The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004

[JimRCGMO]

Evenin’ again, Chloe - since Inch is buying, I think I’ll have a brownie a la mode, too, please.

Congratulations on your anniversary, Ryan!

So, Krump, if you’re working on a Castaway RR, will you have the Professor and Gilligan in there someplace? Good to hear your CFO’s getting some improvement from her surgery. Will keep you all in my prayers. Enjoy your new (Quad) toy there! Oh, I loved your MRR quote - I figured there had to be something in there about MRR’ing, if He gave us so much fun from it!

Jerry, good to hear you’re feeling some better. Will say some for your doctor’s trip in the a.m. Hope you get a good report!

Nigel, good to see you in the CS again. Sounds like you have been making good progress on your scenery/backdrops - keep it up!

Yep, Inch, we’re sure you just want to see the SIL’s house - yup! Heck, with your SIL being that close to the LHS, he’ll have to pace himself so he doesn’t get in serious doo-doo with his CFO...

Jeffrey, I can almost hear your arteries clogging, with that Porterhouse steak going down your gullet... Better not tell your doctor ‘bout that one.

Colby, I do believe in some of the woods they have up in Maine (maybe ask Dick for sure), you might be able to hide a middlin’ large RR! Have fun with your story. {:)]

Well, guys and gals, I splurged a little last weekend - got another really nice RDA kit off eBay for myself. It’s a really nice-looking filling station, with a Spanish tile kind of roof. Go here to the RDA site to see a pic:

http://railwaydesign.com/fusionml/products.cfm?PageNum_Recordset1=2&catid=124

I got it for about $43 (with shipping included), and their kits are excellent! Some of their factory and business structures are especially good for those of you modeling Eastern RR’s, since they are based on some East coast mills and such. (Nope, I don’t work for them! I just like their stuff...)

Last night, I went to our local MRR club and also (there) bought from our LHS owner/club member a package of rail joiners and one of track spikes. I figure the other ones I have’ll probably turn up in some box, once I open the packages and start using the new stuff - Murphy’s Law of MRR’ing...). Getting closer, getting closer...

Blessings to you, and a great week,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

09-27-06

[inch53]

Morning all, gave up on sleeping [been up since 2], so coffee and a short stack, n OJ, Zoe

Yesterday was bout normal here, sunny and a high of 75. Today the highs in the 70's again till the rain move in this evening. Forecasting low 40's tonight and high in the 50's tomorrow.

Jim CG,,,, like the story on your RR.  Congrads on the building find. I've looked at some of their kits, just a bit to pricey for me right now.

Of course we're just going  north just to see the new house and the grandkids. Also taking up some brass track and some spare buildings, I'm not going to use. I'm sure Matt will pace him self on buying trains, his CFO is to much like his MIL, in that respect. And I know it'll be a Sat. trip, LHS is closed on Sun. and I don't think it'll be this weekend, no money. 

Seen this old gas delivery building up in Bethany, IL. thought it was kind of interesting. Looks like it had rail service at one time.

Working outside today while the weathers ok, So no MRR'ing less it's tonight. Hope ya'll has a good day

inch

[SilverSpike]

Good morning, I’ll have a hot tea and a Danish pastry please Chloe!

Not only is Bill providing the donuts this morning but looks like he is buying this round too! And thanks Bill!

Dick, I just picked another couple a dozen tomatoes yesterday from my four varieties. And they are still producing a continuous supply, so much so that we have not had to buy tomatoes at the grocery for about the past three months.

Might have to make another batch of fresh tomato soup soon!

Inch, you really have gotten your $$$ worth out of that camper, eh! Do you pull it with that tractor mower too? Oh and nice pics again, yep looks like it had a spur there at one time.

Jeff, do you need a few Tums or a Zantac now?  Hey, you are starting to grow a nice family tree there, now it sounds like a road trip would be in order as soon as you get your wheels fixed up.

PC, glad you liked the updates. That is cute that your daughter bookmarked the page.

Jim in the Cape, thanks for the congrats! That Texaco filling station kit really looks like a good one! And you got a great $$$ on it too.

Cheers,

Ryan

[pcarrell]

Morning everyone!

Looks like it's been kind of quiet around here.

Busy at work today trying to wrap things up so I can take the next 6 days off to move.

What's going on with you guys?

[Anonymous]

Good morning



Sorry for the late coffee today....  I'll go to my room now!!!.  Train room that is....

Happy MRRing 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

A bad day at the office?

 

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang:

Jeff I'd say that is a bummer. So has the investagation reveled the cause, or are the operating department and track maintance still trying to blame each other?

Lunch today was provided by the entertainment department to say thanks for all that we've done on getting ready for halloween. Spagetty and meat balls with a salad and rolls. Not bad. I ate too much.

I've made a couple os castings for the head frame. The first mold came out allright but wasn't level when I set it down for casting the part. I made another mold out of a different silicone and it's working much bettere. Could be this weekend I'll be able to put what I have together.

Well I'm off. I'll be back this evening.

[inch53]

afternoon all, think I'll have a grilled tenderloin and onion rings and coffee dear.

Worked on the cabinets again, got cole enough to quite on that and get the needs to be inside back inside tha I drag out yesterday for room. On to other things now, rest came wait for a rainy day.

Ryan,, guess you could say, we got our money back for the camper, payed $300 when we bought. Mowy's not big enough to pull it with, wish it was.

Luc,, you can just go to your room. Wish I could,but !!!

Jeff,, I see some-ones going to have a lot of explaining to do from the photo. Looks like it might have been down draft winds.

Best get back to it

inch

[ModelTrainLover]

hey guys!! well the paint has dried for my "scenery" and is now is use it looks very nice...

and thanks to all who gave me ideas on were to get some O gauge track.

now anyone have $50 I could use?? jk..

 

[Cox 47]

Afternoon all....As mike said nice day here but waiting for rain and cooler temps tonite...I'll have Windy City hot dog and onion rings....Its good to be back working on the railroad I have been working on a Qwansat [sp] hut made on half a paper roll...and I got a F unit painted no great shakes just black....Dr. says I can be up and around and it sure does feel good I'm so far behind on the coffee shop I can't catch up...

Mike....Good pictures from Bethany..The buildings and tanks remind me a little of Casey....

Jeff...What a pile up any surviors?

Well again its good to be back thanks for all your prayer and consern....Jerry

[PA Belt]

hey all, not much goin on, where is every body?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff...What a pile up any surviors?

Nobody hurt, but those containers are goners, besides, it seemed like a good use for a frozen up F7. It last saw the rails a couple of years ago. I learned the hard way not to use baking soda for a sandy area. It got into the moving metal parts and corroded them. The motor is locked up tighter than a bank vault on a Sunday morning. If you're planning a sandy or snow scene, don't use baking powder or baking soda.

[bjdukert]

Evening all

Ryan Only 6 more days(4 working) and I leave for APEX!!!

All of the pics are looking good

Best to all on sick call and those recovering

That’s about it

Talk to you later

Duke

[grayfox1119]

Good eveinggents, first time in the CS today, been outside doing a lot of Fall work getting ready for the cold season. A beautiful day today, temps in upper 60's low humidity, gentle breezes, yet I was sweating as I worked.
Managed to get the big black walnut tree cut down, but not without some careful work. The winds were from the NW and I wanted the tree to fall to the west. So after I notched the west side and made my cut from the east side, she was still standing straight even though I was mearly through the tree. So, I got my handy steel wedge banged into the cut, and withing three blows of the hammer, over she went! Wood for next year stove.

RYAN: Congrats on anniversary. And, it must be nice to pick tomatos still in late September. You will enjoy having the canned tomatos on a cold winter night. We can ours with onions and peppers in the jar also. Man they are Gooood.

MIKE: Those pesky field mice can eat anything. They have eaten insulation stored in my shed, the solar pool cover, shingles, you name it, they will eat it or store it in their nests.

JEFF: You mean you have a town named after you??? That is great, maybe they will over you a position in the town hall...!!

[Fergmiester]

A bad day at the office?

 

translates:

A good day on the MESS! get over it and enjoy... Have a hissy fit, shed a tear, put the fist through the wall

All in a good day of MR'ng!

Invite friends, charge a fee, crack a keg and go for the gusto! Horaghhhh!

What a hobby!

Welcome to my world!!!

Sad but true

Fergie

Luv'n every minute of it!

[grayfox1119]

Last call for coffee gents!!!!! Indiana Jones will have the morning pot ready, Fergie has been sleeping late these days, and PC too!!!

Mike, you may even have to get the brewer going!!

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

09-28-06

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning, and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll have some delecious looking sausage gravy over biscuits, two eggs, sunny side up and a large coffee, please.

Here's a little scene I'm thinking about putting together when I get to the point of placing structures.

 

[inch53]

Mornin all,, I see the pots on already, think I'll have a cup and a couple doughnuts.
Cool n damp this mornin and will be bout all day looks like. Chance of light frost tomorrow morning. If  does, it'll be bout 3 weeks early for us.

Jerry,,, glad the doc let you be up n moving, hope you stay that way.

Dick,, we were gone for a couple days awhile back, came home to find that the field mice had gotten in. They  turned two rolls of toilet paper into a large trash bag of confetty in no time. Worse than mice is volls,  got them in the shed before [dirt floor]. Chewed though anything and everthing, then had a mound of dirt piled up like a mole hill. Had a time getting rid of them, finaly found some poison at a farm store that worked.

Best get to chores, think I've got kids today, sure hope KC doesn't have the papa hold me's today. Hope ya'll has a good one
inch

[Anonymous]

Good morning



Happy MRRing 

[SilverSpike]

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Good morning, I’ll have a couple slices of toast with some sugar free jam, some fresh OJ, and a tall coffee too!

On second thought, I think an order of those biscuits with saw mill gravy sure do look good there Bill! Placing my order now, Chloe…..

 

Rut row! Looks like this round is on me fellas..... You know the drill, Chloe.... here's the plastic..... and the fire extinguisher....

 

Thanks for the email Ed! I’ll wait to check out that site when I get home this evening.

PC - good luck with the move, just about a day away now! I know you have to be excited.

Jeff - investigations from the NTSB might turn up some answers on your accident. But in any case as I always say…. “ a bad day of model railroading sure beats a good day at the office!”

Paul - castings sounds interesting, got any photos to share?

Inch - $300 is a great deal for that camper. I see that a little frost might just be a bit early eh! I am hoping to eek out another month of tomatoes before our first one down here.

JK – Nope, caint help ya here! I gave at the office, err….. oh ahhh…. my donation budget has been depleted for this fiscal year.

Duke - Yea, thanks for reminding me on the Apex event. I need to dig up your email from a few weeks ago and get my bearings straight on how to get there again.

Dick – those canned tomatoes sure do sound good. I could just eat them all up straight from the jar. That tree job sounds like a daunting task. I have a willow oak that hovers over the back side of our house, but it’s too tall for me to cut myself. I will end up having to hire a professional to prune it sometime and hopefully sooner than later.

Cheers,

Ryan

[pcarrell]

Biscuits and Gravy,.......ummmmm!  Hook me up!

So, what's up with everyone?  I'm just getting ready for the move.  Tomorrow's the big day!  Speaking of that, I'll probably be losing my internet for a few days.  I'll still be praying for all of you though.  But you may not see much of me for a while.  I've still got my work computer, but who wants to go there?

So, Jeff, is the HAZMAT team done with the cleanup yet?

[pcarrell]

WOW, look at that!  I almost hit the top of the page!  Thanks Ryan, you saved me!

[SilverSpike]

WOW, look at that!  I almost hit the top of the page!  Thanks Ryan, you saved me!

Yes, our timing was impeccable...

.... just a few seconds and you would have been at the top.

You needed the break anyway with the move and all...

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Moving! Boy, do I remember that! During the time that I was growing up, my father was in the army, having to move every 2 or 3 years, and I got dragged along kicking and screaming most of the time. After all those years spent moving, it now feels strange to have been in one place for over 25 years.

[Cox 47]

Good Morning all...Clear and cool here this morning ....colder than a well diggers south end...Wow! Bill those biscuits and gravey and sliced maters look good I'll have a double order and coffee...Bill anytime you want to bring in biscuits and gravey will be alright with me...Anybody else get the new Model Railroader? I  took a fast scan yesterday looks like some good stuff...I got the ends on my Qwanset hut last nite need to detail it out today and maybe decal the f unit The IC didn't have any F's except some they picked up when they merged with the GM&O so i decided to paint it black and decal it with white lettering IC never had anything like that but they will when I get it done...

Jeff....Thanks for the pictures how about some more...Do you freelance or model a certain Rail Road? I modeled in HO for many year and I see you have some stuff that I remeber so I am guessing you have been in it a while? Is the large green building scatch built or a kit it looks good...I am disabled too and like you said got to put things on hold till the 3rd makes it kinda hard trying to balance things out and model rail road to...

Well its almost time for the caregiver to get here..Bill I sure enjoyed the biscuits and gravey! You all have a good one...Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning, again.

Pc It's been found that boredom played a role in the accident. Hazmat has determined that nothing more dangerous than alcohol was spilled. It appears somebody was asleep at the switch.

Jerry I've been a model railroader since the mid 60's. My collection has been thinned several times over the years, what with moves and all, but I've probably still got some things you'd recognize. One of those is a Bachmann GP40 made in the 70's. It's been going for nearly 30 years and hasn't broken down once, due to good maintenance. The building to which you refer is a Life-Like supply house kit that I bought many years ago. In answer to your other question, I freelance the KCS and the MKT. You know, I never knew until now that that building had any green on it! There must be just enough blue in it that it's outside my vision range. I'm partially color blind. I always thought the roof panels were a blackish gray.

I got a phone call today stating that I'll probably be going to work next week. The sheltered workshop got a contract in that I can work on. This means that I can make up to $1200 in a month, double what I get right now. YES! MORE TRAIN MONEY! I'M GONNA GO NUTS AT THE LHS!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I just got started on the scenery base for my layout. I'm working with drywall joint compound. Feels good to be playing in the mud again. Got some pics of progress so far.

More to come.

[M&PWJOHN]

Hi.  First time user.  Matbe thin is not the place, but here goes anyway.  HOW do we get the brass importers to start using cast brass frames.  I'm not saying cast the cylinders with it if they don't want to.  It seems that it would gratly improve the models.  At todays prices this seem like a small thing to aask.