kirkbean 2013 - Great Woodville-Sea's End branchline

[tahra]

Great pics!

Did you paint the barn doors for the cafe?

And... what's the brown sheepy doing there? And.. is that a WHITE frog in the stop?

[playmofire]

Great pics!

Thanks, tahra.

Did you paint the barn doors for the cafe?

Yes.  The lifeboat service in the UK uses a very dark blue for the hulls of its boats - http://www.appledorelifeboat.org.uk/news/images/Padstow_Tamar_at_sea.jpg - and I had a pot of a similar colour whcih I used to paint the doors.  I've got lots of these green doors.

And... what's the brown sheepy doing there? And.. is that a WHITE frog in the stop?

It's a sheep.  I thought it would be fun to have the cafe owner keeping a pet sheep and have it at one of the tables asking to be fed.  And yes, it is a white frog.  To entertain the visitors there are always frogs, rabbits and a "Where's Wally?" figure in the displays.  They are moved every day so if people come more than once they can look for them again.

[basilsdad]

Now I am going to have to look at all the pictures again!      This is so much fun from afar, it must have been great to see it up close and personal.     

Joe

[tahra]

Thanks for the explanations, playmofire

[playmofire]

Here are links to some short videos of the layout.  On some of them there is a loud whining noise on the sound track, but that is noise from another display.

First two of the steam loco with the steam sound unit working:





Now some of the diesel loco:







I'll try and load the longer video up to YouTube in the next few days.

[playmofire]

You can find a longer video with more views of the overall display here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XytMRBpDwQY&feature=youtu.be

[skypurr]

That's great Gordon,  I loved the sound effects from the train.
I also noticed Mr Bunny sitting in the garden shed waiting for the carrots to grow.   

Feel very guilty that I haven't shown any of my photos yet  I'd hoped to post them over the weekend,  but I've had so much to do lately that I just haven't had time yet - did start to sort them out last night though so hopefully will get them done in a day or two!

Elaine

[playmofire]

Thank you, Elaine.  I must admit I was very pleased with the steam sound effect, although it is nice when you turn it off!

Look forward to seeing your photos - have you changed your camera yet? - there's no need to feel guilty, the amount of work you do just for the exhibition would keep at least two ordinary people busy!

[PlaymoMan]

Awesome photos, thanks for sharing!

[Birdie]

What an amazing diorama this turned out to be    There are so many things to look at and so many little scenes to enjoy.
You must have had a lot of work planning beforehand.

Thanks for all the pictures, I have thoroughly enjoyed them!