jaabat wrote: Chuck,Are you really going to paint that bridge blue? I've had great results with Krylon spray paint. It dries very fast and is pretty durable. I just repainted a K-Line locomotive with Krylon, and it looks incredible. Like a factory finish. Easy to use and cheap cheap cheap if you buy it at WalMart. Clean and degrease the bridge before painting. Mineral spirits or a good household cleaner work great!Jim
Chuck,
Are you really going to paint that bridge blue? I've had great results with Krylon spray paint. It dries very fast and is pretty durable. I just repainted a K-Line locomotive with Krylon, and it looks incredible. Like a factory finish. Easy to use and cheap cheap cheap if you buy it at WalMart. Clean and degrease the bridge before painting. Mineral spirits or a good household cleaner work great!
Jim
Yes, Blue. I saw a really nice dark blue ( Krylon ) and I think it would look nice. The gold decals on the ends will look great with blue. I'm going to clean it with mineral spirits and then a coat of primer.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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sir james I wrote:Yikes; it was 79 at 6:00 AM, Still a lot of HOT AIR coming from the SOUTH. But winter is way too long to complain about the heat. Not much going on this morning so I'll just go with the flow and see what the day brings. everyone enjoy this day. Oh reg gas $3.22 yesterday.
Sounds like the CHIEF has been yawning this morning. With that HOT AIR coming from the south?
laz57
HI GIZ,
I'm done for the SUMMER.
Friend of mine sold me a PA burro crane last nite for $50. I have two but figured what the heck and bought it maybe put it in middle of consist. Can't beat the price.
To get to 93 today.
Stay COOL.
Later
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Good Morning all - Been review my layout plans made a couple of changes, ends up being much "cleaner", less expensive regarding switches, and holds more stock. Having a graduation party on the 20th, so having to decide whether I start now and risk not having ANY train running for the party or waiting till afterwards to start the layout.
Got word that the MTH SD4400's that was ordered in Dec. is in and will be shipping!!
BTW Chief - The name of the airport is Sky Harbor.
Havn't seen or heard from Kevin in a while, hope he isn't snowed in
1688torpedo wrote: Hello All! Don B- I've got great news for you! Your 1688E & Tender are painted & assembled. Fred will let me know what you owe for them & I'll send an e-mail or post here what you owe & when I'll ship them out to you. You will be very happy with the 1688E & it will look 100% better than when you last saw it. It has new original stock Drive Wheels,Pickup Shoe Plate, Marker Lights, A new Headlight Lens & the E-Unit is rebuilt also. Beware though!
Keith, did you try to send an email? If so I havn't received it. I tried email you but it came back. We did have a slight email problem here, my incomng was max'ed out. Received a bunch of video messages that filled up the server, got that all cleared up. So please resend it or call me at 800 786-9272, work phone number. I would rather not post my home number on the web, but I can email that number to you.
Brent, keep a copy of that list you did, it will be very interesting when THAT list is completed, without adding anything to it! Make sure that it is dated, and especially with the year notated.
Glad its Friday!!! Talk later.
Don
Keith,
I expect you to hand deliver my 1688 when it's ready!
Don,
Good luck with your Torpedo! Give a review when you get it!
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Can't remember where I am on the 1688E list! I know I'm behind Jim somewhere... and like him I expect mine to be hand delivered! LOL!Don,I have a copy printed already. After I posted it here I copied it and sent it to the wife - who subsequently added two projects to the list, one of which I don't remember discussing. And since it has grown again... now up to 21 projects.When it is all said and done the value of the house will go up substantially, so it will be worth the effort.Looking forward to getting in and getting started... the little projects are the most visible ones and more or less enhance the look of the house... the larger projects add to the look as well as value...
Don - post your new plan? Hey, sorry, I guess I spammed you - I got back some reports that emails weren't delivered cause your box was full.
Laz - congrats on the borro crane. Do they have any action? I think I read somewhere that they swing back and forth or something? Or am I thinking of a different car? Congrats too -- School's Out For Summer!
Ran train last night with no pile up, of course just one train running! I guess I'm not too smart, because the family was out for 2 nights and I could have been running with smoke the whole time! Doh!!!
Off work today since no sitter, so watching the kids. We were watching volume 2 of Addams Family dvds and they had a great scene with Gomez and Ophelia running the trains and then blowing them up. Thing had an emergency power shutoff for the entire layout!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Did you know about the train store in Sugar Creek? There is also one in Dover.
The only store I have ever been to in Sugar Creek was very very small. Is this the one you are referring to?
If you are referring to "Great Time Hobbies" in Dover, I thought that store closed a while ago. Where they were located right next to Rt 250 is now a carpet store I believe.
Brent - The reason I said about keeping a copy of that list, is that intentions, time estimations are typically understated. If you are like me I plan a lot of things and drive the family nuts. For vacations I usually have plans A, B, C, & D, then a contingency. Comes from my days in Program Management. Also, you may be aware of an old challenge that is somewhat similiar. If when you got married you had say a glass jar, and everytime for the first year you put a bean (or something) in that jar on those special intimate occasions. And then, after the 1st year, for each occassion take one of the beans out. Allegedly, you would never empty the jar. Similiar to your list. Anything like me, that list will never be completed.
Jim, - No big deal, I was able to recover everything. That guy singing was the killer, more ways than one. I do enjoy your emails, they can break up a day. After I got the server back, I checked the trash bin on my computer. It had over 24,000 emails. The system couldn't handle that many for deletion, took me two hours to incrementaly delete them.
I will post a plan today, of the layout. BTW this is version H3d, I have done over 200 designs on the current edtion. ANALYSIS PARALYSIS
Don,Yeah I've heard those stories before! LOL!Actually I have to get the list done... the projects on it are all MY ideas and if I don't get them done well... lets just say I would never live it down! LOL!I also have most of the materials purchased (lighting, faucets, etc) so if I want space in the garage for my MANLY things then I have to get the projects done! LOL! I was informed yesterday that we will not be going to the John Deere store to pick out the new lawn tractor till I have all the lighting done, and have the work in the kitchen completed... Since I can't let the Chief down, again I have to get the projects done. Wife wants a tile backsplash installed in the kitchen (not part of required project list), and since I feel it should match the flooring (would look stupid to have white tile, black granite counters, and some other color back splash) we have decided to replace the kitchen floor as well! So there, I just got two more projects on the list. Then she informs me that she doesn't want carpet anywhere on the first floor except in the family room. That means one more project - replace carpet in dining room and living room with hardwood floors (and yes hardwood, I can't stand laminant). Then I have to install a door bell, stain the deck, replace some wood trim around the family room windows and door with trex wood (don't want to have more maintenance), and install a phone jack in the foyer for a fancy phone the wife bought to go with her tiffany lamp! Then I remembered that the garage needs to have insulation installed on the exterior wall and garage door wall and then have drywall installed, so one more project... in all I now have 21 projects on my list... 12 of which I want to get done next weekend...
JIM the burro crane runs for ward and backwards has a track trip that hits a switch and makes it change directions. Also the cab will move around. Pretty cool.
Afternoon all!
Daughter officially turned 16 today. She got up late and is now suffering (with the long suffering SWMBO) in a big line at the DMV
Started out very humid and muggy and then the dry line of a front just passed and bot is it nice outside! 93 today I think.
Gotta run - party tonight for the newly licensed driver in the McClellan household!
Regards, Roy
OK - Got my layout plans posted. Started a thread called "CRITICAL INPUT NEEDED! Starting to build this W/E"
So check it out and comment.... It will probably roll off rather quickly.
Thanks,
DANGER WILL ROBINSON!
My daughter is out driving on her own and the ink on her license is not even dry yet!
Avoid the area at all costs!
Congrats Roy !!!!!
You now have a new "Designated Gopher".
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Thanks for the warning Roy, I will stay off the sidewalks. Just kidding. Hope she does well. Been a long day, hoping to go out for sushi tonight and then to bed. Hope Y'all have a great night......Better to play with trains than watch TV, it's all Paris in Jail.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
paris whos that....?
hey i encountered a miracle today.....i planned on going to dmv real early this mornign but over slept. I showed up around 11 am and the lines were insane....but i want to get this down i have some junk to haul and the city is having a free dump time this weekend...so i stand pull a # i am #195 and they are on #60.. so i sit and wait...and you know what they went from 60 to 135 in about 35 minutes...so i was done within 45 minutes total...that is a miracle..also went to the autozone picked up a master cylinder and a new caliper and fluids all for like 50 bucks...got to love older trucks...cheap parts...sometimes...
well its nap time for meim tuckered out
Jim Fortner wrote: jefelectric wrote: Jim, Harrisburg, HIA, is the closest, but I am sure you will find Baltimore is the cheapest to fly to. About 1.5 hour drive to York. York doesn't have a lot of motel/hotels. A lot stay in the Lancaster area which is another half hour beyond York. The Fall show is a little bigger in my opinion.Actually, HIA seemed like it was a little cheaper and closer (42 minutes per google???) to York PA. I'll need to shop around and see about combo deals, so will have to probably line stuff up before October of this year for next year.Just brought this up with my wife and she indicated that next year in Oct would probably be doable, so I'll say count me in for 2008!Chief, hope your room is okay other than the computer link. Don't lie on top of the bedspread - they never clean that and you can get the creeping crud!
jefelectric wrote: Jim, Harrisburg, HIA, is the closest, but I am sure you will find Baltimore is the cheapest to fly to. About 1.5 hour drive to York. York doesn't have a lot of motel/hotels. A lot stay in the Lancaster area which is another half hour beyond York. The Fall show is a little bigger in my opinion.
Jim, Harrisburg, HIA, is the closest, but I am sure you will find Baltimore is the cheapest to fly to. About 1.5 hour drive to York. York doesn't have a lot of motel/hotels. A lot stay in the Lancaster area which is another half hour beyond York. The Fall show is a little bigger in my opinion.
Actually, HIA seemed like it was a little cheaper and closer (42 minutes per google???) to York PA. I'll need to shop around and see about combo deals, so will have to probably line stuff up before October of this year for next year.
Just brought this up with my wife and she indicated that next year in Oct would probably be doable, so I'll say count me in for 2008!
Chief, hope your room is okay other than the computer link. Don't lie on top of the bedspread - they never clean that and you can get the creeping crud!
Jim, The York dates for 2008 are April 17-19 and October 16-18. If you fly into Harrisburg there are some motels along 83 South between Hbg & York.
Good evening,
Zeke, That truck sounds like a great deal. It does help to be able to make your own mechanical repairs. I drive a Dakota PU all the time, only problem is it can't pass a gas station without stopping.
Don, I did comment on your newest plan, looks good. Time to stop planning and start building!
Jim, You will want to plan on being here for the day before York. TCA has an openhouse that day and the other magazine sponsors bus trips to the Weaver plant in Oct. and MTH & Tony Lash in Apr. At least they have for a couple of years, don't really know if they are going to continue doing that, but they have it planned for Oct this year. Of course you can only do one of these events each time so you have to come several times.
Chief, Sound like you are enjoying your trip. Do they serve GRITS at the Holiday Inn?
Ugh, a couple of weeks ago I stopped at the LHS and bought the last K-line rubber diaphrams they had, to put between the units of my LNE FA-1s, that I am converting to TMCC. Now I can't find them. Looked for over an hour. I did find a set of drill bits that I was looking for last week. I'm at my wits end where to look next. Don't you just love it when this happens?
Laz, Congrats on surviving another year!
Take care all,
I will have had my Dakota pickup for eleven years come this August. It has served well but it is reaching the end of its career. Had the transmission rebuilt a while ago and it is acting up again. Since it is the third vehicle, it doesn't get a whole lot of attention these days.
Had lots of storms earlier today. Fortunately not same results as last Friday. Spent that night at work restoring remote data communications after a lightning strike. Got most of it operational early Saturday.
Watching the Cubs beat up on the Braves. Soriano just hit his third home run of the game. Three At-Bats, three home-runs.
What a storm we are having! They are calling for 6". On our way home from Sushi, you could see the black clouds coming in and then the hail started. Hopefully we won't get flooded out.
Not sure what we have on the adgenda this weekend, SWMBO has not revealed the list.
Hope everyone has a good one.
Oh yeah - wife pointed out that maybe I need to think of a U shaped layout so I can better use the room and it's okay to block kitchen. Man, I got a good one! Back to the drawing board.
Hey Chuck, gas was down to $2.89 here in Arnold. Was $2.88 in KC per wife.
Jim Fortner wrote: Oh yeah - wife pointed out that maybe I need to think of a U shaped layout so I can better use the room and it's okay to block kitchen. Man, I got a good one! Back to the drawing board.Hey Chuck, gas was down to $2.89 here in Arnold. Was $2.88 in KC per wife.
That's good for gas, Jim. Lowest here, lately, has been $2.99.
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