Good Morning ! from TIPTON IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
A new location already!!! You guys must be long winded, and using up lots of memory!
Ray .... You mean that's not you at the control panal for your layout???
My old steel mill thread was resurrected, and so I posted new pictures. I cleaned out my photobucket account long ago, and it no longer had those pictures. If you are interested, take a look.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hey, jsut popping in to check out the diner. looks good y'all.
been a long day, none of which I should go into here, let's jsut say, I'll be happy to go to sleep tonight.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Here's one of the structures I received in the mail today. Hanson's service station. It'll be boarded up when I'm through with it.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
JimRCGMOChris, glad you got 'that' Amtrak article knocked out. Maybe your (school board, right?) VP's doc is still getting her medication adjusted....?
Oh JIM...this one just gets better and better. You see, her husband IS a doctor! As a matter of fact, he's the little jerk who threw me under the bus, and got me fired from being the Amana Medic. It's a long story, but MY conscience is clear in regards to the incident. Don't know about his. I'm not a violent man...but someday, my fist might just accidentally make contact with his nose...
Gee, a new diner already??
Wow.
Well, guess a large 7-UP and a plate of fries (done up in beef fat please, the way they used to do it), and I'll settle into a corner booth and see who else comes in this evening.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Evening All...Like the new location!...I'll have a RBF please...Thank You...You all have a good nite..Jerry
blownout cylinderOh--is this the new place? I heard rumours to the effect that it was about time we switched tracks--but gee, the other one is still open---WHY??
Oh--is this the new place? I heard rumours to the effect that it was about time we switched tracks--but gee, the other one is still open---WHY??
hey jim nice to meet you I am in poplar bluff mo was wondering if there was a different place for you go to for your items other than Hobby Lobby or cape art mart I am gonna be in cape in a few weeks and was just curious.
thanks,,,steve
What the hey? Oh there is the diner, only one track down......... Thought I was seeing things! Looks the same, didn't even redecorate this time. I like the new view of the yard, better angle so you can watch more of what is going on out there.
Zoe I'll have that crawdad stuff that Ryan was having before they moved the place, that looked and smelled great! Oh and some decafe in a R&GV Museum Mug if you don't mind.
The next two weeks will be busy, busy, busy! I went over to the High School tonight to scout out the needs for sound for the Musical. They're doing "Kiss Me Kate". It should be fun. I'll need to find 15 working Radio mics. They have a kid gung-ho to help with sound. Seems like a great kid as well. The performances are in 2 weeks, and the Division NMRA Meet is in one. Luckily the layout is almost ready for the layout tour. This is what I get to play with at School:
40 channel Soundcraft and next to it a 16 times 2 (32 channel) Yamaha Digital board. The digital board is what is used for the radio mics. Everything is preset for each scene. When it works well it is great!
Eric, I think Rob said it very well. I have been there and I still miss not just my parents, but my MIL and so many other people who came before. The hardest is that I still miss my wife and think of her every day. She died of Leukemia 22 years ago. Hang in there and know that you are in our prayers and thoughts!
Rob, a volcano, alligators and a prison....... Well they say there is a prototype for everything, I think that could be a fun layout!
I be in the back by the stove getting warm. Another cold night here in the Finger lakes.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Tall glass of cool lemon water, please & thanks.
***CN Charlie, I really like the idea of a tropical theme for both the volcano and the prison with gators. Only problem with that (for me) is the wife is laying claim to all the trees, so my scenery will be more of a barren wasteland. Besides, I really like the desert & lots of rocks. Only exceptions will be a farm or two. (I know, sounds rediculous)
***Jim, I think the painting of a tornado should not be much of a problem for me, although that particular subject will be a first for me. Not commited to it yet, nor the volcano concept. These happen to be two of the more prominent ideas tumbling around in my head presently. The "Bernard Madoff Memorial Penitentiary".
Oh, Battlestar Galactica is on. Later.... Rob
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...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good FRIDAY Evening, Diners. Chloe, I'll have the grilled salmon, side salad, baked potato with sour cream and butter on the side, and some peach cobbler for dessert, please. Oh, yes, and a glass of wine - Vinnie offered to get me a cab home if I need one. Thanks!
Ah, it's Friday, and the weekend has arrived, and except for if I get called by my on-call on Sunday, the rest of the weekend is mine. And today at w**k went better than yesterday did (but then again, 'most any day could've done that. Wonder if I got my Friday the 13th a day early or something?
Rob, haven't seen what others may have mentioned already on your plan, but I would think that how your right-hand ('vertical') part of the layout in your drawing is, may determine how you'll need to lead the mainlines into the turnaround before the yard. I'm not that familiar with the sections/parts of the Northland layout, but it is one impressive layout, for sure! Now the tornado idea could work, depending on how well you could get the tornado on the backdrop... Just add some sound effects, and you might want to put up a warning for small kids and such. Say, have you thought about naming your prison the Bernard Madoff Memorial Penitentiary??
Chris, glad you got 'that' Amtrak article knocked out. Maybe your (school board, right?) VP's doc is still getting her medication adjusted....?
Garry - hey, it's good that you and the 'bean-counters' are around to rein in some of us creative types from spending it all. You do know that there's a fine line between creativity and insanity, right? (Otherwise, how do you think I switched so readily from being an art teacher to working in the mental health field....) Hey that was neat about the friend of yours with the E8's!
Hope Todd and his buddy are surviving their fish fry preparations and fixing. I think the same folks who want them to start earlier must be the same as those who schedule soccer games for kids all week long and all weekend, including Friday, Saturday and Sunday at all hours. Whatever were they thinking?
Robby, I hope with that paying the trash-hauling fee annually, that they give you a discount over paying it monthly like ones around here do (for homes, anyway).
Ray - Amen! about those 'friends' when they discover someone's retired! When I was working in Sears (Paint & Hardware dept.) while getting through my Master's, I'd have the retired guys coming in for various things, and they'd say that their 'friends' would ask them to 'please' make this or that, "since you have all that free time now, and have those power tools in your shop..." (Kinda like "Do I have 'SUCKER' written across my forehead?")
And Johnboy, for you, here are the 1/2 to 2/3rds of my kits, details, scenery stuff, etc.:
That, and my stack of P2K kits that are on and under the shelf below the first photo... and my Accurail kits (which are stacked under the keyboard for my desktop computer). So , I'm trying to keep the kit tradition going, Johnboy!
I also missed posting this on last weekend (when I actually did it), but here's some pics of my progress on my Roberts Printing kitbash (which will be some kind of electronics manufacturer on my layout).
Before painting,
After masking (I think this was 3M paint masking tape I used),
After painting,
and with the tape off (but I still need to paint with a 'concrete' color - haven't decided on which color yet):
I've also decided I need a bigger memory card for the camera - I could fit about 3 images on the card that came with it. So I've figured out how to cut the original size of the photos down to 1600 X 1200 pixels, which will be plenty big enough to start with for most needs I'll have. But as inexpensive as the memory cards are, I'll get a GB-sized one and not have to dump pics to the computer as often.
Well, I'm gonna settle down in the side window booth - it has a nice view of the industrial district. Chloe, could I have another glass of wine? Thanks.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Okay, Jeff asked about moving the Diner down the tracks a bit before Bergie brought out the padlock, so here we are! Zoe and Chloe, our twins, and Janie, Flo, and our other virtual servers who help cover the weekend and rush times will take your order for food and/or beverage, and they take virtual cash or plastic.
If you get the TOP (Top Of Page) honors, you get the virtual tab for the Diners' orders on that page, and the twins' cousin Vinnie cans arrange terms for you to pay off the tab (just don't get behind on the payments - not a healthy thing!). Or you can wash dishes until you get the tab paid off...
Enjoy your time in the Diner!
Blessings,