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

[Anonymous]

actually a tunnel portal with an overhang like that might look pretty good. Not very safe prototypically im sure though[8D]

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang; It's 11:45 and we just got in from the company Christmas party. I had only one glass of wine and a bunch of coffee. Had a good time. Mary Ann and I ate some really great food and played Bingo. We didn't win anything but had a good time. I'm off to bed now. I'll drop in tomorow and expound in greater length. I've been at it since 5am and am bushed. Later all.

Paul

the Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern

" The Superior Route "

[Anonymous]

my 200th post[:)]

[Anonymous]

RDL in Kirbyville,

The answer to the joke about melons running off to Vegas to get married is this:

Melons Cantaloupe!!!

Hi everyone!![:D][C):-)]

[der5997]

Too early in the morning for this, but:
Paul

QUOTE: I had only one glass of wine and a bunch of coffee.

You're meant to have the beans roasted and ground up, Paul, not go at them like grapes![:O][(-D]

Off to Truro, catch you later.

[Fergmiester]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SRVfan

RDL in Kirbyville,

The answer to the joke about melons running off to Vegas to get married is this:

Melons Cantaloupe!!!

Hi everyone!![:D][C):-)]

Groaner! That one was just too hard on the old gourd, sorry[:o)].

Not much on the go except once I'm off this thing I got fire wood to stack, lights to fix as it's been awful widy and rainy the last few days and those darn icsicle lights are a real pain regardless if they look nice.

I'm starting to pack up for sea as I plan on taking several kits with me and do a lot of painting of existing cars. I have 10 ore cars, 7 balast cars, 2 50' boxcars, 4 cabooses, 2 hoppers and a dozen 40' boxcars that I want to paint and decal when I'm away. (Oops, forgot the partridge) Don't worry Bob I'll be taking the Digitrax instruction manual with me.

Anyway if I'm going to be away for the Holidays I better make the best of it.

John: cute but I wonder if you had the body of a large "Market" (2lb + lobster) you could make your self a Lobster Shack? It sure would be the talk of the town.

I onceheard of someone who taped a snail to the top of a Boxcar and painted a big S on thie side. Why you ask? So he could say to his friends.......are you ready for this one........



Look at that "S" car go[:D]

HAGOG
Fergie

[tomwatkins]

Good Mornin' Everybody,
It's a frosty morning in the mountains this morning. The thermometer on the porch is still down in the teens, but it's going to be a beautiful day. The tops of the mountains are white with hard frost and there's not a clould to be seen anywhere. I'm going to make a run down to Kennesaw to the train store shortly. I need to pick up some decals and detail parts and just see what's up there. It should be fun. There are some odds and ends to get done this afternoon, but nothing too serious.

Chris, sorry I didn't respond sooner. Your Dad is right, the 351 Clevelands ran a lot stronger than the Windsors did. As I recall, the head design breathed a lot better and was more responsive to modifications. I thought both were considered small blocks though, with the Ford "big blocks" being the 390- 406- 427-428 and 429 engines. I may be mistaken on that. It's been a long time, and I mostly messed with Chevrolets.

Elliot, congrats on rounding up a crew member. That should be fun and speed things up considerably. I know what you mean about the back and legs. With me it's mainly my knees. Carpet on the floor and good knee pads help a lot, but they can still bother me quite a bit sometimes.

Fergie, sorry about the turnouts. I've had several that I've handled too roughly and popped the rails out of the brackets. Sometimes I could pop them back in and super glue them successfully, and sometimes they were toast. Have you heard anything about the mountain bikes? How soon are you heading back out to sea?

Der, that's a cool photo, and very good timing, with Godzilla getting a star on the Hollywood walk of fame this past week.

Luct, welcome to the coffee shop!

I'd better go for now. Have a great day everybody,
Tom

[Anonymous]

Hi all

QUOTE: I onceheard of someone who taped a snail to the top of a Boxcar and painted a big S on thie side. Why you ask? So he could say to his friends.......are you ready for this one........



Look at that "S" car go[:D]

Fergie, that is really bad. When will you be leaving?

Try this one. two engineers walked into a bar.
You'd think one of them would have seen it.... [:o)]

Thank you every one for the warm welcome, I'll be popping in every so often.

[Big_Boy_4005]

Thanks Tom, I think Gary and I are going to work on building some of the platforms to raise the walkways. I have a full 8' ceiling, and I set the upper level of the layout at 72' off the concrete. By raising the floor 12" the upper level is back to a reasonable height at 60" relative.

I have some more leads on help, maybe some of those will pan out too. I walk a fine line because, too much help, and I go through materials faster than I can pay for them. Fortunately, I have such a stockpile of wire, track and scenic materials that it should keep me out of trouble for a while.

[egmurphy]

Morning Coffee Clubbers

I wish it were as crisp out as it is where Tom is living. As it is we are in the midst of our first cool front of the year. I've had the a/c turned off for two whole days, simply amazing. It's probably around 70º right now and will probably get up into the high 70's by mid afternoon. May get down into the low 50's tonight. Yesterday was the first day since March where I haven't worn shorts (except for trips to places where I felt I needed to dress in slacks).

We got the tree unpacked (artificial, what can I say) and put up on Monday. Got some of the other decorations out and put up yesterday. It's the first time we've seen them in two years, as the movers didn't get our stuff here before Christmas last year when we came down from the States. Will probably hit the outdoor lights tomorrow. Oh yeah, and we dug out all the Christmas music CD's and have started playing them. We did most of our shopping when we were across the border last week, so there are just a few more things to pick out during the next couple of weeks.


Fergie, I'll bite again, what's HAGOG? Sounds like you're taking enough stuff with you to keep you busy while at sea.


Nice claw John, I'd love to have a nice cold water lobster again. Nothing like that around here, although we do have some pretty decent shrimp. When do you plan on starting to shape/carve all that ice foam?


Elliot, sounds like you're going to see a real spurt of activity. Congrats. Post pics when you have some.


Not much model railroading activity here lately, so no progress pictures because of lack of progress. I'll get back to it later this week.

Hasta luego,

Ed

[Fergmiester]

QUOTE: Originally posted by luct

Hi all

QUOTE: I onceheard of someone who taped a snail to the top of a Boxcar and painted a big S on thie side. Why you ask? So he could say to his friends.......are you ready for this one........



Look at that "S" car go[:D]

Fergie, that is really bad. When will you be leaving?

Try this one. two engineers walked into a bar.
You'd think one of them would have seen it.... [:o)]

Thank you every one for the warm welcome, I'll be popping in every so often.

I go back on Wednesday for my 28 day cycle and have a three week course in January. I'm posted to the Edward Cornwallis.

I see on the Christian Ministry thread you mentioned Scouting, you wouldn't be a Scouter by any chance?

Tom: thanks for the concern but they are gone. I'll be looking come January as there should be some really good sales on. As for the turnouts I've CA'd them too many times, tacked them with nails and they are nothing but grief. Since this will be a long term installation involving alot of scenery in close proximity I might as well get it right first time, one time.

Fergie

[Big_Boy_4005]

At Ed's request, though I would do it eventually anyway [;)], here are a couple of shots to mark the progress. Benchwork is fairly quick and easy, so the progress looks more impressive. Half the battle is removing the clutter (note I didn't use the "M" word Fergie).

[egmurphy]

No, Elliot, in this case removing the clutter may be more than half the battle!! One trick I used to use (not for model railroading, but it works here too) is to cover some of the misc piles of, ahem, material, with a white sheet. It doesn't actually do anything to make the place less cluttered, but it looks better with little effort.

Are you thinking about putting in some type of ceiling tile? If so, you might want to consider adding this to the near term list of things to do. It gets harder to do as you progress with the layout. Looks like you already have area lighting taken care of.


Regards

Ed

[Anonymous]

Afternoon all. Well, looks like we have a winner. You're right SRVfan, the melons were can't-elopes (cantaloupes). You must have heard that one before. Not much to say here. Here's another one for ya'll.

joke: What did the monkey say when he got his tail cut off. ........................won't be long now.

Fergie, I have a doctor's phone number you can call, if you're not seeing one already. Why, because I heard you're sick. That is a good one, though.

He's another one. What is the big bad wolves favorite kind of locomotive. Steam engines, for they do alot of huffing, and puffing.

See you guys later.

Oh, as for what to call me, RDL works.

RDL, in Kirbyville, (next to the tracks)

[egmurphy]

Okay Erdle, I mean RDL, if you're in Kirbyville you must be just up the road a piece from the Golden Triangle area. What is it, say 60-80 miles to Beaumont? One of our Coffee Shop regulars, Teffy, (who has been strangely absent for a day or so) lives in Groves. Close enough to stop in for coffee. Although iirc, Teffy prefers tea.

btw, are you on the 'right' side of the tracks?


Regards

Ed (who unfortunately doesn't live near any tracks [:(] )

[Fergmiester]

Thank You Elliot for respecting the MESS copyright issue. Remember if you can see the floor and the ceiling it's not a MESS!

Ed: Just got off the phone with Bob. he's been busy the last couple of days and was, shall we say, intimidated by the number of pages that we have produced (would put any manufacturer of toilet paper to shame) Anyhow he will be back with us soon as things are settling fine. I think he's still recovering from Thanks Giving.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: you wouldn't be a Scouter by any chance?

I've assisted with 5th cole harbour a few times with Hardy Schegel, a good buddy. As a yougster I was a scout, made it to Queen Scout as it was called in those days, aging myself I guess....

[Big_Boy_4005]

Ed, I am going to put in a drop ceiling eventually. I realize that under normal circumstances it is much easier to do the installation first, but I still have sofits to install around the duct work and beam down the middle. I'm working from a divide and conquor strategy.[swg]

By the way, there is stuff stored up between the floor joists. 400 feet of lighting track taken out of the mall, and some of the large bridges also from that layout.

[Fergmiester]

QUOTE: Originally posted by luct

QUOTE: you wouldn't be a Scouter by any chance?

I've assisted with 5th cole harbour a few times with Hardy Schegel, a good buddy. As a yougster I was a scout, made it to Queen Scout as it was called in those days, aging myself I guess....

Next time I see Hardy I'll give him a YiS on your behalf. He's presently Regional Commish. I'm an AAC Pack in Dartmouth East. It's a small world. Then again the HRM is only a 1/2 million so chances are you'll know someone by a degree or two of seperation[:D]

Fergie

[Anonymous]

Hey! Fergie, we might have met at some point, I helped out with a few cubs camps at camp Harris, and been on few weekend with scouts.

BTW, Hardy was/is a MR... Small world indeed.

Elliot: it has to start somewhere, as time goes by the so called organized mess will reorganize itself and magically become "neat?"

[Big_Boy_4005]

Luc, be careful with the "M" word, Fergie owns that one.[;)]

One of the things that really gets me going is, taking a large pile of parts, and watching it shrink as a project is built. Because I am using so many materials from previous layouts, the piles get smaller as as the layout progresses. It is like self cleaning as I build.[swg]

[Anonymous]

egmurphy: You're right, I live about 50 miles North of Beaumont. I don't think I've ever been to Groves, though, I do know where it's located. To get to my house, just hit Hwy. 96 N. Not too hard though, it bruises easily. The house is right next to the tracks.

As for my name, Erdle sounds good. [tup] Thanks, for the suggestion, Egg.

Egg: Has anyone checked on Teffy, lately. He didn't take AMTRAK somewhere. Or, took a UP freight through San Antonio. Talk about a mess there. Do trains in San Antonio actually run on rails.[B)]

AMTRAK: Ambulance, Medical Training, and Rescue, Authorization Kit

Can somebody say, medic.

'Til later, Erdle, RDL, or (my real name) Robert

[egmurphy]

QUOTE: Has anyone checked on Teffy, lately.

Actually Fergie was in contact with him earlier today. He's apparently still recovering from Thanksgiving and is challenged by the number of posts he has to read since his last visit here.

[Anonymous]

Egg: Thanks for the information. It good to here he's doing, ok. I'm still recovery myself. Three days of turkey is enough for me.

Guys, you think three holidays in about a month is tough. Check this out. In my house, There's Thanksgiving (Nov.), my birthday (Dec. 2), my parents anniversary (Dec. 10), my dad's birthday (Dec. 20), Christmas (Dec. 25), and New Years (Jan. 1). [banghead][banghead][banghead][zzz][zzz]

Just thought I'd let you know that here, one holiday is nothing.

Hope that's not to much information, for you.

Got anything that can match, or exceed that?

TTFN, Erdle

[Anonymous]

heres a joke:

Why did the blonde cook her christmas goose for three days?





The directions said cook 30 minutes for every pound and she weighed 125

[der5997]

Fergie:

QUOTE: John: cute but I wonder if you had the body of a large "Market" (2lb + lobster) you could make your self a Lobster Shack? It sure would be the talk of the town.

Coming soon to a theatre near you "The Inedibles" - Staring der5997 as Lobster Man?
Oh!, that's not what you meant [:O][swg]

On the subject on escargot, where I was at school on the north downs of Kent, UK there were naturalized edible snails "escargot type". They'd been naturalized for some time, the Romans brought them over! [8D]

lupo, you are too much. Thanks for the seemingly endless stream of wild smilies.

Tom

QUOTE: Der, the cut offs look like some of the massive rock slides they have on I-40 in East Tenneesee.

That's actually a problem I'm having with this layout. I wanted to get the flavour of CN in the Maritimes. But...I've got more CP cars than CN. Up to my VIA Rail car purchase, all my passenger cars were Santa Fe. I have 2 CN locos, One CP, one Algoma Central, and one undecorated in running order.
My major city is unlike anything I've seen in the Maritimes, and the mountains required by the layout's geometry are also unlike anything I've come across "down east'. Only the river with the double track bridge is a red muddy prototypical one. but red mud isn't a Maritime exclusive. So..........
I'm wondering if I had better re-think the whole thing as far as theme and location goes.[banghead]

Programs recorded while we were out last evening to watch, catch you later.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tomwatkins

Good Mornin' Everybody,

Chris, sorry I didn't respond sooner. Your Dad is right, the 351 Clevelands ran a lot stronger than the Windsors did. As I recall, the head design breathed a lot better and was more responsive to modifications. I thought both were considered small blocks though, with the Ford "big blocks" being the 390- 406- 427-428 and 429 engines. I may be mistaken on that. It's been a long time, and I mostly messed with Chevrolets.

Tom

Tom,
Messed with Chevrolets? What a waste of time!![(-D][(-D][(-D][:-,]
Don't forget the 400's , whcih were just bored small blocks with Cleveland heads on them, and the 289's, which were the first engines put in the Mustang's.

I've never heard of a 406, but then again the only engines I can distinguish between that you mentioned are the 289's, 302 Bosses, 351 Winsdors, and 351 Clevelands.

As I can recall from car shows and TV shows about cars, Ford usually was head and shoulders above their competitors in the racing and muscle car departments, although I think Chrysler was very good in drag racing.


There was just a commercial on TV that looked like it had a very caricactured NYC streamlined hudson with the 20th Century behind it.

Not much (actually not any) modeling done today, I'm waiting for a running board piece from Intermountain so I can start on my covered hopper kit.

[#welcome] Luct!!

That is a very beatiful steamer photo in your sig., what is it, a Royal Hudson?

Christopher

[egmurphy]

QUOTE: ....my birthday (Dec. 2)...

[bday]

So what did you get??? Inquiring minds want to know. So do us nosey people. [:D]



John, so when are you going to start carving/shaping that foam?


Ed

[Fergmiester]

QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy

QUOTE: ....my birthday (Dec. 2)...

[bday]

So what did you get??? Inquiring minds want to know. So do us nosey people. [:D]



John, so when are you going to start carving/shaping that foam?


Ed

Mine's next month

Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge, Hint, Hint

Believe it or not I'm known for my sublety, honest.

Luc: I'm sure we'll run into each other one of these days soon. I did a combined Sixer camp last month with Forest Lakes.

[Anonymous]

Ed: Your present's in the mail unless you've already got it. My birthday is on the 8th, what are you sending me?

Fergie: I'll be sure and get a present to you too. Y'all ever been to Filmont? My cousin was up there this summer.

Der: If you want my opinion on escargot, YUCK!!! Fishbait isn't good for you.