NWP SWPI started that building kit... got to the second wall before realizing that the windows had an up and down end! So some are upside down! Oh well,
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Good to hear you are building and learning. Can you post pictures?
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I never had my tail bone fracture treated. Not sure what they could do with that approach except push on it. It still hurts 40 years later.
Love the old planes, though I am not a flier. A naval aviator owned a local bar and he had a Stearman, he kept a local airport. He's gotten old and sold the bar and I haven't seen his plane flying around.
I tried to do some chain sawing as the weather warmed up. The newly fixed chain saw wasn't fixed so well and died.
I got to fly in a B17 a couple years ago. That was pretty cool. Pretty noisy in the back with the open side windows. I would not want to go to war in one though.
All my father's friends, most of my uncles and most of the Hollwood stars of the 50's were combat veterans. Some probably did some amazing stuff and most of them cheated death. They told very few stories, that I ever heard. I wish I could go back in time and ask more questions.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
BigDaddyAll my father's friends, most of my uncles and most of the Hollwood stars of the 50's were combat veterans.
Both of my Grandfathers and my Father-In-Law were combat veterans from WW2.
My Father-In-Law was the belly turret gunner in a B-17 crew.
Of the three of them, I only knew one grandfather, and he never told any stories.
Here it is! The fire escape was the hardest part...
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
JOHNBOY Being of sound mind and body is kind of relative so to speak,if you know what I mean.
GARRY And hear I thought I was keeping the noise down.
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
NWP SWP I started that building kit... got to the second wall before realizing that the windows had an up and down end! So some are upside down!
I started that building kit... got to the second wall before realizing that the windows had an up and down end! So some are upside down!
This is exactly what everyone has been talking about.
You've made some progress.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
NWP SWP Here it is! The fire escape was the hardest part...
Great progress Steven.
I was building a relatively expensive craftsman kit a bit larger than the one you are doing about 12 years ago, and my kids came in to see me. I had the glue on and after they left put the wall up. It was upside down and I didn't notice until it was way too late to change as the glue was dry and a few days had passed. No one has ever noticed and even I forget about it as it only shows up in photo's, not to the naked eye unless you look closely.
I don't post pic's of that one. Distractions can cause all sorts of disasters. I intend to build a neighbouring building to butt up against my upside down wall at some point.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
FINALLY!
The kitchen design has been finalized and the cabinets are ordered. They should be here in 5-6 weeks.
Nice work SeeYou. Love the upside down wall story Batman. I'm too embarrassed to tell my model train mishap stories.
Evenin' folks!
Just popping in to say hi and get a cup of decaf if I could, Janie...
I have spent the day photographing students Art work from the MLK Contest and getting evertything ready to take back to the schools Monday morning if I get myself up and around early enough. Monday I have an afternoon appointment with the Eye Surgeon. She will be evaluating to see about getting the Eyelid job done. Most likely it will be done at some point when she is at this office. I will then head to Victor, NY to pick up the other new suit I bought (the one that was tailor made for me).
A week or so ago I posted a url of photos of the Portage Bridge being removed in Letchworth St. Park. Somebody commented that they hate the new concrete bridges that they use to replace old RR bridges. Well, I think you might like the new one they are putting up. If anything it gives a better view of the falls and fits the look of the park perfectly. Here is some info about it.
http://www.americanbridge.net/wp-content/uploads/ABConnections_Winter17_1008-Web.pdf
Have a great one!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evenin diners,
Tomorrow is my Birthday! I'll be 17 yes 17! A mere year from adulthood! (<NOW THAT'S A SCARY PROPOSITION RIGHT THERE)
Speaking of slow Internet I am having the opposite problem! (If it could be called a problem) see I have 6 GB of 4G LTE data every month towards the end of the month I run out and my speeds become like Dial Up so things like watching YouTube videos are practically impossible, well yesterday I noticed that my webpage load speed was comparable to when I first renew my service so I tried a few YouTube videos and they all loaded faster than at the beginning of the month! I checked my data usage and I'm out of data so I'm a bit confused! Perhaps I should keep my mouth shut!
Hi Steven:
You did a nice job on the building!
For your next building you might want to try to install some interior details like floors, and maybe put displays in the storefront windows. Store interior images are available on the web. You can get wall paper patterns and carpet or linoleum images too. Curtains and blinds can be made from coloured paper.
Interior lighting is not too difficult if you can solder and it really makes the buildings "pop", especially if you have divided the interior into separate rooms. Just remember to paint the insides of the exterior walls with anything that will stop the light from leaking through the walls and window frames.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Kevin:
I like the kitchen design. It looks like you will have a reasonable amount of cupboard space given the size of the room. Did you do the design yourself?
When I was in our kitchen tonight it occurred to me that our "new" kitchen is nine years old! I still think of it as new though, and I still love all the improvements that we made over the original design. Things like pot drawers and the lazy susan really make the kitchen nicer to use.
Eveing Diners
Flo give the Gange a and Duke as well and Steven and Rick a Coke and of course leave a Stein outside for Ulrich!
Work was slow and Nancy did not lie about a thing! I think she learned I will call her on it when she does.
Gary There is no way right now I would think about a lawsuit aginst the company! To many friends and folks I know depened on there job to do that! Plus how would I prove it anyway? Plus, well I am a little flatterd.
Steven Good looking kit. With my eye sight I would never see the window sill up side down.
Train Front, found a long lost freind. Last year I posted I found a lot of crude in a Diamond going from K-10 Mining sction to the main layout. Had some Diesels stalling in the diamond. Cleaned that mess up and forgot about.
Little before it, I placed my BLI Pen M1a on the RIP track. Cannot remember if it was stalling or derailing> Pretty sure it was derailing. With the luck I have had with the BLI Hudson with ATF on the rails and a few in me I gave her a try!
She stalled 3 times till the ATF got the wheels coated and ran fine bob trail! Tonight I lashed up the 3 passanger cars the Hudons had been dragging and all it could pull. Not a problem. Stared adding passngers cars and I am up to 9 and pretty sure it will take a few more!
Just Great Here I thoght I had Steam out of my veins and I getting hooked again!
Ed Good looking B&O steamer!
BBQ is done and so am I.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Kevin: Looks like a pretty good design. Let me guess, you didn't have a lazy Susan cabinet put in, but opted for 2 blind corner cabinets instead. Looks good!
(Edit): Ooops, I just looked at it again. It looks like there's a lazy Susan cabinet in the refrigerator wall corner. Ok, so one lazy Susan and one blind corner.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Productive day so far. Cleared out another small corner of the basement and set up three ovals for train testing and maintenance. Two tracks are digital the third analogue.
Two Bay of Fundy winter hikes this morning. Felt like spring though, light jacket, and no hat and mitts required. First hike at Sommerville, Nova Scotia near the mouth of the Avon River. There is an outcrop containing beautiful crystals of gypsum, known as selenite. Gathered several nice samples.
Selenite.
Second hike at Cheverie at an outcrop of gypsum, anhydrite and limestone.
At Cheverie I was after the gorgeous orange gypsum that I like to think of as salmon.
up831It looks like there's a lazy Susan cabinet in the refrigerator wall corner. Ok, so one lazy Susan and one blind corner.
Yes, that is correct. I did the "design" myself with blue tape on the walls, then had to convince the guy at Home Depot that I knew what I wanted. Finally he made the plan match my plan, and everything is ordered.
Wonderful day and the best part is relaxing by working on my operational Lego textile factory with a hot chocolate and slice of my wife's homemade banana bread. Greased all the gears in this 1985 Lego motor, made a few adjustments to the same vintage 3-C-cell battery pack. Universal joints and worm gears installed and so far all is working like a charm.
Hey everybody ...... It is Steven's (NWP SWP) birthday !....
Steven NWP SWP ... I hope it is a great day ! .... You did a nice job assembling the building kit.
Old School ... Looks like your are having a lot of fun... Great to see it !
Ken ... You mught not be planning on suing, but those people don't seem trustworthy based on what you say. Some day, you might have to file a claim if they take action against you. ... I suppose however, you could dig up your history of posting in the Diner for reference. LOL
Kevin ... Looks like plans for a first class kitchen.
Ray ... That is some bridge project.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening Diners
Flo, give the gang a Steven and Rick a Coke and leave a Stein outside for Ulrich.
I have worst days! At lease I am not sitting in a fox hole with a leaking poncho while it is raining. Been there done that! It sucked rail spikes!
UP 831 I all so have a lazy Susan, but she is in the bedroom!
Newest Problem? Are area of Ill is infested with Coyote's! It is so bad we can kill coyotes with no repercussions from the state. We have had them for the 25 years we have lived here but not this bad. When I had Irish Wolfhound's I was not that worried! Last night while I was doing a BBQ I heard them in the backyard in the storage shed rasing heck.
Main worry is when we walk Sparkie the blind American Eskimo. At 18 pounds he be there dinner.
Any tips on repailing Coyotes? Thinking Bob Cat Pee, or Bear Pee. For right now I am carrying my old Spanish Soward, it is 3 foot long and is very sharp. I look like a fat Johnny Depp!
Jan PM me the answer and let me know here in the dinner I was PM'ed please.
I know I am shating on thin ice with that question SteveO. But if anyone would know it is Jan.
Evening diners, I had a pretty good day, went railfanning at the KCS, CN/IC, and UP yards around Baton Rouge not too much action but a few trains... Ken sounds like you need a bit of "preemptive action" perhaps in the form of traps???
Evening Diners,
Happy birthday Steven.
I have thoughts of planning to rebuild my broken Life Like 0-6-0T locomotive. I might use a Z Scale motor. She needs more work to run, and somewhat add a functional working headlights. If I'm going to fix her up for a small '40s industrial scene.
I know this little switcher is a piece of junk that ran two weeks, but nobody else makes it. For a better looking replacement.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Thank you all for the happy birthday wishes...
I got two train related gifts today! Pentrex Great Northern DVD and Accurail 36ft D&RGW Double Sheath Boxcar which looks like it will be a challenge with its intricate underframe...
Ken,
Have sent you a PM, to answer part of your question in the clear, I recommend a base ball bat.
Jan
Top of the page, mug up for them whats' old enough, Steinhager for Ulrich, Shirley Temples tor the young'uns, on my tab.
herrinchoker
NWP SWPAccurail 36ft D&RGW Double Sheath Boxcar which looks like it will be a challenge with its intricate underframe...
Steven: Happy Birthday man!
The Accurail kits are nicely done. Take your time.
One tool that I left off my list was a sprue nipper. It makes separating the brake lines and such from the sprues a breeze.
https://www.walthers.com/premium-sprue-nipper-cutter?ref=1
Here is another style:
https://www.micromark.com/search?keywords=Sprue%20cutter
There is another method if you (and your parents) are comfortable with it. That is to use a heated #11 X-acto blade. Instead of cutting the sprue joints, you are melting them. It requires you to have an open flame to heat the tip of the blade, and you have to work fairly quickly or the blade will cool off. You will also get some fumes which aren't really good for you.
Accurail's casting techniques are just about as good as anybody's, but you can get situations where the mounting pin is bigger than the hole it is supposed to go in. Trying to force the mounting pins into the holes will only result in broken parts and fowl language. If the pins won't fit in nicely then use a pin vice to drill the holes a little larger.
Also, if your kit is a bit older it may come with mounting pins for the trucks instead of screws. If it does have pins my suggestion is to get yourself some 2-56 x 5/16" screws and toss the pins. The screws will tap themslves into the plastic frame so you don't have to worry about having a thread cutting tap, although if you do have a tap it will do a very clean job of cutting the threads.
Good luck!