[and Rob, what do you have to offer?]
*** www.cederstrand.com Rob
I think I have two paint jobs lined up so far, RYAN needs his house painted, and now ROB needs his barn painted. I really don't mind painting, I actually find it relaxing when I am not rushed. Lets see, we can work out a barder deal here, Ryan is a great Chef, so I can get room and board, and great Cajon meals, and Rob, what do you have to offer? Of course I would need toll and gas money both ways to get to your houses.
DER JOHN: Nothing wrong at all with using whatever supplies you have remaining. I save every scrap of wood, sheetrock pieces, etc. for any future need, and this has saved me $$ many times.
PAUL/GAV: VODKA ??? Man I hate that stuff. The only time I ever got sick celebrating, was when I drank the Panther's P** back when I was in the Army. I haven't touched it since. I think I got a hiatal hernia from dry heaves on that stuff.
JIM: Did you loose power very long or have any flooding at your house? What brand track are you guys using at your MRR club? BTW, isn't the Micro Engineering plant in your state?
DUKE: I know where there is a bike for sale. It seems that some guy didn't get permission from his wife to buy this very nice blue bike!!! LOL
Time for bed
Awe heck, "hot fudge brownie" with whipped cream & nuts, please & thank you. Have a sweet tooth tonight.
***Dick, I have always thought the weasel family was interesting. Fishers are big ones indeed. Interesting that you have so many there. There must be a pretty good food supply for them. Oh, when you're done with your house, want to paint our barn?
***Jeffrey, I can't believe that car warped that much through a window. How hot was it inside? Yikes! Nice tutorial on the RR crossing. Thanks for posting that series of pics. Is that a farm pickup truck with hay/grass in the bed? Sure resembles the bed of ours. And lastly, I wish our grass grew like it does down your way...we wouldn't have to buy so much hay for the horses.
***Gav, nice looking model there.
***Tom, I was scanning posts and saw your desire for a "mountain lion". My initial thoughts was, "that is a mighty strong cat to have as a pet". Then I realized what you meant. The only mountain lion I had any "hands on" with was in Montana and it felt almost like chiseled rock. Sure wouldn't want to mess with one...but a model on a layout would be very cool. BTW, nice mommy bear with her cubs there. Hope no backpackers happen by while she's there.
***Jerry, just a thought on that bals wagon idea: perhaps you could use a tube of fabric paint (that keeps it's shape) to add some 3D effect to the print out? This is something I have thought about and may well try when I help with the wife's layout. Perhaps might even glue some gold trim (fabric stuff, I don't know what exactly what it is called) to doctor things up. Just thinking outloud here.
We bought a new mower today and returned it before even loading it. Went to start is up and it made the most dreadful sound. Seems to have been sitting out all summer. They ordered us a "new one" that will come direct and still in a crate. Wife is growing impatient with the weedy front lawn.
Have a good night all. Rob
Hi Zoe,
I'll take a Ice cold Root beer and som of Ryan's good 'ol gumbo, dat be good ther son!
Yes, Jim I do have a plan already, it's going to be a freelanced railroad (Union Pacific subdivision from Eugene Oregon to Coos Bay, With coal and wheat coming in from Central Oregon by BNSF, and with a (MODEL FED GRANT) SP IS BACK ON THERE OWN!! YEAH BABY!!!!!!!! I have that same theme with my Basement layout but when the new trainroom is done, I will using sections of that layout for the new one. I'm hoping to have a small club with op sessions, I would like to introduce our neighbors to Modelrailroading who knows maybe one of the kids might have the great mind in the future to build a layout like the Late John Armstrong!
Alex
Evening Gang: Speaking of allergies. Mine are running away with me. Running nose, watery eyes, headach, the works.
RT I ment to say JR. Seinor moment you know. I guess that the dreaded AAADD may have gotton me. I'm happy to hear that you got a good nights sleep. Feels good EH.
Gav you may feel that a hurrican would be better then vodka night.
Well I'm a mess. I think that I'll head for the showers and then bed.
Rob my best to your wife. I've been there with the torn rotator cuff. The recovery from the surgary took a month and a week. I'm as good as new now.
Good Night All
So, there we were having coffee this morning, when out of the blue this thought came..."When should the Van registration be renewed?" A quick look at the rear licence plate revealed that it should have been in July...Today being Tuesday, the local Nova Scotia Access office was open (10:00 to 4:00 Tuesdays only) Normally this would take about 11/2 hours, as the place is jammed. When we got there, I was the 3rd in line!...not only that, but the government had given an amnesty to the end of Sept. for all July and August renewals! God is Good! ...So there was time before lunch to spray weed killer on the garden path. After lunch it was the driveway, and then pressure washing the back of the house...no mrr until this evening...but I have been able to do some. A bonus for the morning was that the Access office is in the same building as the library, and it was open too. The Sept. MR I had ordered was in..Yes!
CapeJim:
DerJohn, nice work there on the 'concrete' (and pretty quick, from the looks of it). Will you be making it 'concrete' later, or keeping it that colour?
The siding looks pretty long in the pics, nice length.
Lee:
Der, how do you keep all that plaster from cracking?
Jeff: Thanks for the grade crossing workshop. The waxed shoelace trick is brilliant! Who'd have thought (Well, you for a start...but I think you know what I mean.) In Normal Scale strips of styrene sheet give all the flangeway clearance needed in most cases. I didn't bother to replace the long strips of between-the-tracks concrete in the container dock with a plaster fill, but the styrene is what I would have used. The roads look great, BTW.
Dick:
DER JOHN: Have you used Sculptamold at all on your layout?
Rob: Prayers for your wife's shoulder to be fixed ASAP.
PC:
AAADDKNOW THE SYMPTOMS!
I know! I was busy with the........oh, there's my coke I was drinking earlier! It's getting warm, so I'll get some ice......that reminds me, I need to clean out the fridge! Oh shoot, I can't clean out the fridge til I take out the trash......now where's the trash bags? There they are, over by my........hey wait! There's my glasses! Ummmmm, what were you saying?
Jerry: Great to know that the chair came back just after lunch. Did you get a good night's sleep?
Tom:
Morning all from SunnyCOOLCal (at least here in the Valley). High today is expected to be about 81 or so
That grain hopper looks Very Cool!
Hoople: No GS-4, but you've saved for it, so the cash is available for ??????
Ryan: Monique is very much a keeper!
Kim P said that would be great if everyone bought their kits because they were named after family members....
Jeff:
I learned through trial and error (mostly error) that installing grabirons is not my forte either. I got so aggravated I gave the kit away to the first person who wanted it.
Nice building Gav. Sure beats worrying about the little lambs and the Vodka Revolution! Must be quiet if you can hang here for the evening!
Time to check on the plaster (too fresh to shave it yet, but tomorrow should be OK), and get off to bed. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
super cheif n wrote:I can't stand fall it messes up my allergies.
I can't stand time it messes up my allergies.
-Morgan
Well got my trains in today will try to get pics tomorrow. Really like this command control stuff had it hooked up wrong a first but finally got it right and have trainsounds, crew talk, tower talk, ect ect. Hope all is fine with all.
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LSWrr wrote:Jeff, that hopper would fit well on a hospital car.
Jeff, that hopper would fit well on a hospital car.
I was thinking of having it sit trackside somewhere as an abandoned wreck.
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Fall is definitly coming. Today's high was 73 farienhiet! Thank the Lord, my favorite season is fall. Tommorow's high is supposed to be 78, w/clouds and a 20% chance of rain.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
hey guys. school has started up again, working on a oral presentation for history. talk later.
What is up guys? My local train show has been called off because victims of Ike are using it. Oh well I'll just have to wait tell Marshall has one.
sleeper33 wrote: spot on mate just starting to model properly so working my way up
spot on mate
just starting to model properly so working my way up
I knew what that was because I have one, lol. I have 3 other DPM downtown buildings and two industries from them, lol.
LSWrr wrote: Tom, What flavor Gerber's are you feeding Lowell? Nice bear shot and I'm glad your knee is improving. Lee
Tom, What flavor Gerber's are you feeding Lowell? Nice bear shot and I'm glad your knee is improving.
Lee
Lowell's a big fan of Gerber's lamb and beef. Tried to interest him in chicken and turkey. Uh-uh. Little fellow is like his owner, a REAL red meat carnivore, LOL!
Thanks on the photo. As I said, the 'bear' shot was kind of inspired by Grampys on WPF. He had a whole HERD of them. Guess they're pretty sociable in Pennsylvania, LOL! Out here in California, they're more isolationists, I guess. Of course, out here in California, you have to remember that we're the only state in the Union where our State Flower (Poppy) is illegal, the state animal (Sierra grizzly bear) is extinct and our State Song is not available in print (THANK GOD, IT'S JUST TERRIBLE!!). Other than that, we're just as normal as anyone else (YEAH, SURE, LOL!).
Still want a mountain lion, though. You wouldn't believe how MANY deer I've got in a little plastic box ready to populate the Tahoe National Forest.
Just heard a funny thing on the local news--the weatherman was giving the temperatures for the rest of the week--clear skies, low 80's and chilly mornings, and the head newscaster yelled, "DON'T LET THAT FORECAST GET OUT, MORE PEOPLE WILL MOVE HERE!"
He must be one of us who has the bumper-sticker: "WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA--NOW GO HOME!"
Jeff: Hey, thanks, now I know how to build a wreck under one of my bridges--leave the car in the window for a couple of days, LOL! That grain hopper looks Very Cool!
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
sleeper33 wrote: two posts in one day Gav's getting adventuerous well here a pic of the latest building enjoy
two posts in one day Gav's getting adventuerous
well here a pic of the latest building enjoy
DPM Crestone Credit Union kit, right?
Jim, no worries about that, lol.
I'm gonna be ready for our game thursday (our only thursday game). We sucked at practice today (as a team). Hopefully we'll do better in practice tommorow!
JimRCGMO wrote: Packer, are the caboose grab irons worse than when a Kadee coupler spring goes flying?
I think so since at least kadee includes extras of small parts. I really haven't had a problem with the kadee springs, and the springs from the imitators acually will work for Kadees.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
evening gang
just a tea to go please
hows everyone tonight? h
hope all are ok and well, the little cherubs are out at a place called VODKA REVOLUTION SO IN FOR A FUN NIGHT.LOL
ill just be at the counter if anybody needs me
SilverSpike wrote: I served up some Cajun Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya and some of my Black and Bleu Chicken. Just click the links to view and print the recipes.
aaaaaaeeeeeeeeee boy dat sum nice luziana cookin you got going dere son. Make us proud Geaux Tigers....
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jeffrey-wimberly wrote:BTW, during Rita, Gustav and Ike I was down at my parents house working on locomotives, cars and structures using a light and soldering gun powered by their generator.
BTW, during Rita, Gustav and Ike I was down at my parents house working on locomotives, cars and structures using a light and soldering gun powered by their generator.
Aha! I knew it! Actually, that spending lots of time on your layout is likely why your skills are so good - you've had more practice at painting, weathering, etc. You da man, Jeff!
Jim in Cape Girardeau