More Trees For The Halloween Layout and a Sneak Peak At The Halloween Layout

Gosh, I'm running out of time to post all the stuff i want to for Halloween which means doubling up on posts! Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Years ago I latched on to a set of Life-Like Barren Trees which are great for Hallween layouts, but also good for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or wherever a dead tree is need on a layout. This year I picked up two more sets in different sizes so there's some variety

I saw thes on a Y'allTube video of a Halloween train layout and thought they were great looking. They add a bit of color to the otherwise colorless barren tress I was using.

Here's the layout as it looked yesterday. I've been putting the new trees on today and messing around with other projects

Model Landscaping The Life-Like Way pgs 13 - 16

Here's the last four pages of the Life-Like booklet from the 1950s. I wonder how many other booklets have been put out by Life-Like, or heck, any of the toy train/model train firms? It might be interesting to hit fleaBay and see what's out there. Enjoy!

Model Landscaping The Life-Like Way pgs 9 - 12

Here's the next four pages of the Life-Like booklet from the 1950s. Enjoy!

Model Landscaping The Life-Like Way pgs 5 - 8

Here's the next four pages of a nifty Life-Like booklet from the 1950s that I found among my stuff a few weeks ago. The booklet describes scenicking a basic 4' (1m 21.9cm) x 8' (2m 43.8cm) HO scale layout. Here in the States many layouts are based on a 4'x8' standard size sheet of plywood. This size sheet is used for everything from Z scale on up to LGB (although it's a tight fit for a 4'x8') and the scenery techniques are usable across all scales and gauges. Enjoy!

Model Landscaping The Life-Like Way pgs 1 - 4

The other week I was going through some old files and paper stuff and came across two booklets I totally forgot I had. One of them was this landscaping booklet for Life-Like. If you're new to Toys & Stuff let me asure you this booklet isn't a 'how-to' treatise on growing daphodils, but if you have a model or toy train layout this may come in handy! I do remember getting both of the booklets in the box of a toy that was made in the 1950s and both of them have a definite '50s feel about them although I don't know the exact year of publication. The Life-Like booklet has 16 pages and is printed in a nice green and gray color scheme. The techniques shown here are just as useful for diorama making as they are for train layouts. We'll be featuring four pages at a time, so without further ado here's the first four pages - Enjoy!