Good morning folks.
It's a windy day in the Midwest. We will have our first day around eighty degrees with winds at thirty to forty miles per hour. I'm not sure if that kind of weather sucks or blows!
Jim, thanks for the compliment on the trestle. You are correct, it is HO.
I think I'm just about ready to start securing all of the pieces to the base. I need to build up the plaster around the piers once secured to finish forming the contours of the river bottom. Now I need to decide how to paint the river bottom to best represent the actual river. This river is known to carry a lot of sediment, so it pretty much has to be brown. Looking at pictures I have, I've also decided to not do the river at full depth. The main reason for this is that I can't pour a river deep enough.
I have the busiest day of our year today at work. It's our first and biggest prom weekend of the year. We'll have over two hundred kids picking up their tuxedos with only four dressing rooms to try them on! Our company has been doing this for eighty five years, so we have the system down pretty well. The best part is having twenty grand in the bank after the weekend is over. Then we get to do it again next weekend.
I hope you all have a great day!
Chloe--I'll have the 5lb Tbone steak, Fried Mushrooms, Grilled Asparagus, Baked Potato and A Whole Chocolate Pecan Pie please----I's be very Hooooonngrieeee Here----- SHEEESH! Talk about ChowHounds!!
Nik.- If'n y'alls be lookin' fer t'real good stuff fer t'do dose rails'o'your'n yew maht whant to trah dem dere brass waahre. ------cough--hack. ----------AHEM!!----now that's out of the way---brass wire, or even just regular wire---copper is way too soft for this. I'd be almost thinking of taking a sample of the rail with me so I'd get the right gauge though.
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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Ten pound steak and a Pepsi, Chloe.
Said in a Deep hillbilly tone with a touch of coal touwn drawl:
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Cough-Cough Hack-Hack, Phew, Its over! Now to head to the corner booth and lie low.....
Yeah, I was wondering What would be good handrail material that would be available through My LHS?
Will try to catch up on posts tomorrow. Just ducking in to mention it looks like an "Extreme Trains" marathon on the History channel. -Rob
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll have a cup of decafe in a R&GV Museum mug if you please. Maybe a slice of the pecan [pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it as well. What? What about my diet? I've been good all day..... OK then, just the pie.
Got some yard work done today. Planted a whole bunch of weeds and scrubby looking shrubs an...... On the layout, where did you think? Finishing up the area by the yard lead. Also got the Lower Quadrant Semaphore Train Order signal done and installed by the station in Hopewell junction. Got a bunch more details to make and install and do the written work... By August it should be ready to be judged for the AP Scenery Certificate.
Welcome aboard Jimmy! Sit and chat a spell. You will find the dinners in here to be a fine, friendly bunch.
Philip, like the white walls. Sweet bike! Does it purr like a kitten, or roar like a lion?
Barry very good on finding the new (extra) space for your layout. A 2 level layout is three time as much fun I hear! I haven't unpacked my camera yet so I haven't downloaded any of the photos I took at Woodstock. Hopefully tomorrow.
Hope you all have a great evening!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening, Chloe - I'll have a hot fudge sundae with some vanilla ice cream on top, and a cup of coffee in a D&RGW mug, please. Thank you, ma'am.
Cederstrand On the wife's WS Hospital idea, her's is a very small town and she already has (what will become) a Life Flight helicopter for those wee little folk who sustain life-threatening injuries. An eaves over that entry way for ambulance drop-offs would help with the transformation, also.
On the wife's WS Hospital idea, her's is a very small town and she already has (what will become) a Life Flight helicopter for those wee little folk who sustain life-threatening injuries. An eaves over that entry way for ambulance drop-offs would help with the transformation, also.
Rob, for your wife's ER awning, Frenchman River Modelworks (think I have that right...) makes an awning kit (with 4-5 colors of striped awnings) - or if she's handy with a pair of pinking shears and finding the right weight of fabric, she maybe could make her own (use some small wire for the supporting frame). How's your layout coming along, by the way?
Dick, with the time you've spent cutting wood, I'd almost guess you have next winter's supply laid in, too.
Barry - way to score some new territory for your RR! With that size, you could have a pretty hefty city industrial switching area, plus another small town or two further down the line. Fire up that layout design software (or sharpen up your pencil and grab some graph papers...).
Chris - speaking of 'emergencies', there's one client that I (and our other on-calls) have seen more than a couple of times (each) in one local ER for a psych assessment. We'll just say that she lives in a home, isn't the sharpest pencil in the box, and has developed a liking for ambulance rides... I heard (and could believe it) that the home started deducting the 'rides' costs from her tobacco allotment money.
Jeff, that's a good arrangement on your surge surpressor setup. Did you figure that your area might get a lot of lightning strikes when you moved in there, or how soon did you decide to start that setup?
Getting back to MRR'ing stuff, I picked up my order from our LHS owner/MRR club member tonight after work (2 more Rix grain bins and details, bunch of Polly S paint colors (8 or 9, I think it was), a Roadway tractor and trailer and a Chooch 40 ton boiler load for one of my flatcars. Also got in the Accurail boxcars today that I'd already ordered. (Ah, payday helps. )
PC, those whitewalls and all the doodads look excellent, I'd say! Now, do you have some good weather in your forecast this week? If so, it's RIDIN' TIME!! (Vrooom, vrrroooom!...)(my poor imitation of some throaty pipes on that bike)
to the Diner, Jimmy (hcc25rl)- and have a cup on me, while you fill us in on what your layout or MRR dreams are like (scale, time period, RR line modeled, etc.). Grab a seat - nah, Duke's harmless when he's snoozing - unless you wave some food in front of his nose, that is!). And just place your order with one of our virtual servers, Zoe (days usually) or Chloe (usually nights), as well as Flo, Janie and another couple of servers whose names escape me right now. If you hit the TOP (top of page), you get the 'honor' of paying the virtual tab for the other Diners on that page, but your first time, we usually let you off easy. Oh, and watch out for the pie catapult...
I'll be listening to Jimmy's MRR plans and dreams and progress for a bit, then I'll be heading for home.
Prayers continue for safe travelling for Garry and family, and for healing and comfort for our other Diners.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
I guess I will take some cheese cake, and some milk. I gotta try to catch up.
Well I've been trying to get some cars up on "the bay". Extra money never hurt anybody .
Phillip, looks good with the new tires. BIG difference.
Sawyer, those are the good shots. I had a problem of shooting mine over the goal.
Here's a few touch up shots of my engine. Its a 12 wheel, and its just to big for the layout. I rather have a 8 wheel engine. I saw one today at the LHS, and I rather have it. This one, well hopefully it fnds a new home. Of course, it has the "used look"
"Rust, whats not to love?"
'Splain it to me, Lucy.
Ricky
Jimmy
ROUTE ROCK!
AmanaMedicOh yeah, hey SAWYER, nice kick there Kiddo. Just one question from the soccer ignorant. If you kicked it from that far out...how in the heck did it get past everybody? Whomever was defending the net must've been asleep at the switch, or you're faster than our resident pie snatcher...
Oh yeah, hey SAWYER, nice kick there Kiddo. Just one question from the soccer ignorant. If you kicked it from that far out...how in the heck did it get past everybody? Whomever was defending the net must've been asleep at the switch, or you're faster than our resident pie snatcher...
i kicked it over everyone's heads.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Guess what!
I got my bike back today! They've had it a few weeks doing a bunch of stuff. Brakes, seals, tires, electrical........
Those tires make a world of difference in the handling. And they look fantastic! Check out the before & after.........
Before
After
Hello again from north of Detroit.
Der John said: "Shakespear's birthday tomorrow (St. Goerge's Day)" .... I did not know that. I do know it is Shelley's birthday tomorrow and we are having a family gathering to celebrate.
Duke was telling me of the big steam loco gathering this summer in Michigan. It includes his favorite Berkshire and other great locos. Perhaps he can tell about it.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening Gang: I've been very busy the last few days. The county clean up was saturday so I made two loads of old wood trusses and rotted wood. Mon day it was more of the same and Tues and today. Tomorow I'll do it again. It's great being able to dump free. This happens twice a year in the spring and fall.
The live steam meet is this week. I almost forgot about that. I may get over there for a bit tomorrow evening.
Right now it's bed time.
Good Night All
It's been a while since I stood a round, so sup up folks! A good soggy evening to all! Actually we've had less rain than they forecast for us, but there is another system that's drenched Dick and is headed our way for after midnight. Then it's clearing, they say, for a really fine weekend.
Sawyer, great goal! I remember a match at junior school played in the fog where our goalie took the ball up field and scored! Not a heroic kick like yours, mind; a close-quaters shot that took their goalie by surprise. Can't remember if we won the game, just the unusual goal.
Jerry: The package came yesterday. Thanks, so much You were right about the trucks, they are almost idientical. I cleaned both up, am using one, and the axels from the other, and the F40PH is running now better than it ever did! Very noisy when I tried it first off last night. However this morning the MT took delivery of a new grease gun, and things are very much quieter now The bronze wheels are however finding every electrical weak spot on the layout, but I think I know what's up with that. I'll try a fix tomorrow. Anyway, I took a vid to show how it's running, and will post that when I've processed it. In the mean time, would this building be of any interest to you? It's what two of the three tracks that now serve the car repair shop used to run to.
Shakespear's birthday tomorrow (St. Goerge's Day) If I may bring up the subject from some weeks back, I didn't comment at the time, but would encourage our students who are finding the Bard a bore to stick with it. There's huge wisdom about life that hasn't changed over the centuries, because the truth is the truth. For example, and this is from memory of over 50 years; "There is a tide in the affairs of men that, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all th evoyage of their lives is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now a-float; we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." Julius Ceasar was "our" play one year, some things just click.
Gotta go, Good night all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Chinese Seafood special (American version), please.
Had no time for the train room today. Helped wife with the garden, ran errands, and did farm chores most of the day.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Rob
Got a good setup on a night shot and took it.
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JimRCGMOI'm sure ya gotta have a calm head on you, from learning to deal with all those emergencies (as well as some of the not-so-emergency things, like that gal I heard of who called 9-1-1 because she didn't get her food order right...). (Some people's definition of an 'emergency' just puzzles me, though. %-)] Now, coming to the Diner and finding it locked up, or out of pies, on the other hand...
Well JIM, let's just put it this way...I'm glad I'm NOT the Chief! We got really lucky on the dryer collapse onto the gas line. Only four of us made the initial response: Chief took off in the pumper, Preacher took off in the brush truck (traffic control), Roscoe drove the "crash truck," while I threw on an Air-Pack... As it turned out, I didn't need the danged thing...and now, I'm not even really sure why I put it on in the first place. I guess it just seemed like a good idea.
And yes, some people's ideas of what constitutes an "emergency" really does boggle the mind. I saw plenty of that working in the ER. "Sir, you've had this problem for a month, and now you're here in my ER at 3 AM. Why?"
Answer: " 'cause I caint sleep."
Darn toothaches anyways...
Speaking of ER's, hey ROB, that building seems a little small as-is. Depending on your era, I'd consider an addition or two. If nothing else, to provide room for the muckety-mucks, cafeteria, lab, X-ray, record storage, supplies/loading dock, laundry etc. Also, for the big white taxi entrance, at the very least, your little EMT's and Paramedics, not to mention the patients; would appreciate having at least a canopy roof over their heads while unloading. Again, depending on your era, a small landing spot for a helicopter, with a windsock and perimeter lights would be appropriate too. For a hospital that small, anything "serious" is going to be shipped out, and air-evac is a (generally) fast option. The small County hospital I worked at was essentially a "bandaid station." The patient rooms, all 6 or 8 of them, usually held patients too sick to go back to the nursing home they came from. Typical patient census (number of "guests" in the hotel) was 2-4. Anything even remotely serious that came into the ER ended up being transferred, usually to Cedar Rapids, sometimes Iowa City.
There, my half-a-cent's opinion.
What's that Chloe? No...you don't have to bag up the burgers this time...I've got time to sit and eat like a normal person for once this week.
Supper time... will go grab a spot in the back, and see what develops in here for awhile before tackling the Czech Village article I've been gathering material for. I've got a rough idea for it in my mind... I'm just blocked somehow, from getting it from the brain, onto the computer screen.
Chris
Just a thought...aren't we getting close to yet another move???
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Did Garry arrive there yet ?
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Good Afternoon/evening or what have you--
Got a lot of junk cleared out of the trainroom we didn't need and now I found an extra wall space for the expansion of my EMPIRE!!!MWAHAAHAAHAA!!!----aherm----cough cough---dang throat. Sounded like an old Imperialist there---aherm---
Actually, I discovered that I can add a 28"X7'6" extension on to the layout. There was a lot of wassted space in there. Now, with this much extra layout room I'm now in the position of expanding not just that section but am thinking of potentially adding a second level to the layout by doing a 'nolix' type of scenario to get me on to that second level-----considering that what I have now will become a 'U' --around the walls with one side already at 13' is a nolix possible if one wants to go say---15" above the first level?---Any ideas?---Oh--BTW---total layout space will work out to 13'X11'X15'(with the 7' extension added).
Anyhoooo--Chloe--I'll have a Cheeseburg Deluxe with a giant RBF please----I'll be at the window booth watching some trains----
Good evening, showers and rain continue, but a big warmup is due here by Friday right through Sunday with records being broken into the 80's. Yes, we really do get 80's up here in the north woods in April...NOT OFTEN though. I think ED brought the hot weather with him from Mexico on his way up to his old homestead in Newfoundland.
JEFF: You can bet I'll be careful. The first thing I will build is a safe run away path. Your park look great, you are doing a super job !!!It keeps me "pumped" to get my outside work done so as to get back to MRR'g.
JIM: I don't think I will have to worry about fire wood supply for next Winter.
CN CHARLIE: I saw the lake on Google earth!! WOW, that is one big flooded area. Are the trains still running?
JERRY: See what happens when you eat that Pecan pie? You should have left it for HOOPLE. Ohh Oh , duck, I forgot he hates pie.....ANY kind of pie........I wonder why?
DUKE: Did Garry arrive there yet ?
Later,
Hello,,,,
Just checking in. Here I am north of Detroit. Met Duke at a restaurant he selected. Duke picked a restaurant that did not serve RBF's. Imagine that. It was a great cheeseburger though. You'll be glad to know he was not sleeping in the booth.
Yesterday, Shelley and I went with SIL/BIL to Frankenmuth, MI for authentic German cooking. Good stuff!
I went to model train store today but got nothing.
Cheers
blownout cylinderPackers#1I SCORED FROM PAST MIDFIELD (our dside, so OVER half the soccer field)!!!!!!!! We lsot 2-1 though. I've always wanted to score like that! That is jackhammering the ball!! Good work!!
Packers#1I SCORED FROM PAST MIDFIELD (our dside, so OVER half the soccer field)!!!!!!!! We lsot 2-1 though. I've always wanted to score like that!
That is jackhammering the ball!! Good work!!
Thanks man. I can really hammer the ball long as I don't hit it wrong (gotta work on that a bit)
Jim, thanks man, and I love soccer; pretty much the sport I've grown up playing, among others.
One opf the dad's on the team got it on video, so might have a youtube link for everyone.
As to my family history; there's british as soon as my grandparents on my mom's side (aka her parents), and then irish, scottish, welsh, and dutch. Irish on both sides b/c both my sister's are redheads.
One opther interesting trivia of history about my family: on my dad's side, I'm related to a soldier who escaped three different times from Northern POW camps during the Civil War and stood by Robert E. Lee at Appotomax courthouse.
JimRCGMODo you have your internet (cable) and other lines isolated somehow? I've heard of telephone lines, for example, carrying lightning inside a building (and killed a person inside, in a case I know of).
Hi Zoe. I'll have a BLT and a RBF, and if you have a big enough Santa Fe mug, can you make my float in that, please? Thanks!
Going to be another great day in Cape G. today - high s'posed to be around 70 F (21 C), we have that yellow circular thing in the sky and the humidty's low (was in the 20th percent range yesterday).
Rob, I like the arrangement on your wife's layout - now, I'll look through the other posts and see if you've posted yours yet. I haven't seen yet if someone else answered your question on the water, but after you put the tile adhesive down (and I've heard of that before for the water), you could use gloss medium or Modge Podge (gloss) over some white highlights for ripples or whitewater. Depends on how much of either that you may have on hand - if you had to go buy some, the Modge Podge is cheaper on the wallet.
(belatedly) to Two Truck Shay (fine engine, by the way)! Have a cup on me.
Jeff, glad you survived the direct zap - I'm sure you are glad many times over about having yourself "well-grounded" (well, the trailer, that is...) Do you have your internet (cable) and other lines isolated somehow? I've heard of telephone lines, for example, carrying lightning inside a building (and killed a person inside, in a case I know of). Take care (and don't overdo, as if we could stop you). Oh, one thing on those lumber stacks is, they only put the ones with the red ends on sale, so if you want others, you'll need to repaint over the red. Got to hand it to you, Jeff, you have a way with things in... "the laboratory" (spoken with a Boris Karloff accent...).What'd you use for the enginehouse 'brick' foundations there? I like it, whatever you had used. Never mind, I saw your later post about that.
Jerry, I'm sure I missed it, but did they get your front drive finished so you could get out? How's your wife been? And careful there with those sharp things - that hurt, just reading about it! Get it doctored up (peroxide/neosporin/whatever, and a snug bandage on it), and don't forget to wash it out good.
Ray, that was a nice photo of the plane (though the motor -even if it's the real and not a model - does remind me of a glow plug). Boy, you (and Todd) brought back some really old memories, 'cause I was probably not even in my teens when I had a control-line (Cox engine, I think) plane (only had the one, and I think that might be because I - unintentionally - wound up overcontrolling the lift and it went up, over and crashed). It did sound like you (and Barry) had a good time at the train show.
Barry, 25 C by Friday? Sheesh - break out the shorts and tank tops up there!
Garry, sounds like your Michigan trip was (uh...) a washout, huh? Always good to be back home after a long trip, though.
Robby, sorry to hear about your hamster. He has had a tough life in this past year, for sure.
Corey, that having a weekday off does sound good for the MRR supplies run. Love your setup with the bridges and the trestle. Who makes that concrete bridge, by the way?(and you are in HO scale, right)?
Nik.n - nice work on the diorama - you're making a brass handrail? What are you using for the material - rod, wire, or what?
Chris, I'm sure ya gotta have a calm head on you, from learning to deal with all those emergencies (as well as some of the not-so-emergency things, like that gal I heard of who called 9-1-1 because she didn't get her food order right...). (Some people's definition of an 'emergency' just puzzles me, though. %-)] Now, coming to the Diner and finding it locked up, or out of pies, on the other hand...
Rob, on the W-S city hall, it could work as a hospital (small to medium-sized town), but I'd want to figure how to widen the 'police' entrance, and make that into the ER ambulance entry, perhaps. Unless they have something easier to convert over on the back side we don't see... But that's my Hey, when's your wife gonna be in the train room and having some fun? Or will she get time for that?
Dick, watch yourself with cutting down those trees - after all, they're bigger than you are (and heavier)! I guess you have been doing a whole lot of woodcutting, if you wore out your chain saw. Do take care. I hadn't seen an email from Ed in a little, but I wonder if he brought his polar bear-hunting equipment with him.
Sawyer, that sounds like an excellent kick, from that far away from the goal! Also sounds like you're having a bunch of fun with soccer.
CN Charlie, I appreciate the constructive suggestions, comments and such. I did find myself - after playing around with a couple of your changes you talked about - wondering about a double-decker, but I just never have got that excited about them (even though some of them look nice). So I'm still fiddlin' with the plans. I may have something to post by the weekend, I hope. So practice up your tomater-throwing arm, Diners (NO, not now!).
I'll get to finishing up my lunch and catch the afternoon switcher from the window booth. Prayers for good health and healing (and no trees falling on ya) for you Diners.
You can't always truct your eyes. Try this angle.
jeffrey-wimberlynik .nHey Jeff, Does your GP40 have a grudge with that f unit? Its leaning waaaaaaaaaaaaay over. I did some work on it this morning. Does this look better?
nik .nHey Jeff, Does your GP40 have a grudge with that f unit? Its leaning waaaaaaaaaaaaay over.
Now the F unit........ Never mind...............
PS, Does bachmann E-Z track look/work good?
Lunch time !! Chloe, a roastbeef sandwich and a Dr. Pepper please?
Jeff, that foundation work is pretty convincing.
Jerry, OOUCH!!! - We all know that feeling I'm sure.
Had to put the train stuff to the side for a bit. I've been so tired after work with the sinus thing and the allergies starting up. Maybe something will get done today since the weather is lousy. This weekend is finally going to be nice for more than one day, and the grass is starting to get kinda shaggy sooo.....
Tomorrow night the FD is having their monthly extrication drill. The newer FA members want to attend. The FA used to join in until there was a falling out years ago. Old grudges die hard, the original trouble makers are long gone But the animosity still exists for some reason. The girls went over and said "why does this still go on? You guys need to grow up!" Seems to have worked.
Vincent: No, it's not. It's an Echo 1, so it was only $350.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have a bowl of Raisin Bran Cereal and a cup of dark roast in a FGLK Mug. Please and Thank You. I'll be in the back yakking with Barry and trying to stay warm.
Currently 48°F here in the Finger Lakes, the hgh for the day. Back down into the 30s for tonight. I may light the wood stove and burn up some scraps that are laying around. Good way to clean up where i stack the wood pile for the winter. Then I can get to work on the pile for next year.
Jeffrey that park is looking really good!
Jerry........... OUCH! That hurts just reading about it! Sliced my fingers a few times myself over the years.
Looks like another day I can get some modeling done. Have a SciTek Committee meeting late this afternoon, but that should only take about an hour.
Morning all, just a B&G for me.
Mark, I only have a G3 and an M4 that don't work right. Is your M249 the really expensive (close to $600) one?
Nik .N, put in front of the address, and at the end of it.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.