After our first attempt at “planting” a five foot (200 scale feet) failed – it toppled over when the base failed President Chuck Whitlock decided a new approach was necessitated. With Lonnie Dickson’s help using trees created by me they created a whole diorama. To solve the prob of the big tree toppling again a huge bolt was inserted through the base and 10 inches into the trunk. How does this all look? Well:

What the visitor sees

View across the tracks

Did you look carefully at the bottom left corner?

And yes you can believe your eyes

Grandad Big Foot was made on a 3D printer by daughter Annalise.