I recently became serious about putting together the under-the-X-mas tree trainset…REALLY serious. I am building this for my kids (girl 4 and boy 16 mos.) so they grow up with something traditionally cool that grows with them.
And I am having alot of trouble finding 1/48 scale buildings and figures for a Santa’s workshop, elves and reindeer type items…EVERYWHERE I look, the items seem really hokey.
If you want to see my seriousness (out of curiousity) I have my set posted on a Flickr page.
The raised stage is where the X-mas tree will be with Santa’s workshop around it, down below a barn/stable where the reindeer will reside. I can SEE it being nice, but like I said the model buildings and figures seem almost cartoon-goofy.
Are there catalogs or websites that stock these items?
Unfortunately I am not aware of any. I built a 4x6 demo layout for last Christmas and had to make due with cardstock buildings for most of my structures.
As for reindeer, I would go to an educational toy store, or a craft store like Michaels or Hobby Lobby. There is a company is called Safari Ltd. that sells toy animals through these outlets. I would be very surprised if they don’t have reindeer.
Outstanding! I am finding items that are leading me in better directions than I have found thus far…I have just now found DEER that will probably work perfectly.
Try www.justrains.com in Newark, DE. Or call them at 303-266-8063. I was there last week and they literaly have a warehouse full of O scale and Lionel. HUGE selection- if they don’t have it the smart money says they know where to find it.