The guy who manages the Old Stone House (historic carriage inn) for the local university told Kim that he’d like us to put up a display in December (two consecutive weekends)- not sure if we’d be inside or out, or how much space. - He said he’d get back to us with the details after T-giving.
While we aren’t even certain how much space we’ll be given, we still have several choices to consider on scenery Option 1: Kim collects Christmas houses, she has about 50, but they are pretty much O scale… OTOH we could put more stuff in the same space Option 2: The Piko buildings from the layout, tarted up with tiny wreaths from the craft store. Option 3: The handbuilt uncompressed scale (ie huge) buildings that we take to outdoor events Plus about 30 little artificial pine trees to fill in. We’ll probably get white batting or bedsheets to fake ‘snow’, and to keep from any possibility of scratching their floors if we’re inside. Other than that, we’ll also have to decide freight or passenger, and which engine to use. If we have a large enough space, then the Connie or 2-4-4-2 with a long freight is impressive… Otherwise it will probably be the modified Stainz… unless I have the battery powered plow mogul finished. It’s really hard to plan when you don’t know if you’re planning for 5’ x 8’ or 20’ x 25’…
