grayfox1119 wrote:JEFF: Don't you find it a bit inconvenient at times not using flex track, especially when you need to make changes such as the crossover?
JEFF: Don't you find it a bit inconvenient at times not using flex track, especially when you need to make changes such as the crossover?
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning all,
Chilly up here this morning.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
***Paul, interesting bit of family history there. It's a good thing your grandfather made it, as the Diner is a better place for having you here.
Heating & air guy should be here today to get started.
Heading back to bed here. Little sleep last night.
Rob
Good morning, brrrrr, into the 30's last night, only 46F right now, but steadily rising under clear Autumn skies. I need to order a set of small drill bits ( #60-72 ) and saw an add in MRR for a company in Florida called MODELEXPO. They had a sale on a set of drill bits in a small wooden case, and free shipping as well as a free Xacto knife lit for any orders over $25, good until November 1st I believe. My question is, have any of you guys & gals (Sue) ever ordered from this company? If so, any comments?
PAUL: That is a very interesting bit of history about your grandfather. When you mentioned that it was a good thing that he was able to make it to shore otherwise you would not be here, it reminded me of what almost happened to my mother and father in 1942. They had gone to Boston and were trying to get into the Coconut Grove. Luckily for them it was full so they went elsewhere. As you may know, there was a terrible fire there that night and many people lost their lives. I guess God has a plan for many of us and that is why we are right where we are supposed to be.
I wonder how many of the Diner patrons have similar experiences they would like to share?
ROB: Any sign of the contractor yet? Did you get any beneficial rain last night?
J.R.: What is the latest on your rebuild issue with your contractor?
Time to get outside, more wood to bring in , every drop of oil saved at $3.96 a gallon is more "potential" $$ for MRR budget, see you guys at lunch,
Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have a cup of coffee and wait for our Birthday Boy (Rob) to cut his cake:
Thanks! And a
H A P P Y B i r t h d a y ,
R o b ! !
Rainy day here in Cape G. today, already had a third of an inch and likely to continue through the day. I think it's sucking rain from way down Jeff's way to drop it up here, but not totally for sure on that. Jeff? You getting this stuff today, too? Ours is tracking from south to north, and sliding gradually eastward, so Garry'll likely have it by afternoon or evening. Maybe it'll mosey on over to Rob's area and fill his rain barrels.
Dick, I was thinking that one nice thing Jeff has, is the roadbed's already there with his track, so he doesn't have to take the time the rest of us do with gluing and pinning down the cork, then fastening the track down, etc. Trade-offs for a lot of things, I guess.
Jeff, you don't mess (sorry, Fergie) around with getting going when you get something in - already testing your new DCC, eh?
Got some decals in for that City Classics West End Market yesterday. They include several major supermarket names from the 50's and on. Trying to figure which one I'll use - anybody familiar with what supermarket lines would be in the Southwest? I may use another and have one of my DPM kits made into a market in a second town later on my layout.
Jerry, sent you a PM. Bet you and Inch are getting some of this rain today, aren'tcha?
I'll settle down in the corner booth for a bit. Hope those whose gardens, lawns or critters need the rain get it (and not those who are fine on their water situation, too).
Blessings and a good cup of coffee to watch the rain with today,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hello everybody........
Dick ... I remember reading about that terrible fire. I'm glad for your parents they went elsewhere for sure. I would never have known about stawberry rhubarb pie! That would be terrible. As for Modelexpo, I tried them once long ago and I don't recall any problems. It's hard to remebr, but I think I got supples or small tools. They sold HO trains then and were an importer of Rivarossi.
Rob ... happy B'day!
Looks like we will get rain. It's about time. The blue grass is brown instead of green.
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Happy Birthday Rob!! Hope you have a great day and get lots of train goodies!!...
Good Morning All....Its cloudy and 63 here posta rain this evening..I'll have biscuits and gravey with coffee please..Thank You...Not much going on here on Pearl street...I am gonna slip over into the back booth and see who comes in..You all have a good one...Jerry
Robby, I was looking at your weathered cars, and would second Rob's comments - excellent job! When can we expect a clinic or an MR article on weathering cars (please, please, please?)?
JimRCGMO wrote:Jeff, you don't mess (sorry, Fergie) around with getting going when you get something in - already testing your new DCC, eh?
Work on the crossover is progressing steadily. I'm not taking any prisoners.
EDIT: 11:05 am
Work presses on!
I guess I will just start with a sweet tea for now.
As far as the weathered cars, each one has its on mind. One car will look real good, to where the next car, well.........I don't know what happens. I try to tell people on here, it takes alot of time. Practice and ALOT of patience. You will have to ask alot of questions to. I ask peolpe all of the time. There are also some good weathering people on here that make my cars look bad.
It even depends on what you are looking to do. A rust bucket to just a simple dusting. It varys so much. I lean more towards the rust buckets. I just like the look of them. It also takes some good powders, and some good brushes. Some people like using airbrushes. Honestly I just use mine for dullcote, and once in awhile a fade job. Everything else is hand done. Rust streaks, graffiti (if you like that), and what ever else is all done by hand.
I think the best thing is to just try it, and ask questions. If people don't wanna ask a question on the website, theres no problem at emailing me if you have a question. If I don't know it, I can ask someone else.
Just remeber......practice and patience!!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
GARRY: I never thought of that angle (SR Pie ), and thanks for the info comeback on ModelExpo, I wasn't sure if any of the Diners had tried them, I think I will post in the general forum, as many of those folks don't come into the Diner, I guess the food is not appetizing enough, or, maybe the group is too rowdy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB !!!!
I hear there are big doings at your house tonight??
CUL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB! I've been so busy today I didn't notice earlier.
Dick said.........
".....as many of those folks don't come into the Diner, I guess the food is not appetizing enough, or, maybe the group is too rowdy."
Perhaps that's it. ....or perhaps all of that snoring from Duke keeps them away.......
Well, I'm at college right now doing nothing. My last class let out early, so I have about 20 minutes to kill. It's raining fairly heavily today, was storming last night. Probably in the 70s or 60s.
Last night I watched part of the game while putting together the ACL and NP flats. They'll be ready to go if I go to the MR club tonight. I also got a box of a dozen freight cars, which I got in a trade for an engine. One of the cars (a P2K Southern 50' automobile boxcar) needs some TLC. I would like to fix it but I don't have the parts sheet for it to order parts for it.
Also, day 33 of waiting on decoders from 4nscale.com.
The Local MR club is gathering equippment to send it to a kid we saw at the Dothan show. He was pushing his grandfather in a wheelchair, asking us question, then repeating them for his granfather. He really moved alot of the club members. I decided to join in and will send him 2 reefers, maybe a Bachmann FT if I can get the light to work and if it works on DC. (B units have different decoders than the As, don't know if they are dual mode)
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.
ROB,
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you.
***Jeffrey, EXCELLENT construction work on your layout. Thanks for sharing the inspiring pics.
With this group, thought a second cake might be in order. Especially since once I have that first piece, I can't stop. Thanks for the birthday wishes. Hopefully, by this time next year I'll be able to celebrate it by running some trains on a real layout.
Saved enough scrap wood from the build to probably build most of my shelf layout, or most of wife's layout table. (probably the wife's will come first)
Go the barn tank clean and am still transfering water to it (via 300' of hose - gravity feed).
Discovered a MASSIVE hornet (or whatever those HUGE black & yellow giant wasp critters are???) inside a shed. Would take a photo, but am leary of getting stung. Will have to wait for a freeze before doing anything with it. Yikes!
Heating and air folks are still at work. They take more extended breaks than any workers I've seen here yet. Doesn't matter to me, as long as they do a good job.
Cederstrand wrote: Heating and air folks are still at work. They take more extended breaks than any workers I've seen here yet. Doesn't matter to me, as long as they do a good job. Rob
You do know they get paid by the hour, right?
Hey guys. I gots bands strung atwixt my braces, so this wuioll stay short.
Happy Birthday Rob. Someone in the engine house wired up a bunch of lokie whistles to an organ and put on a flatcar. I'll wheel it up for tonight.
Why was WPF locked?
-Morgan
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB!
I got the wind knocked out of me at practice today. i was running to block a punt when a guy hit me. I got completely airborne, landed on my back, and hurt that, my front, and got the wind knocked out of me. Took me a min. or two, but I walked it off.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Hey Rob.........
Good evening Diners, and for those for whom this is significant, a solemn celebration of Yom Kippur.
Sue: Good to see you back. Looking forward to some more of those awesome photos in due course.
Rob:
Dick:
ROB: Those are most definitely YELLOW JACKETS. They are nasty critters when disturbed, they sting in swarms. I have been stung by these bees many times over the years, one time when chain sawing in deep brush, I stepped on an underground nest hole and before I knew it I was covered with bees on my heavy wook sweatshirt. I got stung 7 times. Luckily, I am not alergic to bee venum. The all brown bees are wasps, they like to build paper nest high up in the eaves of barns and houses. Yellow jackets typically go into holes in the ground, walls, cracks in siding, etc.
Sawyer:
Took me a min. or two, but I walked it off.
Jeff: I really like the photos of the crossover install (the heavy equipment especially!) Thanks for posting those.
Progress on the container crane has stalled over the last 36 hours, but the control cabin is essentially finished, and I'm looking hard at videos to get the details of how the spreader looks and works. Tomorrow is LHS day, and I need some more Evergreen Scale Models I Beam, the smallest I can find for the cable to the spreader, and the spreader trolley to run on. Once they're built, it's just the trucks and about 15 thousand feet of handrails and stairways. I think I can rig up a jig for making lots of stairs by cutting slots in an aluminium bar, and putting the plastic strips that are the treads in it so the sides can be glued on. For the handrails I figured I'd have a go at doing my own etching. Has anyone tried that before? I know I'd need a fine etchprotect pen. I've done circuit boards before, but there the board protects the other side of the metal. Is there a coating (I'm thinking maybe contact cement) that would be resistant to the etching fluid in order to produce a free-standing thing like a handrail? Maybe I should say goodnight and go and Google a bit.
Goodnight all, and God Bless, Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good Evening Diners!
A large piece of cake and a bevy of his choice to our birthday guy please Chloe. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB!!!
Well I've been very busy the last few days, since Sunday actually, so I haven't been able to get into the diner. Great to be back! Great food and great company! What more could one ask? I haven't been on holiday but at work as my company had its fall dealer market where we have approx. 400 suppliers showing off their wares for next spring. Not really that much work for me being on the credit side of the business, but you have to put on the happy face and talk it up to the dealers. It is tiring as the days are long and you are on your feet most of the time. I did get to talk to the rep from the company that does TruLine trains to see if they are doing another steamer. I think Fergie has ordered the CN Northern they are producing. He told me it should be delivered in January and that the 1000 unit production run is sold out. After much proding he did say that they have a small steamer in the works. Another source I had said it was a CP D10. He said he could tell me but then he would have to kill me. I opted for not knowing.
I did get a wire stripper from my LHS. It is made by General Tools and it was an import---from the U.S. It works just great on those little wires on a N guage decoder. Expensive at $15 but quality tools are always worth it.
We had another scare with Jamie, our Westie. He developed an infection from his tooth extraction a week ago so we had him at the emergency vets on Saturday night. More meds for the little guy. A total now of 5 oral, one injected( insulin) and 3 in his eye.
See you soon,
CN Charlie
Tall glass of cool lemon water, please & thanks.
***Packers, hope your back recovers quickly.
OK, here is a pic I took reaching through a shed window of the nest. The small white nest (far right) is typical of what we see around the farm.Anyway, these hornets/wasps are themselves very large and heavily bodied. I have seen yellow jackets & the darker hornets, both of which we have many on our property. Sometimes a few of these larger critters will repeatedly hit the kitchen window at night, making quite the thudding sound. I'll try to find a dead one and snap a pic of it for IDing.
And I like bees as well, as long as they are not stinging me. Hole different temperment/response from most bees, when compared to nasty little yellow jackets & hornets. Speaking of insects, I have seen an excess of velvet ants this year, which ofcourse are not ants at all. Kinda miss seeing allthose tarantula hawks back in AZ. Now those things are cool!
Evening Gang:
Happy Birthday Rob. Did you get any rain?
It's been cooler here today. We haven't gotten any more rain. I came home about 3pm and got some work done on the 1.5 in scale cars. I lightly sand blasted a flat and one of the 50ft gons. After I did that I shot a light coat of red primer. I still have to flip them over and spray the bottoms and give the whole car a second coat. I think that I'll go with the red primer as the finish coat. I still have 6 more cars to do so I'll be at it for a while. I have to do the painting outside so the weather has to be right.
Well time for bed.
Good Night All
***Paul, it's a good thing you're not sandblasting N scale cars. No rain yet, but it looks like there is some entering our state from Alabama. We hope it will be raining by morning.