Next some pics from the show…looks great!
thanks, Andy.
Vic, you can bet on it.
but now i feel empty. glueing a strip of tiles, waiting 15 minutes, glueing a…
and braining, what i might have forgotten, what i might add still, and so on…
Nice job Korm. 
Excellent work, Korm! I really enjoyed following the progress.
-Kevin.
Korm Kormsen said:Should I take this personally?
... and specially for a laughing frog...
thanks Nick and Kevin. yes, John, you should take it personally, but only if you posted this:
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i didn’t mention anything about eatin’, or did i?
Came out great Korm. What a wonderful display!
thank you, Richard.
the modules survived the transport with zero damage, the two halves fit together, the trains run - i’m happy.
that half dozen (or so) children from the other exhibitors were exited just about the things i hoped to be exiting, the idea to cordon off the layout seems to be needed too.
the show starts tomorrow afternoon and i still haven’t finished the roof and the porch of the house, have to find or make a hunter and a wrangler.
so everything quite normal.
Great work Korm - looks great
I found adding the rope barrier around my pizza to be the only thing that keeps kids from climbing right into my pizza.
i put my rope about three feet away from the layout. children respected it, but one of the other exhibitors had to stretch, reach over and touch to make sure, that what her eyes saw was really there.
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Korm Kormsen said:
i put my rope about three feet away from the layout. children respected it, but one of the other exhibitors had to stretch, reach over and touch to make sure, that what her eyes saw was really there.(http://img.colorearjunior.com/puzzle-de-hansel-y-gretel_4e1b1d5c42a28-p.gif)
… Was it the Mud or the Dairy Maid they were touching??? Nice work. looking good.
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Looks great, Korm! Love the farm girl, horses and wagon, and those boxes of veggies look marvellous! The barricade made of logs is very good, too. Thank you so much for sharing this build with us. Ya dun good, kid!
thanks, John. wife and daughter now are quarreling, who may sit at the exhibition and show of the layout. so i found some time to upload a pic and upload my feet on a stool for an hour or so. the house got finished. five minutes, before i had to leave house for the show. although i’m content to have captured the essence of the typical adobe-made pioneerhouses of our area, i must confess, that it is the sloppiest model i made in years.
the only pic, i took during the exhibition: the rest of the time i was too busy shoo-shooing off all those dwarves, that ducked under the rope.
so, thanks for watching and commenting on this thread - but:
This was a great article you did Korm… Got to hand it to ya. … Yesterday 20:41:08 MST Korm | Quote the only pic, i took during the exhibition: the rest of the time i was too busy shoo-shooing off all those dwarves, that ducked under the rope. … I’ll know how your had to keep an eye on things as we use to do a lot of Ho layout shows in Malls in Cal. and Nev. Stanchions and ropes keeps getting moved in and you could get in trouble sometimes by being in the wrong place at the wrong time when underneath adjusting a animation. And ya, almost get stomp on. I’ll e-mail you the story… Will make you laf. Again, Good job, Us en’s in Ca.
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As long as the kid isn’t completely insane, I’ll hand 'em the controls. Keeps their hands busy, but more than that, gives them the experience we all loved so much when we were kids, and still love to this day.
I put a gondola or two behind the loco and leave a handful of toy passengers lying around so they can give the toys a ride. Keeps 'em busy and happy and their hands occupied. I don’t bother with barricades. But the parents are resoponsible for reining in their own kids. In general I find this works.
I do have memories of the first time I did this when I got surprised by one hyperactive little monster and his parents who had no control and didn’t care and did nothing - it took me by surprise and I wasn’t sure what to do. It’s never happened since, 'tho, AND I’m way better prepared if it ever did… Today I could handle it, but it wouldn’t be pretty… I don’t think it’s likely to be repeated, though; as it was really weird and unusual, but good preparation for me to be ready for anything…
Actually, I haven’t had a single problem since then, been doing this for seven years now.
I’ve found that letting kids operate my trains at shows really works out very well. Actually I don’t ‘hand’ them the controls at all; I leave the controls where the kid can take them, with a sign that says, “Go ahead, run the train”, then: “Merry Christmas!”, or: “Have A Nice Day!”. My own granddaughter ran my garden RR at the age of three, BTW. Now she’s nine, and quite the expert…
I put a few chairs around so parents can rest their feet for awhile while junior plays trains… Often the parents want to ask me questions, so I try to have a volunteer with me to keep an eye on things… a friend, family member, fellow clubmember, anyone with a twistable arm… :D:rolleyes:
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