Isn't it only 4:30 AM in San Diego?
Worries keeping you from sleeping?
Perhaps guilt over tearing down that beautiful layout?
What's happening?
What's shaking?
Alton Junction
Timboy wrote in his blog: "It will take a good execution of trackwork and scenery to make the dogbone curves look okay. I'm really tempted to drop down to N gauge!"
I don't think so, Tim.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
stebbycentral Timboy wrote in his blog: "It will take a good execution of trackwork and scenery to make the dogbone curves look okay. I'm really tempted to drop down to N gauge!" I don't think so, Tim.
Stebby C,
He's bluffing. He hates all gauges except S.
Rich
Hey timboy ... if you do ever go N guage you could get a bunch of trained fleas to act as engineers and rail workers and have a live layout ... they're about the right size for N guage ..... what do you say .... ?
Timboy Rich Hot Rain: Nah-uhhhhh! Thanks to YOU, every one on the HO forum is afraid to comment on my tear-down/re-build effort, but they follow the progress silently. I see the number of hits my blog gets! -Timboy
Rich Hot Rain: Nah-uhhhhh! Thanks to YOU, every one on the HO forum is afraid to comment on my tear-down/re-build effort, but they follow the progress silently. I see the number of hits my blog gets!
-Timboy
yobmiT,
Are you referring to that running monologue that has infected the Model Railroader Forum ?
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richhotrain What's shaking?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/
Mother Nature's "urban renewal program".
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dougdagrump richhotrain What's shaking? http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/ Mother Nature's "urban renewal program".
Doug,
That extends all the way down into Boy Tim's locale. I'll bet all that shaking and moving has adversely affected his sensibilities.
Depending on where you are in the house and the magnitude most of them are really that noticeable here in the SD area. I'm aabout 35mi ene of SD.
Timboy Rich Hot Rain: Never mind. Normal Guys: I built up another set of shelves along the 40 foot back wall. I added some legs to the shelves on the inside corners. I thought I would be putting pressure on those corners to complete the scenery back there. Those legs can come off when the scenery is completed. Pics and details at: http://timmysamericanflyertrains.blogspot.com/ Timboy
Rich Hot Rain:
Never mind.
Normal Guys: I built up another set of shelves along the 40 foot back wall. I added some legs to the shelves on the inside corners. I thought I would be putting pressure on those corners to complete the scenery back there. Those legs can come off when the scenery is completed. Pics and details at:
http://timmysamericanflyertrains.blogspot.com/
Timboy
Tim,
So far, so good. The framework looks good and solid. When does the surface get laid?
Abnormal Guy
Timboy......I am holding on the best I can, fearing the worst but praying for the best. Even beer is not helping my mindset.
May the Force be with you on the reconstruction!!!!!
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
The fun begins again for you. I think however you need some different cloud paintings, Maybe some stratus, maybe a thunder head with rain etc. That way you can model different scenes and have the clouds set the mood
I was being somewhat facetious about your clouds. They are some of the better ones I have seen painted on a back drop. But I do recall a photo in Classic Toy Trains of distant thunder heads that made for an interesting scene.
Timboy Major: I agree, but I need to determine the landscape first. I don't think I want the sky too dramatic, because unlike real clouds, once it's painted it will never change. So I'll probably just opt for less clouds in places and/or the whispy kind as you mentioned. Thanks, -Timboy
Major: I agree, but I need to determine the landscape first. I don't think I want the sky too dramatic, because unlike real clouds, once it's painted it will never change. So I'll probably just opt for less clouds in places and/or the whispy kind as you mentioned.
Thanks,
If you ever watch some of the indoor professional sports, like the NBA for example, the advertisement boards that surround the court change repeatedly throughout the game.
I think we would all like to see you incorporate this into your new layout, changing from blue skies, to wispy white clouds, to dark storm clouds.
Which brings up another landscaping point. Why not install a sprinkler system above your layout so that you can have simulated rain upon command?
Looks Great !! Pro job for sure .... so much better than bare 2x4's ... when you do something ... I must say it's top of the line or better ..... I realy like the black ... could it be because it's my favorite color ? I've been wearing black alot since I was a kid ... kinda cool they say .....
Timboy.......I accidentally clicked on the pictures dating back to May 30 and suffered a relapse. But your progress on the benchwork is giving me hope!
Ditto on the waterfalls idea ... I was thinking if I really did a good job of sealing of all the areas .... which would'nt be hard with a couple caulking gun tubes of clear 100% silicone sealant over the scenery underneath ... I have one of those lil waterfall thingys with the pump extra you set in your house that trickle water falls ... I'm thinking of useing the pump and running the small plastic tubeing on the layout and makeing a REAL waterfall . One fellow said no ... but I'm going to do it ! It'll even have the sounds of the water trickling/running and all I have to do is put a switch and highly dilute some blue windshield washer fluid for color and no mold problems . In fact the one waterfall piece looks darn good and realistic and I may use it ... just blend it into the scenery ... it looks like a rock / mountain type waterfalls .
Just make sure you have a ground fault outlet in case the toaster goes into the tub. I tried this and used outdoor water garden sheet ( any heavy plastic) and then used a roofing mastic to adhere sand and pebbles onto it. This was for an indoor G gauge monstrosity whose disassembly was also a nightmare. I had built trays as a tabletop with all real ingredients from mother nature.as scenery....piles and piles of dirt etc up and down the stairs. I ended up dissatisfied with that overambitious experiment and it became "one of those" a painful exercise in theory versus reality. My relatives came over and took one look at it and the first comment was "looks great, why don't you put it outside?." Humbled, I buried it in a dumpster as a testimony to being too contrary to ordinary.
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
I once saw where someone had a liquid-cooled computer, and to cool the power supply unit, he made an acrylic basin, filled it with clear baby-oil, and submerged the whole PSU in the stuff. It worked b/c baby-oil does not conduct electricity. If flows pretty well, too; he used a regular case fan to circulate it. Also, it won't evaporate. Just a thought...
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