Status report on paint stripping project:
GP35-succesfully stripped except for handrails, which don't matter because they'll be painted black
H-15-44-succesfully stripped except for sill, which still has a little red, but will be painted black, so doesn't matter.
GP30- cab stripped compeltely, body and sill/handrails need work
GP9-soaking as I type
rs1/rsd5/C-Liner-to be stripped
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good afternoon. I will just take a coke to go.
Time for the basement. The wifes "soaps" are on till 6:00pm. Guess I will work on the hopper some, and maybe move some cars around on the layout.
Well I better get going.
I will try to pop in later tonight.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Chloe, I'll have a roast beef sandwich and a RBF please
I'm spending my afternoon replacing trucks and wheelsets on my rolling stock. All of 'em. As in 200 pieces. They all are getting redone so that I'll not be getting irritated at looking at mismatches and odd things being used for trucks. Would you believe 16 boxcars had trucksides that were not matching at all? It took a while for me to catch this and I ended up on the phone with a friend who IS a RC and HE didn't even notice the discrepency! Does this make me more of a RC than he is? No, it's just that I got my nose out of joint is all His response was: "welcome to the world of ARGH!!" Good name for it----- So. Off to the dungeon----I mean, Trainroom
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 Sunday morning All...Its sunny and 70 here...I'll have coffee and toast..I'm still full from Pizza and Ice cream and cake from my Grand daughter's birthday party last nite...Sallie and I had a great time but we are both kinda tuckered out..Plan on visiting with my brother and kicking back in easy chair and watching the Cards-Gaints game on TV...You all have a goos sunday...Jerry
LSWrrSawyer, I bought a bottle of chameleon plastic model paint stripper (gel) and it works great if the alcohol doesn’t do the trick I highly recommend chameleon.
Thanks for the tip Lee. the alcohol is doing the trick quite well though. GP35 body+cab is stripped, handrails not so much, H-15-44 cab is almost done, body and handrails need work, GP30 is currently soaking. I'm gonna order reefer white and ATSF blue when I pick up my airbrush this week.
I'll takje a hot ham and cheese with some fires and a pepsi.
@ guess733 - Nothing more boring than being underwater. I was on a fast attack so instead of the long patrols doing circles we did short runs to nowhere. I think every "important" person who wanted to ride a sub for fun would ride our boat. We all called our boat a "pleasure cruise." Nice to talk to a fellow submariner.
Been busy this last week, the house is ready and we started doing some moving in. I measured out the game room and I get 24 feet of wall to build my N-scale layout on. That should keep me busy for quite a while(and broke!)
I also had to write a small history paper and I have to finish up a powerpoint presentation later today. I am so sick of core requiremnt courses and I am so ready to get this crap over. Also found out that Obama has upped GI Bill benefits so I may get my tution paid for(no more loans, or at least less- yay!), a housing allowance and a stipend for books - a much better deal than how it works now. I'm not sure if I qualify since i am currently going to school but I think I will be able to.
All the college kids are moving out and the apartments I currently live in houses a lot of them. So I have been 'dumpster diving" getting some stuff. Got a cofee table that just needs replacement glass and two lamps. I could have got a dresser but someone beat me too it. I'm trying to get rid of crap before I move and here I am picking stuff out of the garbage. Oh well it was perfectly good stuff,- and they set it on the ground next to the trash. The town I live in is a college town so apparantly dumpster diving is a tradition among the locals here, lol.
I'm off to pack more boxes talk to ya later.
Grrrr. Aodf ofnf fjgigfij fjgifreituireghdifjgujfiojgirgierigrioefewir I hate computers!
So my GP9m came yesterday. It's not the greatest loco, but I like it.
Also, I got my website up. You can see pictures, my roster, and other stuff there. Link is in my sig.
OK, I got to go now. Sorry I can't stay.
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Mornin', Big breakfast special and coffee in the usual Texas and Pacific mug please. Well, the screen door is up. We have cross ventilation in the living room, the dog is happy she can lay on the floor and look out, the wife is happy because I finished another H-D project from the list about 10 yrs ago and I'm $210 lighter. So Toddland (of which I'm king) is going through some financial hard times, until we can get the economic stimulus package monies from waiting on tables this Wed. A meeting was held in the Town Hall in Gold Creek and the Mayor calmed the citizens announcing that there are some construction projects that the materials have already been purchased for, so work doesn't have to slow or stop yet. He also reassured the folks that the lack of a stockyard for the processing plant under construction is no cause for alarm because the T&P hasn't even laid the track yet so there will be no cows roaming the town. (transplant citizens. If you don't want to live small town life.....don't move to a small town. Yeesh) Of course the T&P is also experiencing the same funding situation so since there is no processing plant or stockyards, the track is on the bottom of the list. Sorta Catch-22 thing. The as of yet not named town however, has no idea what's going on because all that is standing is a not yet finished Beer distributor and it receives shipments so since they have nothing to do. They drink beer and don't really care about the financial situation of their town. What can you do.
Hopefully I'll get some train room time in today. High School grad-gee-a-sheon's today. Not going to the ceremony just the get together afterwards at 4. Don't know what the weather will be like tomorrow so I might have to mow today. I kinda like leaving at least Sundays open for rest and railroad but sometimes it just happens. Enough about me, now about you.
Chris- Waddeya mean "for your amusement"? That's a great looking fleet of hoppers.
Jason- Welcome back from underwater "tubing". How was the ice cream? Not to chocolatey I hope. (little ribbing I always gave the submariners I new. Actually all Navy folks.)
Garry- I see you've taken over the jokes. I wish they had an icon with a blank look and eyes that blink.
Great. I've lost my internet connection. Guess I'll sit in the corner booth and wait. Refill on coffee please, Thanks. (Dee dee dumde-dum-hmmm hm-hm) Ah! Back online.
Barry- We had one of those fly by dumpings yesterday too. Got a half inch in about 15 minutes a little thunder, then.... Sunny.
Jim- Nice job! My problem is when things turn out well like yours, I keep going and usually flub it up. Bad. Yours are right about at that couple years old. The WP hopper might need a bit more, but hey, who knows? Sometimes less is more as they say. (I wish I'd done less on a couple things ).
Rob- I can see you are going to have a rough time this year in the companion department. Every time I hear of these kinds of things and I think of the inevitable with our precious Missy. She only just turned 3 last week, so hopefully it will be a long while. But when it comes, it will be devastating. I'm sure everyone here who has a pet, doesn't feel like they are pets. By the way we talk they are just like a child.
Jeff- Great scene this morning!
Thanks for all the extensions of thoughts and prayers for Franklin. I will tell his owner/lifes partner. She will be touched.
A Blessed Pentecost to all.
Have a Great Day!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Mornin' everyone!
A blessed Pentecost to all of you who are of the faith! I have to be at church a bit early this morning as our tradition is that the Deacons serve communion on Pentecost. I had to contact all of the people who said they would serve, but hadn't heard back from 6 of them last night. So I spent much of the evening on the phone tracking down deacons.............. Everything is ready as it stands right now. I will be a server only if someone doesn't show. This is the only Sunday that the Deacons have the honor of doing this so we are not as used to all the details as the the "Elders" of the church.
Todd, Franklin and his owner will be in my prayers. I hope he is not and won't have to be in a lot of pain.
Currently 53°F with a high of only 60° today. Had some heavy rain during the night and it will be cloudy most of the day. May get to spend this afternoon and evening building outhouses for the layout......... Too muddy to plant the garden like I had planed.
Hope all of you have a great day!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning all--
Going to be kind of cool today, High of 13C expected with the low of 3C for tonight. Lots of sun today clouds showing up for tomorrow with more rain and T'storms and the high of 15C.
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Rob-that's always the thing with one's pets or animals one has close ties to. It's difficult when they're sick or getting old. But we keep chugging along looking after the little ones
Got some work in the yard to do and some work on the trainroom as well. Hopefully I'll get some pix uploaded into my PB account so I could DO something with them----
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and some toast with jam please----gonna sit by the corner booth---
Good morning.It's 66 and clear. The high will be around 90 and it will be sunny.Looks like my niece is serious about trapping her boyfriend. She ordered her wedding dress yesterday. If I heard correctly the date is sometime in mid July. She had to take some parts to him last night so he fix his truck, otherwise he'd be walking home. He's on a rig right now in Coushatta which is a drive of nearly 2 hours from here. I got the parent's yard mowed yesterday then went to BJ's Diner for lunch. Only thing I don't like about the place is it's not near the tracks. They're two streets over with a lot of houses and trees in between. Last night was the regular Saturday night thing of going out to dinner with my sister and my niece. One of our neighbors joined us as he enjoys a good night out also. I'm not sure of what I'll be doing today. I may work on the layout some. My sister and I are planning to go see a movie tonight. We'll see how that goes.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/31/2009Wind Chill: 69°FHumidity: 79%Dew Point: 62°FSo Far TodayHigh: 71°FLow: 66°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph WToday High: 90 Sunny. Highs around 90. Southwest winds near 5 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon.Tonight Low: 65 Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
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
Goodmorning all...
Today: Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind between 10 and 16 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Calm wind becoming south between 4 and 7 mph.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Hot Fudge Brownie Delight, please.
***Todd, we're facing the likelihood of losing a number of our canine friends this year. All old and some getting ill often. It will be a tough year in that department.
***Jim, I will be using all these old posts for future fence repairs. They were treated and are still in great shape.
***Jason, welcome back! Sorry about your laptop.
***Chris/Jim, nice weathering work guys.
Good Night All.
Rob
Todd-That is sad. What a way for such a wonderful fellow to go. And I agree with LEE. Remember the good times and keep him company---
Jim-I've been sort of off/on the whole day today---supposedly it'll be better tomorrow then go back to the rerun bit. I like the way those cars are lookiing !!
Evening all,
Todd, that’s horrible news, I’m sorry you guys have to go through this but hopefully you can think of the time yet remaining and the good times you had in the past.Corey sounds like a good deal on the van!
Sawyer, I bought a bottle of chameleon plastic model paint stripper (gel) and it works great if the alcohol doesn’t do the trick I highly recommend chameleon.Those yellow covered hoppers look great, I think all I have right now is black and yellow ERIE and black and white NKP covered hoppers (boring). I do have a wagon top B&O hopper I need to assemble, but it’s been hard with the good weather on my off days not to concentrate on the flower beds. Sunday I hope to do some work in the train room and maybe some more scrap loads.
Lee
Evening, Flo, yep, a hot fudge brownie sundae (with vanilla ice cream on top) and a cup of coffee, please (ATSF mug, oh yeah!). Thanks!
Corey, with the size of your dental bill, it's a blessing that you were able to pick up your wife's w**k van at that price. Almost (ALMOST...) starts to make up a little for it. Well, with that size bill, probably not, but it was good to get some savings out of the deal. Good thing will be, your wife knows the van's history and likely all its quirks, too. And maybe we won't ask about what her plans might be...
Garry - just one word.... Grrrrrrooooooaaaaan! (Well, maybe more) Hey, what kind of car do we want to see Chris pull out of his sleeve now? (Heh, heh...)
Barry, you're getting some of what we had earlier this week, sounds like. Ain't it wonderful? So what does Spring think of those storms, by the way?
Chris - nice job on the hopper[s], and I like the cement spill on that one. You don't think they ever do anything like that? Sure they do (when the supervisor's not watching them like a hawk)! If Rerun's a dog, that's different than my dog when I was young - he'd bite a frog he would find in the yard, but then he'd be shaking his head almost violently (like he was trying to shake the taste out)! Maybe your frogs and toads taste better than the St. Louis County ones we had back then....
Eric, after your day, I'd say you're overdue for some well-earned rest! Hope you get it tonight.
Morgan, congrats on getting one more step closer to train-running time. Jeff can probably tell you for sure, but I'd guess that the 70 percent would work (even if it might take a bit longer).
Uh,...Robby, I hope you weren't that fond of the 'clean' WP boxcar, 'cause:
(Before)
(After**)
**- On this batch, I'm not satisfied just yet with them, and will be doing some more on them. Found my matte spray (left from my photo studio days - amazed that it didn't blow up on me from its age; the things been sitting for 20 to 30 years, I think all of it unopened).
Okay back to the pics. Here's another rather garish-colored UP boxcar (Before):
and 'After':
I also did a couple of 2-bay covered hoppers (No, not the furry kind!) - a WP one (Before):
(and After):
and a Santa Fe one (Before):
and After:
Haven't decided on some kind of container for my alcohol/ink wash; the paint jar I thought I'd use still had some Barrier in it (anyone remember having to use that with Floquil and styrene?).
Jason - good to see you came up for air (and a trip to the Diner). I don't relish your having to track down your bookmarks. I have an external drive that I back up any new or changed files to (already backed up the original files) from my laptop, every Saturday evening. Makes me very glad I have that (though I really should have some off-site backup provision, too...). Enjoy your time above water!
Okay, Garry - had enough covered hopper pics yet? We don't want you to starve from lack of covered hopper pics, right? Chris - I'll just say - great job on those hoppers! I'm gonna have to save the pics of those for future reference.
About time for me to head back home again. Another warm to middlin'-warm day tomorrow (80's F), but they're talking about it going into the 90's on Monday - ouch! I'm not ready for August weather just yet.
Blessings and a good night's rest for you all,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Thanks for the kind words about the hopper from H**l... and special thanks to Robby P for showin' us how a pro does it.
Extra thanks to Jason for patroling the depths of the oceans in the name of protecting and defending us.
Out of the sheer heck of it, here's the entire cement fleet for your amusement. IF the layout ever gets built, these will be sent to the CCP yard (visible staging only) for off-layout/unmodeled service to two cement plants: Lehigh Cement, and not sure what the second one was. They're both side by side in NE Cedar Rapids...and now both closed.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Nice cement hopper, Robby......... It's a covered hopper evening!
Jason ..Welcome back to the diner from the depths of the ocean. Wow.
Speaking of oceans.............Where's Fergie???????!!!!!!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Jason
Modeling the Fort Worth & Denver of the early 1970's in N scale
I will take a sweet tea, and a slice of apple pie. Make it fast, before it hits the wall !!!!!!!!!!!!
Didn't do to much today. Planted some flowers at the graves (wifes family), and did some yard work. Tomorrow I will work on the hopper some.
Jim...............That boxcar didn't hurt my eyes. I sometimes like the "not over used" look. Plus it looks good as it is .
Chris...............Here's a roof shot I did of a cement car. It was a mix of plaster paris, and some dark colored powders.
Well I guess I will finish up watching the Penguins vs. Redwings. See y'all in the morning.
Terrific...All I had to do was mention "coverd hopper", and Chris presents a CNW cement hopper. It looks great Chris.
jeffrey-wimberlyPackers#1 WEll, went to the LHS and picked up my Code 55 track. Then my dad went by Hobby Lobby, and I bought a jar of model Master insignia red and 6 paintbrushes (brushes for my powders, paint for SCRail boxcars). When's track laying time?
Packers#1 WEll, went to the LHS and picked up my Code 55 track. Then my dad went by Hobby Lobby, and I bought a jar of model Master insignia red and 6 paintbrushes (brushes for my powders, paint for SCRail boxcars).
end of June/beginning of July, somewhere in that timeframe.
I biked up to Food Lion and bought some 70% alcohol to strip my locos and a few cars; my GP35 is soaking right now. they didn't have any 91% alcohol, which is why I got the 70%
Boy, what a day!!!
First, Chris - the hopper looks great. Recently saw something about cement cars and over flow/spillage. Looks convincing to me, but then we don't get many cement hoppers here. Plastic pellet cars yes, no cement.
3 calls today, all locals. Hot water burn at 6:30am, diabetic call 10:15am (sugar@29!), 6:00pm, siezure call which turned out to be a suicide attempt with 2 slit wrists and lots of blood and a combative patient. In the middle of all this I had breakfast with 2 of my female squadmates, went to a pre-school 'community health show' which ended before we got there because no one showed up, and, bought a motorcycle. I was home for about 3 hours total today. Meanwhile the grass looks like it grew another 6 inches....
I did manage to get some weathering done on the carfloat yesterday. Don't know if it's 'correct' or not. I used a photo of the "Cross Harbor" car floats from 1993 for info.
Lee, yours goes out Monday. Sorry for the delay
Time for bed. Yeah, it's 'early' but it was a busy day.
Good Evening...
Well, finally got THAT cement hopper finished I've been blathering on about lately. This is the third time I've done one of these...and the third time was NOT the "charm." Quite the opposite. It was about as difficult as the first, and had a lot more complications.
Here's the prototype:
The second model, built...within the last two years:
And the problematic third model. Yeah, I know...the cement spill on top is probably a bit too much...
JIM: Rerun saw a "hoppy toad" once...and promptly dispatched it to the great lilly pad in the sky by making a snack out of it.
I'll be in the back...
JimRCGMO Now, Garry, haven't you ever heard of a "hoppy toad"? Jim in Cape Girardeau
Now, Garry, haven't you ever heard of a "hoppy toad"?
Jim... Well, if you have a rabbit, and you put a hat on it.........you will have a covered hopper.
Sheeesh!!
A Good Evening to all of you--
That was quick--it was a driveby T'storm. It dumped a LOT of rain--couldn't see anything outside for about 15-20 minutes then---SUNNY!!----then another heavy T'storm and hey ho off I go---then--SUNNY!!--and then----same ol' same ol' Hence the gotta go remark---
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Garry--I agree with RAY---HEEEELP!! Where do you cook up these things anyway? You have a niece about 4/5? My niece had the idea of a "Ribbit Counter"-----
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Chloe, I'll have a cheeseburger and a diet coke please----I'll be at the "Ribbit Counter"
Got my parent's grass cut this morning so it's good until next time. Dropped in at BJ's Diner for lunch. Bacon burger and onion rings.
Well I was going to say something but the dang t'storm has started up again---CYABYE---
WEll, went to the LHS and picked up my Code 55 track. Then my dad went by Hobby Lobby, and I bought a jar of model Master insignia red and 6 paintbrushes (brushes for my powders, paint for SCRail boxcars).
I also ordered a Badger Model 250 airbrush which should be here mid-week, and I'll have a ride to go pick it up! expect to see some locomotives painted for SCRail predecessor SCUP next weekend, and boxcars painted for SCRail. eventually some locos painted for SCRail will appear as I get the paint for them.
Also, listen to this song, i love it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LOVBphvHYA