Well I'll be darned. I just seen a pig fly! My nephew showed up like he said he would and we got the column changed out. It had a couple more wires than the old one though. The van the new one came out of had cruise control and mine doesn't. So that explained the extra wires. They're just tied up out of the way for now.Except for that it was a perfect fit.
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Hello everybody ...
Todd ... I did not intend to make you feel badly with the picture; sorry. Actually, you can make anything you want. It's a series of micro-baby steps for everything. Patience is key. It's a relaxing way to take sanity breaks from the rest of the world's problems. However, sometimes the hobby has its own frustrations, and we need to step away when that happens.
Keith .. thanks for the comment. I explained how I do track recently. Rock strata is made from broken plaster pieces pancaked onto each other.I had a thread on rock strata maybe three years ago. There is Woodland Scenics material for ballast and other parts of the scenery. The F-units are Stewart models with details added.
I'm trying to teach myself digital photography along with learning other high tech stuff like DCC. My learning curve has a negative slope at times. Oh well.
Ulrich ... I'm sorry you had to wait so long at your appointments. I hope you had a good book to read while you sat there. .
Robby ... I like the covered hopper.
Jeff is seeing flying pigs but we will not squeel on him.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Good Evening Gang!
Zoe, how about a steak sandwich, mixed salad and a beer? Thank you, dear!
Spend the entire day at the doctor´s, for three tests only! I am not a patient patient, waiting hours between the tests just made my temper boil up! I hope the MIA´s show up soon, I am getting worried.
Blessings to all of you!
Well here's the MRL hopper. I weathered up the wheels, couplers, and added some air-hoses. I'm currently working on a St. Marys boxcar (the white car). White is about the HARDEST to do. This car will be very rusty, and grimy!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning gang, It is a long trek up here to the Diner now. I think one month of this is enough. Next month lets bring it back closer to home. It is also hard for the girls to serve us with those long fur parkas and muklucks they wear to stay warm.
By the way Girls when you get a chance, I would like a toasted bacon and tomatoe sandwich on whole wheat with a HC this morning as it is cool out.
TMarshSaaaaay, I wonder if there is a law against tunneling through the basement wall and having a basement addition under the back yard......... How would the know? Where's my shovel!
Ya know Tom, there was an article that I read within the last couple of years (can't remember where) about a fellow who went out through his basement wall with a long section of PVC pipe, I think in the range of about twenty feet, and put some "O" guage track in it to use as a tail track for a wye on his layout as I remember.
So you wouldn't be the first one to try it.
Thought and prayers are with Ulrich, Charlie, Galaxy and all others who stand in need,
Hope this week is going well for you all.
Johnboy out..........................for now
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good morning. It's 83 and sunny. The high will be 96 and it will be partly cloudy.I got a little more joint compound spread on the layout extension and the front edge of the main part of the layout yesterday before emptying the first gallon gallon bucket of compound. Later today I'll likely get started on the second bucket. This will be used to secure the track on the rest of the layout as well as build up low spots under the track. It will also make for a less steep embankment from tie level than the built-on roadbed of the EZ-Track provides. Also today we'll see if the impossible occurs. Namely that will be if my nephew shows up to help change out the steering column in the van.
LSWrrJeff, I tried to send you another email.
Mornin' everyone! (Mornin' Bill!)
Zoe I'll have a some French Toast with Maple Syrup... Huh? Oh yeh the local stuff is fine, along with my dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug. Oh and a side order of bacon please.
My kind of perfect day outside the here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 67°F with a high of 72°F this afternoon. Besides THAT the sun is shining out there!
Have to mow lawn later this afternoon. I will wait until the grass dries off a bit as we did get some rain last night. Have a few errands to run (including some that should have been done yesterday) but most of the day should be clear for doing some layout stuff.
Have a good one!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning. Coffee and whatever the Canadians call a donut please. Still not quite getting the language up here.
Garry- Yesterday you posted a picture and asked if there were any thoughts. I do have one. It's a great picture of a great scene with great modeling. However it makes me greatly upset to see examples of types of scenery that I would like to have but can't. It's a shame I can't have everything on the layout I would like.
They say the Southern accent is the easiest accent to unconsciously acquire and the hardest to unconsciously lose. Chances are If you slow down the speed at which you speak, many will pick up a Southern twang on a few words almost immediately. Spend a little time with someone who has an "accent" and you will find more and more of the "accent" appear. It is actually a more relaxed manner of speech. Most regional accents come and go depending on where you move and how strong your accent is, but generally doesn‘t leave completely or at all if you move to a region where an accent is either non-existent or not as pronounced. Say as in Philly as opposed to Boston. Different regions of the South have different variations, but overall, is the second largest "accent" United Statsians have by populous. As for area covered it is the largest taking into consideration those who speak with a drawl but do not live in the traditional South. For some reason not all southerners have the "complete accent" even if they are born and raised in the area, but most will have at least a few of the words you can pick up on as having the twang. Some thinking is this is a conscious trained effort to get the "hillbilly" out of the speech. Though much has to do with the teacher who teaches English in the formative years coupled with the strength of the accent the parents have. Many times what a child hears most is what they do. Usually, some rural folks will have a bit of the accent regardless where they live with exception of the extreme border to the north and east. Though some words still pick up. Now, if you think I've studied this, I haven't. I made it all up.
Keith- Actually, our dogs name is Missy. Chris's dog is Rerun. They seem to have this long distance romance going on. It's a dog thing. Funny, as I look down at the ruckus going on on the floor beside me, I think she's dreaming of running through the yard with Rerun right now. Could be. Now it looks like they've stopped for a bite to eat. Imagine that from a fat dog.
TSF- North of I-80, everything south is Southern Illinoy. South of I-80 everything North of it is Chicago.
Welp, Missy's awake and judging by the tail wagging sit and stare, it's potty time.
Saaaaay, I wonder if there is a law against tunneling through the basement wall and having a basement addition under the back yard......... How would the know? Where's my shovel!
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.
A large coffee and how about a western two up with a side of bacon and home fries
Well worked on the layout a little last night and I'm paying for it today. I've got this damned cellulitus without going in to details causing everyone to leave their breakfast on the floor in plain English it sucks. I got tired of looking at empty tunnels so I made some tunnel walls or liners out of these craft blocks I picked up in AC Moore, scale wise they aren't HO but actually O scale but that ok cause I'm covering them with ground goop and texturing the goop to look like rock. We'll see how it comes out. I have ZERO luck with the W/S tunnel liner molds but still may give them one more try. These things should work out ok as I'm not building a full liner but only what you can see. Both tunnels are in deep scenes and the inside can only been seen from certain vantage points so why go through the extra work. I used to think guys who did stuff like that were cheating or doing shoddy work but i have a new found understanding for it.
Seem like the heat has finally left us well at east for the time being any way. Went to wait for the school bus with my son this morning (last week of summer school/camp oh joy) and it was actually really nice outside with a nice breeze blowing. Just took a look up at the clouds and said thanks.
On the critter front I can add one Possum to my catch list. Got up real early and found him in the trap. decided besides being ugly as all sin they aren't going to bother the garden so I released him. Well right they must be some of the dumbest animals god placed on the earth cause this little idiot goes back into the trap and starts hissing and snarling at me.....lol I just said ok suit yourself and left him in there.Sooner or later he'll find some place dark to go hide. Just like his not so distant cousin the politician.
Ok you all have a nice day now
CNCharlieHave you noticed Tiff having trouble handling heat?
Charlie, you did see her picture right? She is a American Eskimo, she never liked heat. We have had her on Purina for older dogs now for a week. It has made a major differences in her walking, the Glucosamie is good for arthritis for people and dogs. You might give it a try and see if it helps Pippa.
Train Front Got the feeders in and the RSD 15 now can haul butt all the way a round the layout. Ran the Big Boy and it had no problems with the changes I have made. Going to take a little while to relearn the tack. Ran a Monon freight train into the back of a parked Santa Fe A&B. There was a spur there, now it is part on the main. On the first run and freight train did catch the passenger station and moved it a couple of feet.
Still have to lay the passenger train spur, another 15 feet to go.
Self Medicating Don't worry Garry, I am done with playing Doctor. But, it did help pin point why I had been feeling so bad.
Ken
I hate Rust
TSF ... What part of IL did you grow up in?
My "accent" is basically mid-western having lived in 8 states in south and in mid-west. plus some in CO.
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!
Good Morning
Typing around the cat can be so much fun--doing it chicken wing stylie--
I'm going out to do some work on Eric's layout--now that I actually have time to do such
Flo, I'll have a big mug o' coffee and a breakfast bagel please---I'll be at the RC for a bit
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...
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Morning all~ I've been gone a spell, somewhere oh .. not too long ago, cable shut off our service. We've been here 23 years in this house, always paid on time, and Time Warner decides to shut us down cuz we're a bit late on payment. Gheesh, I told Jeanne, 'Fine, lets make some cuts starting the first of the yeear. I dont' care to watch cable tv anyways..
Garry... Ok.. I give up... I know this pic, I have several copies of it.. lol.
I've studied it many of times. Oh I could point out every bit of detail that is going on here, believe me.
I could give a talk for an easy ten minutes of why I like this shot. The attention to detail in every part shows you've taken your time. But what gives? Tell me what you did. Enquiring minds need to know.
Todd YO Bud... lol.. That Rerun, well I always get a laugh at his face he gives you everytime you take his pic. But the other morning, well I didn't want to put on my reading glasses.. and figured if I just blow up the screen and magnify it, why I could read a whole lot easier. So here I am reading the Diner forum and come across Rerun's pic.. ALL BLOWN UP. My face and body kind of jumped back with a bit of a 'Whoa'
Go ahead blow up the screen to the size of the writing part, no edges.. I had Rerun's face in my face...lol. Whoa!
Ulrich that photo of the Prime Rib happens to be Jeanne's favorite dish. Oh about 29 years ago, our first baby was born. And in those days, I know it seems impossible but a Catholic hospital served 'fine meals'.
We were up at 4am off to the hospital to give birth. Except the baby wasn't born until 1 pm. Having missed breakfast .. and lunch.. giving birth she was starving. Here blood pressure was low and was being monitored and any meal wasn't even a consideration. Juice they gave her~
Low and behold they happen to place a dish in front of her, Prime Rib and as if something in her said EAT!
Call it what you want but all she knew she was hungry and its her favorite, ummm~ Prime Rib!
The nurse came back and looked at Jeanne and said, "Oh, you weren't suppose get that, that was for someone else!" Jeanne replied .. "I know but I feel better~"
Now as far as my layout is concerned, I've been cleaning up the whole area. Took 4 days to take every thing off, every house every piece of track and try to place it in another room in an orderly fashion. Of course that included taking the vacumn to it and a damp wash cloth. Just seeing Jeffs layout and he speedy work, well I was a bit amazed.
ONE clean layout to work on now, I do feel better about it.
I"m still laying cork and playing a bit. Not to bore anyone too much but here's what I've been up to.
Yeah I know.. so what. lol. But if you look closer at the cork with the yellow push pins, well the outer edge has a separation from the wood. I did this on purpose to give the outer edge of the cork a rise. I would guess, this is the 'super elevation' approach to give it a bit of a realistic look? Well I forget the name, but its just to give the outer rail a rise. Anyone care to inform me on what its called?
I had read somehwhere in this forum where someone had left the outer edge up by doing some application that caught my eye.
By placing the push pins only on the inside edge of the cork, it causes the out egde to furrow or 'ride up' a bit leaving a gap as you see in the above photo. Of course this is much easier approach and I won't get into it right now to bore you all.
All I can say is that after doing this other approach with tape.. and on a TURN, well I was ready to try something a bit easier.
Placing tape on one after another was a bit much, like I said.. especially on a turn. It did give it a rise on the outer edge, but I prefer doing the stretch pull let it ride up method and let the push pins hold everything in place, while the outer edge rides up.
Now of course I did cut off the tape and it looks fairly clean. Look at the lowest level, the tape has been cut off and looks clean.
The tape on the higher level is one with masking tape on the outside cork to protect it while I sand down the inside rail to aid in the over all look of super elevation.
Well who knows.. maybe I got the terminology all wrong.. but thats what I've been up to.
OH on a side note here.. the past two weeks has been hot. HOT I tell you! I mowed the lawn yesterday morning at 7:30 while it was still fairly cool.
Take care all Keith
Good Morning Folks!
Just some coffee this morning please.
Back to work today, enjoyed a lazy day yesterday, those are good every once in awhile.
Steven
Good morning.
Well not much planned for me today. Finish up the hopper, and maybe start on a new project.
Chris....Thanks for the comments. I wish I did the red part different on the car, but oh well .
Vincent.......It could go about anyway. PC or BN. The pictures I found were mainly BN thou, even thou PC looks the same. This one isn't as bad weathered wise, but it still has some "weathering" to it.
Garry.......I was born in Va, but moved with my grandparents to NC when I was VERY young. In NC I lived between Ashville, and Charlotte. I also was about 20 minutes from SC.
Good morning all,Rob, hope your FIL is feeling better this morning.Jeff, I tried to send you another email.I had to do yard work last night so no train work LGarry, interesting videos I watched a few last night.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
CN Charlie ... Bet you're glad that's over. That's a heckuva way to get model rr'ing time for tomorrow. .... Happy B'day to Mrs. CN Charlie.
Ken ... I hope you don't try that again with your meds. Blood pressure is nothing to mess around with. Glad you decide to get to the doc. He'll get the meds changed so you have no side effects hopefully.
Galaxy ... I hope you get your back so its OK again. Too bad the mouse smell still lingers.
Duke .... Glad to see the Berk. It has a tender behind for sure.
Rob ... Thanks for teh remark about my photo.
Vincent ... When you go between Wisconsin and FL, do you fly or drive?
Jeff ... I hope the steering column goes in OK.
Robby ... I think you said before, but what part of the south are you from?
Chris ... I like the GP7 picture. It is a good one to study for weathering locomotives. It gets more dirt closer to the track.
Ray ... Too bad you lost all that model railroad time.
Where's Bama? Jim CG.? PC? Inch? Jerry? and several others?
Good Evening,
Well I survived todays 'procedure' OK and true to his word I was on the 'table' and then in recovery. I can't drive for 24 hours or make important decisions for 48 so I will stay home from work tomorrow- wouldn't want to have the company crash because of me. Well actually it is a great excuse to stay home and do some work on the RR. Besides it is my wife's birthday. We had planned a BBQ lunch with one of her co-workers whose birthday is on the same day but as the forecast is for 16C, rain and wind we have postponed it until Wednesday.
Ah, the topic of accents. Up here in the Great White North we claim that we don't have one but of course everyone does. When my wife was head group that had members all over N.America, the New York ones said she sounded Scottish but to my ears she sure doesn't. As far as an accent that is easy to pick up, it would be Scottish for me. I once went out with a girl from Scotland and the only way I could really understand her and her relatives was to think in their accent. Good thing it didn't last too long or I might be saying Och instead of Eh. My wife and I watch so much Brit TV that we don't even notice the accents anymore.
Ken, Tiff is a real cutey and I'm with you on spoiling them at that age. We make Robbie sit for a treat but Pippa just gets one for showing up. I never could really say no to her. She used to love to sleep on my lap when I was reading and demanded to be picked up which of course I did. She is too arthritic to do that now and mostly sleeps flat on her side. Have you noticed Tiff having trouble handling heat? Pippa does but our friends who breed Westies and have grooming business say that is typical of old dogs. The result is Pippa has a very short hair cut.
Well I'm a little tired so I'm going to call it a night soon,
CN Charlie
Hey guys
Not a whole lot going on other than prepparing for the 1st day of college for the semester. I hasn't even been a month since the summer semester ended.
Jeff, your nephew sounds like my brother, lol
Ken, good to know that it's a seperate piece.
Robby, is that hopper supposed to be ex-BN or ex-PC? The green makes me think BN, but the brownish-red spot makes me think of PC for some reason
Accents, I can safely say I don't really have an accent. I grew up in Texas and in Florida, but never picked up an accent. When I go to Wisconsin everyone can understand me fine; although some slag terms are a bit different between here and there.
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.
Good evening...BARRY-sized mega-burger please 'n thank-you...with a bucket of 7-Up.
Robby P.ts a southern thing. I was born and raised in the south, and I have a HUGE accent.
I've always wondered how THAT w**ks... Back in college I knew a wonderful young lady from DuBois, PA. She graduated from Punxsatawny, home of THE Groundhog. Anyhow, she had a "cute" Pennsylvania dialect, mostly detected when saying "pop" (sounded like "pwuaap."). After she graduated, she took a job in Lufkin, Texas. About the 2nd or 3rd phone call I got from her...I couldn't recognize her voice anymore. She'd gotten a full-blown Texas draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawl. From there, she moved to ROCKINGHAM, and her accent/dialect changed accordingly. Now she's back in PA with her second husband . I wonder if she's speaking Pennsylvanian again...
I've noticed from time to time I slip into a bit of a draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawl. Don't know why. It usually hits after I've spent some time in Kansas, and I haven't been there since Dec. '08! Maybe it's just my "inner country boy" coming forth.
ROBBY P: I've seen some prototype shots of hoppers like your PC/MRL job...you've captured the look admirably!!! I think you oughta do a "how-to" and shop it around to the magazines.
JEFF: Nice after-the-blizzard pic...
LEE: I really like THAT backdrop The historic photos really "flow" well with the RR scene...adds a museum-ish look to the place. Of course, the modeling does THAT already!
TODD: Rerun really liked THAT last shot of Missy... the lad IS smitten with her. He says she isn't "fat," just "big-boned/big-framed..." He then mumbled something about "just more of her to love..." as he wandered back to his tent.
Chris
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Robby P. Its a southern thing. I was born and raised in the south, and I have a HUGE accent. My wife was born and raised in PA, and moved down south a few years ago. She was as bad as me (when she lived in NC). Southern is very very easy to pick up, and hard to lose. Believe me. I've lived in Pa, four years now, and sound just like the South......Still !!! Plus I still get people confused up here when I talk
teen steam fanI have a southern draw, and that's not helping me at all. Basically, if I mean to say 'you all', I sometimes say 'y'all' on accident. Strange part is, I have no idea where my draw came from. I was born and raised in Illinois and have no relation to anyone down south.
Its a southern thing. I was born and raised in the south, and I have a HUGE accent. My wife was born and raised in PA, and moved down south a few years ago. She was as bad as me (when she lived in NC). Southern is very very easy to pick up, and hard to lose. Believe me. I've lived in Pa, four years now, and sound just like the South......Still !!! Plus I still get people confused up here when I talk
Ray, that must really bite. The sound system at my church started acting up, but I don't know how its doing now. Haven't been to service in a while.
I think I found out why I am doing so bad in Spanish class. I have a southern draw, and that's not helping me at all. Basically, if I mean to say 'you all', I sometimes say 'y'all' on accident. Strange part is, I have no idea where my draw came from. I was born and raised in Illinois and have no relation to anyone down south. Well, I'm not worrying about it. I may transfer out at second semester.
Nice Duke!!! Even used the old crossing whistle signal (2 longs and 2 shorts)! Yes!
Evenin' folks!
I spent most to the afternoon down at church checking out the board on the sound system. As you might remember it got nailed by the lightning strike a couple months ago at the church. It was repaired, checked out, and sent back to us. Last week a friend and I reinstalled it and checked everything out, made sure it was set up and running well. Well..... All was good when we checked it as it was at the place that repaired it. Except............ Half way through the service yesterday one of the radio mikes suddenly went bbbbzzzzzzzzzzzzz, pop, click sissssssssle brbbbbbbrrrrrrrrp, and died. This was followed by the podium mike going POP, click. click. click bbbzzz, click, POP! Of course everyone knows THAT if something like THAT happens, it is the fault of the guy operating the sound (must have messed up) ya know. he is also the financial officer of the church so he was NOT happy! All the insurance stuff is done, but he has not signed off on it yet. He will have to try to have the $$$ figures revised......
Of course we turn it on today and everything is OK! I started a systematic diagnostic to see what I could find and everything seemed OK for about a half hour. Then it started up again. This time 3 channels were involved (may have been that way on Sunday as well....) So! I started unplugging cables and removing equipment. Problems still there. It is in the channels on the mixer and is evidently an intermittent problem caused when the mixer starts to get warmed up. You can see the pops on the channels even when they have nothing going into them and the channel has been muted and the trim pulled all the way down. So it is all boxed up and will be sent back with the installer for the store (He will be in Geneva doing an install at Hobart and William Smith College tomorrow). We also have to completely remove the hearing assist units as the problem with that is more than just in the receiver on the rack. We didn't take out the infrared sending unit mounted up in the organ chamber about 20' off the ground before..... This time it will be sent back with the other unit. We will also have to check continuity of the wiring for it when it is out to be sure there is not a problem with THAT!!!
So much for any layout time today!
Flo, how about a cup of decaf for me? Thanks!
"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
The steering column for my van came in today. My nephew says he'll be on hand to help change it out tomorrow. If he shows up I'll pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.
cudaken Jeffery Why do you plaster your entire bench? I know it is to add ground detail, but is there a less messy way? If you don't mind, would you post some pictures of a bare section then a step my step so I and others can see the benefits? I have a 5 gallon bucket of the stuff from when I did my first hills with foam. I stopped using it after watching a U Tube video on how to work and paint bare foam.
Ken: The only part I do the entire surface like that is the extension and very front area of the main part of the layout. For the rest I just put the plaster around the track base. This holds the track in place and makes an embankment that's less steep than the EZ-Track provides. It's also great for filling in holes or rough places in the foam.
Been raining now 2 days here. I can only stand to stay in the computer room for short periods as I can't open the window if it's raining. Mouse smell much much less but still lingers. No more mice caugh in the traps the exterminator set so we may have gotten rid of all we had..but I hear Oct/Nov is whne they like to come in from the cold so to speak, so we could have a reinfestation.
Have to see eye Dr. tomorrow and reg Dr. on Wed. for more pain killers for my back. Don't see the CPR until end of Sept. so need some relief before then.
I guess that's it for now, later guys.
HAve a great evening.
-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.
Self Medicating Well that is not going well. I stopped taking one of my blood pressure med's last week. I had been very tired, gum's hurt and was a little sick to my stomach everyday. With out the med I feel better, gum's don't hurt and feel a little more active. Today I checked my blood pressure 148 or 89, then my wife came over (we where at K Mart) and I checked again. 155 over 92, I knew she was killing me! So back to the evil pill and call the doctor.
Jeffery Why do you plaster your entire bench? I know it is to add ground detail, but is there a less messy way? If you don't mind, would you post some pictures of a bare section then a step my step so I and others can see the benefits? I have a 5 gallon bucket of the stuff from when I did my first hills with foam. I stopped using it after watching a U Tube video on how to work and paint bare foam.
I guess your Home Depot does not carry the foam like they do up here. Tip If they do and you can find a damage piece, they will give a 75% discount.