Elliot's Trackside Diner IX

[NS Luc]

 Hi there!

 

A stranger from the past..........

 

Update.......

 

My puter crashed a while ago and replacement has not made it to the priority list.  I can use one at work from time to time.

 

I'm still working and playing nurse to Gloria. 

I'm now on insulin (50 units a day).  I tire very easy but life goes on.

 

Hope everyone is well.

 

Luc

[ewl01]

Chloe, I'll a piece o chocolate pie and a decaf please.

Jeff, Okay, I'll accept that reason!

Found a couple Plasticville pieces before, a gas station and I think a machine shop.  I' have to dig it out of the box, may need roofs.  I'll put up pics tomorrow, they're free for the asking.

Eric

[GMTRacing]

Good Evening All,

    Another long day at the new shop setting up the front of the shop where reception will be and the area where the lunch table will be. For the record, though we may bear some resemblence to  each other however remote, Ray is the new grandfather not I. I'm really much, much too young to be a grandfather. For heavens sake folks lets not rush this stuff.

Rob - if the one trestle is too wide for N is it wide enough to double track in N? Could you narrow the top to suit? can you put the other "proper" N trestle far enough back to make it look like forced perspective?

Please keep those heavy crates well away from that poor clumsy employee. Safety regs require two employees on heavy shipments. Doesn't WS or someone else make temp workers?

Jeff - how about RD30m an SD specially modified for branchline duty by the front office which was unable to find the money to sufficiently strenghten the line in question. That'd look good too patched out for service.

Welcome back Luc - sorry to hear about the puter, but I'm glad it's not something else. Any chance you've progressed on Glotown ?

I'll just lurk for a while until the sandman swipes my sight again.  J.R.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

ewl01

Found a couple Plasticville pieces before, a gas station and I think a machine shop.  I' have to dig it out of the box, may need roofs.  I'll put up pics tomorrow, they're free for the asking.

A machine shop? If it;s HO that's something I could probably make use of.

[ewl01]

[ns3010]

Well, I've had just about zero time lately, but I got some stuff done. I got more sidewalks done, almost finished up the track plan, and I did a little on my F40 project. The rear platform on the model was squared off, and the pilot was close to the end of the platform. While I was cutting off the rear a few weeks ago, the platform fell off (cut too much). But it worked out. I chopped the pilot off the platform. I sanded the corners of the platform off, so that they would be angled. I glued the pilot back on, closer to the front of where the platform was. I need styrene, paint, decals, LEDs, and couplers for the rest of the project, but that won't be for a while. I might work on it in the summer (I'll be down the shore, which means NO LAYOUT!!! :( so it will give me something to do). Pics for everything will come eventually (hopefully tomorrow!).

I don't know how much I'll be around till Memorial Day. Lacrosse started yesterday, and it's six days a week (we can't have practice on Sundays). School ends at 2:34, practice goes 2:45-5, takes 1/2 hour to get home, eat, do homework, sleep. Not much time, so don't expect to see too much of me around here.

We have the hockey banquet tomorrow morning. The team is going to Mass at 10:45, followed by brunch at noon.

[Cox 47]

Luc good to hear from you!! Been worried about you...Missed your Emails they keep me laughing!!...Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Good to hear from you Luc. Don't be a stranger.

[blownout cylinder]

Luc--like to hear from you more-----

rain rain rain and more rain---oh yes and T'storms on top of things---we supposedly got 2.5 inches of the stuff with another inch or so---and we're only at 1C now---yeeesh----yesterday 18C today only got to 3C.Much HMMMNNNing---

[MadSinger]

Looks like you're getting the rain we had here earlier.  It looks like it will be raining for a while there/here.

Just set my clocks now.

MadSinger

[blownout cylinder]

Bump--No one around?

[GMTRacing]

No,

 Not too much going on at all. I've been next door working on the 3rd planit tutorial Ryan wrote and trying to educate myself enough to make it all work. Time to turn in for me though - tomorrows another day. J.R.

[Cederstrand]

Tall glass of cool lemon water, please. 

***J.R., have been contemplating your suggestion and the one sticky point I see is the spacing of the timbers. I set it beside the wife's HO trestles and the spacing is almost identical, so it has got to be HO. If I did modify it, wouldn't the spacing still look funny and large for an n scale train? I'll try to take pics of it tomorrow, next to the little N(?) trestle. That N trestle looks almost more like Z scale to me. Will post pics and ask for identification. Sheesh, sure hope I don't have to give up even more Real Estate so the wife can make use of the (now 3rd) HO trestle. (I think it could work on her layout, once I get some 15" radius track for the lumber mill area...shhhh!)

Only thing I had time for in the train room was to glue down the last base section(s) of foam. Now I'll need to get that extra track we'll need for our respective layouts.

Have a good night all. Rob

[Trainman Sam]

Well hello again all!

 Fiancee and I made it to a train show today... I picked up two yard switchers, and a couple tank cars.  All four have horn hook couplers... I am trying to get one of the now four road switchers I have converted to DCC so that I can have the cars currently on the roster in use until I can convert or purchase cars with kadee couplers...

The two yard switchers that I got are in fair condition.  One is an AHM Conrail No. 79 unit, the motor is loose on it's mount, but a ziptie would fix that issue.  The other one has an interesting chassis that the motor is built into...  I can't tell who makes it but the engine is painted for ATSF No. 241

Jeff: I enjoyed the SD-30JK!!!  I too was convinced that I was looking at something I was not!  Great job!

Well, good night my friends!

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

Sam, ATSF No. 241 is a Tyco Plymouth switcher.   The prototype Plymouth switchers were built in Plymouth, OH a small town just south of Ashtabula, OH.

Lee

[wetidlerjr]

 Good Morning from Tipton IN !

[LSWrr]

Luc,  Good to see you back in the diner!

Jim, It looks like a busy day at the freight house, darn kids don’t know what it is to work for an honest days pay, always laying down on the job.

Lee

[blownout cylinder]

Good Foggy Morning from Cantseeadangthingville---Very thick fog this morning with our high going to 5C and lots more rain---I'm preparing a pontoon boat to get around in--

Chloe--I'll have a bucket of raw caffeine and a muffin please---I'll sit in the back and watch Sunday wake up----

[inch53]

 

Mornin, an irish coffee n a couple doughnuts Janie.

Slept in till 5 today which is late for me, then realized Mother had moved the alarm clock up already. Oh well, with another warm day in store for here, with some off n on rain.

It's feelin like spring round here, we haven't had to run any heat the couple day. The robins are back, the toads and frogs are hollering and Mac found a turtle crossing the road. To bad it's suppose to get back down to freezing next week.

We've gotta house full of kids again this weekend, but next weekends mine n Mothers. We've got an over-nighter by St Louis [Edwardsville], just to get away n enjoy ourselves. Mother wants to hit the gambling boat an we're going by the swap meet in St Lou maybe

JIM,,,, is you folks going up to the Boeing Employees meet????

RAY,,,,, congrats on Emily's arrival. She be fine looking girl, yes sir mighty fine.

PAUL,,,, Congrats on your grand daughter's drill teem getting first place.

LUC,,, good to hear from you an Gloria again. 

Not much MRRing for me the last few days, been working outside getting started on some spring cleanup [which there's a lot of]. It's a thunderin out now, so I figure to get some play time in today.

Best get movin, thoughts for those in need n hope ya'll has a gooden

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Good morning.

It's 67 and cloudy. The high should be around 80 and it will be partly cloudy.

Spent about an hour yesterday working on what on some other forums is universally being called the GD30J. This was mostly to get the GP30 body seated firmly on it's new 6 axle frame. Being I'm not sure if the frame is from Kato or Atlas I would say this is now an Athelas GD30J or a Kathearn GD30J or just some kind of kit bashed conglameration that up to now had been residing somewhere in the dark recesses  of the back of my mind. I wouldn't mind having better side frames for it but as somebody once said you're stuck with what you've got. Much of the middle of the day was spent mowing my parents yard. My father got a new battery for the old tractor since I prefer using it over the new one. It's a simple question of math. A machine with a 60" cut gets the job done faster than one with a 46" cut, even if the smaller one can get into a few more places. Maybe soon I'll have time to work on some other projects.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      3/8/2009

Wind Chill:  66°F
Humidity:  89%
Dew Point:  63°F

So Far Today
High:  68°F
Low:  66°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  23mph NNE

Today  High: 82    Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight  Low: 65    Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

[TMarsh]

Mornin' Think I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please and thank you. We dodged the storms and guessed at amount of rain last night. Our turn to give the Lenten reading at church. Saw the Preacher at the FFA Prime Rib dinner last eve. He laughed when I accused him of pickin me to read after losing an hour of sleep. He said he planned it that way to get me in early on a Saturday night. Talking about the Prime Rib, boy was it good. Whew. I think I had half the roast on my plate. And cooked perfect. Better than MOST I've had at restaurants around here, and no I'm not talking about "Hungry Heifer" type restaurants. I was stuffed when I left that place.

Jeff- You had me scratchin' there. I first saw this post, and was wondering, "I know he knows the difference" then I saw your other thread with a different picture and it CLEARLY showed 4 wheels. " Ah the angle must make it look that way" Then after Chris said something then I started looking again and then I noticed a few other things ....... Like he said, eye strain. I was quite fun trying to figure out what was going on. Especially when I had a preconceived idea of what it was I was looking at. And I also think it should have a "J" at the end no matter what model number you decide. How about GD30J known as the "Wimberly" (is this how locos got their nicknames)

Tyler- Yes on a few I already have (just a part like you said) but my plan is to do the visible part or at least enough to give you the impression. I wouldn't call it SUPERdetailing but my empty buildings look so,... well,.... empty. Probably because at this point there isn't a whole lot of scenery to distract the eye, so you can't help but window peek.

Welcome Back Luc- Nice to meet you my name's Todd. I like your Signature block saying. Feel free indeed!

Inch- Sounds like you got a great weekend to look forward to. That should make this week drag. Doesn't sound like you got any bad storms. We got just a few rumbles of thunder and a small amount of rain.

Well, I hope everyone dodged the bad stuff that passed through last night and misses any lingering storms today. Have a great day!

(VAAARROOOOOOM!) Who was that masked biker!

[Robby P.]

Well I'm trying to catch up.  A few pages behind.  ANYWAYS.................

Good morning, I hope everybody turned your clocks forward.  Its going to be rainy, and somewhat warm today.

Mostly sat around, and cleaning the house yesterday.  Did go by the neighbors house to hang out for a few hours.  

I am going to try to get some stuff done on the layout today.  OR at least run some trains.  

Well guys/gals, I will try to catch up.  Everybody have a good day.

[gear-jammer]

 Daylight savings time will surely shorten the weekend.    We have snow this morning.  Just when we were thinking that spring was on its way.

Maybe we will have some layout time.

Sue 

[TMarsh]

Shuttin' down. Storms comin this way.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

TMarsh

Shuttin' down. Storms comin this way.

That's the smart thing to do.

[Packers#1]

TMarsh

Jeff- You had me scratchin' there. I first saw this post, and was wondering, "I know he knows the difference" then I saw your other thread with a different picture and it CLEARLY showed 4 wheels. " Ah the angle must make it look that way" Then after Chris said something then I started looking again and then I noticed a few other things ....... Like he said, eye strain. I was quite fun trying to figure out what was going on. Especially when I had a preconceived idea of what it was I was looking at. And I also think it should have a "J" at the end no matter what model number you decide. How about GD30J known as the "Wimberly" (is this how locos got their nicknames)

 

lol, I like that name. Good idea w/ the J.

So, I'm guessing it's now a GD30J?

[galaxy]

Packers#1

TMarsh

 ... How about GD30J known as the "Wimberly" (is this how locos got their nicknames)....

 

lol, I like that name. Good idea w/ the J.

So, I'm guessing it's now a GD30J?

so... Is it a GD30J?  {{A Gosh Durn 30 Jeffrey?}}

Or should it be GD30JW?

LOL

I Know I Know! It's a WCALAIRW30JWM!  

 {WhoCaresAsLongAsItRunsWell30 JeffreyWimberlyModel}

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 It's a GD30J. General Duty model 30 built by Jeff, and no, I'm not the one who came up with it.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 About 1:20 I had to take off to a grass fire just a 1/4 quarter mile from here. Looked like someone was trying to burn a patch of weeds out of their fence and it got away. Being there's a steady 13 mph south wind that's no real surprise.

[der5997]

 

Hi there Diners: It's snowing again, meant to turn to rain, but shows no signs that it knows about that!  I started this on Friday afternoon, and didn't get it sent, then Saturday we a were away all day, so I'm trying again today.  It's probably all old news now, at the pace of this Diner.  Are you sure we aren't coupled to an express and don't know it?  I'll have the pork tenderloin and roast veggies please Chloe, and peach waffles and ice-cream for dessert, Thanks.

Rob:  I'm with the "wide valley small river" geological consensus (WVSMGC)  Here's how I treated the need for such to bridge my train room doorway.  The viaduct is a scale 640', (viaduct module04.jpg)and the river (East end joints04/jpg)a scale 45-90'.  However, having JR's sink hole and letting your wife do a canoe scene would add a lot of interest. (That was Friday,and I see you've come to a resolution on this.)

Jerry:Thanks for your kind words, and I'm sure your backdrop will turn out just great too. My hang up was biting the bullet and doing it!

Have you any artist experience?....

...No, but Kris has, and she watches a TV show from time to time on landscape painting. I take that in too sometimes to keep her company, and pick up pointers. She's great for advice, and that helps too in more ways than just the practical help. Involving others gets their interest in the whole thing going.

I've read a bunch of articles on "How To", not that I remember a lot, but some sticks around the edges! Also, I take a good look at the way things look, and try to remember.  I test out ideas, like the tree line added in the wet paint with the tip of the brush, on paper first. The hills were first of all drawn on paper - one long strip for each side of the room - to get the arrangement and sizes roughly right. The size includes the fact that my eye level in front of the layout is from 300-500 scale feet above the scenery, so that means more distant ranges of hills can be seen than one sees when driving through the countryside!  The colour values were tested out on a scrap of white painted plastic (an off cut of the coving material, the lower end was a bit in shadow. It's  not really purple!  The very bottom right has my airbrush mist test as well), and I kept a chart of how many measures of what colour paint went into each mix.  That way I have a ghost of a chance of matching later if I have to).  Credit for any artistic talent there may be goes to The Creator, ‘cos I sure didn't manufacture it!

Ray: CONGRATULATIONS GRANDPA!! That's one sweet baby! Thanks for posting the photos.

Jeff: One good thing about your Murphy encounter with the tractors is that we've all learned something about what to check for, and how to fix it! Thanks. On the soldering iron, Ive always had difficulty getting a new point tinned on the pencil type irons. The solder never coats the iron, just balls up. What am I missing?

BTW, Jeff: I was sent this today, and thought you might get a chuckle, seeing as you know all about fixing cars and such.

Subject: Why Men Don't Write Advice Columns

To Bill's Advice Column:
Dear Bill,
I hope you can help me here.  The other day, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't? driven more than a mile down the road when the engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husbands help. When I got home I couldnʼt believe my eyes. He was in the bedroom with the neighbor's daughter!!
I am 32, my husband is 34, and the neighbor's daughter is 22. We have been  married for 10 years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted they had been having an affair for 6 months. I told him to stop or I would leave him. He was let go from his job six months ago and he says he has been feeling increasingly depressed & worthless. I love him very much, but ever since I gave him the ultimatum he has become increasingly distant. He won't go to counseling, and I am afraid I cant get through to him anymore. Can you please help?
Sincerely, Heather.

Dear Heather:
A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a
variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris
in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the
intake manifold and also check all grounding wires.
If none of these approaches solve the problem, it could be that the fuel
pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the injectors.
I hope this helps. Best regards from Bill.
Your Advice Column Man

Saywer:

thinking about how much it's going to take away from youth group, from my friends, from chatting with you, and just how much I want to just live High school and have fun, I'm probably not going to play football. 

...We're honoured, considering how much football is/was a part of your life!

TiptonBill:

I'm interested to see that there are no inside guard rails. Know of any more like that?

PC:

by Barry) PC: I've got 2 Fairmonts that were nearly that small---BTW I agree with Jeff--Don't sneeze!!

...or even inhale! That's a really nice hand car, do you know where the wheels are from? (Z mine cars???)

Eric:

I glue my people to the layout so they usually are not a problem.

...one way to prevent rebellion, I suppose! [^J]

Madsinger:

Does anyone other than me detail the inside of your buildings that you don't light?

...kinda, sorta, in the hopes that someday light will shine!

CapeJim:

I don't know what those things cost to rent, but it might save your back and legs

...far too much in Truro NS, that I can tell you, but you're right about saving steps!

Luc: Welcome back! How is Gloria doing? Sorry to hear about your diabetes. That 50 units, is it spread out over a couple of shots?

Rain began, finally, some time while I was on the treadmill after lunch. Hope it gets rid of the snow, as we have to take our daughter to the Halifax Infirmary Orthopedics tomorrow.  She broke her wrist today in a fall, and the Truro Hospital, who set the thing, phoned her to get down to Halifax ASAP as they aren't happy with the way it looked!!!!! She doesn't have a car, and there isn't any reasonable public transport link. So the there goes tomorrow.

Nearly Rosie-the-dog time. TTFN.