Large Scale Central

Caution: Sunday Anaheim Train Show

General Discussion
#1

Attended Saturday.
Parking was $20.00 – Reason was three other events at the Anaheim Convention Center at the same time. Convention lot filled at a reported $12 per car rate. Once filled, parking therefore diverted to the adjacent hotel lots @$20 per car with no notice of a price increase in parking. Surprise! Once in the line to park you are stuck. The Harley Davidson Convention, volley ball, and a home show filled the lots by 12 PM. Opens at 10AM. Admission $7.00.

The show did have one large scale layout displayed --a small layout from the Del Oro group.
At least four N guage layouts. An incredibly detailed and large “Z” guage layout.
3 or 4 HO guage layouts along with isles of vendors. One exclusilve vendor for “G” - Bridgemasters.

#2

Ahh… I was supposed to be there, I’m a member of the Z scale group… how did you like the large switch yard… that was a lot of work… one full week to wire up.

Greg

#3

One year I parked in the residential neighborhood just south of the convention center, same reason - nutty parking prices.

BTW even if you funneled into another lot thats more expensive than the advertised price you can tell them you dont want to pay that price and they are legally obligated to direct you to the exit so you can leave.

I doubt I will make the show tomorrow, but I’m still hoping.

#4

Greg – and those considering attending–
The “Z” layout was outstanding-- and very large. No question, a real work of art and incredible detail. the central “fiddle yard” (or switching yard) ran down the internal middle of the modular layout - likely 10’ in length a minimum of at least 10 sidings. Superb workmanship throughout.
Wendell

#5

You all know, talking about things at a show require pictures for us folks that aren’t in the neighborhood… :slight_smile:

#6

The crew that built the 18 foot long module, minus one - me taking the picture… before we added the track depending on how you count, 24 sidings. about 4,000 scale feet long. sorry it’s huge, zoom out with control -

(http://www.elmassian.com/images/stories/misc_train/layouts/zocal/hi_res.jpg)

#7

Holy cow, very cool. No selective compression needed.