Kirby sez, "The December 2009 copy of Garden Railways magazine features an article about the Castle Peak & Thunder Railroad, a Disneyland Park themed, 1370 sq. foot, 1:24 scale model backyard railroad. The CPTRR, like its inspiration, is located in Anaheim, CA. It was built by Dave Sheegog, an architect who was a former Cast Member on the Canoes at Disneyland. He built replicas of all 5 Disneyland Steam locomotives and purchased a Casey Jr. locomotive. He scratch built all scenery to match Disneyland including replicas of the Main Street Train Station, Indiana Jones Adventure, and Sleeping Beauty Castle. Parts of Storybook Land, Big Thunder Mountain, Primeval World and the old Skull Rock are also included."
Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad (Thanks, Kirby!)
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Interesting that he's been working on it for ten years, but the castle has the post-2006 paint job with blue and pink stones (technically it was painted in 2005 for the 50th anniversary but there were other golden decorations on it until 2006).
Cease & Desist in 4...3...2...
Don't blog about this, or a creepy guy with an erection will beat you up!
Having not looked the photos yet, I imagine an animatronic King Friday strutting out onto the parapets...
EH | #2 | 09:22 on Fri, Oct.30, Quite nicely beat me too the same thought...
I forsee a cadre of Disney lawyers standing by while a court-appointed back-hoe operator crushes the items with the bucket after a very long and taxpayer-money wasting court case.
Came here to post this. I can't believe Disney will let this dilution of their trademark stand.
This is a beautiful re-creation.
I'm pretty sure Disney could stop him from charging admission, but I don't think they can charge into your home and destroy things you've made as a hobby.
"but I don't think they can charge into your home and destroy things you've made as a hobby"
I'm pretty sure that dragging you into court and costing you all your money and sanity, which then results in a court order directing *you* to destroy it yourself is an acceptable substitute in their eyes.
This is totally awesome. I love it. I wish I could have something like this. It's not a copyright infringement or anything. He's not using it to make money, so Disney can't do anything about it.
I built a LEGO Sleeping Beauty castle, but I'm not worried about Disney knocking on my door.
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