Sir MadogA friend of mine has invited me to go and visit Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg with him next week - that´s going to be one of the year´s highlights for me.You all have a good day!
A friend of mine has invited me to go and visit Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg with him next week - that´s going to be one of the year´s highlights for me.
You all have a good day!
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
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!
Rob, just wanted to add my two cents. I'm planning on a Circus train / cars. And one of them, I'd like to cut a square hole in the top of a cattle car or box car and have two heads of Giraffe sticking out of the top of the box car looking out. I had seen a pic of that, and plan on doing it myself it looked nice and different.
Keith
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with a side order of bacon would be just what the doctor ordered this morning. Oh! And a cup of your finest dark roast coffee to wash it down. Ah, don't forget the NYS Maple Syrup.
I'll go sit at the rivet counter this morning......
blownout cylinderRay: why so glum my friend?----
Oh, I was just going to argue with you on the "Cats have staff/servants thing. I have usually heard it as servants, but I see it can be found online either way, so it is really a moot point.........
Need to at the lawn again this morning, then do some grocery shopping. need to pick up some hardware for the trailer as well while I am out. Sure wish I could find more time for the hobby....... Guess it has something to do with Spring (the season not your cat Barry).
Todd, I agree with you on teaching History. I didn't teach much about specific dates when doing Music History until the 8th. grade classes. Even then I felt it was more important for them to know the dates of the style periods rather than "J. S. Bach was born in 1685 (In the very same year as Handel)..." I did want them to know THAT Bach was Baroque. Well, he had 20 kids! No wonder he was Baroque! The final exam for 8th. grade music had a series of 10 pieces of music from the various time periods of musical history. They would have the composers name, the name of the piece of music, and also listen to a short excerpt of the music. They would get to "Concerto for strings, Harpsicord, and Recorder" by J. S. Bach (Both of those items should tell them the style period by themselves) and I would look around the room. One time a kid was mumbling under his breath, "Oh, I know this, darn......" As the piece finished I would remind them that Bach had twenty children...... Talk about lights coming on! Followed by very big grins throughout the room! I can guarentee you all of them still remember that Bach was a Baroque composer. After all isn't THAT really what I wanted in the first place? Had a couple of kids who later told me now I know why you said the stupid joke..... I would just grin and say, "Yep!"
Best be getting to the days w*rk!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Cederstrand***Jim, there is NO WAY I could paint HO figures, even with a magnifier. Eye floaters would drive me crazy. Might manage touching up a few, but that's it. You enjoy yourself with those Preisers. Bet you're doing a superb job on them...
***Jim, there is NO WAY I could paint HO figures, even with a magnifier. Eye floaters would drive me crazy. Might manage touching up a few, but that's it. You enjoy yourself with those Preisers. Bet you're doing a superb job on them...
Robby - a mere 85 degrees? Hah! I'll see your 85 and raise you 95 (F) (our high that they're forecasting for today, tomorrow, maybe Sunday also). Enjoy those 80's before the real weather arrives. Yep, getting near to summer, alrighty. Break out the sunblock, and turn on the fans and A/C.
Jeff, I hope that switch solves the brake lights problem, and that you can untie yourself after you get under the dash there. I'm sure you will get it w**king, and before too much longer (unless the nephew's involved Actually, after reading what you had to pay for that van, compared to what shape it was already in (& those tires), that's a pretty good deal even before you started on it!
Ulrich, from just the photos of Miniatur Wunderland that I've seen, I'm sure you will thoroughly enjoy the visit. Just remember that it took the guys who built that many years to get it built up to the current (amazing) state it is. Any of our layouts will pale in comparison, but even then it will take years to get just where we want ours to be.
Todd, I had to go look up those last two dates - I must've not had as great of a history teacher as you did, huh? Got a chuckle out of your satire - I may have read that one (or its twin) online somewhere... My best history (they called it 'social studies' back then) teacher was in sophomore year of high school. He did things like putting a crossword puzzle (with history-related answers) up on the board for us to figure out. That was more fun than just the plain ol' date-memorizing (mind-numbing) stuff.
I've been in the process of moving my 'Tunes over to the laptop. Last night, I dragged the whole music folder from the external drive to the laptop's iTunes, and thought it had (as it's supposed to do) copied them over. However, upon disconnecting the external drive later, I found that they weren't copied. It was too late last night to continue, so I dragged one external drive to the office with me (figured it could copy the files while I'm seeing people; better than watching and waiting for it...). I checked settings and it appears to be doing what it (IMHO) shoulda done last night. We'll see...
I went looking for my Champ Decals catalog (and my collection of decals last night. Need to find suitable Southern Pacific decals (pre-1960's) for one boxcar I got recently. Hadn't been able to find the decals until I checked the box with my old Walthers catalogs. I did find some SP decals on the Microscale site yesterday, too. The Champ Decals catalog is very useful for me, because it will show what goes where on a given type of freight car (which I might not know..).
I'll sit a spell at the window booth and discuss the finer points of history with Todd, maybe... Whaddya say, Todd?
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Blazzin Jeff your knowledge and work of automobile's amazes me. Considering all in all.. especially those new tires.. I'd say you made out pretty darn good.
JimRCGMOJeff, I hope that switch solves the brake lights problem, and that you can untie yourself after you get under the dash there. I'm sure you will get it w**king, and before too much longer (unless the nephew's involved. Actually, after reading what you had to pay for that van, compared to what shape it was already in (& those tires), that's a pretty good deal even before you started on it!
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 everyone.
I've been spending more time on my DCC learning curve lately. There are lots of neat things to do with DCC. Now, I have about 16 locos equipped with DCC operating in the steel mill and the lower level.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Strong coffee in a SANTA FE mug, please.
***Keith, that was some passing train you related. Wouldn't mind seeing and hearing one like that myself, so long as it stays on the rails. Perhaps the engineer wasn't aware of the problem?
Have a good day y'all.
Rob
Rob, anytime you wanna talk about Circus trains.. let me know. I've had some time collecting a few when I was laid up in bed for a few months. Trying to collect a Circus train required certain compromises. Like which circus.. and who bought out who? And is it just as fun to have all three? Who's going to be down there with a magnifying glass reading N scale lettering? Then again.. from what I read... the Florida East Coast lines.. colors of cirus red/yellow/orange was the main puller of a Circus train. But I have a few, some are new releases of box cars with various Circus Acts. But anyways collecting them has been time consuming.
This one I am proud of, although Jeanne about went through the roof when she saw 'How Much', now looking back it was a nice price. From what I've seen lately, its pretty slim pickens out there now. I'm glad I started collecting early on that.
Rob... "Perhaps the engineer wasn't aware of the problem?"
Nah.. this was at least 5 flatcars.. and maybe a few others that had brakes on. The tracks almost seemed like an S curve and it even had a 'Hill and Dale'.. low then high onto the turn (I actually went and checked it out the next day) and I can only guess.. with that type of speed and weight distribution (cars with loads and some with none) that .. that was the way to keep the cars on the track at that speed. The speed and the noise was so scary.. the next day as we sat at our 'Hobo camp' site by the fire .. we'd sit and chuckle everytime a freight train went by.. and we'd both say.. "Nothin like last night~" It reminded me of the old "I Love Lucy Show" were the same thing happened. The rumbling, I still can't even convey the powerful sound of a train coming at you!
Then again I grew up with words like "... faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive!"
Jeff, many moons ago, Chevy had come up with a 327.. with an under-rated HP of 350.. which I believe was more more than that. Well, I went off the deep end and bought a Used El Camino. Hurst shifter, the works. Jeanne went through the roof, well she needed a car yes.. but not a race car. Rat TAT tat under the hood, plumes of pure heat coming from underneath the car. Powerful, wonderful~ except Jeanne tells me "No Way, I don't care what you do, but take it back and get our money"
I call up my brother in law, whom I've known since I was a boy (church members) but my B-I-L is a man of many talents. I call him up.. and tell him.. I gotta take a car back and get my money... What do I do?
And being that he is.. he had an answer.
He tells me I've got to go into the guys office.. lays the keys down on his desk and tell him.. "Look, its a square deal, but I'll have a divorce on my hands .. and you gotta help me."
My B-I-L tells me.. you can't tell him its a lousy car.. or anything but.. "You'd like to keep the car, but can't"
He tells me to lay the keys on the desk, but don't leave the office.. stay there no mater what. ... lol. Don't leave the office until you get your money back.
So I do exactly what he said.. and the guy says.. "I've got to go check it out.. make sure you haven't ruined it or something~"
But NO WAY do I follow him out there, he would have just handed me the keys and tell me..Buyer beware!
He comes back to the office and he keeps on.. but I keep saying.. "You gotta help me" So the guy gives me back my money.. I call up my brother in law.. and say.. "Bill once again you have pulled me from the fire"
He laughed.. we both had a good laugh. Seems my story was very convincing. The reason why, as talk to my brother in law on the phone.. well as I was taking this El Camino back.. I went off the off-ramp of the freeway fairly fast... well, it was a nice sweeping turn of an off-ramp. I hear this 'Bonk' as I am taking the turn, I look out the window.. and see the front wheel wobbling.. .. but still on ! "OMG as I look at the wheel"
I pull over and look at the lugs. Stripped. And put on that way with a 'hope and a prayer' There was no jack in the truck, and the lugs needed to be tightened. A tire iron was on the flooring and had been there a while. I picked it up, tightened the lugs.. rolled the car forward.. tightened some more lugs.. then laid the tire iron back exactly where it was. When I got to this guys' office.. well I had a very convincing story. NO I made no mention of the wheel and stripped lugs. I was just glad to get my money back. And, was glad the wheel didn't fall off when he went and test drove the thing. But anyways.. that was my only one time shot of having a very fast car.
I would tend to wonder about that guy if he knew it had a bad wheel, the whole thing would have been a nightmare.
Coffee refill, please.
***Keith, that's a mighty fine looking circus car there. Have some others online we could view? Although I have a cheapo circus train for my N scale (which has never seen the rails), the wife's is HO. She is not particular on roads or anything else. Hers is a 100% "whatever she fancies" layout, which is fine with me. Heck, mine will be equally non-prototypical if not more so. After all, the main industry will be a Soylent Green Plant and volcano mineral collecting/processing operation.
Speaking of the Soylent Plant, found a pretty cool loco to use for transporting "stock" from the prisons and other institutions to said plant. Only thing is, it is pricey and has a rapido coupler. Wonder how difficult it would
be to convert?
Cheers! Rob
Just popping in to say hello, and feeling better today.
At least I can keep some light food down, and the Pedialyte has helped.
maybe this weeekend I get something done in the train room.....
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
A bowl of garlic seasoned brown rice and a Decaf coffee, please.
***Keith, I've bid on a few of those old Lionel giraffe cars, but they always sell for crazy money. You could make your own that would look better anyway, even if not animated.
***Galaxy, glad you're feeling better. That sounded rough.
Thought I heard crickets chirping in here as I came in the door.
Started assembling another (HO) circus car, this one is a clown theme box car.
Had to stop to pound in a couple metal posts to pull a fence back up in the back pasture. A temporary fix until I replace that post hole digger auger bit.
Evenin' Folks!
Flo just a cup of decaf if you please.
I spent most of the day doing outdoor chores. Finished the lawn and started to put together the Bed and sides for the trailer. Did some grocery shopping as well today. Nothing really inspiring..........
Got to play in the train room for about a half hour this evening.
Tomorrow will be a work day out at Boy Scout Camp and since I didn't go last week, I think I better show up tomorrow. I will probably trim the grass and weeds next to tent platforms in a site or two. Sunday is Railroad day at the R&GV RR Museum and I will be on train crew! Yeah!!!!!
What is THAT sound Rob? Crickets? Hmm, it has been a bit quiet in here today. must be everyone else has spent the day doing "chores".
Hope you all have a great night!
Well, good evening... a Barry-sized cheeseburger with a plate of fries and a tall, cool 7-Up please n' thank-you...
We had ourselves a busy day, and an even busier evening. Facetime this morning with THAT went well... got home just in time for a line of severe thunderstorms to move through. We had what is known as a "bow line echo." NOT a good thing to see on the radar. Since I'm not on the storm watch team for this week, I elected to stay home with a very nervous Rerun. Had some trees drop onto US Hwy. 30, our main drag. This evening, the second round hit.
Here's where things got interesting...
I responded this time, got to the station to find only Robbie standing there. Then, Big Ross pulled in behind me. Robbie directed us to take the brush truck out west to a little roadside park, to see if we could see anything. Long story short, we had a large tree drop across Hwy. 30 directly in front of us. Another second or two, and we would've been underneath it. I tell Big Ross to back up the truck, so we can block traffic and divert 'em onto a side street. He stops next to another tree. As I'm pulling on my bunker coat and helmet, in the pouring down rain, and marble sized hail, I see the tree. "Hey Ross, maybe you oughta move the truck over there (across the street on the side street). He no sooner gets the truck moved, and THAT tree starts dropping large branches on the road.
In short order, with help from others on the dept., we get the trees cut up and dragged away. Then, we find out a roof has blown off a building downtown, and is now up against Bo Jack's...the local dive bar. A good time was had by all as we lifted it off a parked car, then used a tractor with a loader bucket to wad it up and shove it across the highway, and down the street to a vacant lot. It must've been something to see. How it missed some major powerlines...I'll never know.
Just another day in Iowa...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Goooood Morning. How's everbody? Hello? Wow, almost 10 and no one here yet. Just coffee Flo Thanks.
Well I guess me and the dog slept through the storm last night or ewarly this morning, depending on what you call it, to me it's last night...... Excuse you Missy. Sorry, dog burped. Anyway, I guess we had a good one last night, wind rain thundr, lightning, the whole shootin' match. Got about 1¼". Brenda was awake but me and the dog new (sorry, "knew" stupid keyboard, sometimes lght touches of the keys leave letters laying around and sometimes normal strikes leave letters off. I KNOW it's not me.) nothing. Speaking of knowing nothing, Mom gets out of the Stalag this A.M. We will retrieve her around the time the Golden Corral opens (her idea) because she wants to take us to the buffet. Looks like it may be just a bit later but, she will be happy she is free. Me too, but then again the worry of every time the phone rings, is it that she has fallen again come back. Oh well. She's happy and it‘s better than the alternative.
Ray- I do believe I would have enjoyed your class and probably learned more than I did. And that is my feeling as well. I'm not against the learning of dates and such, just at a later time. The massive amounts of boring and what seems to be worthless information is lost on many youngsters. Give them a story to pay attention too, something to visualize or laugh at. That's what a child or young teen deals with best and not make the "boring" conclusion. Like you said, it is more important to know about George Washington and A. Lincoln, than the exact dates they were born and when they hocked up their first big loogy.
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.
Well, it's good to see Todd. Where is everyone else? ..... I'll have coffee and waffles with real maple syrup and real butter.
Todd ... I hope your grandson is recovering OK now from the injury.
There was quite an accident on US 68 near here late yesterday. That highway has some dangerous parts. One is going over a hill which hides an intersection beyond it. Three touring style motorcycles with three retired couples from North Carolina crested the hill without slowing to the 35 mph limit. A car ahead had stopped waiting for oncoming traffic before turning left. One cycle hit the car and two went into a ditch. Three wrecked expensive motorcycles and some injured seniors were the result.
Helloooo - is there anybody here???
What happened? Did Vinnie? You don´t say, Flo! Well ...
I am just here for a bowl of hot Mexican Chili soup, some home made bread and a beer. It´s been a cold day over here, so I need something to warm up.
Who ever happens to drop by - you all have a good day!
Hi guys.
Well we went out for breakfast this AM and to Sam's club and the farmer's market.
BOY! people were out IN FORCE today, with lines and cars and people everywhere, oh my! It's because it's the first good sunny/warm weekend of the summer. At least there weren't too many idiot drivers out today, no room for errors today like on a normal day {idiots driving that is}.
Jeffrey: I wondered where/how you knew so much about cars. Now I know. WHat I know {or used to be able to work on my vehicles for} could fit in a thimble compared to you. Nowadays I can't even touch them or at least don't trust myself not to mess something like that up. You know the drill : labor rate: $65.00/ hour OR "$150.00/hour if you worked on it first!". I see now why you like the older stuff. But If it gets cold down there like it did this past winter, aren't you going to miss the heater though??? Heck, if you paid $400 for it, we sold a 92 Taurus for $500 that only needed a new radiator and needed a tranny adjustment as it would buck once every 500-1000 miles. It ran the way it was only had to keep an eye on radiator fluid and was my other half's daily driver to work. too bad we didn't live closer, you coulda had it for the 500.00... ran great, just those two things about it and we only got rid of it to update our "fleet" as I do need a/c to breathe well on hot sticky summer days and a reliable transport to medical appts, and we weren't sure we could trust either anymore and we can;t fix em like you can. {and the a/c no longer worked unless you had it charged every year but you said you dind't want that anyway.} It's the 98 caravan we kept that was giving us all the problems, that now seems to be functioning right since the dealer found the loose wire in the engine harness and fixed it. And we have basically "rebuilt" it so it should last till we run it into the ground or at least near it for some years to come as my other half's daily work driver. I joked after we got the new Kia, that maybe we picked the wrong vehicle {taurus} to get rid of {instead of the caravan}. BUt now the wiring solved it runs very well and even the a/c still works good.
WEll, feeling better today after being out, but now I think it's nap time.
have a great day y'all!
Extra strong Italian roast coffee in a STORMY SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Todd, same thing here. Every time the phone rings, my wife expects it's the ALF wanting to send one of her parents to the hospital. They are worse than 3 legged dogs at this point and both DNR's. It will kinda be a blessing for those providing the brunt of their care (ie: my wife and one of her sisters) when they check out the final time.
Finished up Bubble's shed and that "Randy's Rascals World Renown Clowns" car. Trying to glue HO scale cats in Bubble's shed was crazy, even with a magnifier & tweezers. Kept going everywhere I didn't want them, including my own fingers.
I will NOT be trying any such thing in N scale. My (N) layout will be strictly a scenic (mountains & such) creation, devoid of any such no-see-ums. Still plan on some factory stuff, but even that will be greatly simplified. Or should I bail on N and jump into HO while I can still see anything!?!?!
Thunder boomers here. Cheers! Rob
Good afternoon. It does seem empty.
Well the wife and I have been working on the garage since 8:30am!!! We are done for the day. Knocked out all of the old wood panels, and replaced them. Also put up some new "flashing". Tomorrow I have to work so she will paint the one side.
THAT"S pretty much my day.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Greetings and salutations...a bucket of lemonade please...
CederstrandTrying to glue HO scale cats in Bubble's shed was crazy, even with a magnifier & tweezers. Kept going everywhere I didn't want them, including my own fingers. I will NOT be trying any such thing in N scale.
Trying to glue HO scale cats in Bubble's shed was crazy, even with a magnifier & tweezers. Kept going everywhere I didn't want them, including my own fingers.
I will NOT be trying any such thing in N scale.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww ROB! Where's your sense of adventure, man?? I mean, how tough could it be to accurately place N-scale cats??? Heck, I'll betcha DER JOHN could do THAT in his sleep!
Just had some fun... found one branch the wind broke last night. It overhangs the deck on the backside of the house. I noticed it was ON the deck, but still attached at the outer limit of my extension ladder. Between a dull saw, a Crap-man sawzall, and a dull hacksaw; it took me far longer to remove said branch than it took God to knock it down in the first place.
I mention God for taking the limb, due to a conversation last night with our ordained minister/firefighter. Upon looking at where the roof which blew off last night had landed, and what it could've/should've hit...I said "there might be a sermon in this for you."
He thought for a moment and said "yes...when God gets angry, he does some crazy s***."
***TRUMPET FANFARE***
I am pleased to announce "significant completion" on THAT roundhouse project I started so many months ago. No...it isn't finished, but close enough I can call it "significant completion;" a term I learned from covering school board meetings of a district THAT built a new high school last year in addition to other construction projects.
Perhaps later, some pics.
For now...a bucket of cold lemonade in a seat by the air conditioner...
Afternoon everyone!
Zoe I need and deserve a RBF! I'll go sit in the front booth and watch all the goingd on outdise for a bit.
Just got home a while ago from Boy Scout Camp. It was beaver day #2 at camp (Our w*rk days). I occupied most of my time there trimming the grass around the tents in one of the sites. Got about 2/3rds. of one campsite done.... Told the Ranger I will come back out a couple of days this week and keep at it for him. My Black and Decker Battery trimmer is light and easy to use. I can get in close to things where I couldn't with the old gas powered one. Only trouble is a full battery charge only lasts about 15 minutes under really heavy conditions like this is, so with a few partial charges of the 3 batteries I have, I got the first latrine and 12 tent platforms done. There are 20 tents in this site. If I had been able to start with 4 fully charged batteries, I would have gotten the site done. Just ordered another battery and a dual battery charger for it. Now I will be able to charge all the batteries at once and should breeze through the sites.
Just as I got back to Geneva, a major storm passed through. Rained so hard I almost had to pull off the road as I couldn't see a thing. Now the temperature is in the 80's with 105% humidity out there.
Might just spend some time in the trainroom this evening........
Hi guys!
Maybe some of you know this, some of you dont but:
here's a trick that might be new to you'all who have cell phones and remote entry car key fobs!!! WE tried it on our new Kia Sedona and I'll be giggered, it really works:
If you are out and have locked your keys in the remote entry car and have a cell phone on you, and someone else has a set of keys with a remote fob on them, call them on your cell phone and then hold the cell phone pointed at the door about a foot away while the other person with the key fob aims the fob at their phone and presses the unlock button, it will unlock the car for you!!! It works with land lines as I was out with the Sedona and my cell phone and my other half at the home landline phone to press and unlock the doors for me!!!
{This may sorta be the way the manufacturer can open car doors with the built in OnStar and such like systems?}
The only thing I can see not making it work is that cell phone to cell phone with bad connection, or bad cell to landline connection and obviously a dropped call. But you can always try again for a good connection.
Just thought you'd like to know!!!
CederstrandCoffee refill, please. Speaking of the Soylent Plant, found a pretty cool loco to use for transporting "stock" from the prisons and other institutions to said plant. Only thing is, it is pricey and has a rapido coupler. Wonder how difficult it would be to convert? Cheers! Rob
JimRCGMOSawyer, I got a chuckle out of your comment about that 'low' grade of 92. I would've loved getting that in high school (but then again, I was told back then - I think by a teacher or principal - that I was an 'underachiever' for whatever my standardized test scores *allegedly* told them. Yeah, motivation was my weak area back then.
Sawyer, I got a chuckle out of your comment about that 'low' grade of 92. I would've loved getting that in high school (but then again, I was told back then - I think by a teacher or principal - that I was an 'underachiever' for whatever my standardized test scores *allegedly* told them. Yeah, motivation was my weak area back then.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Just a bump off the bottom. And of course Best wishes for a Happy Fathers Day.
Prayers for ALL.
Flip
Morning all!
And a happy Fathers day to those who are fathers.
Boy the diner has been empty a lot lately.
Everyone must be out enjoying good weather and the "first weekend of summer",as tomorrow {Monday} is the first day of summer!
Hope you all have a great day!
I've been out working on the van this morning. The brake lights now work. I had thought the brake light switch was bad but it turned out to be that the wires had been pulled off it. It was just a simple job (if you can call bending the arms at almost impossible angles simple) of pushing the wires back on their respective terminals. I tested the switch with the multi-meter first to be sure it was operating correctly. Couldn't find a thing wrong with it except that it wasn't snapped into it's rest properly. With one good push from both thumbs I heard it click into place. Once that was done the brake lights came on when the pedal was pushed and went off when it was released. Works for me. Now I'm probably gonna be busy for the next few hours untying the knots in my muscles. It was tight under that dashboard. I'll be in the back sipping on a tall ice-cold lemonade.
Good morning and Happy Fathers Day for those of you who are, and for those of you who aren't but do the job, but for someone not of your....um...well, you know what I mean.
Wow, that brake light switch must have been up and back against the knee bolster enough to give Jeffrey a real fight. Can't remember the last time he ordered something. Those vans give you a false sense of room don't they? Actually with the location of the engine, seat, and height off the ground, they can be a real pain in the back.
Garry- Yes, thank you. Anthony is doing great. He's home and back to his old self again.
Like G said, I've noticed a slow down in posts. I'm thinking I'll ignore the normal reasons, like weather, outdoor activities, you know all the things that occupy people more in the Spring Summer and Fall months, and start a MRR doomsday thread on declining posts and is it the sign that people are loosing interest in MRR and therefore the hobby is dying coupled with the fact that my MR mag was a day late last month so even Kalmbach is loosing interest. Maaaybe, we can discover exactly what is causing the decline in interest, what group of Modelers caused it and if we are lucky, exactly which modeler started it all and can blame him for the death of MRR and the oil spill. Then..... who knows what next.
Have a great day.
Good early afternoon all!!...Tall Pepsi in a frosted mug please. I am stuffed from the breakfast my wife and daughter made me this morning for Fathers Day. I then went a few houses down the street to my parents and had a SECOND breakfast.....Good ole mom can make anyone eat. Anyways I got my Dad some DVDs on WWII. He is one of the original members of the 10th Mountain Division that fought in Italy. We got to talking about being in the military during holidays..( I am a Navy vet of Desert Storm). I started to think about all of the guys that are serving this very second...some probably involved in firefights as we speak. A lot of Dads wishing they could be back home today with their kids enjoying a cookout by the pool. So please...while we are celebrating today...just take a quick second and honor the guys protecting our freedom. I certainly will!!!
A true friend will not bail you out of jail...he will be sitting next to you saying "that was friggin awesome dude!" Tim...Modeling the NYC...is there any other?