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 Good Morning,I guess, I missed a day or two here in the Diner. Now let´s see, what do we have here. A raccoon wearing a waitress´s dress, a fox, a couple of chipmunks, a deer, pretending not see the fox, an owl staring down at us, a Massasauga rattler, hiding in Vinnie´s booth - has someone checked, whether he is still with us? I mean, alive? Ah, I forget the Armadillo. Back in the times of the Great Depression, they were called "Hoover hogs", and people ate them! I am really glad to see, that Chloe found her way back into this zoo.Chloe, may I have my "French" breakfast, you know, it´s cafe au lait, 3 croissants, and butter/jam. Yes, I´ll stay here at the RC, sitting in those bar stools seems to be the safest place to be - mind the rattler.In the last two days, I suffered again from those panic attacks the moment I left the house. This is really awkward - cold sweat, the heart beating like a jungle drum. I do hope this settles pretty soon, I cannot hide all day long in the house.Rob - I´d suggest you stay away from using a BrightBoy to clean your tracks, unless you like track cleaning. Those grooves seem to speed up the process of the tracks losing conductivity. Gleaming seems to be the better way, although a little mor w*rk to do in the beginning.Keith - I like the way your layout is coming along. As to those roads, I´d position the buildings where you want them to go and then "lay" the roads. I´ve used various methods to do this and found, that using a thin layer of plaster of paris works the best for me. I usually tack this strips of wood or bits of styrene left and right and fill the middle part with a "soapy" mix of plaster, with a little white glue added to prevent it from cracking. Try to get it as smooth as possible, so sanding is minimized. Let it dry for a minimum of 48 hrs, before sanding it, which is always a mess - the missus won´t like it. Then color it with washes of acrylic paint and isopropyl alcohol. The result looks good to me. Keep those pics of your progress rolling!Tom - I am sorry to hear about your sweet loco. I hope that Caboose Hobbies can fix it for you in a jiffy - I guess, it just needs a new gear box. Keep us posted on the outcome!Chris - that chicken sure looks a little overdone to me. I showed the pic to Petra and here comment was just "Men!". Todd - how´s the benchwork coming along? [swg]Garry - I saw your pictures in WPF - just adorable! Flip - I am glad the missus is doing a lot better.  I have been to a FREMO meet once, and to be honest, I won´t go there again. The guys take themselves a little too serious for my taste, leaving little room to what our hobby is about - fun! You should see the rule book they have developed over the years - much thicker than the constitution of the US, including all amendments. I guess, I´d rather do my own thing...Vincent - those BNSF GP50´s with a tank car coupled in between look odd, but nice! Lee - some years ago, my son (who is now 23), developed the idea of getting a tattoo. It took me weeks to talk him out of this. I had to employ the whole lot of arguments, like the pain, the health risk, the cost, the irreversibility of such a decision etc.. Now he is glad he did not do it... [:)]I have been w*rking on the plan for the display layout. Did a lot of research on the prototype. The British model railroading landscape is so much different from the continental one. Their layouts are mostly masterpieces in terms of detail, and there are a lot of small businesses offering kits and stuff for scratch building. OTOH, there is hardly any R-T-R stuff available. Actually, I find this more suitable for my MRRing on a shoestring budget. Nevertheless, the total cost of the whole thing amounts to about $ 2,500 - and that´s without a loco or rolling stock. [:(] I am still negotiating about the funding.  We could agree on the plan, though. Here is the "final", i.e. prior to start of building, layout:<img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/UK-Layout1a-2.jpg?t=1266660010" mce_src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/UK-Layout1a-2.jpg?t=1266660010" width="1022" height="334">  The loco supposed to be serving the line is this little beauty:<img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/full-imagex6.jpg?t=1266662505" mce_src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/full-imagex6.jpg?t=1266662505" width="600" height="448"> It is a Great Western Rlwy 0-6-0 class 64xx Pannier Tank loco, which was built between 1890 and 1930. There is quite a number of them still around, serving at tourist lines throughout the UK. Quite a hefty puller! Here is a short <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mswbdFOkqYE" target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mswbdFOkqYE">video</a> of one of them! O scale offers a lot of detail, and the sound is just magnificent.  It has a Zimo decoder, with a recording of the sound of the prototype loco. Add a high bass speaker to it and you got a lot of ooomph to the sound! (But don´t ask about the price) Have a good weekend, you all
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