blownout cylinder Cabin fever does that everytime---tend to forget those subtle signs of spring----
Cabin fever does that everytime---tend to forget those subtle signs of spring----
No,No....I didn't/don't forget...just got Overjoyed at noticing the first signs of spring....I also noticed the grass is starting to green up nicely too!!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Rob, I used watered down paint, that was years ago, but coloring it before hand is an idea. The asphalt roads here tend to turn grey after a few years and the striping fades fast from the amount of traffic.
Making progress on the factory walls. I'm going to do some test painting on some spare walls to get my touch back. It's been several years since I did any painting.
Jeff, Glad you are able to put those buildings to good use.
Eric
*Loiks up from homework* Geese? Thjat's nuthin. We've been hearing Sam Hill Cranes fly over.
-Morgan
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have the #2 special this morning, over easy on the eggs, with bacon, homefries, and some of that sourdough toast ya got. Bring the ketchup as well......
A fine morning here in the Finger Lakes. The sun is burning off the frost on the roofs and lawns right now. Currently 36°F with a predicted high of 49°F this afternoon.
Galaxy and Barry, signs of spring are everywhere. The guy across the street is raking the area by the street to repair the damage done by the city snow plow crews and i expect to hear him start the lawn mower any time now. (No lawn to mow yet but........ well that's the neighbor across the street. Sometimes he mows his lawn twice in the same day.) There have been many flocks of geese around here for the last week (Geneva is on a flyway for them and Seneca Lake is an overnight stop, except for those that now live here year around...). And a few days ago I saw a pair of robins in my yard. They have been here every day since then, so I figure they will be nesting in one of my trees.
I have 3 guys coming over this afternoon to run trains (practice for next week - we want to be able to know they will work then ) And I still have to do some big time cleaning.
Ah! Breakfast has arrived. I'll be in the front watching the switcher working.
See you all later!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hi,gang!
Sunny and mid-50s today.Almost time to pull out the bikes!
Rob, I use drywall mud for my roads and For Sale sign styrene for crossings:
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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galaxy week. OH OH OH! COULD IT BE???? DO I hear what I think I do???? Yes!! YES!!! I hear Geese flying North!!!!!! Oh, ANd look! I see pussys on my *** willow tree! Sure signs of spring! EDIT: oh look....what a shame... they blocked out part of the name of a tree because the word has a dirty connotation. Just for clarification.....the pussys are those gray fuzzy things that appear on the stalks of that type of willow tree every spring.
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OH OH OH! COULD IT BE???? DO I hear what I think I do???? Yes!! YES!!! I hear Geese flying North!!!!!! Oh, ANd look! I see pussys on my *** willow tree! Sure signs of spring!
EDIT: oh look....what a shame... they blocked out part of the name of a tree because the word has a dirty connotation. Just for clarification.....the pussys are those gray fuzzy things that appear on the stalks of that type of willow tree every spring.
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Good morning. It's 47 and cloudy (what else is new?) and there's a chance of rain today. The high will be in the upper 50's. Didn't get much done yesterday as I was battling some kind of bug until the early afternoon. I did get a couple of new structures placed on the layout. The Bachmann Plasticville machine shop is now across the street from Ezra's gas station on the layout extension and the Bachmann Plasticville gas station is next to the Shell station on the main part of the layout. It will become the 'Pak-A-Pig Barbecue' when I get a chance to work on it. I got my sister's new Acer notebook computer up and running yesterday and got her online last night with a cell modem. It's not much faster than dial-up but it's more than she had. Now she can send emails to her husband in Iraq without having to go to my parents house to use their computer or going next door to use her daughter's laptop. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 3/15/2009 Wind Chill: 46°F Humidity: 95% Dew Point: 45°F So Far Today High: 47°F Low: 46°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 6mph NNW Today High: 58 Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the morning... Then a 50 percent chance in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Tonight Low: 48 Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming north after midnight.
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Mornin' all!
Well, yesterday the wife headed off to Florida with her Aunt to go visit her parents, so now I'm a bachelor again. Figure I can get a few things done around the house, and maybe catch up on some schoolwork too. Today though, I teach, so it's about time to start getting ready for that.
Whats up with you all?
BTW, nice haul Lee!
Good morning guys!
A cup of Hawaiian Hazelnut cafe in a C & O Mug, please.
Well, warm this weekend but supposed to rain a lot. Right now sun is shining and not a cloud in the sky that I can see. Would be nice if we missed the rain as we are just recovering from some slight flooding last week.
Whew, I need to calm down and take a breather...too much excitement not good for my heart...
jeffrey-wimberly AmanaMedicThank you, Sir... not quite up to the level set by some others around here...but I'm happy with 'em. Like I'm happy with my BB Athearn's. I don't really care for a bunch of detail. That's just that much more to get broken. I get my locos to run them, not treat them like fragile egg shells.
AmanaMedicThank you, Sir... not quite up to the level set by some others around here...but I'm happy with 'em.
Oh, I agree, Jeffrey, I have trains to run, not sit pretty in a display case. Details are very nice, but if I wanted a Faberge Egg, I'd have bought one! {Like I could afford one!}.
Lee sounds like you made out like a bit of a bandit. Too bad the one show is getting so "pricey" just to attend. $18.00 is $18.00 less to spend at a booth. And they wonder why turnouts become lower. Parking should be free. But around here if we go to the Arena to see any type of event you pay for parking in the city's parking ramps {$6.00}.
Well, guys have a great Sunday!
jeffrey-wimberly Lee: Nice haul! That 50' auto/furniture boxcar sounds interesting.
Lee: Nice haul! That 50' auto/furniture boxcar sounds interesting.
I agree there!!!
Good Morning! And we are very SUNNY today--gonna be like that for quite a few days too!! With temps going to 15C. Perfect bike riding and jogging weather!! We's be going out for a good ol' walk by the park today---
All those train/loco photos has me thinking about going out the next few days and collecting pix of some yard stuff around here-----Have a good'un
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Good Morning ! from TIPTON IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
***Chris, the shot was definately worht it.
***Sawyer, really enjoyed your pics. I am a SOUTHERN fan for sure. Have any of UP or SF by chance?
Still a cold rain with blowing wind outside. Hope the tank by the porch doesn't overflow before morning. Lowered the water level again just a bit ago, but this rain is getting heavy now.
Tis' late here so time to hit the hay. Good night y'all. Rob
Packers#1Nice shot. Note it did a good job of fixing the bug problem, lol.
Thanks!
For some reason, I feel compelled to tell the story of how I got the shot.
In early '93, CNW had their executive F's tucked away in the ex-Rock Island yard ("North Yard") in Cedar Rapids. They were going to Oelwein for storage, since GP-50s had replaced them on the business trains. One Sunday morning, "knowing" no yard jobs were working...I ventured into the depths of the yard. Normally, I hiked along the public trail on the East side, and an abandoned trail along the West. Today though...I was on a mission from God Himself to find and shoot the F's.
I found 'em, pretty deep in. Again, "knowing" nobody was around, I climbed on up into the engine room of the 401 and made my way to the cab. Sitting in the hogger's seat, I knew I had a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity. While adjusting the Nikon FM-2 for the proper exposure... CLUNK THUD! Something coupled in from behind.
Uh Oh...I forgot about the extra job... "Extra 89." I'm trying to figure out a valid excuse to tell the crew, who most certainally WOULD catch me, when the unit starts rolling! Fortunately, it's moving NORTH...to the far, far end of the yard, and NOT South...towards Beverly Yard. Realizing I'm heading in the "right direction," I start to relax a bit as the F rocks and rolls along up the yard track.
I go ahead and get the shot, then go back to wondering/worrying about what kinda trouble I'd be in. The shove stopped almost at the switch to the former mainline. I moved to the engine room for awhile, in case the switchman was headed my way. Eventually, I poked my head out, and seeing NOBODY, I high-tailed it for the safety of the trail.
I think the shot was worth it...
Hey, did we ever locate the pie case???
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
AmanaMedicPackers#1 Hey y'all, how about one more of #4270? Man, I love those old E's and F's. That's a real classy look on the NS4270. Part of why I'm fond of F's... Chris
Packers#1 Hey y'all, how about one more of #4270?
Hey y'all, how about one more of #4270?
Man, I love those old E's and F's. That's a real classy look on the NS4270.
Part of why I'm fond of F's...
Chris
Nice shot. Note it did a good job of fixing the bug problem, lol. Well, I took those pics of 4270 last year during master's Week over in Augusta. Not sure if I'm going to go over there this year.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
jeffrey-wimberlyI don't really care for a bunch of detail. That's just that much more to get broken. I get my locos to run them, not treat them like fragile egg shells
EXACTLY!
I'm hoping someday they'll run on a layout. For now, they sit on a shelf...but they're not museum pieces.
I'd like to think those 40-2s are "functionally detailed," that is, they've got some extra parts, but can still get out on the rails and work.
And, for anybody wondering, the 6801 is a GSB Rails unit...so God only knows IF it would even run... The other two are Athearn Bluebox, one powered, one dummy.
***Eric, did you color that wallboard compound/hydrocal mix before creating (pouring?) the road or paint the road afterwards? Thanks for any further tips.
Rob
Cederstrand So, could any of the raw material from a volcano be used in road building?
So, could any of the raw material from a volcano be used in road building?
I think one can--I'm trying to remember the actual composition(s)--it depends on the prime material coming from the volcano--each region seems to have differing compositional makeup so you'd have to make it up--heeheehee.--places like Trinidad-Tobago for example have pitch pools with temperatures near 80C, Then of course there is the La Brea tarpits---so you can just go nuts.
blownout cylinder We just got from running around to various fleamarkets and, yes, didst fall over a few deals--3 Proto N EMD SW8's,3 Alco RS2's, 2 more Bachmann FM H16-44's, a USRA 0-8-0 (Walthers-Heritage) and 4--count-em--4 used KATO RDC2's--my empire is growing!! And I only had a smoky credit card fire--none of that 6 alarm stuff to boot!! Most have DCC with sound no less---
We just got from running around to various fleamarkets and, yes, didst fall over a few deals--3 Proto N EMD SW8's,3 Alco RS2's, 2 more Bachmann FM H16-44's, a USRA 0-8-0 (Walthers-Heritage) and 4--count-em--4 used KATO RDC2's--my empire is growing!!
And I only had a smoky credit card fire--none of that 6 alarm stuff to boot!! Most have DCC with sound no less---
WOW 13 locos in one afternoon. Barry, Your wife must be blind for you to pull that off.
Meaning no disrespect. You must have spent next week's allowance as well. Lol.
Johnboy out..............
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Cool Chris.
Packers#1Hey, they look more detailed than mine. All of mine have no detail parts added. Probably going to add some to my U23B at some point.
I don't put a whole lot on 'em... I stick to the "basics" such as the nose bell (gotta have that to make it CNW), horn, beacon, radio antenna, plow, mu hoses, and coupler lift bars. Grab irons and lift rings, cab sunshades, a vent or two (if I see it in the prototype pics), and a drop step; that's really about it.
It adds up fast financially, but just looking at Details West and Detail Associates listings at Walthers, it's obvious I could stick a bunch more stuff on 'em. I'm not going for a rivet counter's delight, or a contest winner...I just want enough detail on them that they "look right" for CNW power in the '88 to '93 era. I still need to put some black gasket decals on the classification lights. I did that to one or two others...now I "have" to go back and retrofit the rest.
The dangers of detailing, I guess ballanced against the "good enough" theory.
AmanaMedicPackers#1Chris-beautiful CNW power!!!!! Thank you, Sir... not quite up to the level set by some others around here...but I'm happy with 'em. Chris
Packers#1Chris-beautiful CNW power!!!!!
Thank you, Sir... not quite up to the level set by some others around here...but I'm happy with 'em.
Hey, they look more detailed than mine. All of mine have no detail parts added. Probably going to add some to my U23B at some point.
Chris-beautiful CNW power!!!!!
Well, using the radio feature on yahoo IM, I've found a bunch of christian bands that rock. Pubk, heavy, it don't matter, lol.
Evenin' everyone!
Man, I need to sitt and relax a bit. I've been going nonstop ever since I got home this noon after the funeral. We got "Big Al" sent off to the next life with some style. This was not one of those maudlin, sappy, everyone get a hankie type funerals, but complete with full organ, upbeat hymns, a pair of trumpet/trombone players, and our Men's Gospel Quartet..... Turns out Big Al was a trumpet player back before I knew him and the trombone player doubled on Al's old Trumpet on a couple of pieces. Place was packed, BTW.
I have the layout up and, more or less running trains. Incredible how you find all the places where you didn't quite finish a project right before people come over to see and run the layout...... The team track in the front of the yard at Hopewell was originally for programing locos. I pulled out the program wiring and hooked it up to a new dedicated programing track by my worktable. Never rewired it for regular DCC. So I go to back a loco with a car into the track. Stalls..... Of course it took me 20 minutes to figure out why. Easy fix that involved moving two wires and reconnecting. Go to the other side of the layout where I have a staging track on the upper loop. Go to put a 4-4-0 and milk train in there ready to go to work tomorrow. Loco stalls on the frog....... never put the wiring from the tortoise over to the frog. Solder up a spade lug to a short wire and connect that. Of course then it shorts out..... needed to reverse the DCC wires to the tortoise. Again easy fix but frustrating as I had 5 other things that needed to get done tonight, that now will probably have to be done tomorrow morning.
Galaxy, more like Captain Nemo I think........... I actually did study Pipe Organ for a few years and was an organist (of sorts) at a local Episcopal Church in Geneva for a couple years. I have actually had around 18 years of keyboard, but you would never know it to hear me play. I was a singer and (classic) guitarist primarily.
Ok if I finish my coffee and get back to work I may get a couple more things done tonight.
Later!
Rob like I said, it SOUNDED like a good idea. Like you said too much stuff required. As for roads, I have used wallboard compound and Hydrocal. The roads were relatively thin so the compound didn't shrink or crack.
Hot Fudge Browmie Delight, please & thanks.
***Barry, you dog...that's a whole lot of motive power you aquired in one fell swoop. Excellent!
***Johnboy, wonder if it would count if the Lava Java Coffee Shop was on my wife's layout instead. I am not going to have a town on my layout, although a coffee shop next to a gas station on a highway passing through the barren landscape would certainly make sense.
***Garry, the pumice would be heading to the soap making plant.
***Eric, very cool idea, but man that industry be a LOT of work to model. All those pipes & structures.
And speaking of roads, is there a real simple way to build decent looking roads on a layout inexpensively?
Still a cold rain outside. Up to 2" predicted tonight.