys enjoy it if you happen to read it when the issue becomes available.
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Post by laz57 on Nov 12, 2019 22:14:47 GMT
WOW JAKE just a beautiful layout for the Christmas Season. Love the moon on the upper layout looks great.
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Post by ptc on Nov 12, 2019 22:48:07 GMT
Congratulations for being featured in the #1 O-Gauge Magazine, Classic ToyTrains. Excellent video as well for your 2018 layout.
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Post by kstrains on Nov 12, 2019 23:09:53 GMT
Congratulations, on your article in Classic Toy Trains! I look forward to seeing photos of your Christmas layout for 2019 soon!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2019 1:17:21 GMT
Thanks guys! CTT was great to work with and Roger did a very nice job with the article.
The moon I believe is a Lemax(?) product that was included in a box of lighted trees and such accessories that I purchased from the guys who used them on the G scale display that used to be constructed in the years before I took over. It's always a hit with our visitors. Might need to look into getting a second one just to have as a backup.
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Post by JDaddy on Nov 13, 2019 2:14:47 GMT
Looking forward to visiting the Redford Theater this year. Keep up the great work. The layout looks great.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2019 11:24:48 GMT
Thanks, we're looking forward to having everybody there!
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Post by josef on Nov 13, 2019 11:28:56 GMT
Yes, congratulations. Awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2019 16:14:49 GMT
Congrats Jake. Nicely done. Looking forward to that edition.
Gary.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2019 16:41:33 GMT
Jake congrats on the article in Classic Toy Trains. Last years video was great. Definitely put me in the Christmas spirit!
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 13, 2019 20:11:25 GMT
Jake, congratulations on the 2018 Christmas layout being covered in the January CTT. I'm looking forward to reading the article when my copy arrives in 2 or 3 weeks.
Last year's layout and your video were both fabulous. That is a wonderful Christmas tradition.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2019 11:31:01 GMT
Thanks for the compliments guys. As great as last year's layout was, I think this year's is shaping up to look even better. Last night we did most of the work on outfitting our new control/power cabinet. I bought an unfinished kitchen cabinet from Lowes, a couple of stick on LED under cabinet lights and went from there. When it's finished there will be the two CW-80's and the ZW-C will have four 180 watt bricks connected to it. The track is also secured to the main platform. We're hoping to get some test runs in on Sunday before we start unpacking the village items.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2019 15:04:20 GMT
We finally buckled down and got the village installed and the lamp posts/lighted billboards wired in over the past couple days and nights. Overall I'm very happy with how the layout is turning out so far. I think it'll end up blowing last year's layout out of the water in some respects. I still have to go back today and try to get all the figures, lighted trees and unlighted trees installed before wrapping up some final wire management tasks and finish details. For once it should be pretty much finished by the first movie on Friday. I do have another 8 lamp posts on order to add at a later time when they arrive, but the majority of the layout will be finished.
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Post by ptc on Nov 21, 2019 15:15:11 GMT
Looking good, Jake, love the photo you posted.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2019 4:00:05 GMT
Thank you sir!
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