figgy Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 My little grandson who is two and a half is really excited this Christmas. Wife and his mum walked down to the village high street and a chocolate shop had a tree in the window a train under it going round. Grandson was fascinated kept saying wow as it came round. So a directive from nanna was issued to grandad to sort one. Looked online and the better ones are expensive for what is a few weeks use a year. Polar express one great but not paying hundreds for one, Hogwarts again good, coca cola holidays are coming train set was a no go from nanna. Settled on the Hornby 00 guage Santa's express train set, much more reasonable at £55.00. Set it up yesterday just before daughter and grandchildren arrived, keeping the toddler off it was fun but it kept him amused for ages. The lack of lights was a bit of a letdown but price was cheap, so look on amazon and yellow 5mm led's were ordered, thought I would mount one in front of engine as a lantern, no go when I took it apart as a steel ballast block is there. Decided only other place on such a small train was in the engine cab windows, so soldered connections to motor feed and put it back to get her after a bit of fettling for wires. Not correct but looks ok as it lights up the floor and skirting as it goes around. Looking forward to seeing his little face light up when he next visits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 Are you really old enough to be a Grandad? Good work agent K, I hope the little chap continues to enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 I didn't feel old enough a few years ago 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 09/12/2020 at 15:33, figgy said: I didn't feel old enough a few years ago 😂 Funny everyone has a perception of how old someone is 😂. my boy walks around with his Thomas and my dad has a full set up in his garage with all my Hornby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Some of the train set ups I've seen on YouTube are very impressive. When I say I didn't feel.old a few years ago, I still felt young and fit. Running around after grandchildren, when they went home to parents my wife and I both fell asleep on the sofa, that's when we felt old 😲🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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