Holodoc Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 After having displayed my first MOC in an exhibition in Frechen earlier this year I tried something in my home town. We have a parish festival every year, where everyone is invited to play, chat with people you haven´t met for a long time, eat and drink and have a good time from Saturday to Sunday. My son and I wanted to do something for the younger children, so we started to think about a big LEGO train display. This is what we build: - a "passenger related loop" with our 8-waggon-Santa Fe and a smaller red train. This was made up with a city surrounding including the Cafe Corner and the Green Grocer and an extended train station. (too bad I have my post office and the Market Street displayed at the Lego Store in Oberhausen right now. ) - a "freight related loop" with three different Engines and various cars. The track ended in two engine sheds and an additional train washing possibility. To fill the gaps between the two loops I hade our complete firefighting team displayed and a larger construction site. Then I still had a smaller black steam engine left over. A 9V engine wouldn´t fit, so I decided to have a museum-train in a garden surrounding. What made the layout really interesting was the fact that we added two crossings in the loops. So the kids had to take care who´s train was first. Sometimes it did not work out... We opened the playground from 12 to 17 hours on Sunday afternoon and it was a success! We didn´t have any time without kids driving trains. Needless to say I was quite tired after this experience. We will continue this 'interactive exhibition' next year! The complete folder. Enjoy! Quote
Vaders_son Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Hey doc! Nice display! Although I'm not too much into town and trains I really like what you did And I think it's very important that members of a community help make such festivals even better than they are already. I bet there are a lot of kids that remember just the cool LEGO trains they could play with when their parents ask them if they'd like to go to the event next year again. Actions like this make more kids like LEGO even better --> one could say you're recruiting future AFOLs Really great that is, one can't say it often enough! Best regards, Benny Quote
Holodoc Posted June 24, 2008 Author Posted June 24, 2008 Thank you Vaders son for your nice words! --> one could say you're recruiting future AFOLs This was exactly my intention! Quote
I Scream Clone Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Nice work Holodoc, great to see you helping out your local community, and more importantly spending quality time with your son! Im sure you will both look back on this memory fondly. I hope to share my Lego hobby with my two boys as they grow older too (the eldest just wants to drive his Thomas trains all over my castle creations! Quote
CopMike Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 You rock Holodoc!!! That´s so cool, you´re turning into the "Display Master" ! I´m sure the kids (and their dads) had a blast, it looks really well done! What made the layout really interesting was the fact that we added two crossings in the loops. So the kids had to take care who´s train was first. Sometimes it did not work out... - bad doc!!And have you seen that our wish has been fulfilled ! copmike Quote
Holodoc Posted June 28, 2008 Author Posted June 28, 2008 And have you seen that our wish has been fulfilled ! Ha - this is great news! But did it have to be Agents? Quote
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