Rob, what's a Zebu?
Good evening, All. A coffee sounds great.
Not much going on here. One more work day and I will get back to my coaling tower.
Philip, I thought that you had a 69 camero. The 914 is way different than that.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Evening all--
Had a pretty full day today. Had to pick Lowell up at the vets, then a good friend of mine who works part time at a large funeral parlor here in town--they also have a pet cemetery--phoned and told me to bring Lowell down there, they'd cremate him and put him in a little oak box and I could have the ashes to do with what I want, all Gratis. Seems that little furry buddy of mine made everyone that met him fall in love with him.
Okay, people are just darned NICE!!
Found the Silver Streak caboose, it's going to need a little re-furbushing (I've had it since the sixties, remember, LOL!) and new trucks and wheels, plus a few wire details (stack supports, brake system) and a repainting (haven't decided on which color, but I'm going towards standard Rio Grande steam-era oxide-reddish brown) and some decals or dry-transfers that don't look like the usual Railroad Roman for his name. I have a kinda/sorta idea, but I want to let it jell for a while.
Jim: That portrait turned out just BEAUTIFUL! Thanks so much. I've never tried making my own decals, but I think I'll give it a whirl just because of the way you cropped it.
The rest of you--I can't thank you enough for your good thoughts--that's why I keep hanging around this forum--you people are so darned THOUGHTFUL!
And of course, I learn a lot about the hobby, too, LOL!
Well, back to the kitchen table--I have a nice little Key Rio Grande Northern that has decided to suddenly get a hitch in its 'git-along'. Ah, brass! Brings out the Tinkerer in ALL of us.
Best to all and God Bless
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!
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
JimRCGMONever hurts to have a housecat or two, either. You don't want THIS cat!
Never hurts to have a housecat or two, either.
You don't want THIS cat!
The forum software is still acting a bit weird. I clicked on the little blue arrow that should have taken me to the end of the 'Trackside Photos From the Forum' thread and instead I find myself at the end of another thread looking at a photo of a horse with it's head stuck in a tree. That took me totally by surprise.
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And it's a very chilly one too! Very chilly indeed! 29 whole degrees! Where did fall go?
gear-jammerPhilip, I thought that you had a 69 camero. The 914 is way different than that.
You mean this beast? http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/C3.jpg I got rid of it a while back. Couldn't afford to feed the beast! When I was younger I had a few smaller cars (a Fiat 850 Sport Spyder among others) that were a lot of fun. Those were mixed in with a healthy dose of muscle cars mind you (Trans Ams, Cudas, Demons, Mustangs, Challengers, Cougars, etc.). These days my 70 Chevelle SS 396 is gone, as is the 68 Camero SS, and my ground stomping Mopar days are behind me as well. I considered going with a more modern car, like a newer mustang or the camero / firebird twins, but to me they just don't have the soul of those older cars. I figured I'd give those old sports cars another whirl!
Good Morning All,
A bit warmer this morning at 43F but windy so no gain. I'll have a regular and a donut please Zoe. Not much accomplished last evening though I started on a mould for an O gage portal to use at the museum. I ordered a kit from Micro-Mark with all the release agent and silicone mix so we'll see how it goes. We plan a round house for the museum exhibit and will build it into a hillside to save space so we'll need nearly a dozen portals in all. Should be a fun project.
With progress on the house we're spending more time watching the DIY channel for ideas on what to do with the heating and insulation systems. We'll end up with all the walls stripped to the studs so we have a lot of latitude on what to use. Right now we're leaning towards cellulose for the walls and attic. We have a cemented stone foundation so most likely we'll end up insulating the inside walls though I'd like to find a way to retrofit extruded styrofoam to the outside walls and then cover that. More research. Here's where some of our tax dollars have been helpful as the Govt has web sites with lots of useful information to wade through, Just google the subject and Bobs' your uncle (or in this case Sam)
Gotta go - lots to do in the shop today. CUL, J.R.
Good morning.It's 57 and clear. The high should be around 80 and it will be partly cloudy with a good chance of rain tonight.Cut the grass yesterday then fixed the outside doorknob on the trailer next door. It just needed a simple lube job. The inner workings were so dry it was all stuck together. I then came home and worked on getting lights into a few more structures. No further progress to report on the coaling station. I still have to cut up the roofing metal. I'm expecting a cable technician to show up today to find out what's up with the wild upload speeds out here. Yesterday my upload speed was 2. It should be over 500. I double checked it on my mother's computer (almost a 1/4 mile from here) and it's doing the same thing. My neighbor was also complaining about slow speeds. That tells me it's not my system doing it but rather some of SuddenLink's equipment. Maybe one of these days they'll find the problem. This has been an issue for about a year now. Things slow down, a tech comes out and works on some of the booster boxes and fixes the problem and everything runs fine for two or three weeks then it starts all over again.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 10/22/2008Wind Chill: 55°FHumidity: 92%Dew Point: 53°FSo Far TodayHigh: 57°FLow: 55°FRain: 0.01"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph NNEToday High: 80 Partly cloudy. Highs around 80. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.Tonight Low: 55 A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening... Then showers and thunderstorms likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Good morning
C'mon guys....page 2?
I thought we weren't going to let that happen any more?
Man, we get a new forum, and you all just treat it like it's nothing!
Things are moving slow today.
Good Morning All....Its sunny and a cool 47 here this morning...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please..Thank You...Still havn't got IC caboose decaled...I found out about a IN Nscale Modeling group this morning....You all have a good one...Jerry
I'm still waiting on the [pick your expletive] cable tech to show up. I have two switchers (Athearn SW1000, P2K SW1200) that I want to convert to DCC today but I don't want to start something only to have it interrupted. Hopefully they'll get this danged cable problem sorted out soon.
B.....U....m.....P...........Jerry
Bump! Pg2 again - must be a slow day. At least they gave you a range of times Jeff. My oldest son just moved into his first house and while the electric company shut the electricity off the day before they were due to (necessitating a stay last night with friends), they were only able to give a vague "sometime today" schedule to reconnect. Back to my paperwork. J.R.
in a SOUTHERN mug, & a plate full of Tacos with mild sauce, please & thank you.
***Paul, here is a link to our mini zebu pages. (couldn't post any pics here for some reason?) I really need to update these pages, as that is our old (long deseased) bull and those calves are full grown now:
http://cederstrandpettingzoo.homestead.com/pettingzoogoats.html
http://cederstrandpettingzoo.homestead.com/Legs.html
***JR, continued good wishes on your' build. We're starting to discuss "colors" here.
***Jeffrey, hope your internet is back up to speed soon.
The "foamers" didn't come today. Was told "both crews" will be here tomorrow morning and will have the place finished same day. We shall see.
Rob
I've got my two switchers converted to DCC, no easy task considering they were straight DC before. The two will be lashed up together with the headlight of the lead unit on full time in forward and flashing in reverse. The cablight on the trailing unit will on steady in reverse and flashing in forward. You gotta think about that for a second to get it straight. They're both hardwired with DZ125's so there were no space issues. It was a bit of speed matching an Athearn and a Proto 2000. The Athearn was way faster. I've got them pretty close now though. The Athearn is set on the switcher speed table and the Proto is flat out on the main line speed table. And that's with the decoder wired straight to the motor, no resistors anywhere.
Hey All!!
How have you all been? I'm just chillin' back watchin' the World Series, I had a long day at work, my wife woke up this morning at 1:30am for no reason, and we both could not go back to sleep, so imagine being up since 1:30, having to be at work at 5:00am and working until 3:00pm!!! I'm wiped!!! so after I leave the diner I'm goin' to BED!!!! How have things been here, I wilzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ohhh I'm sorry I fell asleep, Take care all,
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Evening Gang: I bought the page yesterday and didn't even know it. No wonder that Vinnie was giving me the look when I walked in.
Rob thanks for the look at the Zebu's. I guess they are minature bramas.
I got some paint on the two gons today. The toughest part was getting the floor in the second one so I could drill the mounting holes. I had to use the grinder to shave down the width so it woild fit. Let me tell you that car is heave with the floor in it. I put a coat of the red primer on the two floors tops and got some on the gons bottoms. Tomorrow if the weather will warm up a bit I'll shoot the bottoms of the floors and finnish the bottoms of the gons.
Well the diner was on Page two when I came in. I'll check out and settle up with Vinnie and hit the sack.
Good Night All
Good evening guys. Just FYI, I'l be out for a while. A goodly while. I'm on a laptop now, on account of my home computer getting hit up by Trojans. (real nasty computer viruses for those with more of a life than I) And yes, there is a greek mythology joke in there somewhere. We're in the process of salvaging docs. and pictures now, then bombing the whole thing. Fortunately, it didn;t spread before I unplugeed it phyiscally from the network. Near as I can tell, it came from Youtube. But I don't know. So between self imposede exile, the fact that I hate typing lots of emails on laptops, and that I hate ATT's email interface, I'll be gone.
Mom and I are going to White Water Valley for the Fall colors train this Friday, I hope it no rain.
G'night.
-Morgan
Good morning.It's 53 and very cloudy here. The high today will be around the mid 60's and there's a chance of rain.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 10/23/2008 Wind Chill: 50°FHumidity: 84%Dew Point: 48°FSo Far TodayHigh: 61°FLow: 53°FRain: 0.07"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 25mph NNE Through 6 AM...light showers will be isolated across southeast Texas and southwestern Louisiana as well as the adjacent coastal waters. Additional rainfall amounts will be just a few hundredths of an inch. Brisk northerly winds and dropping temperatures can also be expected across these areas as a cold front continues to move east across the region.Today High: 65 Mostly cloudy until late afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers in the morning. Cooler. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.Tonight Low: 45 Partly cloudy. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Good morning all
Today: Sunny, with a high near 59. East wind around 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Southeast wind around 11 mph.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning. I will have a black coffee and slide into this back booth. I will sit a while to see who stops by.
I plan on working on my coaling tower this morning. If I get my stairways assembled, I can do the painting stage next. Larry and I do that project together. His prior modeling days make more proficient at painting.
Philip, Yes, that is the beast. It is about a year since we sold the '41 Plymouth. I miss it, but there was too much maintenance, and we just don't have the time. Larry is home even less than when he was driving our truck. My brother still has his '69 Chevelle SS 396.
Later, Sue
Good Morning all...Its sunny and 46 here this morning Posta start raining tonite..I'll have biscuits and Gravey and just sit the coffee pot down,,please...Thank You...I started my first Laser cut kit yesterday its just a small shanty planning to use it for a yard office...I got it painted and the first window together..Its pretty small but is going together OK....
We turned the furnace on for the first time last nite..I hate to see heating season with gas prices...You all have a good one...Jerry
I knew if I sat in this back booth long enough, someone would drop by.
Cox 47 ..I started my first Laser cut kit yesterday its just a small shanty planning to use it for a yard office...I got it painted and the first window together..Its pretty small but is going together OK....
..I started my first Laser cut kit yesterday its just a small shanty planning to use it for a yard office...I got it painted and the first window together..Its pretty small but is going together OK....
Jerry, Hope that you are having fun with that kit. The laser cut wood seems to go faster than plastic for me. I have a fire going again today. It might make 60 today, but it is windy and damp this morning, and the wood fire takes the chill off nicely.
I will head back to my coaling tower when it gets a little lighter.
gear-jammer Jerry, Hope that you are having fun with that kit. The laser cut wood seems to go faster than plastic for me. I have a fire going again today. It might make 60 today, but it is windy and damp this morning, and the wood fire takes the chill off nicely.
I don't think you're supposed to use those laser kits for firewood!
(I don't think you're supposed to use those laser kits for firewood! )
*** I thought the same thing, but you beat me to it.
While I'm here, a largein a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.
Caught a really cool O gauge show on a couple different layouts on RFDTV yesterday. Forgot whose layouts they were of, but very impressive. One would about have to win a lottery to build some of those giant layouts full of brass locos. Neat stuff!
The foamers arrived here at 7:30am. Too bad the one trucks generator wouldn't run. So hours pass, they get it running, only to find they need a 3" section of hose they didn't have. It's now noon and they should be starting shortly. Said they will still be done today. We shall see.
Sheetroack is coming Monday. I need to remind the contractor of two things that need to be dealt with prior to actual sheetrock going up. One is a concrete patch where there is a hole from hooking up a shower. The other is foam support for the upstairs shower. (I could just do those things myself, but I shouldn't have to)
All for now. Have a great day all. Rob
Morning Gang: Just a quick one while Mary Ann gets ready to go to her doctors appointment. It's a check up so nothing to worry about.
The post box is still with a right margin. Has anyone else experianced this? What happens is the line just keeps on going off into space and if I back space it goes back to the proper place and the line comes back when I start typing again. Really strange. I wish I knew for sure that it was the forum and not my puter.
Well I'd better get going. See you later.
pcarrell gear-jammer Jerry, Hope that you are having fun with that kit. The laser cut wood seems to go faster than plastic for me. I have a fire going again today. It might make 60 today, but it is windy and damp this morning, and the wood fire takes the chill off nicely. I don't think you're supposed to use those laser kits for firewood!
Yeah, It might flare up with the clear sealer, huh?