2013 Bracebridge model train show

Officially this is my 11th year doing my home town show.  It was a little smaller this year, looked like some venders pulled out and the crowd attendance felt lighter than usual as well give the hot weather this year. After doing it for so long and going to other shows in the area you pretty much see all the same layouts over and over again and I swear most of the layouts look like they haven't changed in all that time either. Sadly some layouts have been around for years and have had very little in the way of improvement to the scenery done. Such as the track is still not ballasted, buildings not painted or weathered, trees that look like they came straight from a furnace filter and so on. Running long trains on a layout is nice for the kids but running trains on a layout that has been given a lot of attention to detail is what makes it magical. Another issue I have at shows are layout tables that are built to adult eye level. I know layouts are best viewed at eye level and its nice the kids cant reach anything but when they are the primary audience it make me want to give some heads a shake. Anyway enough ranting heres a few pics from the show, glad to see the fall fair mural I painted back in 2000 is still up in the background of the photo below.

                                                             nice to see the old ferry still going

                                             Glad to see more progress on this layout

I thought this little layout below was a good idea, the gentlemen who owns it gives kids the opportunity to learn to drive a model train

                    

 

Thought I'd add a dash morality to the layout.