Description

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Father & Son Fly Fishing Animation for Model Train Layouts

Bring a day of fishing to life on your model train layout with the Animator – Fly Fisherman with Sound! This interactive animation features a father and son fishing together, complete with realistic casting movements, fishing action, conversation, and sound.

Rather than simply repeating the same motion, the father and son create a changing fishing story. They cast their lines, wait for a bite, hook fish, lose fish, and celebrate their catches. Sometimes things don’t go quite as planned! The combination of motion, sound, and randomized action keeps the scene entertaining and helps make each fishing trip feel different.

Product Highlights

• Father & Son Fishing: Two finely crafted, hand-painted figures bring a classic father-and-son fishing trip to your layout.
• Realistic Casting Motion: Watch the fishermen cast their lines toward the water with smooth, natural movement.
• Interactive Sound: Father and son talk and react throughout their fishing adventure, bringing personality and storytelling to the scene.
• Fish Bite & Hooking Action: A peaceful fishing trip can suddenly come alive when there’s a bite! Watch the fishermen react as they try to hook and reel in their catch.
• Catch or Lose the Fish: Not every fish makes it to shore. Sometimes they land their catch and celebrate—other times, the fish gets away.
• Surprises & Reactions: Fishing doesn’t always go according to plan. Different actions and reactions help keep the animation fun and unpredictable.
• Weighted Fishing Line: The fishing line is weighted so it naturally drops into a small opening in your lake or pond, creating the illusion that the line disappears into the water.
• Varied Animation: Movements, sounds, and fishing outcomes vary, making the scene feel more natural and less repetitive.
• Sound, Motion & Storytelling: Coordinated sound and movement transform a simple fishing scene into a miniature story unfolding on your layout.

Installation Tips

Create a lake, pond, riverbank, or other fishing spot on your layout and make a small, unobtrusive opening in the water surface for the fishing line. The weighted line drops through the opening during the casting animation, creating the appearance that the fisherman has actually cast his line into the water.

A Fishing Story in Miniature

The Animator – Fly Fisherman with Sound is more than a moving figure. It’s a miniature father-and-son fishing adventure.

Will they get a bite? Will they land the big one? Or will the fish get away?

With changing movements, conversations, sounds, and outcomes, visitors can watch the scene again and again to see what happens next.

Add motion, sound, personality, and a little fishing fun to your model railroad with the Animator – Fly Fisherman with Sound.

Whats in the box

Animator AN2SND controller

2 Figures 

2 Servo mechanisms

Speaker

Additional features

Fully open source software

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