Good Morning everybody,
my eyes are not yet fully opened, so is this Chloe? No, please, it is way to early for an RBF - just a big mug of black coffee and a muffin to munch on while I wait for the others to drop in.
Came home late yesterday from my trip to Holland. I don´t like driving at all and my 15 year old Merc is not really comfortable anymore. But at least there is a silver lining on the horizon now - different ships, different concept, not as nice as I´d like to have, but a much higher chance to get off the ground. Friday next week we will continue to negotiate...
Before I left for Holland, I assembled my first AccuRail kit. Looks good to me, but definetively needs new Kadee couplers and trucks. And. most important, a good weathering job. After the desaster with my Soo caboose, I am a bit shell-shocked to go for another attempt at weathering, so I need to get a tutorial from Robby P - your latest work shown here is just breathtaking again...
Crandell - I am really greatful that we can participate in this forum. For me, Elliot´s Diner is the most important thread in it. It spans the world and allows us to build up friendships with people we most likely will never be able to meet in person, but yet are very dear to us. I hope Elliot´s Diner will not be moved to a siding ending at a scrap yard one day...
A good weekend to all of you!
Good Evening,Night or Morning, depending on your time zone,
Well I am very proud of myself tonight as I finally, after 3 tries, got a decoder installed and working in my IHC Sante Fe. I know it isn't much of a deal for many of you but for me it was a frustrating process and a learning one too. I have improved my soldering and now will tackle an IHC Hudson I have that is basically the same as the Sante Fe, and may even do sound for that one. The Hudson is a CN version that was done for a store here and is the loco that got me back into model RR so I have a bit of a soft spot for it and will be glad to finally get it converted to DCC so I can run it.
We just got back from our Anniversary dinner, a week late but we were out of town last weekend. We went to the French restaurant where my wife volunteers. She had salmon in buerre blanc and I had a beef filet in a Rocqefort, cognac sauce. It was a wonderful meal. Wish we could afford to eat there more often but it is in the special occasion category for us.
One of the items on my home to-do list was caulk around a window that had leaked a little before and so the plaster below it was damaged. Well we had 2 heavy rain storms on Thursday and I found that the caulking I did on Wednesday didn't solve the problem so it is back on a ladder tomorrow to try caulking other spots. We've had this problem since we moved here and have replaced the window, siding and roof so I'm at a bit of a loss. I now think it is getting in at the flashing above the window.
Weather here has been generally nice but cool. It only hit 65 today and is supposed to be the same tomorrow.
Talk to you soon,
CN Charlie
*Yawn* Good Morning... just stopping in before calling it a night.
Sir MadogAfter the desaster with my Soo caboose, I am a bit shell-shocked to go for another attempt at weathering,
ULRICH: First, GLAD to hear you have even the potential for something positive coming your way...fingers are still crossed for ya here, Pal. Second... what really helps me, is having a picture, or two, or three... in front of me as I'm slathering on the weathering stuff. Fallen Flag Railroad Photos, Railcar Photos.com, and Railroad Picture Archives.NET are all FREE to use, and a valuable resource. Also, what roadname was that Acurail boxcar again? Maybe somebody in here has a picture of one they can tack up on the wall in here for ya...like the Soo Line caboose pics I put up just a little too late...
Sir MadogI am really greatful that we can participate in this forum. For me, Elliot´s Diner is the most important thread in it. It spans the world and allows us to build up friendships with people we most likely will never be able to meet in person, but yet are very dear to us.
With THAT... I'll shake your hand, and bid ya a good night... time to hit the rack...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good Night Chris - have a good .
The box car is a Railbox 50´ car and I already found some excellent pics in the forum - was it Robby P. again who did that superb job?
I just have to before that art work - makes me feel so small...
Today: Thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Southwest wind between 14 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Jim, those medusa cement plants were all over the place here on the Great Lakes before they were bought out, how popular were they in your part of the woods? Some of the Medusa plants didn’t even carry cement; some only handled gypsum or aggregates. Jeff, sounds like that new AC was working overtime yesterday and I see in the forecast it will be working hard again today.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning.It's 77 and clear. The high will be in the mid 90's and it will be partly cloudy.I'll be mowing my parent's yard this morning. That should keep me occupied for several hours. Yesterday was uneventful. I got the front half of the M.T. Arms Hotel set in place. All it needs is a 'CDI Demolitions' sign on it and it'll look right at home. The freight station is also in place. That leaves just the Corner Cafe. I spent part of yesterday researching my Cherokee ancestry and learned quite a bit.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 7/11/2009Heat Index: 82°FHumidity: 90%Dew Point: 74°FSo Far TodayHigh: 80°FLow: 77°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph NNEToday High: 95 Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds around 5 mph. Heat Index readings 108 to 109 in the afternoon.Tonight Low: 75 Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest 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
Good morning
We got showers and those t'underin' boomers in our forecast this morning for today. The forecast high will be 26C----right now the temperature is 22C with the heat index at 30C.
I've had to cancel out the proposed trip up north of here today b/c of the weather north of us---rain/t'underin' boomers and wind----and with that cancellation came a honey do list-----ohno ohno Maybe I'l still get some time to some MRing------depending on the growth and mutation of aforesaid list
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a toasted bagel please----I'll sit with Ulrich by the RC and see who else shows up
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/
(poking my head through the door)
Is Barry still in?
Zoe, I´ll sit with Barry to do a bit of steam talking. A coffee for me and bring Barry another one of what he is having there...
Now I tried to assemble my last AccuRail kit and , there is one wheelset missing - . Even if I plan to replace the couplers and trucks through Kadees, I want my kit to be complete. Wrote an e-mail to AccuRail and asked them to send me one - wonder if they do that and how long it will take.
Have to be off again, I also got a mile long to do list from SWMBO - can´t risk her being ...
Good morning everybody,
The wife and I did something a little different last night after dinner, we went to a car cruise that's held on Friday evenings in Wexford, PA. Wow! There was something for everyone, hot rods, restorations, muscle cars, Mustangs, Corvettes, etc. Even a section for motorcycles. There wasn't a parking or admission fee, they just asked for a $2.00 donation. I thought I was spending a lot on my trains, but it doesn't even come close to what some of these guys have invested in their cars. If you live reasonably close, I'd recommend a visit.
My collection of Western Pennsylvania locomotives and rolling stock grew in the past two weeks with the addition of a "Top Gon" gondola by BLMA, a Lake Erie Franklin & Clarion RS-1 that I picked up at my LHS, and best of all, I received my SW1500 I had custom painted as Pittsburgh & Ohio Central #1545. It turned out far better than I even hoped for.
I really do admire those of you who can do your own painting and weathering. Don't kid yourselves. You are artists in your own right. I, on the other hand, have trouble drawing stick figures and would probably make a mess painting a barn.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good morning, well so far its a good morning. Seems like thunderstorms are coming my way also. Maybe some bad ones also.
Well not to much planned today. Maybe run the layout some, and clean up the house.
Ulrich..........Here's a couple Railbox shots I did. I hope they help.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
LSWrrToday: Thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Some of the storms could be severe.
Or if you're me, thunderstorms RIGHT NOW!
Good morning.
I was saying I did not stop to take a photo of a CSX freight train yesterday, but I will say I noticed it looked like Robby was weathering the freight cars in the CSX train!
Regarding the talk about fast cars. Sad news. The demolition derby may be cancelled due to economic conditions. Oh No! Say it is not true! Them boys who participate in the demolition Derby each year in Hopkinsville, KY are saying it takes a lot of time and moeny to get a car fixed up just to crash it........This is terrible.......... Them thar boys should get some bailout money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ulrich, I hope they send you wheel set. ..
I posted pictures of F-units on my layout in WPF.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
It´s late afternoon here in Germany, so I´ll just pop in for a quick coffee before I call it a day. Thanks, Zoe, very caring of you, even in myy good ol´ MILW mug - no, I will take my RBF tomorrow, if that is ok with you.
Thanks, Robby P. - for the picture, I saved it on my computer to be used as a reference when I get daring enough to weather my all brand new and self-assembled super box car. I just say that because I am still too to habe another try at weathering...
Btw, how about writing an article for MR on your weathering techniques - you are really mastering that!
Mornin I think I have a day or two of rest. It's been a pretty hectic couple of weeks. Train room here I come. Oh wait, I have to go to the grocery store. Masking tape, I need masking tape for the roof of the water tower. Better add that to the list.
Chris- I'll pass that snoring relief on to Brenda. (or administer as the case may be). I'd be happy as a clam with those cars of yours too. . You been talkin to Robby on the sly? I guess I better get to practicing or I'll be left in the dust. Looks like the diner is getting' full of you weathering guys. I've already got a mountain to climb. Keep those photos coming. Like pages in a text book. I get more help by looking at pictures in these forums than any book I've bought. ( sorry Kalmbach.)
Barry- (patoohey, (pinggg)) What? Ya ain't never growed no corn? Why ware you frum? Canadee?
What's this towel for Flo? Oh, ok I'll wipe it up.
Jim- If your talking about going to the top of the page you posted to (say bottom of page 5) and it goes to the top of page 5 even if your post goes to the bottom of page 5 or even page 6, yes mine does that, but it always has.
On that wreck, A shame. Many people paid the price for his or her showing off. Now after seeing the video, we can add the people sitting in the SUV. They had a front row view.
Ulrich- Sounds promising the fingers and toes are cramping but they're still crossed. And I agree with you, I'm not a fan of Accurail couplers either.
Jeff- Any famous Cherokee's we might know or heard of?
Robby- Like I said earlier, the pictures you've been posting really help me a lot to see how it's done. I'm a "need to see it" person. I blow up your photos and try to see what you've done and how. Not to mention they just look awesome. Thanks and keep ‘em coming. Someday for me, someday.
Well, gotta go to the Wally World for groceries now (Brenda‘s stuck her head in hear three times now without saying anything ), come back and check out Garry's F units in WPF and anybody else's pics, then I'll decide on either an ORF nap or some train time.
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.
Afternoon everyone!
Didn't get in here for breakfast today and I've already had lunch, so I'll just have that RBF that Ulrich didn't want as long as it's all made up already.......
I was just about ready to do a post this morning when I started to hear.... rumble, rumdle, and then BOOM! So I decided to shut down everything real quick.... By the time the storm had passed, it was time to head out to the State Park here on Seneca Lake for a graduation party. I just got home and looking at what Barry is sending my way, I decided to cancel going out to camp to play with the speaker system on the roof of the dining hall... Not sure I want to send anyone up on the roof to remove the speakers and act like a Lightning Rod.......
We are under a severe thunderstorm watch for the rest of the day and into the evening here in the Finger Lakes. May be a good day to get some yard work finished (on the layout... you think I'm some candidate for that Darwin Award thingy???).
Jeffrey Back a decade or so ago I was with my Boy Scout Troop at an international camporee where there was a couple selling Dream Catchers and other Native Crafts. Seeing the Dream Catchers, I stopped and told several of my Scouts the Legend of the Dream Catcher and its purpose. The owner of the display came over and listened to me for a bit. When I had finished, she asked me if I was Sioux. I told her no but that my step great grandmother was Seneca.... She then told me that the version I was telling was the Sioux version and that she was Cherokee and asked if I was interested in their version of the Dream Catcher story. I was so she told me of Grandmother Spider and the rest of it. I still have the Dream Catcher I bought from her that day hanging over my bed, and yes it does help me to only follow the good dreams and stay on the true path. I might just add that she was very easy on the eyes as well...
Ulrich, hoping for the best with the possibility. Sure hope it works out for you! My prayers for you sir.
TMarshBarry- (patoohey, (pinggg)) What? Ya ain't never growed no corn? Why ware you frum? Canadee?
Barry ought to have no problem growing corn as It grows here in the Finger Lakes magnificently! And he actually lives a little South Of where I live according to the map. In fact in a few days the first of this years sweet corn should be appearing in farm stands. I can't wait! My squash (summer) should start to produce in about 2 weeks. From that point on I will be living on a diet of local vegies predominatly until we get the first frost sometime in October.
Hope you all have a great day!
73
, awesome work sir. Everytime I see stuff like that it almost makes me want to model the modern era (that's anytime after 1950.......) Notice I said "almost".
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Well its afternoon, and no rain yet. Looks like its still coming thou.
Ulrich.........I sent a email to MR to see about doing a story, but nothing yet. Plus someone said they are behind.
Todd.........I look myself for ideas. I know some "weathers" blow my stuff out the water, but I'm improving slowly. I will post the Ann Arbor car, once its done. I probably won't start it will Monday.
TMarshJeff- Any famous Cherokee's we might know or heard of?
Afternoon, Flo - how about (rim shot here...ra-ta!) a RBF - oh yeah, and an order of cheese fries, too, please? Thanks!
Robby - "Gentlemen, you make start your brushes! (Uddun, uddun!! Roar!!!)... And away they go, in a cloud of rust!" Hey, what are you using to make your little 'rust nicks' like on that Railbox, by the way (brush, toothpick, or something else? and what colors)?
Chris, how'd you add the lines to the poles? Ye olde tedious method of gluing a line of thread at a time to each 'insulator'? Or do you have a secret on making that job more bearable? If so, I could sure stand to learn it. I've been debating about the Berkshire Junction (?) wires, or maybe going with the ready-to-go ones that (Roco? whoever?) makes. The latter is more expensive, but I might start saving up - my patience level with certain things can be kinda low...
Garry - I want to learn your secret on transportation. 330 miles going to Cincinnati, but only 300 coming back? Did they move while you were there? From the video, it looks like that black car was zooming along when he passed the SUV. Wow...
CN Charlie, that sounds great on the decoder - I recall you becoming quite frustrated after 'toasting' a couple or so decoders earlier (that was you, wasn't it?). Congrats on getting that w**king, now it'll likely be easier on other ones from here out.
Ulrich - good to hear your project/company might just still come to pass (in whatever form). You could start smaller than you'd wanted, and as things come out of the current MESS (TM) (sorry, Fergie!), you may be able to expand things and grow the company. will continue, and have a cup (of coffee, we won't torment you further with RBF's if you don't hanker after the taste of them). And as for the weathering, remember that even Robby and the other masters at that, weren't that good from their mama's lap - they had to learn. So you're just newer to weathering (as I am), that's all. Keep at it, and in a few months or a year, you may be the one inspiring someone else new to the Diner!
Lee, my cement plant will probably be named something else than Medusa, actually. Not necessarily "Hoffa Cement", but something else... Yeah, I'm kinda a fan of Art Curren's method of naming industries - that, and naming them after various friends (with some kind of 'inside' joke to the name). Have fun cleaning up those gremlins before your show-and-tell!
Jeff, you stay cool there today - get the mowing done early as possible. That KCS hopper looks good - maybe a little clean for Robby's tastes, but still nice! And your family history looks pretty impressive, from that search (just in Wikipedia's listings of it).
Penn.Tom, that car cruise sounded like fun - I accidentally went by one when I was going to a church retreat a bit back. They were holding it in the parking lot of a burger place (where we stopped for dinner on the way there). Probably not a big and varied as yours, though. Congrats on your new acquisitions for the RR, too!
Man, sounds like our folks east of Missouri are getting hammered from the storm that moved through late last night (but I think it was more north of us for the worst of it). Today it's stopped raining, just muggy and grey, with the occasional peek-through by that yellow round thing in the sky. Back to THAT kind of weather again...
Went by H-L after I got laundry done this a.m., and picked up a can of 'Brick' spray paint, and found they have Dullcote (over with the plastic models and their paints), and also got a DPM Pam's Pets kit with my 40 percent off coupon. But with the humidity, I won't be doing any spray-painting until the air dries out a bunch.
Oh, I started stripping the paint off the C&O gondola yesterday, and found out that 91 percent will even start to dissolve some of the plastic - yikes! At least, it turned the alcohol dark (and the lettering was white!). I'll just use the surface 'etching'(?) as a starter for some possible rust and wornout areas when I get to weathering it. I also ordered some more decals from Champ Decals this morning for my ore cars, gondolas, cabeese and some other cars, and checked over my freight cars that I've already assembled. Found that one Accurail 3-bay hopper needs a little re-gluing of the panel that's over one of the weights (came loose), and I need to reglue some on another Accurail 50' boxcar (weight came loose and the understructure comes loose from the sides...). Minor stuff - just sidelined a couple of cars to the RIP track for now.
I'll go sit at the RC and see what Barry and Ulrich are talking about - oh wait, Ulrich's napping, and I see Barry just got handed some kind of HD list by Flo. Guess Barry's wife must've dropped it off as a... reminder. Well, I'll sit a spell at the RC.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Strong coffee in an extra large UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
Can't seem to keep up with the posts. Interesting history there, Jeffrey.
Went to start up our old Badger 380-6 silent air compressor and just a quick hum and it clicks off...no compression. Any suggestions? I haven't used it in a long time, but it always ran great in the past. Can a regular compressor (like for nail guns and such) be used with fine model air brushes (providing there is an adapter for such a hookup)???
Looks like I'm not going to get the wife's Diner or spaceship painted anytime soon. Guess I could start assembling her carnival rides or work on the layout(s) some. Just don't want to have too many projects started without completeing something.
Rob
Jim........I use a fine tip brush for the pits/rust gashes. The color of choice is a rust colored powder mixed in with burnt seriea (if thats spelled right). Its a orangeish color oil paint. After it dries, I go back with a darker oil for the depth. You are suppose to go light to dark, but I go the other way.
Rob.........I was using a nail gun for my last compressor, but man it was loud!! By the time you by a "nail gun/whichever compressor", a regulator, a water trap, extra fittings, etc......You could have bought another air brush compressor.
PC I hope the weather didn’t cause you too much trouble, I’m ecstatic about the weather; I had a leak in the garage roof that I fixed last weekend and the garage is dry.
Jim, I name all my businesses after family and friends on my layout and I’m considering a Medusa cement plant on my layout. I think I’ll leave the name and if anybody asks I’ll tell them I named it after my ex-wife.
Bought a couple new cars for the layout; Train-Miniature SWIFT 40’ wood reefer and a 1956 C&O 50’ box car with the Chessie Cat logo in color (ATHEARN #70780)
I'll take an RBF please. No I won't tease Ulrich. I got the ingredients to make Ryan's Crawfish Monique he brought in a few months ago. THAT shall be supper tonight. I'm going to use shrimp as Brenda feels almost (but not quite) the same way about Crawdads as Jeff.
Ray- First stop before going to Grocery store was the Farmers Market in Sherman. Best part of summer is the fresh produce. I would plant a garden and I probably will some year but I remember as a kid the weeding and boy I hated that!! That's why so far we just have Gooseberries, Black Raspberries, Blackberries and of course good ole Rhubarb. No weeding. I've already got my yearly feeling of "gee I wish I'd planted a garden this year" after listening to all the people talking about theirs
Robby- I wouldn't say but very, very few weatherers "blow you out of the water" and even those I still would say is a stretch. I do recall your work from just what, 7 or 8 months ago and even then I thought it was pretty good but now.... You're really bringing it to the game. If I was wearing a hat I'd tip it to ya. (odd I'm not wearing a hat. Hmm)
Jeff- I'd never heard of Dragging Canoe and that surprises me after reading about him for a brief bit. I would have thought that he should have been talked about in school at least some. Of course around here all we hear about is Abe Lincoln and Pocohontas. Oh and Michael Jackson.
Rob- Robby's right. But if you already have the regulator and a water trap then yes it should be fine. I already have a larger air compressor in the garage and it has a regulator built on and I have and air drier I'd purchased a long time ago to keep the air impacts from getting too wet. Plus I thought I could paint a car. You notice I've never talked about painting cars?
LSWrr I think I’ll leave the name and if anybody asks I’ll tell them I named it after my ex-wife.
(chuckle)
ORF nap with the dog time
Evening All..Had a t-storm this morning other than that hot and humid,,I'll have a double RBF please..Thank You..My son, his girlfriend and 2 of the grand daughter came this afternoon..He and I watched the cards-cub game Cards dropped it with a double header sunday...you all have a good nite...Jerry
Hello
Good ol' fashioned T'boomer came along just awhile ago and dumped a monsoon on us. We had 2 good showers as well---and it is supposed to go down to 8C tonight(?). Oh well---
Todd, Ray: This would be the first time that I groweded the corn----at least our own corn----neighbour always supplies us with almost ever't'in' else here. LOL!! Our soil ain't quite the best so we are just tryin' with a coupla rows for now-----heeheehee
Ray: The current lot of T'boomers and such gave us the fits---the forecasts would say 30% chance and then along comes a monsoon-----east of here---e.g--Woodstock ON had a full slate of 'em today- Oh yes. Also ordered the Jordan kit---and the catalogue----
Spent the day basically doing some small stuff on the HDL then started doing some more of my Purina Mill project----as I got the pieces of railing and staircases for the front part of the complex----I also ordered enough pieces of railings/staircases to start on a Limestone quarry mill of mine own----
Chloe, I'll just have a RBF and a Rhubarb pie please-----I'll sit with RAY at the RC and see what ev'body be up to--
Coffee refill, please & thanks.
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I did find an adapter in my Dungeon and hooked up a water trap and airbrush to my noisy, very basic Porter Cable compressor (it comes with a regulator) and "there be air in the air brush". Cool. Would much prefer the one I had specifically for airbrushing, but this one is here and I really don't want to buy a new compressor just do do a handfull of models with. Whew!
Also replaced a pin under the tractor that enables you to shift from high to low. Really needed that one, especially with the need to bring fresh shavings into the barn today. Thankful that is all it was.
The bad news is a used (N) Pacific I recently bought on the-bay arrived today and runs like ^#%*. I let the seller know, so we'll see what he says. It is definately NOT a keeper. Gurrrrr!
Milk, Chloe.
Haven't been in here for a while so I'll need to catch up.
Not much going on, I was at Dalton's parade and caravel yesterday, and a week ago my uncle came up from Spokane.
See yall!
Good Evening,
JIM: I take silver/alluminum/metal colored thread and make a half-hitch (I think that's the name for it) at each insulator. With the line "snugged" around the insulator, I put a small drop of an ACC-type glue, let it set, then on to the next. It wasn't as bad as that may sound...I only did it on three poles! IF/WHEN the layout is ever built, I'll probably go with the Rix brand poles for along the tracks (even though the real pole lines are/were long-gone), and Walther's utility poles for the electric lines.
The Rapido pole line looks OK...but with all the crossarms and lines, it would only look "right" along a very busy main line, and I'm not sure how easy it would be to remove crossarms/lines to customize it. A "plus" for the Atlas poles, they are fairly easy to customize. Shaving off a crossarm (or two) isn't too bad.
Back in the early 90s, I took some Atlas poles and re-made them into shorter poles with two side-pins to represent a late 19th century 2-wire telegraph line. This was for the flood destroyed display layout at Usher's Ferry in Cedar Rapids. A "historical village" imagineered at a long-ago crossing of the Cedar River. They hauled in a section of the MILW depot from Olin, IA. The club I was with at the time was "hired" to model the village in a display layout housed in the depot.
Crimeny! Long answer to short question... Sorry 'bout that!
Evening, Janie, I'll have a Toffee and Brazilnut cookie, glass of milk, and some coffee in a Rio Grande mug, please 'n' thank you.
Robby, I'm guessing that color would be burnt sienna, right? I only recall (from my undergrad art major days) two 'burnt' colors - burnt sienna and burnt umber, and burnt umber is a very dark brown (hard to tell from black unless you have bright lighting, at times). How small of a brush are you starting with - 000/0 or something else? (Sorry to be a pest with all the questions...) And I'd agree with Todd - I think there'd only be one or two weatherers who could keep ahead of you (if that). I figured it as only a matter of time before we see MR running an article on weathering with your name in the byline.
Lee, that idea on the Medusa Cement sounds about right to me.
Todd...? Hey, Todd...? Hmm, I guess I'll do like they say about sleeping dogs (and ORFs...) and leave him be. Maybe Todd's been apprenticing himself out with Duke...? Y'think, Diners?
Well, dang, Jerry - I was hoping the Cards would pull ahead of Milwaukee before the break. Maybe they'll do better on Sunday. Any news on your replacement chair yet?
I started on another of my structure kits this afternoon. It's the leftmost part of this building, but I'm gonna build it just as a little transfer company:
http://railwaydesign.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Delaney_Iron_Wor_493287a39b30f.jpg
However, mine is only a bunch of beige plastic at the moment, not so nicely colored as in that photo... I'll see if I can get further along tomorrow and post a photo in the afternoon. I have the dock base together, and the four walls glued together so far. Still need to put those together and start on the roof. I think Walthers probably stole the design from RDA for the (now built-up) Walthers truck-transfer (kit) building. I moved the Roberts building kitbash to the DR table to see about 'ungluing' the base from it, but I think that may go better tonight or tomorrow afternoon. Also got most of the 'dark' alcohol (originally 91 percent) into containers - a smaller bottle that I'll probably use for the India ink/alcohol wash mix, and the rest in the original bottle the alcohol came in. Washed out the baking dish and measuring cup (which I used to get it into the smaller bottles).
Rob, good to hear you have a w**king airbrush setup, and even better that you got the tractor linkage w**king also. Particularly for getting into the barn - don't want to be going full speed in there, I'm sure!
Barry, you seem to be getting your fair share (and then some!) of the T-boomers lately. How many days in the past week have you had them, anyway? Good luck with your corn - of course you realize, that if you get going okay with that, next year you'll be adding more veggies and rows, and the next, and before you know it, you'll be applying for farm subsidies! Oh, wait - that's right, you're NOTB, so I guess you're not eligible...
Chris, no problem - I appreciate you covering all that info on the poles (and thanks for the info on the 2-nub telegraph poles, too). (Hey, I can get a bit long-winded from time to time, too, y'know...)
I'll get back to my dessert now at the RC.
Blessings and prayers,
Oh Jim...you know not what you started.... I managed to dig out some Atlas poles from long ago, and had a little fun...just to see if I could still re-work 'em like I used to.
CNW-style signal power up top, phone lines below:
Double crossarms:
A close-up of a pole with lines on the "photo track." You'll notice the "danger" of my half-hitch: the "wire" often drops down below the insulator! Looks good from a distance...not so hot up close and personal.
I think I got this out of my system now... might go dig through a file cabinet of photos, see if I can find the Ushers Ferry layout pics.
LSWrrPC I hope the weather didn’t cause you too much trouble........
Naw, it just made installing the new invisible fence a little more interesting. Actually, the rain helped soften the ground, so the digging was easy.
LSWrr.....I’m ecstatic about the weather; I had a leak in the garage roof that I fixed last weekend and the garage is dry.
GOOD DEAL!!!