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Posted by blownout cylinder on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:39 PM

To all Vets----

Our personal thanks to all vets as well.Bow

We shall not forget-----

We gone toZzz

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Posted by Two Truck Shay on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:44 AM

Just stopped by to poke my head in the door and wish all our Veterans here a happy Veteran's Day. Thank you for your service to our country...

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Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:24 AM

 Ray: I know, 10W solid state is nothing. Crate is dark, but Blackheart is a division of crate. They make all tube amps. I hate my dads Crate 15R Flexwave-too metallic, clean isn't clean. But these blackhearts are GREAT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNpBr3K38Do, this is a demo of the 5W head and 12" cab. Blackheart makes a 1W head, a 5W head, a 15W head, and a 100W head. The last 3 have a switch to toggle wattage, 3/5, 7.5/15, and 50/100. I'll probably go with a 5W head, the 1x12 cab, and add another 1x12. When I get enough cash, I"ll probably get the 15W head.

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Posted by Blazzin on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:00 AM

    "Morning Chloe~"  "Any coffee at 3 am ?"

 Well, I couldn't say Good morning or night.  I fell asleep at 9 pm or so. and here its 3 am. But let me tell you whats going on lately.  Ttwo nights ago, Jeanne was playing some On-line poker.  She asks me what to do.  Well of course .. this is a man's game.. "Texas HoldeM?"  Well in short, a few discussions broke out from time to time... from hand to hand.  I tell her, I don't like talking this way, not after 3 decades of being together.. and thats it.  "You're on your own."~  She plays a few more hands, asks me again what to do, she loses.  She then tells me to 'take over'  .. she's got to go to the store.  So I do,  and I win it.  I won the game so bad, (came in first) I get to play just one more round.  If I make it to the final table, just make it within the 9 players, I'm / we're on our way to the Bahama's for a cruise?  LOL.. I told Jeanne,  "Yeah.. they offer a 15 thousand dollar package.. that means you pay 10 thousand to gamble.. and you get all this wonderful stuff... Don't beleive it~"  Of course I still have to make it to the last table... but only one more 'playoff'.  If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is..~  too good to be true.

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Posted by Blazzin on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:10 AM

  Jeff, I dropped a Loco the other day.  Fell about 4 feet, and landed on semi hard flooring.. and sorta bounced.. with a thud.  I don't even want to try to see if it works.  What exactly happens?  What is the breakdown on it working after a drop?  Is there any hope?  What could happen?  A magnet breaks?  So whats the breakdown...? 70/30 chance of not working?  I even hate to think about it, more or less try to see if it runs.

  Rob, and T Marsh..?   The painting of the model station..with the brick flooring.. with my antique method .. well, that seems to work for me.   I like to use the materials that I am used to working with.  And I always like to experiment... always have.  I've never cooked the same meal twice... always a tad different.. thats how you perfect something.  As far as placing great pain, pang, to detail.. well this is one of 4 train stations I am building.. and I want and hope it will look nice.

Someone also was kind to post a site about weathering.. and I shall take a look. 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:01 AM

Blazzin
  Jeff, I dropped a Loco the other day.  Fell about 4 feet, and landed on semi hard flooring.. and sorta bounced.. with a thud.  I don't even want to try to see if it works.  What exactly happens?  What is the breakdown on it working after a drop?  Is there any hope?  What could happen?  A magnet breaks?  So whats the breakdown...? 70/30 chance of not working?  I even hate to think about it, more or less try to see if it runs.

90 percent of the time it's just some part or parts jarred loose, a shaft out of place or a gear broken. I had a Proto 2000 E6 fall off the display rack a few years ago (5 foot drop) and bent the metal frame beyond repair. I boxed it up and put it in the closet. About a year later a friend sent me a couple of Proto 2000 E6's  that had been stripped of all their inner workings to make them into dummies. One of them is still a dummy unit. Even though the new frame was of plastic that didn't stop me from stripping everything off the bent metal frame of the damaged unit and putting it all onto the new frame. I checked it all out to make it was working then hard wired a Lenz 1014 decoder into it, programmed it, ran it a bit then put it up in the display rack. A couple of days ago I got it down again, over a year after it had been rebuilt, and ran it again. It runs just as smooth and quiet as a factory built unit.

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Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:33 AM

Good morning all,

Not much going on here, I have the diner model almost finished, hopefully I’ll have pictures posted this weekend.  Also I bought a 6 pack of the B&O time saver, LCL box cars, and won 3 Suydam kits for the coal mine module of my layout.

 

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Posted by TMarsh on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:55 AM

Coffee, slice of Garry's Kentucky ham, eggs over easy , hash browns with gravy and a biscuit with strawberry jam please.

HAPPY VETERENS DAY!!!!! Thank you Veterens for ALL you have done. Without you who knows were we'd be now. God Bless you and watch over you, each and every one.

Garry- Too bad about the loco. I tried to keep my track far from the edge but that didn't end up so. I think I'll either make my facia taller in those spots or use some plexiglass. Hope you can find the parts.

Robby- Nice job on the box.

Ray- Good news at the docs I see! We sure could use a few more good reports from others doctors around here. Luckily, my...... bought with the Gout, (chuckle) didn't last but a couple three days. Maybe four at the most, but only 1day with that pull the toe apart feeling. Oddly enough, if I applied pressure to the bottom of my toe, as in standing and rocking forward on the toe, the pain would be severely reduced. Too much and the pain returned though so it was like a certain pressure. Only on the bottom though, pressure on the top would send me over the top.

Happy B-DayCNCharlie, Johnboy and Paul?

Gotta go, the fields await.

Have a Great Day!!!

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:01 AM

Good Morning

It is Remembrance Day today and we are having a brilliant sunny morning for the services this morning. A friend of mine called me up and told me he was going with a mutual friend to do some fly by's around this region. Hopefully I'll get some pix of the plane---a Sopwith of some sort--not a 'camel'(?). All I know is that it is a bi-plane

Chloe, I'll have a cofee and a toasted bagel as well please---I'll be at the RC----

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:22 AM

Good morning. It's 56 and sunny. The high will be about 72 and it will be partly cloudy.

I started yesterday on the cataloging of all my rolling stock. Ordinarily this would be a long tedious business but the program I'm using makes it very easy. Most of the fields (33 over 4 pages) are already provided and all I have to do is select what I want or enter a short description such as 'Boxcar' or 'Gondola' for model then select '40 ft', '50 ft', etc. Yesterday I entered  30 pieces of rolling stock in an hour and I was just taking my time and taking a couple of breaks to work on another project. On the health front, the Home Care nurse came by yesterday and changed my dressings and applied the salve the doc prescribed on the surgical incisions which seem to be healing nicely. This morning I started on the new iv antibiotic that was prescribed. I have to infuse two of these a day for two weeks. At least it's easy to do. I just run the tubing up under my shirt, hook it up, put the vial in my pants pocket and continue to do whatever I was doing before, then 45 minutes later unhook the vial and throw it away. Nothing to it.


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Posted by Robby P. on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:05 AM

 Good morning.  Another good looking day, and maybe all week.

 Thanks for the comments on the boxcar.  I've gotten away from weathering.  Just took a break from it, and just slowly getting back into it.  

 Got a letter yesterday saying house/city taxes are due by Dec.31.  If not a collections agency will be contacted.  GREAT Banged Head.  We owe a total of $1,000.  So that means................It will be very tight here.  The wife said we could do it, but just watch what we spend.  Its always something Blindfold.

 Other than that, not much planned.  

 Everybody have a good day, and thanks VETS Big Smile  Thumbs Up

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Posted by Blazzin on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:09 AM

  Garry, thank you for the kind words.  I happen to like it too!

  But is that what this is?  I thought it was a Southern Pacific.. LOL.. well the colors anyways.  But when you said Chicago North Western.. I had to blow up the pic and see.  I couldn't even put the front wheels on correctly.  This Shovel Nose happens to be one of my favorites.  The other... is.. 100_0418.jpg picture by Blazzin55

  this baby.  I really like it.  Now don't go poo pooing it.. click on the pic...  its done real nice.  I know nothing of this type other than it was used as a 'Selling Floor Model' ..?  .. and it would go around places.. demonstrating.. and thats why they were called Demonstrators?  Jeff?

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:45 AM

Blazzin

100_0418.jpg picture by Blazzin55

  this baby.  I really like it.  Now don't go poo pooing it.. click on the pic...  its done real nice.  I know nothing of this type other than it was used as a 'Selling Floor Model' ..?  .. and it would go around places.. demonstrating.. and thats why they were called Demonstrators?  Jeff?

Nice GP60 you have there. I just recently cut up an old shell from one the get the dynamic brake housing for use on my GP42X. The first GP60's were produced in 1985 and it was EMD's first third-generation locomotive. It has a 3,700 gallon fuel capacity and can generate 3,800 hp with it's 16 cylinder 710G3A prime mover. Production stopped in 1994 with 294 units having been produced in the line of GP60, GP60M and GP60B (23 GP60B's were built. These units were cabless, all for Santa Fe as were the GP60M units. All the dynamic brake equipment on the cabless units was at the nose end). A list of the original owners shows Santa Fe with 40 GP60 units, 23 GP60B units and 63 GP60M units. Of the remaining GP60 units, the US dept of Energy took 1, D&RGW took 3, EMD had 3 as demonstrators (all 3 now owned by CSX), NS took 50, SP took 100, St Louis Southern took 95 and the Texas Mexican Railway took 2.

Now as for my favorite locomotive type, it has to be the F7. Here's one of mine.


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Posted by Packer on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:08 AM

Happy Veterans day, and thanks to all of our veterans.

Garry, sucks about the loco. For the steps you might be able to carefully bend them back into shape (I've done that with a GP9 that hit the floor, then got stepped on; and the recent GP20 I got) and glue them together. A-line is supposed to be getting brass steps for the RPP SD7/SD9 which might work. I don't have any good ideas for the trucks other than find a unit for parts, or try to modify an atlas SD24 truck to fit.

Chris, the red/gray scheme is nice. Unfourtantely by my era many of those locos were starting to look a bit pink... I do have an SD24 in the scheme that is patched for the BN. I would love to have a patched engine from every pre-BN road.

Jeff, I like the Fs too, I just wish someone would make them in BN. I do know a guy who has a bunch of undec stewart F-unit shells, so if I can get athearn F7 chassis, I can make it work. I don't know if you'd count the cowl units as true Fs, but my favorite engine is the F45.

 

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2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.

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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:24 AM

THANKS TO ALL VETERANS!

Good morning all...Its a sunny morning and 47 here...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please..Thank you..I got Foundry on layout...

Planning to pull fiddle yard off next week and put in rest of caboose Industries ground throws and ballast rest of track..

You all have a good one...Jerry

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:32 AM

Mornin' everyone and a Happy Veterans Day!

JohnBoy, well said!

Zoe I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with a side of sausage and lots of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug.  I'll go sit at the rivet counter and see who comes in.

Mark that sounds good on the amp.  Best advise I can give you is to plug in and listen to the amp you want (and several others side by side....) before you spend the money, and remember that with Pro Audio equipment you pretty much get what you pay for, and the good stuff ain't cheap!  Have fun, and watch the sound levels!  I am hoping to get back to playing my Cordoba Classic Guitar this Winter.

Did a bit of track laying in the logging section of the layout last night.  Hooked up the wiring to the section and so far......  It appears to w**k correctly.  I have added a Tortoise to one of the hand laid stub end turnouts and got it to w**k, so I am happy so far.

Looks like I have the top!  So order up and eat hearty!

Have a good day all!

73

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Posted by CNCharlie on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:21 AM

Good Morning!

It's a holiday here in Manitoba for Remembrance Day and it is a time to reflect on the tremendous sacrifce those vets made for us.

Say Johnboy my birthday is on the  3rd too! What year if I may be so bold to ask? Mine is 1947.

Enjoying the talk on our various loco rosters as it is so varied. I too have 3 old locos I didn't include in my list that I got in the late '50s. I have an Athearn F7 with the rubber band drive, a Penn Line Consolidation and a Rivarossi 0-4-0 Dockside. When I got back into model railroading a couple of years ago I dragged them out of their boxes where they resided for 45 years, lubed them and guess what, they all still ran! The Dockside actually runs quite well and is still capable of a scale 100 mph. When I was a kid my friends just love watching it go with the rods an actual blur. I got the Dockside for my  birthday in 1959 and it cost a whole $7! I thought I was the luckiest kid on the street. Come to think of it I was the only kid on the street. Well anyway you get the idea.

Another beautiful day here with temps of about 50F and sunny. Our normal is 32F so on more occasions than I care to remember it was less than that accompanied by snow. Today I plan on getting the last bit of raking done and take the dogs for a walk. In the case of Pippa part of the walk involves me carrying her as she gets very tired. Not surprising considering her age.

Well Todd you mentioned your hope for good health and check-ups and I can report that mine last week went just fine so I'm still just on Lipitor and that is more of a precaution. I count myself very lucky. I did get my annual scolding from my doc about not getting enough excercise.

Well time to get a move on here. Think I'll go downstairs and run some trains or work on a little trackside shanty I'm painting, or put in a decoder or do more trees. Work,work, work, nothing but work, at least that is what I tell my wife but she doesn't seem to believe me.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:25 AM

Packer
Jeff, I like the Fs too, I just wish someone would make them in BN. I do know a guy who has a bunch of undec stewart F-unit shells, so if I can get athearn F7 chassis, I can make it work. I don't know if you'd count the cowl units as true Fs, but my favorite engine is the F45.

Yeah, the F45 looks like a small SDP40F. I have two of those monsters patched for the L&A pulling heavy freight.

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:39 AM

Good morning ..

Sincere thanks to all vets !!!!!!!!!!! 

Thanks for all the thoughts and suggestions about my SD9 #346. First order of business was to make sure it will not happen again. The accident was at a location under construction. I had removed a barrier so I could work on a corner of the layout. Now the barrier is back where it belongs. All of the completed layout sections on the rest of the layout have a fascia that is high enough to prevent "floor models".  Some of you may have noticed my green fascia getting in the way in some of my layout photos.

I called Walthers parts department and they no longer stock the truck assemby to repair the engine. They only had five complete chassis available, and I ordered one of those. My old chassis will be sold at a later date on Ebay as is. #346 so well, I hate to get rid of its chassis.

Next act is repair the steps. The little pilots that go under the couplers were broken. Walthers no longer stocks them and therefore I glued the prices back together.

 

 

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Posted by AmanaMedic on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:27 AM

Good morning,

Grateful thanks to all our Vets, not just today, but every day. Like TODD said, without you guys (and gals), who knows what this country would be like.

Tonight, I am to cover a Vets' dinner in North Liberty. It was an awe-inspiring event last year (one of the first I covered for THAT). It is always a humbling experience for this life-long civilian to be among those who have, and in some cases, continue to serve. "Thank you" just seems so insufficient.

VINCENT: Yeah, its sad how red paint schemes "pink-out" over time. I've always had a side-interest in the Burlington/Burlington Northern. The yellow and green of the hometown RR has always won-out however. At least one BN locomotive will eventually make it onto my roster/future RR. It will be a white-face GP-50. Rockwell International had a RR electronics group in Cedar Rapids, and occassionally would get locomotives in for testing. I found a BN GP-50 there once, as well as a brand new Conrail SD-60M.

Not much else going on today, will grab the bucket of coffee and head for the RC...

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Posted by Two Truck Shay on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:00 PM

Morning, Chloe, some eggs over easy with rye toast and a slice of bacon. Cupa black to wash it all down. Need some protein fortification since I have a lot of work to do today on this rainy Oregon day.

Still building masonite subroadbed spline sections on the staging level. I'm laying about 8 feet per night (7 splines wide). I should have the staging level meet up in the next week if this schedule continues. I'll post some new pictures when that happens.

Hoople & Ray - Can't go wrong with EL-84s! I love little glass bottles with fire in them. Mine are from Mesa, but that boutique stuff is also very interesting.

Keith & Garry - Sorry about the unplanned loco "downloads"! I'm debating building some retaining walls on my staging level to prevent just that sort of mishap. Frightening!

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Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:40 PM

Good afternoon on this Remeberance Day. I've just got back from "providing" the Community Sound System for the Service at the Sheet Harbour Cenataph; and having lunch. The RCMP had cruisers blocking traffic, a great improvement from last year. (I may have ranted a bit in here about the logging trucks roaring through) However some self absorbed guy on a bike wanted through, and was arguing with th epolice loudly in the middle of the two minutes silence!!! "I have to be on my way!"  You know, they let him through!!!!!

Anyway, all that as preface to this poem by Rudyard Kippling about the British foot soldier, or "Tommy".  I've left the notes at the end as some may find them useful.

November's Poem


Tommy

by Rudyard Kipling  (1865- 1936)

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o'beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:

O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's ``Thank you, Mister Atkins,'' when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's ``Thank you, Mr. Atkins,'' when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.

Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy how's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints:
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;

While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind,"
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir," when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir," when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country," when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
But Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! 

 

Notes

"Tommy Atkins," or just "Tommy," is the name popularly given to the typical British soldier.
red-coat -- an old fashioned term for a soldier (they used to wear red coats)
public-house -- a pub, drinking house
publican -- the pub owner
stalls -- best seats near the stage
blackguards -- ruffians (pronounced "blaggards")
The Widow 's Uniform -- here - Queen Victoria's Uniform - check his dates, Kippling was very much a Victorian era writer.

 

It's a somewhat sunny day, and the question has been asked "Are you doing outdoor things this afternoon?"  So I guess it's back to stacking firewood.Sigh I had a really close look at the configuration of my new freight yard today,and discovered (as CapeJim had suspected) that I can get an extra track sandwhiched in. Jim. I'm not putting it where you though it might go, but am using some of the space freed up at the front of the layout to provide an extra engine service area off the second arrival track's engine escape. The format will be something like this, and the new track will have fuel and sand and so on. That "factory" behind the GP15-1 yard hog is going to be bashed into an engine shed. I got it yesterday when I picked up my repaired Budd RDC from the Hlifax LHS.Yeah!!

Wood stacking here I come. TTFN
 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:52 PM

A good Veterans Day to all who have served. A heart felt, Thank You!

Strong coffee in a  SOGGY SOUTHERN  mug, please.

It's a mud fest here in northwest Georgia, following all the rain. Won't need to repair anything until the waters reside some. The good news is all but one tiny spot of my concrete pours under the porch held. The bad news is all it takes is one small leak to flood part of that room.Grumpy 

Finished up the first of the wife's (HO) Maxwell Avenue Homes. Think I'll go dabble in the train room shortly.

Where is the Smiley Face wearing an Engineer's cap? Seems there should be one among our choices.

Have a good day all.

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:02 PM

CNCharlie
Say Johnboy my birthday is on the  3rd too! What year if I may be so bold to ask? Mine is 1947.

Whistling

My vintage is from 1940.  I'm in the last year of my 60s. (Heaven forbid)  But I guess it is still much better than the alternative.  Confused

I'm having a hard time getting my head around that I will be in my 70s next year. Doesn't seem possible. I don't feel like it on the inside but there is some obvious wear and tear on the outside.Sigh

Happy 62nd to you Charlie.

Johnboy out................

 

from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North.. 

We have met the enemy,  and he is us............ (Pogo)

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Posted by Packers#1 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:53 PM

 Good afternoon folks. School went by quickly, more rain from Ida.

Shot an update vid  last night, edited/posted it today

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Building a protolanced industrial park layout

 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:57 PM

Baked fish with garlic mashed potatoes & steamed veggies, please.

***Packers#1, any chance you can get more light on the scenery when you shoot videos?

Spent about an hour doing more plastering around the wife's HO layout. Also did a couple more feet of ballast. Think I might get some finer material down the road to give the ballast a more finished look. Much of it right now looks like larger rip-rock to me.

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Posted by Packer on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:23 PM

Evening all, an RBF and some caramel corn for me.

I'm close to about 75% done with the swapping parts to my 1990 mustang. the suspension from the 1997 is in and just has to be torqued in. The reason for keeping the suspension setup is becuase they are all fairly new, and I had a very good suspension setup in the 1997. I also hammered in the rear fender (the lip on the inside) wells to clear the 17x9 rears from my old car.

All that's left to do is put in the rear axle, installl, hook up, and bleed the brakes, change the transmission fluid and oil (the previous owner did it recently, but used low-quality oil and filter), and replace the clutch cable and clutch quadrant (factory is nylon, I have a steeda aluminum one), put the fronts seats from my 97 in it, and of course install the tires from my old car before it's drivable again.

I still am looking for a hood prop-rod (previous owner got rid of it when putting a hood held on by pins, but he kept the stock hood and latch), a mass-air meter, weatherstriping, and various other interior pieces.

Chris, When I was picking a road to model, I was thinking about the CNW since I had an uncle who worked for them. But that changed when an ebay search for a P2K engine turned up a BN SD9 for 20.

Garry, by some irony I've been looking for a SD7/9 chassis for parts for a while. I find it a pain when companies don't keep parts in stock, especially parts like handrails and other easily damaged stuff.

Vincent

Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....

2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:33 PM

 I've got the tank cars back together and on the layout. These things have been around a while and look like it. Check out the reporting marks. 1937?







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Posted by Packers#1 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:56 PM

Cederstrand

***Packers#1, any chance you can get more light on the scenery when you shoot videos?

 

Rob, I only have one light with which to provide extra illumination. I think there is another desk lamp or two around here somewhere, which is my only bet to get extra lights. And the overhead lights don't provide much light either.

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Posted by hectorgonzales on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:11 PM

jeffrey-wimberly

 I've got the tank cars back together and on the layout. These things have been around a while and look like it. Check out the reporting marks. 1937?







 

I like your tank car. It is very convincing snow. Although I have never seen snow in real life.

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