TMarshMom doesn't get it huh? I guess you best put the stuff away before you leave and she won't move it.
A large majority of it was already on shelves though. RThat's what I don't get.
TMarshAnd as far as the pink elephant goes, I think you're a bit too young to be seeing pink elephants (said while chuckling). Unless it's on Ray's layout of course.
-Morgan
hey guys.
Thankfully I don't have to worry about my folks moving my layout. (my dad was upset at me for not having help me set up the benchwork and the basic wiring. I wound up explaining that I would rather have him help on the fun part of scenery)
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When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Large glass of cool lemon water, please.
Are Branchline Trains models super easy or more challenging kits? Wife is looking at the Farm Outbuilding Set and it is "you know who" that would have to put it together. Any description of their kits will be appreciated. Thanks!
I'll be in a corner booth until the eyes close on their own.
Rob
CederstrandAre Branchline Trains models super easy or more challenging kits?
Try bleeping -pains in the tucus. Some of the pieces on the sprue are thinner than the sprue. Not for new guys
Evening...Just stopped in for a RBF before bed...You all have a good one...Jerry
Evening Gang: Just a quick drop and run tonight. I've been busy as usuall with the ranch. I gathered a bunch of brush together and burned it after I did some more mowing of weeds and brush. We have a real good amount of pecans this year. It's the first time an about 4 years that there will be enough to bother with picking. I started cleaning under the trees with the brush hog mower. It's really sujprising how fast the weeds and brush take over when you don't keep after them.
Nothing new on the MRR front. I just have time to read the lastest issue of Trains and Model Railroader. Speaking of time it's late and tomorrow is an early get up.
Good Night All
Good Evening Chloe, how about a Rio Grande mug of hot cocoa, please? Thank you - cooling off in the evenings lately (hit a new low last night/early Monday morning of 50 F), so this'll hit the spot, and warm some of my innards. Y'know, I think I'll have a dish of Bama's Cookies and Cream ice cream, too. Thanks again!
TMarshWhich reminds me, I'd best pass on the NMRA gage pictures for a bit. I doubt if you could make out the point things and besides, to be honest, I'm not sure myself on some of the things with the switches (which more than likely is the same things you‘re confused on).
Todd, no rush on that, since I'm still looking for my own NMRA gauge...
Ray, love your elephant there - where'd you find a pink one (or did she have to take a dip in the pink tub)? Almost forgot - love that scene with the lantern (and particularly the converted (baggage?) car).
Bama, good to hear you got Amy to the hospital quickly. Sounds like the 'Bama ANG was trying to give you and your buddy a bad case of the brown shorts.
Nik.n, yep, some-day you'll look back. Just wait for it...
Lee, I'm with you on those roling stock specs.
Garry - your church friend and her hubby are still on my list. Sounds like your concert went well (and was probably great for the ears, too). And as for that NMRA gauge, it's not lost - in those famous words: "I KNOW it's in here SOMEPLACE..."
...and your birthday is the day after my (older, ahem...) brother's birthday.
NS Joe, nice little switcher there in that (ex-)SW1500. Hope you have fun getting the Watchinson Line expansion done. And welcome back home, too!
Morgan, maybe you and Rob should exchange notes on how to hide things from the Mom/CFO (as the case may be)... As for why your Mom did that, anybody's guess could be just as wrong as your guess or mine.
Rob, how about hiding the catalog? On those Branchline kits, I got the impression you were asking about a structure, which might be better than the passenger or freight car kits are.
Paul, sounds like you're gonna have a good crop of pecans this year. You reminded me, too - I need to check my post office box and see if my new issue of MR came in.
However, I'm stretching the gas until payday (on Saturday), so I may wait until then. Also will pick up the new Walthers catalog from our LHS owner/MRR club member (he brought them to the club meeting tonight, but I had a church leadership conference tonight to attend instead).
Anybody else notice the cicadas seem pretty noisy this summer? Not sure if these are the ones that only come up out of the ground every so many years, but they are noisy enough that in the daytime, I do hear them inside with the windows closed (I did on Sunday, at least).
I'll be finishing up my ice cream and cocoa and heading out for now. See everyone tomorrow!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Evenin' folks!
Just stopping by for a cup of decafe before I head off to bed.
The 1914 Model T Touring Car I am now putting together was going very smoothly, until an hour ago. Now none of the teeny tiny little itsy bitsy parts want to stay put where they are supposed to while the CA dries. Grrrrrr!
JimRCGMORay, love your elephant there - where'd you find a pink one (or did she have to take a dip in the pink tub)? Almost forgot - love that scene with the lantern (and particularly the converted (baggage?) car).
Thanks Jim! The "pink Elephant was originally supposed to be a 6' tall white rabbit name Harvey...... Nobody makes anything that could be used for that so the next idea was the "pink elephant...." Yes it was originally white and had to painted pink. The "Temporary Freight Depot was made from the leftovers of bringing a few old Overland style coaches back into service. It is what is left of two different cars. The body is a "Combine".
Hope you all have a great night. My prayers to all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ray, beat the Model T with a hammer and call it dirty names!
Yeah, Jim, they were picking on us in our little dinky Cessna, but that's okay, we had a blast while flying. I also got to get on the bike this afternoon and go fer a little ride.
Well, I'll just go for a nightly RBF and then I think I'm going to hit the sack, gotta go to work in the morning.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning
'Spring' is cuddled up by me and purring away and the household slowly waking up---a couple of my friends have taken their coffees out to the back yard under the trees to watch the birds. Me, I'm still trying to get the sleep out'n the eyeballs
I'm off to the doctors with Audrey to get her physical done, then it's off with Steven ( the freshman at UWO) to said university to show him the site wherein he has the residence and then it is off to get his books for his courses-----
Chloe, I'll have a cup of rawcafffeine---and a toasted bagel please---I'll be at the RC
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Good morning.It's 66 and clear. The high will be around 86 and it will be partly cloudy.Went to see the foot doc yesterday to fill out the paperwork for the upcoming foot operation. That took from 9:30 to 11:45. The operation is scheduled to take place the morning of September 8th at the Deer Creek Doctor's Hospital in Leesville. No layout work yesterday as I basically just took the rest of the day off. Today I'll start work on a DPM kit I painted last month. After it's done I have one that I received in the mail yesterday that need's painting. Those DPM kits are easy to put to put together but they're a pain in the butt to paint. However the level of detail is acceptable. I also have some clouds that can stand to be redone as the edges appear to be just a tad too sharp.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 9/1/2009Wind Chill: 66°FHumidity: 69%Dew Point: 56°FSo Far TodayHigh: 71°FLow: 66°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph ENEToday High: 85 Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.Tonight Low: 60 Clear. Lows around 60. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
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Mornin, Currently it's 49 F headed for a high today of 74 with abundant sunshine again and 0% chance of rain.
Coffee please. Make it a double thanks. (grumbles under breath) First Pink Elephants, then 6' white rabbits named Harvey. Why won't anybody believe me! Or am I going crazy?
Garry-
Rob- I can't answer for the structure kits, but if they are like their blueprint series boxcar kits, they are very well detailed and yes have very small parts. I wouldn't call them difficult, not really easy, but not difficult. They do make you feel like you've put a model together as opposed to the kits where it's all done and you are just putting the body on the frame and installing the trucks and couplers. That reminds me, I have a couple three left to do.
Jim- That's right! Nothings lost as long as you're still looking for it. Just mis placed. I've been looking for stuff for years but I'm not done looking yet so they're not lost, I just haven't seen them yet. ( you haven't by chance seen a 6' rabbit have you?) I noticed the Cicada's yesterday morning I guess it was. In the neighbors tree. Other than thee that was the only time I even noticed them. Not too bad up this way.
Jeff- Ah Sept 8th. The day after my anniversary. A day of rest for me. I shall be trying to recuperate myself that day from trying to make Brenda happy and remember why she married me. From trying to make her want to stay with me and forget about all the stuff that happened last year that made her shake her head with half closed twitching eyelids thinking "Why. I should have married a Doctor and I could have a professional do this." You know, soften her up for another year of asking the never answered question. "Why would you do that?" (chuckle) I also like the DPM kits. IMHO I think they are some of the best looking buildings I've seen and the money they want isn't too awful bad either.
Ray- I was never a big Jimmy Stewart fan but Harvey was one of the movies I liked.
Wait! Wait! I'm not taking anything away from JS. Great actor, I just, well it's the voice. I just never could take him for some of the tough cowboy parts or some of the... well the voice just didn't work for me.
I best get out of here while I still have my skin.
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.
Good morning folks!
I'll have the Southwest Omelet with some ww toast and butter, Ed's OJ and a cup a Joe in my NS mug! Thanks Chloe!
howmus ...I still think about old Sheila now and then even after a year. Sometime I think I hear something and expect to see her crawling between the desk and the computer to come sit next to me as she used to do. Takes time......
...I still think about old Sheila now and then even after a year. Sometime I think I hear something and expect to see her crawling between the desk and the computer to come sit next to me as she used to do. Takes time......
Ray....you know...I been hearing some meows too and thinking it is Kitty just around the corner, of course she is now under the St. Francis of Assisi statue in our front yard garden.
Welcome back home Joe!
Bama, glad that Amy is getting better!
Paul, I see some Pecan Pies in your future!
Speaking of pie.....this is the Lemon Meringue Pie I made on Sunday...
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Good morning. Still on the cool side. I believe the low was 47deg. again.
Well I started the practice moving trailers around at work. The worst part is the yard switcher is a old/beat up truck. It all around sucks!! I was trying to get use to the clutch, and a BIG difference between it and a cars clutch. I was bouncing the truck all over the place. Then the manager had the nerve to have a cup of coffee with him. I can say I didn't spill any, but it was close. More training tonight .
I will get the BN boxcar done up today, and get some shots of it on here later. Thats pretty much the plan all day.
Hope everybody has a good morning.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good morning.........
I made some coffee from a bag of Southern Seasons brand of cappuccino flavor. Good stuff. the company is in Chapel Hill, NC........ I suspect Ryan is familiar with it. ..... Last night, I used Cajun Chef Ryans rub spice on some hamburgers cooked on the BBQ grill. Good.
The Dell desktop computer is still bad ordered on the rip track. Thanks for all of the suggestions. I tried them all. Every time I try to download another virus remover, the virus gets mad at me and screws up the computer some more. Ad Aware would downlad and install, but it will not run because a file (FLTLIB.DLL) could not be found. SupeAnti SpyWare could be loaded and installed, but would not run. AVG would not load until about the tenth try. The link Jeff provided did not work, but I went to their home page. It was not free unless I would buy products from other merchants on-line. Nuts to that. I have McAfee and keep updating it and running it. It identifies infected files. Some are deleted or cleaned, but some can not be deleted or cleaned. I tried to delete them manually, but they are protected and will not delete. This is really irritating.
I suspect some creators of virusses do it in order to generate business for virus proection software.
Thanks much for the ealy b'day wishes. I suppose I should have waited for the actual day (9/3) to say anything.
GARRY
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howmusThe 1914 Model T Touring Car I am now putting together was going very smoothly, until an hour ago. Now none of the teeny tiny little itsy bitsy parts want to stay put where they are supposed to while the CA dries. Grrrrrr!
As we all know, our models are mearly replica's of their full sized counterparts. That model T is mearly replicating it's full sized counterpart in EVERY way! The real ones can be a pain to work on sometimes too!
Heartland Division CB&QI suspect some creators of virusses do it in order to generate business for virus proection software.
I have often thought that myself.
Morning all. Zoe, I'll take some pancakes and some of Ed's OJ, thanks.
Rob, Maybe you should just try hiding the Walthers catalog And that purse is a dangerous place... Don't even THINK of looking in there.Jim, Thanks! The complete and total destruction (I mean, careful removal) of the current layout may be a while off, but as of now, there's no set date, so I'll figure it out as I go along.Jeff, Good luck with the surgery.
cup a Joe in my NS mug
Well, not much going on today. Mostly just chillen, doing some homework, and running trains.The SW1500 is a real nice runner. It's smooth, quiet, and FAST! This thing can make it around my layout (the outer loop) in about 7 seconds! And I thought my Spectrum F40PH was fast...
I'll be in the back corner.
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Mornin' everyone!
Flo I'll have a big slice of that Lemon Meringue Pie that Ryan brought in.... What? Yes that is what I want for breakfast.... Honest! Oh and don't forget my cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK Mug. I'll be at the Rivet Counter with Barry.
Another beautiful day here in the Finger Lakes! Currently 66°F with a high of 73°F this afternoon under sunny skies. Looks like I will do more to minimize the size of the wood in my driveway today as well as increasing the height of the stack started o the back porch for use this Winter.
Robby sounds like you had a lot of fun with the switcher truck........ I first learned to drive when I was a couple months shy of my 5th. birthday on a Ford 8N tractor. That was easy as I was just heavy enough to be able to push the clutch down and hit one of the brake pedals with my right foot. About 6 or 7 months later my dad put me on an Alica Chalmers B to pull a wagon. I could push the clutch out, but it had a stiff spring and all I could get it to do was wheelies every time I started up. My Dada would yell at me, "Easy, easy Bud!" "Let the clutch in easy, NO, NO, NO! Let it in easy.....!" He just couldn't understand that my little legs (at 5 years of age) couldn't handle the B. Took a couple of months, but by the end of the Summer I was driving the old Alice like a pro. So then he put my a Farmall H.......... You get it down with a couple more times of practice.
Garry it sounds like you may have the same virus that a MR friend of mine has attacking his desktop. He has so far ;lost about half of the data on it and every time he tried to get rid of it, it just destroyed more files..... His son is looking into what to do about it. He is now using his laptop, and is (justifiably) paranoid about any email that arrives on it with an attachment. Funny thing is every email I get from him has an attachment added by his email provider....... I have opened a couple (I don't worry too much as I have a Mac) and found one was a site selling "supplements" and would not let me close the window.... I just quit Firefox and got out of it. When they catch people who write those things they should hang them up by their feet, and give everyone who has an affected computer a razor blade........
Philip...... At least you can see the parts on a 1/1 scale one. Actually the Model T was quite easy to work on. Like the VW Bug all you need is a screwdriver and a cresent wrench...... I finally decided that it could wait until today to finish. i was probably just w**king for too long a time on it.
Hope you all have a great day!
Ray.......I agree, just more time. When I was doing some switching about 5 years ago, it was easy. Plus it was a automatic. Its just a old "yard dog", as the plant manager called it. The clutch is so bad......My leg was shaking to keep it in. One other switcher guy said "wait till the end of the week". "It will have you all beat up".
Well I was going to go to bed once I got home this morning, and after talking on here. Well a cat ended up getting sick on the bed . So I had to wash the whole bed. So I went on and finished up the BN boxcar.
Aggro wanted me to try some streaks. Well I'm not even close to him, but it will take time.
Before:
After:
Robby- I think it looks pretty good. Granted not your usual, but still pretty cotton pickin good. Maybe a bit heavy? I don't know. Oh well, a couple more and you'll have that perfected too.
Ray- Well, well. As time goes by I'm finding more and more in common with you. My first "experience" was also on an 8N (I think everybody had one of those. That and a JD 3020.)on my Uncles farm in Nebo when I was about that age, maybe 8 at the latest. I remember well having to stand up on the clutch and lean to the right to ease off the clutch and stand on the brakes as well I was so small. Luckily the pedals were flat to the running board and the clutch wasn't that hard to keep depressed or I might not have had enough rear end to stand and push the brakes. I also then progressed to an old JD narrow front after that. I don't know the model but it was a fifties thing I'm sure. They used it to haul feed to the hogs and they ground their own at that time so it was pretty much white! That one required using the steering wheel as an anchor for the hands and pull on that to stretch and push the pedals. The gear shift presented some problems occasionaly. Sometimes my cousin and I would operate as a team. one would clutch the other break. ( disclaimer: Kids it is NOT recommended that two people ride on an open tractor even if they are small enough to fit) I remember resting my foot on the drive drum while it was running. The grain truck was another experience, but that one involved blocks taped to the pedals and sitting on the edge of the seat. Boy I don't know how we survived those days with what we did. That stuff now would send a mother screaming!!!
TMarshRay- Well, well. As time goes by I'm finding more and more in common with you. My first "experience" was also on an 8N (I think everybody had one of those. That and a JD 3020.)on my Uncles farm in Nebo when I was about that age, maybe 8 at the latest.
Yep on the farm everyone had to earn their keep! I had a blast handling the tractors and our big farm trucks. We had a neighbor that had John Deeres (the old 2 cylinder putt putts). Used to love those tractors as they had a hand clutch and were very easy to put in motion. I was about 8 when I first got to rake hay with the "A" and a few weeks later on the JD "B". The B was just about able to pull itself around at that time. Burned more oil than gas I think. Several times a day I had to check the gas and fill up the oil...... It also didn't have a starter on it so it was started with a flywheel with finger holds on the side. I could start it up by myself. The combination of poor compression and the cylinder petcocks made it quite easy. Dad wouldn't let me touch the cranks on some of the old stuff we used to borrow from Don Howard's Farm Equipment (Cousin) as he knew too many people who had lost a hand when one kicked back just right....... We only had one tractor that belonged to us by then, a 1951Ford Jubilee model. By the time I was an 8th. grader we got a Ford 861 Powermaster to handle the big flailchopper we were pulling. I was also driving all our farm trucks by the age of 9. We had a 1934 Chevy 4 ton truck for hauling chopped grass and corn for the silos and a few years later got a 1936 model so we had 2 trucks for the farm (and our pickup truck).
Oh well, back to splitting wood.....
Afternoon All...Its partly cloudy and 69 here..Fells like fall...I'll have a chesse Burger,fries and a diet coke please...thank You..Sallie had more test ran at hospital this morning..Did get in alittle modeling finnished 3 resin cars that I painted..Hands shake so much detail didn't come out too good but from a couple of foot they will have to do...You all have a good one...Jerry
Only picked up 3 items today totaling $16.62. An Athearn BB 50' SD boxcar lettered for Southern #19856 (ATH5544) and 2 packages of DPM modular walls.
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
Duke My Dad had an F 20..It had been on steel wheels but had been cut down and put on rubber,,Saw was a home made job mounted on front with no guards or anything..He cut alot of wood with that thing..We also had an H and a B...I learned to drive on the B...Jerry
Good Afternoon/Evening---whatever---
Boy, did we end up doing all kinds a stuff today--Audrey had to go to Dr's today to get physical done. I ended taking Steven to the university to see his residence---he gets a good view where he will be--riverside--walking trails---UC hill---sheeesh. We also got all his books---all new editions(could've just changed a photo and call the change a---"new edition"--oh well)---total cost for his books came out to a healthy $587.49 so he is not happy either------
What is all this talk about tractors? My uncle Karl had a slight interest in some tractors---he had an old McCormick-Deering 20/40(?) crossmotor as well as a 1912 Case model 30-60. The one I got to learn on was something called a Friday tractor --- I think it was made in Michigan someplace. He even had an old steam traction engine he used for threshing for pete sake! I don't remember the make --all I remember was that the rear wheels were about 8' tall---to me they were just plain huge----
Chloe, I'll have a RBF please---I'll figure out what I'll have later----at the RC
Milk, Chloe.
Even though I'm in the Teens, I'll share what I learned to drive a tractor on. It was a MTD Gold lawn tractor that had many personalities. The engine's governor is shot, so it idles all over the place, and the belts stick every now and then, making for some hairy situations around the pond. Still, Its special to me, even after I graduated to the wayyyyy bigger Deere.
GARRY, Do what I call the "Kick": Take it outside, Grab the nearest 10-gauge slug gun, and blast the c**p out of it. Then go inside and plug it in. If it sparks, smokes, and the lights go out in the room, it worked!
See Yall!
Evening all. Stopping in for a RBF and a small order of cheesy fries. W**k was ts normal self today. Although I do have good news on a more permanent position. Advance Auto Parts is looking for someone and I have an interview with them on Thursday at 1:30. I've gotta find the camera cord so I can download the pictures of the GP40-2 and of the bike so that y'all can see them. Well, I think I'm going to take a gander through all the other topics on here and then maybe help Amy get dinner started. Its cube steak, mashed taters, and probably mac and cheese. I'll be sure to bring the left overs in here tonight afterwards.
Talk to y'all later.