In the “Prototype for everything” department, there’s New England Pest Control in Rhode Island.
Sorry, off topic, but that’s a real nice looking Comet MisterBeasley!
Thanks, Peter
Shouldn’t Sal Monella be a poultry dealer?
Fun with a Schnabel
No I don’t have a funny scene of yet. I was planning on hiding the gang individually of Scooby-Doo.
If I was going to have a unique scene it would be on the layout for a short time. (Like it said earlier it will be old quickly).
Mine are not obtrusive and the grand kids love when they find one. Only have 2 or 3. The Monkey car is the largest and most obvious.
I have a few comic scenes on the SLOW. Since it is always Saturday, August 15, 1925 on the layout which is during Prohibition, old Uncle Albert has to make the main ingredient for the Sister’s Tonic (which is quite popular I’ve heard). One day he was found shaking and screaming up along the trail back to the house… He swore he saw a pink elephant over in the woods by the still!
My favorite is the one of the poor switch tender trying to move one of those Caboose Industries thingies…
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Most of my businesses have silly names, many of the type you have to say out loud before you get the joke (e.g. Hugh Jass Big 'n Tall Clothing). Though my layout operators may get tired of the goofy names, I find they draw in layout visitors who are not at all into model trains. Once they discover one goofy name, they suddenly find themselves looking for others which, in turn, causes them to discover all kinds of things they wouldn’t have noticed otherwise. At this point, the layout is transformed from, “That’s cute” to “Wow, I had no idea!”
Lots of people like to have Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe, Attorneys. Instead, I may have the law firm of Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe. Not only all members of my all-time favorite band, but way back when the album came out and they just used their names instead of coming up with some sort of band name, I always thought it sounded more like a law firm.
–Randy
And then there is the abominable snowman from Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer helping Santa hand out presents at the ski lodge which has been decorated for Christmas.
and his evil twin which is being kept at bay with the help of a snow groomer.
There are rumors that Bigfoot lives in the forest….
but that might just be another movie.
I like to pepper my layout with small scenes, to capture the attention of visitors and draw them in. Whether funny, whimsical or just everyday scenes, I see everyone spending a lot of time checking out the details. It’s very satisfying to see the smiles.
The pot still in the shed next to the ‘three couples and a dog’ coal mine is more pathetic than funny.
All of the hidden meanings in signage require a knowledge of written Japanese.
At one time all of my stations were named after showgirls from the Nichigeki Music Hall in Tokyo. These days they’re named after Imperial Navy admirals - with the same surnames [:-^].
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - tongue in cheek)
My newly Created Bear Shaking the out house scene
was a big hit with the visitors this weekend
Here’s the video
YES! What an awesome idea! [:D] I’d love to be a juror on on one of their trials!
Though it’s not as whimsical as, say, a dinosaur in the woods, I do have one funny scene. There’s a cow pasture where one corner of the fence has toppled, and cows are wandering out through the gap. The next scene over, a cow is chowing down in a cornfield. Farther down, a couple more cows drink from a pond. There are loose cows as far as two towns away. I came up with the idea when I decided to move the pasture, but I had already poured the pond, so the two cows with their feet in the water had to stay behind. So I needed a reason for them to be there.
Here is a whimsical scene. … Note the name of the truck company on the side of the trailer. Also, note the name of the towing company on the large blue tow truck.
That’s great Steve, thinking of adding a water rescue scene. Unless you’re operating, people (especially kids) like to se the trains run and find these little scenes.
Portable toilets have the name of the company on them. I’ve got a bunch of them labeled “Lawyer’s Can Service”. I’ve also got a portable toilet servicing truck lettered “Lawyer’s Can Service - Call a Lawyer to Clean Your Can”.
I’ve also got two companies, Canine American and Feline American. The latter’s motto: “Cat tested. Cat approved.”