Last winter, I decided to indulge my longtime wish for a model train and an English village set up. I didn't have a lot of room to work with, so I settled on an N scale train and then began scouring Ebay for small houses. I discovered Lilliput Lane and David Winter cottages. These were collectibles in the 1980-1990's period but now are very reasonably priced.

I had so much fun researching and creating this village! Thanks to Reddit, I was able to find many YouTube videos with instructions on building the terrain and adding details. It's set up for fall right now, but I'll add snow and swap out fall trees for pines after Thanksgiving.

I have used 2013 Lemax cottage and added halloween decoration to make house more realistic as I do not like over the top magic houses that Lemax is known for.

I wanted to cut the grass and put the figures on top of the board but grass layer is 2 thing so cutting does not change the perseption, maybe next time I would think of other solution to make the figures sink and look more realistic.

New additions this year:
3D printed bases for my ~2000 era Lemax Spookytown pieces (Dr. Tingles, Alford Manor, etc). Checkout the zombies creepin' inside the living room of Greaves Manor. The Waterfall "mountain" is 3D printed and includes WLED pixel strips (I use WLED strips all over the display). I also finally fixed my Phantom Castle (big win). I'm moving the entire display to my town's annual Fall Festival next weekend to show off for two full days... very excited.

Enjoy

This was my first attempt at making a display. It took me a little over a month because I only worked on it on my days off… I learned so much from this project and I think I am ready to make a Christmas Village next!!!

my nana collected dozens of authentic/certified/signed david winter cottages and her whole collection is up for auction!

they were very loved and well cared for🩵items are able to be shipped as well

Might have to rearrange

Enjoy

Enjoy

My wife’s Lemax Spooky Town Halloween village and uranium glass collection.