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Good Afternoon! I finally got my Internet connection up and running again. My WiFi router quit working on Friday, so I had to get a new one. Fortunately, I could buy a used one for little money, but couldn´t get it working on Friday. Yesterday, a friend of mine invited me to join him on a trip to a narrow gauge model railroading convention, where we spent all day looking at a number of world-class layouts. I also had a chance to meet some folks I knew through some forums I also contribute to. Best of all, I was able to get my first piece of On30 rolling stock - for just 5 Euro (that´s $ 7). It´s a caboose, lettered for the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes RR. It had the window inserts for the side doors missing, hence the steal. We returned fairly late yesterday evening, just in time to head for bed. I was not able to shoot many pictures, as the light conditions were not good. But here is a shot of a small O gauge Western display: <img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/P1070397_zps6ad43f73.jpg" alt=" " /> The loco is a O scale Rivarossi V&T RR "Reno", long out of production. This morning, it took me about 4 hours to get that dang router hooked up and linked. Inserting the window inserts, which I found after taking off the roof of the caboose, into the doors was a 5 minute job. Just a little superglue took care of that. Although the caboose is a nice model, I am not overly impressed by Bachmann´s quality. Those window inserts shouldn´t have come loose. The plastic looks a litlle cheap and brittle and there is a nasty gloss to the body. OK, it won´t matter, as I have to repaint and re-letter it anyway. <img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/P1070403_zpsac0b8842.jpg" alt=" " /> Bad news of the day was, that the kits for the stub switches I intended to use are no longer available [:'(] I will have to use either Peco On30 or MicroEngineering switches (or even try my hand on scratchbuilding them). Tomorrow, Petra and I will go to THAT office again and raise some painful questions about not being able to process our application within 7 weeks, and about lying to us. A letter to the big boss in Berlin is also on its way! Have a good one!
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