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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #50 on: September 25, 2012, 01:42:55 »
Amazing setup Ras!! :wow: :wow: :wow: I'm glad it turned out for you so well.  Love that bridge and the giant fort!
 

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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #51 on: September 25, 2012, 12:01:29 »
Wow what an amazing setup and collection you have there!  As for the only non playmo animal, is it an aardvark also known as an anteater?

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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #52 on: September 28, 2012, 17:18:21 »
Thanks for the pictures.  Very creative setup.  Looks like you had no problem filling the space.
 

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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #53 on: October 01, 2012, 11:23:59 »
MAGNIFICENT DIO RAS!!!! MARVELOUS JOB !!!!
I 've loved that your kids help you with that.
It is a great thing when you are building a dio yourself but if your kids are committed to it too, is the most amazing thing!!

Bravo!!
   

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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #54 on: October 01, 2012, 14:06:59 »
This was simply amazing!

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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #55 on: October 01, 2012, 15:32:46 »


Thank you Elric, I am not sure what it is  :lol: to me it looks like a freak of nature. Maybe a genetically modified animal  :P

Thank you PlaymoMan for the kind comment

Thank you Pynedor, you know I am not sure if it was worth it  :lol: I am still unpacking  8} but we all had fun in the end  you should have seen how proud my boys were, so for that I will do it again.

Thank you  el jefe, yes the bridge was a big hit, most kids and parents would stand in front of it and gawk at the show

Thank you Knight Train, I even had lots more that I did not have time to put in  :-[ or sets to open

Thank you grangel, having my kids help was the best part. I was even unaware of all the scenes that they built until I was packing them away. Even for me during the show it was impossible to see everything and I was there 12 hours a day

Thank you tigana123 we had fun
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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #56 on: October 01, 2012, 18:55:03 »
Great diorama WOW  8-)

I especially liked the picture of the indians bowing for their totempole :lol:
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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #57 on: October 01, 2012, 21:23:39 »
Thank you  conniefrere , That was my youngest (7) idea. We had a bunch of that native from the pirate boat and I had no idea what to do with so many of the same figure. A scene where a bunch of identical people praying to an idol seemed perfectly fitting

Now if only I could figure out how to load videos to youtube. I keep getting error messages or that it will take 1000 minutes to load and then when its done it says " your video is to long and we deleted it" its only 20 minutes. I hate computer problems  8} but I am quite stubborn and will figure it out eventually  ::)
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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #58 on: October 30, 2012, 16:32:05 »
Still no luck on the Video  >:(

I did get a letter from the management of the fair. "Please come back next year, we have a spot for you and want you to reserve it now". Its a year off  :hmm: I may demand more than 1200sq.ft. this time. If I do a modern dio I could easily fill 5000 especially if I do airports, seaports, racetracks, horsetracks, mining & logging operations  etc.......

Also a toy store (Hobby Town franchise) that is in the next town contacted me. "Please come to our train show in November, you will have a 12' x 15' space". What am I to cram into a 180sq.ft. ? I want big not tiny, this is G scale not Z  :hmm: They also want me to set it in 4 hours  8}
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Re: Sonoma County Fair 2012
« Reply #59 on: October 30, 2012, 16:58:28 »
 :lol: Sounds like you will be negotiating on that one.

I'm glad you brought this up, 'cause for some reason I missed this thread entirely. I read about the preparations and I knew it was going to be big, but can I just say: WOOOOOW!

With thàt much space, the whole thing just comes to life! Amazing, and I would have loved to be there to see it irl... You truely have an awesome collection  :wow:

My favourite is the saloon and everything going on in there. And the streets with merchants scattered here and there. The mansion looks perfect as a single building occupied by a rich owner. And the water looks stunning! You guys should do this for a living  ;D

+ It must be so nice to do be able to do this with the entire family.
Thank you very much for sharing  :)