It has been 8 years since I was modeling and last posted Nov 2010 - so true, the boy inside never goes away .
Two moves and now retired. Starting again. Have lots to catch up on, but oh, so enjoyable.
Tom
Welcome back!
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
Welcome back! Good seeing you here again.
Hopefully you still have your locomotives and rolling stock. Have your modeling themes and goals changed over the years?
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
Welcome back to the funny farm! Where people post little yellow icons with welcome signs. I wonder if they do that in real life?
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
Well......I still write "WELCOME" in huge letters on my job .
Hey...wait a minute.....what wrong with the funny farm? What do you have against it?! Everybody here is perfectly normal! Just ask them:
riogrande5761 Welcome back to the funny farm! Where people post little yellow icons with welcome signs. I wonder if they do that in real life?
Tom Bryant_MR Two moves and now retired. Starting again. Have lots to catch up on, but oh, so enjoyable. Tom
I retired two years ago, and have loved every single day! I talked to someone last week who said they would never retire because they couldn't stand not to stay busy. I just laughed and thought to myself how many railroad structures I can work on every day.
For those of you not retired, save every penny you can. You will greatly enjoy hitting hobby shops in the middle of the day and having the dollars to buy the locomotives you couldn't afford before.
York1 John
back, Tom!
York1...I talked to someone last week who said they would never retire because they couldn't stand not to stay busy....
I accomplished more model railroading projects when I was still working than I have since retiring 15 years ago. Everybody, family and friends alike, seem to think I have time now to give them a hand with their reno projects, dog-sitting, moving, etc., etc. Of course, I'm an easy touch, too.
Wayne
Been retired for about 15 years also, gets boring sometimes but not dealing with a boss is a plus. Now I can buy anything I want train wize but picked up most of it before and some things I wanted and can get now, I just wanted, did not need and have no room for. Oh the brass I used to long for but in reality for what I like, these just dont fit except maybe a very small climax.
doctorwayne I accomplished more model railroading projects when I was still working than I have since retiring 15 years ago. Everybody, family and friends alike, seem to think I have time now to give them a hand with their reno projects, dog-sitting, moving, etc., etc. Of course, I'm an easy touch, too. Wayne
Splains why your layout is so complete! I'm still working and I can't seem to find time to work on trains - but I'm building sweat equity working on the house for the past year.
Now that you're retired, seems your "just a guy who can't say no". Maybe you can come help me with my basement? I've already done the part everyone hates - drywalling, taping and mudding almost done. But there is the drop ceiling to install and floor!
riogrande5761...Splains why your layout is so complete!...
Hardly complete....these areas have changed little in years. While most of Dunnville is done, I need to build a version of my boyhood neighbourhood here....
South Cayuga and Cayuga Junction have had their buildings shuffled around a few times, but it's nowhere near even presentable...
The Speed River scene has been roughed-in almost from the time the layout was built, but little to no progress since then...
While I've finally purchased some material to fill in the top of the junk-collecting peninsula, little actual work has taken place...
While the partial upper level is operable, Park Head, in the foreground, still needs all of its industrial tracks to be added, and is simply a collection of structures and material which might be used here. Shallow Lake, in the distance, has its station, but the rest of that area is a collection of tools and materials...
The downtown area of Mount Forest, the northern terminus of the line, has its station and a couple of nearby industries, but the bulk of the area is a pile of unassembled structure kits and more tools and layout supplies...
...while Mount Forest's industrial area and engine terminal, around the corner, is partially roughed-in....
As you can see, though, the drop ceiling is in place, done before the layout was started. I'd be glad to give you a hand with yours, if I can fit it into my ever-changing schedule.
doctorwayneriogrande5761 ...Splains why your layout is so complete!... Hardly complete...
You got me there. Having read MR since the 1970's, sadly have forgotten "a model railroad is never finished/complete"
Anyway, take me for the spirit of what I meant. After all, your layout is probably more finished than mine ever will be, cars weathered etc. Heck, it's a double decker as well.
Welcome back, Tom.
-Crandell
doctorwayne back, Tom! York1 ...I talked to someone last week who said they would never retire because they couldn't stand not to stay busy.... I accomplished more model railroading projects when I was still working than I have since retiring 15 years ago. Everybody, family and friends alike, seem to think I have time now to give them a hand with their reno projects, dog-sitting, moving, etc., etc. Of course, I'm an easy touch, too. Wayne
York1 ...I talked to someone last week who said they would never retire because they couldn't stand not to stay busy....
Oh yes. I say "I'm retired", but everyone hears "He's available".
But I don't mind (guess I'm easy touch also). Being able to help out, especially for family is just fine with me.
And the layout is under construction slowly (having to move in retirement didn't help). With a little luck, I'll get some track down in a couple of months.
Paul
riogrande5761...Anyway, take me for the spirit of what I meant....
I did...no offense taken whatsoever.
I'm another old retired guy here too, Tom. Being on a fixed income, I have to write model railroad expenses into the budget way in advance from the relatively inexpensive stuff like cork roadbed, rails, and ties to the "farther-down-the-line" stuff like a turnout jig and the other tools needed for it. Right now I'm just trying to get the cheap stuff done like adding detail parts and working on weathering. Hey, it's all model railroading, so I'm not stressed out about getting the layout work started now, now, now! I'll get there eventually. Patience and time, patience and time.
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
Will you be posting pictures/participating in show me something? Just curious. I always like new RR pictures.
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Welcome back Tom!!
I am so glad to be retired. I get up when I want and I go to bed when I want and I do what I want (well, at least what my back will allow me to do).
Looking forward to seeing your work!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critter Welcome back Tom!! I am so glad to be retired. I get up when I want and I go to bed when I want and I do what I want (well, at least what my back will allow me to do). Looking forward to seeing your work! Dave
Exactly how I feel! When people ask if I'm enjoying retirement, I tell them I love it so much I should have retired 40 years ago!
Tom, I hope you can enjoy it as much as I do!
Now that I'm retired, I haven't had a lot of time to devote to the layout, due to health reasons. Now, that I'm relatively healthy (able to walk up and down the stairs to the basement, er, train room, I've completed the Cornerstone Grain Elevator. I modeled it as an abandoned one. Now, I'm working on an older wooden laser cut Pizza Hut model that was made by a friend.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
Medina1128Now, that I'm relatively healthy (able to walk up and down the stairs to the basement, er, train room,
Glad to hear that you are doing better!
BNSF UP and others modeler Will you be posting pictures/participating in show me something? Just curious. I always like new RR pictures.
Might be a while, just guessing. I had to tear down my last layout to move and what with most of the photo's in that topic showing finished or semi finished scenes, when you have to build a layout first that's gonna take many months probably, unless the OP had tons of time to devote. I've been in a new house over a year and still have some months left to finish the basement before I can even start the benchwork. Just sayin...
I'll take what I can get. If its train pictures, it doesn't really matter.
When do we see more of yours?
Mike.
My You Tube
All I got right now are leftover photo's from my last layout. I am taking a few progress photo's of the drywall mudding and taping process - just me and sometimes my wife helping.
The wood framing in the 2nd photo is part of what was leftover from the previous layout - planning to re-use it or modify it to reuse; should help give a head start on the planned layout.
Getting close to done with the mudding - have put the final scim coat over the a few of the butt joints in the end room off of the train room; hope to start painting walls with primer and sky blue paint in about 2 or so weeks. Then the suspended ceiling framework starts going in and need to order LED lights for the ceiling.
Looking good Jim. You've covered a lot of area. I like how wide you extend the joints, makes for a nice flat wall surface.
mbinsewi Looking good Jim. You've covered a lot of area. I like how wide you extend the joints, makes for a nice flat wall surface. Mike.
I am basically a novice at drywalling and mudding but have youtubed it to learn. The town home were I was last with the 10x18' layout the sump pump failed during a storm about 3/4 of the basement floor got soaked. Right away wife ripped out the laminate flooring in one room and the carpet in the train room, right out from under the layout! I cut out the bottom 1 to 2 feet bottom drywall in the most affected adjacent rooms and had to learn how to cut, install, mud and tape it after treating affected areas.
After doing that in the last home, wife and I felt confident we could do a whole basment this time around - contractor wanted about $3k to do it and we were wiped out from having to redo our master bathroom and kitchen so it became a DIY job. The basement framing already installed previous to us buying the home - the studs were bit uneven, which is probably normal so I did some shimming as I installed the drywall to try to keep it even, rather than wavy.
It is my understanding that butt joints require three coats - each successively covering a wider area to hide the taped joint where the drywall seam is. I think that photo was taken after 2 coats. I like my 10 inch dryalling knife so the last coat is probably 3 feed wide. Those are vertical. The beveled sides of the drywall all horizontal as I hung it.
It took wife and I about 2 months to cut and hang all the drywell and probably about 2 months for the mudding/taping and sanding. (mostly weekends and some days off including Christmas and New Year. My sister asked us what we did on Christmas day and we told her - hang drywall. She was shocked! LOL Sweat equity.
I built my own house, but we hired drywallers to board- and mud- all of the interior walls.However, I drywalled the entire basement, including all six rooms, myself and it's the only area where the joints are not visible and where no cracks have developed.I installed all of the board vertically. It's minimally more taping than the professionals do with their 16' long, horizontally applied sheets, but there are no butt joints, and mudding is therefore much faster, as it's limited to the tapered edges at the joints. I've done similar work for several others, in the same manner, and with good results. I certainly wouldn't want to do it for a living, though.
It looks great, Jim. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your progress.
Well Wayne, I am not trained in the ways of home construction, I'm a noob muddling through. Problem with posting stuff is you get told the better way it could have been done ( no butt joints) after it's done. Hope I won't be doing this again in the future, getting too old. Cheers.