Good evening Diners. A coffee on the go please, Janie.
Just a quick visit as I am taking younger granddaughter to Rainbows.
Just heard that our grandson number 2 has been awarded footballer (soccer player) of the season trophy. A trophy now standing pride and place in the cabinet.
Later for it is Ham Hock with vegetables.
With a Lancaster Bomber
beer_17536 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
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-Photograph by Kevin Parson
NorthBritHam Hock with vegetables. With a Lancaster Bomber
I still have not found this beer anywhere I have looked.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Water Level Route I didn't think foam board insulation was common in Florida. Did you have to procure that on one of your trips?
I have bought foam on road trips and hauled it back home. I have 3 sheets of 2" and 2 sheets of 1.5" on hand for projects. We cannot get those sizes down here.
At Home Depot we sell 3/4" in 4 by 8 sheets, but that is the only size.
This prop was made from 1" thick green foam that I bought in a 2 by 2 sheet from Michael's. They sell 2 by 2 sheets in 1/2" and 1" thicknesses.
I don't know if the green foam is insulation. It is sold as craft foam.
Water Level RouteWhat's the deal with the little alligator your daughter is holding in that picture?! I hope that's a band I'm seeing around it's snout. That or it's dead!
That is a real alligator, and it is very much alive. I did not take that photograph, her friend Heather did. I am glad I was not there for that one.
I saw the alligator display. The guy had a booth with small live two alligators and another big lizard. They were all wearing viking helmets. That band is the strap for the helmet. I think they were supposed to be Odin, Thor, and Loki.
The guy was charging $20.00 for a selfie with one of the alligators. I guess he made money from my daughter and Heather.
GMTRacingI think Kevin gets the award for most fun weekend. Your daughter is lucky you have those mad modeling skills - most realistic.
It was a blast of a weekend.
I was worried about future conventions. They were all cancelled for Covid for two years, and my favorite CosPlay model moved to Los Angeles. I was not sure I would go to another convention and have that much fun again.
I am so happy she moved back to Orlando. Her life is going great, and she is really having a lot of fun.
This convention was just like old times. I cannot imagine a better weekend.
She also has great prop-making skills. She makes nearly all her own props, but I make the big ones for her. I was so happy she liked the new version of the Lance. It is much bigger than the previous two.
Track fiddlerThose props you made out of foam turned out really good Kevin.
Thanks John.
This one had a couple of flaws, but she was still very happy with it.
So much of the fun at these conventions is people showing off their props to one another. I have dozens of pictures of her where she would see someone dressed as the same character as she was, and they would trade props for the picture. Always so cute.
Track fiddlerSorry if I offended you Ed
Not in the least bit, TF! It is good that someone is watching out for me
Speaking of lack of posts — how about Show Me Something. It has been almost a week since I made the last post there. Talk about falling off the page...
Trains on Holiday: (honeymoon, actually!)
TTC_2766 by Edmund, on Flickr
Street car rides in Toronto.
TTC_2766int by Edmund, on Flickr
Toronto_PCC_1987 by Edmund, on Flickr
And in Pittsburgh:
PGH_PCC by Edmund, on Flickr
Pgh_PCC_1792 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
The daughter is through the pass.
To THE BATMOBILE!!!!!
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
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I will be back later... now it is Wordle time.
The World Is A Beautiful Place
See everyone tomorrow... time to hit the rack.
Good morning Diners. A large coffee please, Chloe.
Gare de Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Another favourite train station of mine.
SAM_1100 by David Harrison, on Flickr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzCKIsQiaRE&ab_channel=MossTravelMedia
GMTRacing David - If the expense of restoring a steam engine is anything like it is in the U.S. it is no wonder many sit forlorn and unrestored. The Danbury Railway Museum has a small steam locomotive and the estimate to simply stabilize it was several hundred thousand. A full resto was bid at a million. Ciao, J.R.
David - If the expense of restoring a steam engine is anything like it is in the U.S. it is no wonder many sit forlorn and unrestored. The Danbury Railway Museum has a small steam locomotive and the estimate to simply stabilize it was several hundred thousand. A full resto was bid at a million. Ciao, J.R.
Sorry I missed this post J.R. Some days I have challenges here looking after Dawn I do a quick read of postings and miss a lot.
Purchasing old items for restoration is only part of the cost as you know. A main chunk of cost is the restoration. When anyone sees a restored item the general public do not know the true cost; not only money, but time and effort.
When I retired from work and before Dawn took bad I was at the Museum every day, all day. Great fun, but it was hard working.
Kevin. Here in the U.K. bottles of Thwaites 'Lancaster Bomber' can be hard to find. It is just a case of knowing the brewries usual outlets. Things did become much easier as Thwaites has been taken over by Marston's Brewery. I just hope (like other takeovers) Marston's do not stop the brewing of Thwaites beers.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
Good Morning everybody. Zoe, coffee in a Pennsylvania Railroad mug please. Thanks.
Had a final meeting last night for my oldest daughter's school trip. She is going with some of the other Spanish class students to Ecuador in a few weeks. Looks like we have everything in order for her, so should be smooth sailing. The only bummer is we have to have her to the high school at 3:45am the day of departure. That's going to make for a long day!
David, my guess (and hope) is that they will keep making the Thwaites beers that sell well enough, otherwise they probably wouldn't have bought them out. If they do stop making them, they better wait until I've had a chance to have one of those. I also need to try a Spitfire, but I don't recall if that is the same brewery or a different one. Biggest problem is we have no immediate plans to visit the UK (but want to), and they appear to be unavailable on this side of the pond. By the way, thanks for posting the museum video. Looks like a neat place!
SeeYou190It is sold as craft foam.
Have a good day everyone!
Mike
Mike. Spitfire Ale is made by the Shepherd Neame Brewery in Kent home f many Spitfire Squadrons in WW2. Spitfre Ale is easier to acquire than Lancaster Bomber. (This sounds like I am an alcoholic. ) A glass of decent beer once in a while.
Here is another brewery that Scottish Newcastle bought out. Ruined the beer. Thankfully Theakston's bought it back. Theakston's are now back to their best.
IMG_5730 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Good morning, everyone! Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, Flo.
Yesterday I bought a new battery-powered string trimmer for the yard. The brand is Worx, and I got it at Menards. Reading about charging the batteries, I was very disappointed.
I tried to run an extension cord to power the charger as it sat in the kitchen oven, but the oven door wouldn't close!
Now I guess I will have to install an outlet inside the oven itself:
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
York1
The GF has one of those Big Green Egg grills, and it might be just what you need to charge your trimmer battery. It will easily get to the required temperatures and hold them. From watching her positivity gear-head attitude towards the gadgetry available for these things, I'd imagine they make electrical connectors to power things inside the grill, too.
How long does it take to charge? I'm afraid you'll need an old pair of overalls, a shovel and a fireman's cap to keep up with the charcoal demands after a few hours. Get some steaks, too. You can even make pizza in this thing while charging your trimmer battery.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
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York1I tried to run an extension cord to power the charger as it sat in the kitchen oven, but the oven door wouldn't close! Now I guess I will have to install an outlet inside the oven itself:
John, You must have a special oven. The maximum setting on my Samsung is only 525 degrees. I would not be able to use that tool at all.
I just received two pieces of bad news.
First, Larry Laderer, a Florida model railroading legend, has passed away. He was the creative influence behind two of the most iconically fun portable train show layouts. One was the HO scale Battle Of Gettysburg, and the other the S scale Fun & Disasters layout.
Both of these were so much fun to see at train shows. The Battle Of Gettysburg was all about showing off his ability to paint military miniatures. Fun & Disasters was nothing but amusement.
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
Larry also was the organizer of the annual Artistry Of Model Railroads show. I do not know if this show will continue without him.
Second, the Suncoast Center For Fine Scale Modeling has closed. I do not know the details, but they lost their building somehow.
This was an excellent display of model railroading, historical military modeling, and custom model car building.
It was a unique place to visit. I do not know what happened to the model railroad layouts that were on display. They had the old store layout from the former Happy Hobo train store in Tampa. I hope it is still intact. I would love to get the "Long Cow & Tall Chicken Ranch" feature from that layout if it is being torn down. It would find a home on my next layout.
A bitof levity. I suppose this is how The Broadway Lion works in the garden in nice weather.
Roar!
York1 Good morning, everyone! Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, Flo. Yesterday I bought a new battery-powered string trimmer for the yard. The brand is Worx, and I got it at Menards. Reading about charging the batteries, I was very disappointed. I tried to run an extension cord to power the charger as it sat in the kitchen oven, but the oven door wouldn't close! Now I guess I will have to install an outlet inside the oven itself:
ROFLMAO!
I guess I'll stick with EGO Equipment..... They charge on a shelf in my spare bedroom... Alwatys ready to use (I have 5 batteries in 3 different sizes.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Apparently being an emblem for the Canadian Pacific is not a union position so this little fella was told to get itself right back onto the side of this caboose. NO BREAKS!
howmusI guess I'll stick with EGO Equipment.....
Good Evening,
Well the orioles left to be replaced by about 50 tennesee warblers. They ate 8lbs of oranges and a jar of grape jelly today.
John, I have a Worx rotary mower and silly me I have been charging the batteries in a wall socket in the basement for the past 2 years.
Ran the Pacific a little yesterday at least as far as the water tower.
When I got up at 5:30 to put out the feeders a racoon was just outside the back door, I stared at it and it stared right back. It was only about 2' away on the other side of the glass. It sauntered off when I turned the door handle.
About 70F here today, a stark change from kast week.
CN Charlie
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Enjoying a wonderful dinner including some of the best baked potatoes I have ever made.
What? Passing without using their turn signals! Think they own the road or something
That sure looks like fun.
I'd like to see a demonstration of that wire rope winch they both carry.
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Found it:
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gmpullmanWhat? Passing without using their turn signals! Think they own the road or something.
Ed: Great videos. Thank you for posting them.
Over in the "Arm & A Leg" thread, there was some brief talk about how much gets spent on layout tools.
Six months ago I had no (none, zero) battery operated power tools. After I bought a couple Milwaukee M18 tools, I was sold, and went on a quest to replace everything with battery operated tools.
This is all for more than just for layout building. I am still working on my house and building cosplay props as well.
Tools sure do add up in a hurry.
Time to hit the rack for the evening.
Ed. Great films. I rememer the days they were common to be seen.
Near the top of the hill.
IMG_1322 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A Three Man Team
IMG_1269 by David Harrison, on Flickr
The Countryside Station
IMG_1314 by David Harrison, on Flickr
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
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JaBearKevin, glad to see you and your youngest having a great time
We did have a great time. It did me a lot of good to get out to an amazing convention and just have some silly fun again.
JaBearThe “Milwaukee Tool” brand is relatively new to New Zealand, but it looks like good stuff.
Milwaukee is regarded as a lower level professional brand. Definitely better than most other tools you can buy at consumer retail outlets. On-Par overall with Makita, Ridgid. and DeWalt. These are the best brands you can get from normal retailers.
Milwaukee has the same parent company as Ryobi, headquartered in China, and almost all Milwaukee products are made in China, which is something a lot of people don't realize.
I am being tempted...
This showed up on BrassTrainsDotCom:
I don't even model HOn30, but I love this little railbus.
It looks like it could even be converted to an N scale railbus.
A neat looking item, Kevin.
It reminds me somewhat of The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway.
https://colonelstephenssociety.co.uk/the%20colonels%20railways/shropshire%20&%20montgomeryshire%20light%20railway/shropshire%20&%20montgomeryshire%20light%20railway%20photo%20gallery.html
Good evening
Liked the steam videos and photos posted. That brass rail car that reminds me of Mister Trolley is a keeper
You have more of a collection of 18 volt Milwaukee's than I do Kevin. The multi-tool is the one I seem to use the most with exception of the impact screw gun.
I'll gladly take Ridgid over DeWalt. DeWalt had a serious problem with their batteries going by the wayside way too quickly even after they said they were improved. That was some years ago but mine ended up being sold to the pawn shop and never returned to their cordless tools. I love my combination slide chop saw of theirs though.
If that was my wheelbarrow, it would sit in the backyard for a long time. As long as it took to be emptied by itself. A funny Beartoon though
The Prairie grain elevator reminds me of the model I built years ago.
Mr.TF, no promises as to when but I’m sure I’ve an article, somewhere (???) on the building of the new Hapuawhenua Viaduct.
Mr.TF, ..... As I previously mentioned the weather was too bad to walk to the Hapuawhenua Viaduct, so we drove to the Makatote Viaduct, built 1908, instead. Of course as soon as we got out of the hire car, it started to rain
Mr.TF, .....