Robby P;Voles---they do make pretty big holes---it looks like. Lots of work trying to keep them down
I'll have a buffalo burger with a fried mushroom gravy on the top with fries on the side and a coffee please
ewl01; don't tell me your little one's are now picking up the train moving habit as well----besides Tom's 'REMI' moving cabeese around and 'Spring' here popping my old GP40 every so often----everyone must be on the same page---kind of--
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in a Soggy Southern mug, please & thanks.
Below is the latest addition to the wife's circus train. I was thinking it could be parked (as the Museum Car it is) next to the Life Like car I plan on converting into a Diner. The wee little folk can stop and eat in the LL Diner car, then go visit the Circus Museum hooked up to it. Just an idea.
Made a run to buy square hay bales to make it easier over the next few days. Can run a few bales out to each pasture in the 6x6 Polaris and not have to worry about getting the tractor bogged down in all that mud. It's a muddy mess out there.
Rob
Cederstand - Sounds like a lot of water and mud, here we just hope it runs to the ocean quicker than it falls. Course when the tide comes in the inlet backs up the storm drains SO...... I take it you have livestock of some sort.
Circus trains ehh?
Eric
So busy listening I forgot to order my chicken parm w/ green beans. Wednesday, big night out!
Evening everyone
I think I'll have the dinner special and a cup of tea please Zoe. Just a little tired today from cleaning up what mother nature left us in southern new england. Snow and sleet wasn't bad, but the ice was wicked.
Whats that Zoe, the special is ready. Ok, I'll take it at the end of the dinr away from the door.
John
Lee S: I hope I "got" the whole joke in what you wrote...I did pick up on the very funny "hat" part, but stared at the original name of the town you wanted to use, hoping it would gel in my mind as being funny, too. (I hate it when things sail over my head.)
Jeff W: I really like how you depicted all the runoff oil and crap on your Shell model's driveway area...reminding me of how often I've tracked such stuff home on my shoes, to the white carpeting, every time I have to get the car serviced.
But I'd like to have at the entire building, using my WATERCOLOUR PUCKS! I built a kit (HELJAN?) in Canada, finished but not as yet weathered...it is of a Shell Oil "depot" or something, and came with bright plastic walls, and tons of little unimaginably gaudy-coloured oil barrels and other accessories. Even "the attack of the Pucks" may not help in that case...I'm thinking I'll toss the whole shootin' match into one of those vegetable bags (with the little holes) and suspend it in the back toilet tank for a few years, in hopes of that toning down the awful colours.
I found a pix of someone else's attempt at doing the large tanks part of that kit:
My "caption" to this photo, is that the little guy you see in the shot, is holding his nose, in an attempt to keep some of the BLEACH that must have been sprayed by a cropdusting airplane, over the area, moments earlier.
I stopped the car to look at such a site, once, and NOTHING looked "white" within several blocks of it.
{Our "rust: what's not to love?" pal in here, would no doubt LOVE to have at this piece!}
I'd love to go after that with an alcohol/black acrylic paint spray wash.
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Jeff and Unca; The spray wash JUST may do it----I hope ---otherwise a few washes---like 6 might tone it down by 3 notches----those kits can be quite garish---I have something like that stuffed away someplace----that'll be another weathering experiment-----
Evening, Chloe - I peeked in the window this afternoon and got a look at those chowhounds packing it away ! I would've had to sit a coupla tables away from them to keep the splatter from reaching me... I'll try some of that Buffalo Meat Loaf, and a RBF, please 'n' thanks.
Gee, I don't know what the appeal of winter camping is, the way everyone's carrying on about it. Me, I'd rather either be inside staying warm, or else out making a snowman or a snow fort and plenty of 'ammunition'. Personally, I like my camping in warmer weather, with a decent (warm) breeze to blow the skeeters and gnats away.
Unca Rog, I like your depot - is that a former Suydam/California Models one? And I like your choice of motive power on that upper level there, too, as well at the history on the F&A (that name even sounds kind 'saucy'...) I'd kinda agree with the others - those tanks look way too clean to me!
Robby, I like your videos just fine - looks like the flash flood that Rob had down his way didn't get close enough to your river, or it'd be about up in the grassy areas, nice and muddy. Like your conifers there along the mainline. Good luck on your picking the remaining 21 games. Those holes wouldn't be from a snake, would they? Looks pretty small for a mole, but I'm no biologist (nor do I play one on TV...). Hard to tell how big the holes are in the photos.
Ah, Inch - I'll go with your suggestion, since I've never seen voles. I do have a mole in our front yard at the apartment building though. When it was warmer a few weeks back, the runs were getting pushed up in the yard. Any new word on how Jerry's doing?
Ryan, thanks for that fine menu! Got me hungry earlier just looking over one of the Diner's shoulder when I peeked in.
Eric, looks like the furry critters have an all-too-excellent communications system when a new cat gets mentioned in the Diner. Sorry 'bout that - you may have to lock up the laptop when you're gone (unless they're texting each other...)
Jeff, that may be HO scale, but that sure looks bigger - maybe you can justify putting a siding with a tanker unloading platform next to/behind that station! What's the building behind the Shell station?
I'll settle down with my dinner for a bit. Was a slow day at w**k today - not that I'm complaining too loudly...
Blessings,
To all who wish please hold off on any donations of HO as of yet as 1st not sure were going to get it as 2 problems one the size and 2 we need to find somewhere at the VA to store it. I volunteered my place but they said it would have to be at the VA and I also volunteered to go get it but again it would have to be either shipped by Va or gone after in Va vehicle and personnel. man I have a room it would just fit in lol and I could have a HO layout for a while Guess I would have to get some On30 to run on the top figure 8 part got to have my O scale lol. I told them looking at the pics ( sorry guys don't cry to hard) that it looks like I could make the tunnel openings a little bigger and we could replace some of the HO track on bottom with O gauge and just do away with the HO track. Keep the top for HO thou or On30.
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JimRCGMOJeff, that may be HO scale, but that sure looks bigger - maybe you can justify putting a siding with a tanker unloading platform next to/behind that station! What's the building behind the Shell station?
If you look at it from this perspective it doesn't look so big.
Hello everybody ....
I was sort of kidding you diners about my Christmas present, but it was too much to post while traveling. They took me too "EnterTrainment Junction" near Cincinnati. It's amazing. Just amazing. I liked the 1950's big city with trolley cars and a union station in particular. I liked it because that is what I plan to be building on my layout this year. (a big city with trolleys and a union station).
You can see my thread about the Amazing G scale layout.
Here's a phto to wet your appetite.........
Meanwhile, I'm nt caught up on all of your posts yet. I did note the picture of the Shell Service station, Jeff. It looks like many such Shell stations around the good old USA.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Well, one more coffee Chloe then time to go. If a cat could have a guilty look.. Have to check the desktop...Ceasar spends a lot of time 'sleeping' by that computer. It does have a mouse after all..........
Later, Eric
Good Evening All,
Welcome to all the newcomers, the diner is a real good place to hang out away from the sometimes too serious main rooms here. Sometimes we even discuss model railroading
Just a slice of blueberry pie and a decaf for me please. Long day today, but we're making progress on several fronts including the house. At the shop I'm back working on the 59 Cooper Monaco we stopped working on this summer, with luck by winters end it'll be ready to hit the track again. The new shop still hasn't got a C.O. but the contractor is close to gettingthat squared away. The house has electrics roughed in the siding on and the doors and windows in. We have insulation contractors doing bids, and the plumbing ready to start. Once the plumbing is in we'll have the inspector back out before we insulate or start with the sheet rock.
Broke down and ordered a pair of steamers from Broadway Limiteds close out sale - Sante Fe 4-8-4 that I'll put in passenger service on the museum excursion line. At half price it was hard to resist. I may need to winnow down the locomotive roster at some point, but for now why not? I've been impressed by all the BLI and Blueline power so far and the sounds are great as well. Decoder installation is not hard, but the programming on the last one was a real fight. I'll probably set up a temp test straight so I can program on the main which seems to be the best solution for changing over both the sound and control decoder addresses at once so they work in harmony.
Good to see the rest of you progressing with your layouts. Jeff I agree that the Shell station doors and overall size look big, but I also think it's your railroad (and gas station) and the design is classic.
Robby - I doubt you have Voles. You're nowhere near Tennessee . At least if you decide to have a garden railroad you have a good start on the tunnels. Perhaps one of the other diners will kindly loan you a cat (also good for rearranging rolling stock and forests).
That was good pie, and tomorrow is another long one. Catch y'all tomorrow. J.R.
Hi.....me again, reluctant to mention how I was able to lay at the pool sunbathing, as my lunchbreak today, given the horror stories of weather conditions described in here from the others.
After I posted the picture of the TOO CLEAN Shell storage tanks, which comes from a catalog, and having said it needs weathering, it dawned on me that someone, somewhere, who put that model together and posed it for Heljan, may take offense. I know that for catalog photos, you should go LITE on any weathering, and let the modeller imagine it dirty.....so I wasn't really hassling anyone else about their sense of realism. The current state of the version of that same model that I assembled, is even WORSE, as mentioned.
I forgot to make note of who it WAS that posted a photo above, of a passenger train in near darkness, but it is a VERY cool pix! Has a real EERIE glow to it.
Hey, maybe THAT's the trick: you photograph your unweathered models at NIGHT!
Well we have the cats (3 of them), they are inside cats thou. Our 2 dogs (boxer, and a cocker), only smell the holes. What I need are a few M-80s
"Rust, whats not to love?"
I can't keep up with y'all... 4 5 pages in a day? Really churnin' it out...
Helped my dad get a new TV home and hooked up the other day... It's a big 50" samsung plasma... Pretty sweet deal, it was only $930 after tax, which is actually a great price for it...
Learning more about the Civil War in school, it's pretty fun to actually learn about our country's history and not ancient history.
I had a fun time at jazz band today. My teacher got his cast off so he could play his guitar again, (It's an old '60s one with the lipstick pickup, can't remember the name, but I know Jimmy Page used one for Stairway to Heaven.) and so he decided to play some stuff. I then asked him (He's a big zep fan) if he could play some Led Zeppelin. He goes into the opening of Rock and Roll, which I proceeded to jam to on the kit... He then went into the break with me, and then I brought back in, and then he said to shut up... Then I asked him if he could play a bunch of other zep songs, and he did... It was pretty awesome, lol.
Roggie: I liked your picture of the depot a couple pages back. It was a pretty good picture.
Time for a funny pic... Lets see...
TOTP is on me, go lightly on me! I need a new pair of shoes that fit me... I'm sure 15's are hard to find and to pay for...
I just spent a very productive couple of hours doing some weathering---I think I may be getting someplace---where remains to be seen---
We just got a snowsquall warning in effect for tonight and tomorrow---oh joy--
And the 'Spring' is giving with the headbutts again----anyhooooo we's going to
Good evening to all, more progress on the train room today, inbetween trying to push 3" of heavy wet snow/sleet/freezing rain slush off the sidewalk and driveway. I finally gave up, far too heavy to even push.
I see from the weather satellite that there is one huge cold air mass in Alaska aboout to plunge southward. This one means business. It will bring frost warning to Florida and Gulf coast states for mid to late next week.
Off to bed, I may have to get more plywood at HD tomorrow, I have one island that measures 36" X 38" that still needs to be covered with 5/8" plywood. I may have several smaller pieces that I can use, but I need to see what is in the scrap pile.
Bon Soir,
***JR, and I thought our house progress had been slow! At least your own continues to come along, so that is good. And very nice addition to your RR. Wish N scale could sound like those.
***Eric, yup, we have Paint horses, mini horses, mini donkeys, mini Zebu cows, pygmy goats, a PBP, and numberous birds, dogs and cats. It is my wife who is into circus/carnival/zoo type stuff in HO scale. Her concept is to combin that with a generic 40's town (give or take a decade), along with an ICE train (which makes no sense at all). Me, I'm all N scale and 95% of that is steam era.
***Hoople, your jazz instructor sounds like a lot of fun. Hey, ever been to a Civil War reenactment complete with rows of canon?
Good night all. Rob
Thanks to those who mentioned about my little F&A passenger depot photo...that indeed WAS an old Suydam kit that when purchased, (had to wrestle it out of the hands of a TRICERATOPS, to give you an idea of how far back it was) cost something like $3.50.....which was actually pretty rich for me, and the box includes nothing much more than some heavy cardboard pieces you must find a way to smash together and have them STAY that way, somehow.
I had no business including it on the items I plunked onto the diorama I did last summer (featured in the thread in here called Unca Roggie Snorts Hydrocal)--as I had done nothing in the way of weathering to it, nor even scraped off the burrs on the edges.
Or maybe I just never noticed them before now, when I see the thing blown up so big.
Speaking of which: sorry that I hit "10 pt" for the font size when I do a posting...to read the stuff in the default print, I have to smoosh my nose onto my monitor screen. I suppose it makes it "sound" like I'm yelling....again, sorry (and I guess I'm also the culprit for causing a day's worth of postings on this thread to stretch out to 4 and 5 pages.)
My bad.
G'nite to y'all.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning. It's 50 and partly cloudy. High today will be in the low 70's and it will be partly cloudy. Just started work yesterday on a new scene with a Shell Auto Center from Model Power. I'm setting the building and details out in different patterns to see which one I really like the best but I have a very limited amount of space to work with. I'll hit on something sooner or later. There's nothing much on the schedule today. I'll probably go and clean out my mother's car sometime today but that remains to be seen. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/8/2009 Wind Chill: 48°F Humidity: 68% Dew Point: 40°F So Far Today High: 50°F Low: 49°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 6mph WSW Today High: 72 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight Low: 50 Mostly clear until late night then becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Good morning from Naval Base Kitsap Bangor. I'll have a black coffee, and some creamed chipped beef on texas toast. It's been a nice boring night here at work. 3 1/2 hours to go until my crew is releaved. We've played I don't know how many games of spades. We've had 25 knot winds tonight, the highest gust I saw was 45. I haven't gotten up to go look at the doppler, seeing as how it's winter in Western Washington it's a good bet there's gonna be more rain. It's been pouring pretty good the last two days.
I should be working on my college work, but it's kind of hard to get motivated at 0300. I think I'll Google Southern Pacific, and see what I can find. Have a good'un.
Jason
Modeling the Fort Worth & Denver of the early 1970's in N scale
Good morning!
Coffee and a Cinnamon Swirl Roll please Chloe! Oh, and some of Ed's OJ too!
If Tuesday Weld married Hal March III, she’d be Tuesday March 3.
Now today's lunch specials.....
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
I want the catfish platter.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning!!! Right now we are sitting at -6C -- Snowsquall warning in effect--could receive up to 6" of the stuff by this evening when it should end. High today will be -5C and low tonight will be -11.
Roggie; I have a couple of kits in plastic bags that I picked up at a yard sale that were the same--cardboard bits and stuff. Yours has a very "Space-age" flavour to it, that's for sure----mine's are more box buildings----
Jeff---You got this catfish platter for breakfast?---talk about chowhound----
Oh well--I'll have a western omelette with a coffee please----
blownout cylinderJeff---You got this catfish platter for breakfast?---talk about chowhound----
AAAHH---So that is the reason----eh?---Well it sure looks good!!
Another cold day, and snowy. So I will take a hot cocoa for now. Gotta warm up.
They are calling for snow showers all day, just a coating maybe. The news people did say something is coming later Fri- Sat. Right now they are saying 3-6 inchs, but you know that will change.
As far as the holes in the flower bed. I will try some moth balls, and just shove them down the holes. I will see what that does.
I think my engine, hopper, and roadbed might come today. I will get a shot of it, if they come. It says the package left Pittsburghs post office. So I am sure I will get it today.
Heres a old shot I found. I thought I would post it again. Just think of the paper work!!!