I feel like we need an earlier planning meeting to coordinate efforts. Everyone has limited resources and we all need to prioritize whether we are working on buildings, vehicles, scenery, baseplates, etc. so we don’t have excesses in one area and fall short in another.
Greg, I working on a preliminary layout for the North Pole area. I should have it done today and will post it so we can see where we are. I like your idea of a “life size” cutout layout just to try to fit things together. I feel bad that I can not come on October 26 as I think a lot of planning will get done at that meeting. Of course, in the end, it will all fit together somehow. 🙂
Do we want to create or order stickers for the North Pole Express? The commercially produced toy versions of this train have identifying stickers on the coal car and the passenger cars. I have to admit that I don’t currently know how to make or order suitable stickers but our PennLUG contacts could probably help with this.
I think the PennLUG guys use either model railroad vinyl decals or wet transfer decals. There is a local hobby shop here in Cranberry that has a good selection of model railroad supplies. I will try to stop in there soon to see if they have any decals that we can use.