On30 Mini Festa Fiesta 2025!

Join me for a fun look at the 2025 On30 Mini-Fest Fiesta - an annual invitation only gathering of like-minded train nerds with a passion for mini and micro layouts! This year's Fiesta was an absolute blast and featured the On18 paint bucket challenge. Participants had to build a complete, operating On18 scale layout within the diameter of a standard paint bucket. That's less than 12" folks! I traveled to the Fiesta with 3 layouts this year: The San Lorenzo, Bandit Canyon Ry, and my entry for the paint bucket challenge, Rainbow Peak. I left the studio with 3 layouts but only came home with one!

Thanks for watching, amigos!
Dave
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Thanks to ALL 2025 Mini-Festa Fiesta participants! I tried to get everyone's name and modeling correct and any mistakes are mine alone. Apologies to anyone I missed. See you next year!
Gary and Colleen Beatty
Sean Williams
Kevin Spady
Sam Towler
Robert Kurner
Scott Carter
Diamond Braverman
Lindley Ruddick
Kolby Ratigan
Larry Tuck
Foster Rash
Scott Robertson
Timothy Gutowski
Timmy D Smith
Zac Keane
Charley Lix
Greg Lorton
Justin Rasas
Tim Klock
Calvin Witt
Dave McGowen
Duncan McRee
Verne Niner (posthumous)
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"Country Cue 1" courtesy of Audionautix, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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"Reuben's Train" - YouTub Audio Library
"Horses, Trains" - YouTube Audio Library
"Hermanos Ranchero" by Biz Baz Studio, YouTube Audio Library
"Adventure Theme" by Sir Cubworth, YouTube Audio Library
"Glen Canyon" by Dan Lebowitz, YouTube Audio Library
"Rocking Chair" by Unicorn Heads, YouTube Audio Library