1688torpedo wrote: Hello All! Jim A- A Battery powered campfire is no fun! You will not be able to roast Hot Dogs or Marshmallows on it. Try a Corvair instead! I trust that Don B is still around after trying to aquire more right of way for his railroad in the Baker House. If we have not heard from him at the end of the day, we'll have to dispatch a search party to Cerritos,California & find him. Take Care all.
Battery powered flickering campfire, Keith! 1/48 scale smoors anyone? Ooooooooooooooh! Ahhhhhhhhh!
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Somehow, word got to Wisconsin, about my rail expansion project. So we had a Intercontinental heart-to-heart. So no need for a dog house, life insurance, tombstones or other terminal prediciations. It seems that if rail cars end up on the hutch, crystal goes on the layout. (didn't plan on that !) Then the real issue, if ANY crystal gets broken, then one engine will also bite the dust. Kinda eye for eye, thing. So the risk and cost is too high, will have to come up with another option. Hmmmmm, got too think on that for awhile!
Meanwhile sounds like the Chief is getting ready for a range war down there.
AND, most important of all, its York week! How exciting for all you fortunate formites!!
I gotta get a shopping list put together, quick!
Gotta get going lots to do work, retrieve expansion efforts from the forbidden zone.
Don
anjdevil2 wrote: Howdy boys & galsWOW!! took a couple a pages to catch up....Friday went to Tampa to pick up a '73 Roadrunner. Finally a solid car, just needs quarter panel work. Rest is very solid and workable. I'll stick my small block race motor & trans.....Should look good next to my '70 Roadrunner Convertible!!!Rich
Howdy boys & gals
WOW!! took a couple a pages to catch up....Friday went to Tampa to pick up a '73 Roadrunner. Finally a solid car, just needs quarter panel work. Rest is very solid and workable. I'll stick my small block race motor & trans.....Should look good next to my '70 Roadrunner Convertible!!!
Rich
No such thing in FL as a solid old car. Must have come from NC. Of course anything is better than one from Yankeeland [rust holding rust together].
Morning all. Hope to paint mountains on backdrop/divider. Got County Commissioner's Meeting this afternoon and Mended Hearts tonight. Cool mornings but into the high 80's today. Off to Baton Rouge Thursday with Cabela's party Thrusday night. Crawfish and shrimp galore.
Later
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ChiefEagles wrote: Meeting this afternoon and Mended Hearts tonight. Later
Meeting this afternoon and Mended Hearts tonight.
Oh see the Chief just posted, apparently no Range War, looks like everything going to be taken care of tonight ! Good News !!!
88 - Sounds like you've become a real Baltimor"on". Win by 19 points, yet still not happy...
Putting together a railfan tour will be no trouble.
anjdevil - love them old MOPARS. Post a pic or 3.
Chief - There aren't any Cajun Restaurants up my way;howzabout FED-EX some of the good stuff?
fifedog wrote: 88 - Sounds like you've become a real Baltimor"on". Win by 19 points, yet still not happy...
dbaker48 wrote: Somehow, word got to Wisconsin, about my rail expansion project. So we had a Intercontinental heart-to-heart. So no need for a dog house, life insurance, tombstones or other terminal prediciations. It seems that if rail cars end up on the hutch, crystal goes on the layout. (didn't plan on that !) Then the real issue, if ANY crystal gets broken, then one engine will also bite the dust. Kinda eye for eye, thing. So the risk and cost is too high, will have to come up with another option. Hmmmmm, got too think on that for awhile!
Don: HHhhhmmmm....Big brother is watching... That looks like an awful large Dining Room table for just the three of you. Perhaps an intermodal dinner delivery car??? No crystal to relocate.
Chief: Count me in on the Crawfish! I used to hang out a a Detroit hotspot eating those things by the basket. I'll bet we could count LAZ in too! Haven't had them in years...Makes bride nauseous.
Kurt
kpolak wrote: dbaker48 wrote: Somehow, word got to Wisconsin, about my rail expansion project. So we had a Intercontinental heart-to-heart. So no need for a dog house, life insurance, tombstones or other terminal prediciations. It seems that if rail cars end up on the hutch, crystal goes on the layout. (didn't plan on that !) Then the real issue, if ANY crystal gets broken, then one engine will also bite the dust. Kinda eye for eye, thing. So the risk and cost is too high, will have to come up with another option. Hmmmmm, got too think on that for awhile!Don: HHhhhmmmm....Big brother is watching... That looks like an awful large Dining Room table for just the three of you. Perhaps an intermodal dinner delivery car??? No crystal to relocate.Chief: Count me in on the Crawfish! I used to hang out a a Detroit hotspot eating those things by the basket. I'll bet we could count LAZ in too! Haven't had them in years...Makes bride nauseous.Kurt
KURT, count me in, maybe some yellow perch too.
laz57
fifedog wrote:88 - TEITBRHTEES...never heard of 'em...
ChiefEagles wrote: Of course anything is better than one from Yankeeland [rust holding rust together].
Chief,
That sounds like my car! The underbody is a mess, and it is only a 97.
Jim A.
If you wanted to simulate a larger fire (bonfire), you could but a lamp socket in the surface of your layout and put one of those flickering bulbs in it. Then, just pile some small branches around it. I saw that in Toy Trains and Christmas part 3, and it looked pretty good.
I have today off, so I am rebuilding the 2343.
Just back from a noon time walk. It's gorgeous out there. Clear and crisp. Each day I check on the progress of a house being built way down the street. The lot had a house on it that was torn down so a bigger one could be built. It's almost finished from the looks of it.
Got the dentist to look forward to today at 3:30. That's tooth hurty central time... Anyway, the hygenist is a babe, so it's not going to be all bad.
Campfire tonight. If I don't completely forget about it.
Mornin' All,
Jim, Take a look at the "G" scale listings on E-Bay, those "hobo campfire" accessories are almost always there.
Crawdads, just think of them as "Freshwater Lobster" , how many of them did I waste as a kid using them as fish bait.
Rusty Cars, It ain't only up nawth. That's the only thing holding my Datsun p/u together.
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Afternoon all!
Lots o' catching up to do. Just a few days left til nirvana in York.
Don B - I am not sure what is really happening out there but it sounds like your continued health is in serious jepardy - sit back and take a deep breath and stand clear of the forbidden zone!
Still catching up from my trip to KC last week and had a very busy weekend preparing for York and other train activities.
Hope all are well and that the Chief has fun with his dead/floating deer? What ever happened to the beavers? Are they armed?
Regards, Roy
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
wrmcclellan wrote: Hope all are well and that the Chief has fun with his dead/floating deer? What ever happened to the beavers? Are they armed?
CSXect wrote:Just got done talking to a rep from a stone/epoxy floor covering company, this is the second company that I got a quote from they were both fairly close in price the big difference in the products line was in the use of materials reasin and thiner used company B usees zylene and company N use an alcohol based thiner which evaporates and is nearly oderless and is "green friendly" it cost much more than carpet but does not promote mildew and mold like wet carpet does. Am really leaning towards this type of floor covering
lionroar88 wrote: wrmcclellan wrote: Hope all are well and that the Chief has fun with his dead/floating deer? What ever happened to the beavers? Are they armed?Well lets see Roy, these are the 'facts' *some of this has been decifered from the messages he's posted* as they have been presented to the forum...Chief got tired of the Beavers damming up the watershed using techniques not approved by the State Department of Environmental Protection so he tried to shoot them, but his marksmanship isn't what it used to be, and this led some unsightly folk into thinking it was acceptable to poach around the pond. Now the deer, being drawn to the early algae bloom, found this to be a savory spot to get a drink and meal of lush vegetation, not to mention the oats Chief uses to keep tempting them to his property... Well on one fateful day, after a nice fatening meal, they were attempting to return to their sanctuary and one was unceremoneously shot and mortally wounded. Thinking that the pond, and its savory algae, was the fabled Fountain of Youth that would restore its vitality, the deer attempted to return and take a drink of the envigoring fluid, unfortanetly the pond was a tad bit too far and the deer died upon its banks! The Chief, having hear the afore mentioned gun shooting racket, left the comforts of his cottage (clad in a Speedo bathing suit, and riding a John Deere lawn tractor) went to investigate. He found the deer, loaded it in the utility cart and took it home. Now, seeing that there was a full moon out, sheding plenty of light on the subject, The Chief - in all his neighborly glory, decides to mow his neighbor's lawn. The neighbor, who was once neighborly - but who in recent months has become out of his wits, did not take nicely to The Chief mowing his lawn. So Chief decides the view from his cottage is not quite what it once was decides to have his trees trimmed and the afore mentioned neighbor does not like tree trimming any more than he likes having his lawn mowed. So now Chief has an upset neighbor, is trying to get him tossed out of town, and is now trying to figure out what to do with this deer that's wasting precious space in his deep freeze...Of course the other theory is that the Beavers, fearing for their lives, obtained firearms off the black market and took matters into their own hands by shooting the deer as a warning for other wildlife thinking THEIR pond was a source of drinking water...
un-huh....and next week on "As the Deer turns"....
jimtrumpie wrote: Jim A. If you wanted to simulate a larger fire (bonfire), you could but a lamp socket in the surface of your layout and put one of those flickering bulbs in it. Then, just pile some small branches around it. I saw that in Toy Trains and Christmas part 3, and it looked pretty good.I have today off, so I am rebuilding the 2343.
Jim, I just saw your post now. I have a flickering light and battery unit that is smaller than my smallest fingernail. But for a nice bon fire, your idea is definitely the way to go.
Let us know how those 2343s turn out. Best of luck! I'm looking at a nice set of 2354s on Ebay (Trainz) today, but that's all I'm doing is looking. Not buying any more trains for a while.
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Ahhh, peace and quiet. The kids went out to eat with their grandparents. Work has begun on zee campfire. So far, so good.
Jumijo wrote: Not buying any more trains for a while.
Not buying any more trains for a while.
I been there and said that before,
Listening to Bluegrass over the internet I believe it is 181.fm bluegrass
lionroar, the flooring is a one time installation and is permanent and supposably trouble free, the epoxy resian only yellows if in direct sun light, a neigbour has it on porch and sidewalk and back steps it looks nice and has been there for 20+ years. Will be going with company N as they have a warrenty and are a "green" company and have been around the longest of any company in the business. will post some before and after pics of basement.
Jim,
I finally got the 2343s back together. I put the new e unit in, put new brushes in both motors, cleaned the armatures, oiled bearings, put in new grease, replaced the original thin three conductor cable with heavier superflex three conductor cable, and changed the light bulb. It runs much better. I noticed that it could use new rollers though. Right now, I am working on giving it something nicer to pull...
Evening all
Sounds like the begining of an interesting novel, I like Roy's title.
I'd be interested in how the floor turns out. Our back porch could use some refinishing and I'm thinking of the stuff you are using.
Only had to work 9 hours OT today. Got home and still had enough light to work on the concrete forms for the garage addition pad. Plan on working on it tomorrow while I'm off.
Don-Please be careful around the china. If you need a place to hide till the heat passes, you can use the bed in the train room.
All take care and may God bless
Jim
Jim T.,
I just sent you a private message regarding your 2343s. You might find some of the information about making them look better useful.
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