We were filming some slot car and train action when our cat decided to get involved. She appears to think the car goes onto the ipad. She gave us a good laugh.
This is a brand new Thomas! He has metallic blue paint and decorative scheme. A beautiful and FAST locomotive. We may have to do another Great Train Race!
This is how my 4×8 HO scale layout looked when I posted this on YouTube April 18, 2008. Need to finally finish this. I’m thinking of doing some lives treats from the layout with trains running and play. But I want to get the scenery finished. Might do some videos of that as well
The NEW Skarloey Bachmann HO Scale Narrow Gauge (runs on N gauge track) has arrived finally! We just got this December 21, 2015. More videos coming with more details. We hope to get the box vans and open wagon as well. The retail prices are a bit ridiculous. Skarloey is $150 and the cars are $50 each! We found Skarloey on Amazon for $100
We are still looking for the rest of the DC Super Friends minis. Nobody in our area has anything beyond #1-60 plus the expansion or multi packs. We will keep looking
Found this for a pretty good deal on eBay. Has an F7A & B Locomotive with 3 box cars and 6 passenger cars. Not sure why Spider-Man is hauling around is arch-enemies?
The latest track master set with special design. Plus we show some of the rest of our collection including model trains!
Don’t forget about our giveaway that ends in a few days:
So Thomas has won this round of the Great Race and is champion – for now. I honestly thing both Gordon and Henry are the real fastest. I did not realize it until later but the transformers made by Bachmann are acting very inconsistent. Sometimes the engines would not even move! I am going to make a more reliable and fair course. But who wouldn’t be happy that Thomas won!
I did not address it in the video, but we have run into a problem electrically with the Great Race. Gordon and Thomas will be the final 2, but in reality, Henry should have beat Thomas. After experimenting a bit after the race, I found that I had a defective outlet on my power strip. This in turn affected the transformers. So now some do not perform the same even when moved to a good outlet. In fact, at one point it would not even move a locomotive and then would shut off – like there is some kind of short. I did another test and Henry blew past Thomas, but if I switched it, I could get Thomas to beat Henry. The first several races were fine – it only start in Round 3.
I do not think I will address this on YouTube because it might bore the kids. But if anybody thinks I should please let me know. Thanks.
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