jeffrey-wimberly I like to experiment.
I like to experiment.
So your having a slow day too?
Brought in some photos to share. These are of the models from the "Modeler's Corner" (an adult show and tell). Some fine work being done around these parts, I think you'll agree!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Todd: "NO!!!! PINK!!!"....OOOOWWWWW!!! OOOWWWWW!!!! Vinnie!! Release Go my ears!!!....I'll be good!!....
Good Evening...
I've got some thing done on the layout today...some more re-wiring and another wye switch was redone...
Tomorrow I return back to work!! Yay!!
Welp...PINK!!!!.....(slam)
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
howmus jeffrey-wimberly: I like to experiment. So your having a slow day too?
jeffrey-wimberly: I like to experiment.
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
Hey guys
Saw the game last night. Very pleased with the outcome. Green Bay gets to play the Bears (again).
Found out why the bushings I bought wouldn't work. Turns out in 1996 ford switched to a hydro-bushing (IDK what that is all about). I'm using the control arms from my brother's 1998. My father wants the control arms under my car (94), and I bought bushings for my control arms. He said he'll order a set of replacements, and we'll swap around so he'll get the bushings I was trying to use.
Got the other door from the paint shop. Gutted it and the door from my car, and got the door on my car removed. I'll get it back together tomorrow afternoon and Tuesday.
Lee, I don't know, but there is a joke in their somewhere. (government is nonprofit?, okay bad)
Didn't know that acetone would cause rubber to crack and fall off. That would actually come in handy at times. Might see if that effects bushings as opposed to just burning them out. Granted I probably shouldn't have to do that for 15 years or so.
Galaxy, Good luck with the surgery.
Gonna go to the junkyard tomorrow. Hopefully find a 5.0 powered explorer there, and that 87 mark 7 is still there (want the heads from the 5.0 explorer, and the cam from the 87 mark 7)
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.
Evening Folks, darn I am tired!
Flo, Fried Catfish Plate and a
John On the Y6 b problem I am 95% sure it going to be rail joiners. One area the Y6 b stall at is the worst spot on the bench. As a whole I don not like soldering rail joiners because it makes it a real pain to move the track if there is a problem. But on the other hand there might not have ever been a problem if it was done. Still seems odd that only the Y6 stalls there still.
I need to reread the part about the plating. (like I said I am beat) Is it something you did your self or had done?
Lee You got a 4-4-4-4 for $100.00? I think that is a T-1, am I right? I really wanted one but had 18 inch turns and I think it needed 22's.
If I get on my feet, and get to build the new layout the T-1 and Q 2 are to Engines I really like to have. All so like a H-8 and a Yellowstone.
George Good luck on the new layout. I am to the point I am ready for a new one my self. Current layout is starting to have some operational problems and I am getting a little bored with it. I have a great plan now, just need to make sure I get to keep the house. Then out comes the saws all and away I go!
Work Front Had a decent day today, pain in the butt but still a good day. I am still amazed how everyone comes in at the same time? Far as simple tickets on the computer I am fine with now. But there is still a lot of stumbling blocks for me. Like how to Finalizing a tickets. This mean the customer has everything and we are done. All so looking up open tickets, customer has either not picked up or received everything they bought. It will come with time.
Today I wrote $2500 in new business X 7% = $175.00 plus $50.00 in spiff = $225.00. Not bad for 6 hours of work. Now if only I could do that every day.
Guess I am going full time sooner than I was told. This is my last week of only working 3 days a week. Either they like me or are desperate, but either way off we go! Hours are not as long as I missed figured. I will be working M T and Friday from 9:30 to 8 or 10.5 , Saturday 9 to 6 for 9 hours and Sunday 11:00 to 5:00 for 6 hours for a total of 46.5 hours. Compared to the 52.5 hours at Mattress Giant, seems like a short week now!
See you all later Ken your overworked friend!
I hate Rust
Evenin' folks!
Flo, just a decaf for me at the moment.
Ken, sounds like things are coming along well with the new job.
I got the certificates all printed out, checked, and paper clipped to the release form the parents are asked to sign. Have put everything else I need to bring to Church tomorrow morning for the festivities in a neat pile that I will probably forget to take with me.........
How about a few more model photos from the Meet yesterday?
Yep, the Erie B2 Steam Shovel is mine.....
Got to figure out how to add photos to the Division Blog soon. Hopefully some time this week I will sit down and come up with the combination to do it. The Museum is using the same kind of blog and has photos posted all over the place, so I assume it can be done.
Hope you all have a great night, and Galaxy, you are in my prayers!!!
I found that the Athearn loco had a dead motor. I looked around here and found a better motor for the chassis. It's a Roundhouse MDC motor with blue box flywheels and they absolutely would not come off for anything! So I got some parts together and removed the locos hex drive and converted it to blue box spline drive. It runs good and has that distinctive Athearn growl. It runs at a fairly respectable speed forward and a little over half speed in reverse. Athearn trucks, MDC worms and worm housing clips, MDC splines, MDC motor. Oh well, at least it runs now.
Steamed veggies, please.
***Ray, very nice models. Love that steam shovel.
Finished the retaining wall behind the wife's (HO) Fire Dept. Then whipped up some tar using grout, elmers glue & acrylic paint. Watered it down so it could be poured. Now that it's done, looks very dark, like it is fresh pavement. Might need to wash it over with some lighter tones later. Or, perhaps the little town rewarded their Fire Department!?!
Rob
Glass of water please.
Just popped in in case Galaxy goes to the horsepiddle before I get in tomorrow to say, good luck and you're in my prayers Hoss! Hope it works on the pain this time.
Leave something laying around and Jeff will do who knows what with it.
Ray- I guess the old ears ain't as bad as you thought. I was checking out the pics you posted and asked myself, "I wonder if that's his steam shovel?" I guess you heared me. You are lucky to live around were there is as much activity involving modeling. Outstanding modelling I might add. Thanks for sharing.
I've often thought of building some models that I like but have no use for on the old....gotta come up with a name for the layout. (Would use that one, but it's too long) Maybe make a diorama. But then I think, "what would I do with it? I've got enough stuff laying around" Who knows, I just may. Like I said there are a lot of structures I like but just won't fit on the Gotta Come Up With A Name. See?
PFTIN and especially G
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.
Now to list the days confusion. I started out with three locomotives. An Athearn F7, a Proto 1000 F3 and a Bachmann FT and commenced to scramble them up. The Bachmann FT shell is now on the Proto 1000 F3 chassis, The F3 shell is now on the Athearn F7 chassis and the Athearn F7 shell is now on the Bachmann FT chassis. The Athearn chassis needed a new motor and drive line so I sacrificed an old MDC RS3 for the cause. The Bachmann chassis had to be rewired so I cut some pieces of wire from some old telephone and did the job with that. Whereas only one of the locos ran this morning all three run now and nothing really looks out of place.
Good Morning,
just a brief stopover to send our to Galaxy for today´s surgery.
No, Zoe, nothing yet for me, I will show up later!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good freezing morning all,
Yes it is 7F outside this morning. I would require the use of several colorful metaphors to explain how cold it is when I let the dog out and the cat ran outside, and me in my bathrobe stepped out to catch her. So I’m not even going to try. Freezing rain switching to snow tonight…
I wired the tortoise switch machines last night and got them working. I also wired two NJ International crossing flashers to a Dalle flashing unit and they work. Wahoo.
Ken, yes a T-1. It’s a nice unit with QSI sound.
Jeff, Actually I think Bachmann and Atlas are very close in detail and performance, but Bachmann wins on price.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning...
Get to start back to work today...going to be a fun one by the looks of things as well...only -3F right now with the windchil coming in at -6F...kinda nippy of late...
Galaxy: We be for you...
Ray: Those pix from that modeling show are really inspirational! Good work done by all....
Today I'll be trying to complete some detail work on a couple of the RS's I have then off to work I go...
Flo, I'll have a big ol' stack o' pancakes with genuine Maple Syrup as well as a coffee, please...I'll be at the window booth watching the sunrise...
Mornin' everyone!
Just grabbing a cup of dark roast to go.
Gotta be at church in just a few minutes. The memorial march should be fun this morning..... It is currently -7°F outside.... We've done it before in this type of chilly weather so I guess we will do it today. I will be at various points along the route getting photos of the march..
Gotta run! see you later!
Good Morning All,
Just wanted to pop in and wish Galaxy best of luck in his surgery. Our prayers for you today for a successful outcome.
18F and just waiting for those of you to the west to hand off the latest storm. I'll have a regular to go and I'll go with it. CUL, J.R.
Good morning.
Just a quick stop. Got some things to do around town.
I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning! Coffee and Biscuits and gravy please. Could you throw a couple scrambled eggs on the top? Thanks. Internet's back to running it’s usual zippy self today. Didn’t do anything so I guess it was the service and/or the crowd after all. M.L.King Day: Freezing rain and sleet likely before noon, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 36. South wind between 15 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.Tonight: Rain likely before midnight, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind 6 to 14 mph becoming west. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Good Morning! Coffee and Biscuits and gravy please. Could you throw a couple scrambled eggs on the top? Thanks.
Internet's back to running it’s usual zippy self today. Didn’t do anything so I guess it was the service and/or the crowd after all.
M.L.King Day: Freezing rain and sleet likely before noon, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 36. South wind between 15 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.Tonight: Rain likely before midnight, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind 6 to 14 mph becoming west. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
I think today I think I shall clean up my mess in the trainroom from yesterday. If time allows, I may get the OSB and bl….um, foam. That would be nice to be able to continue with the track and work on the scenery with the ability to run a train. Maybe not. I just saw the above weather report. So, that depends on the timing of a trip. We'll see.
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Just stopped by for a slice of coffee cake and a HC, before getting down to a few household chores and of course more snow blowing. That has become a daily occurence here the last couple of months.
Also wanted to add by sentiments to JR's for a quick and successful recovery for Galaxy. You are in our prayers and thoughts. I think Garry mentioned there would be a special Prayer meeting in the Chapel car latter today for you.
Anyone in need of a little more snow? I can hardly see out my windows. Getting really tough to blow and shovel it that high. Have to be careful as I don't want to feel the big one coming on like Red Foxx (Sanford & Son) used to.
I got back to the train room last evening and got a double track section laid that is on the south side of the river from the Honeymoon Tunnels. "Yes I know that isn't prototypical ,,,, but it is on the LM&E.
Don't let me fool you guys, (as if I already have ) there isn't too much that I have that is prototypical other than the Western Pacific Logo, and the time frame and the appropriate locomotives and rolling stock. There is a mixture of other western roads that used to pool with the WP. and I have several locos in (Reading Colors) that will be altered somewhat and patched for the Last Mountain & Eastern.
I hope you all have a great mid-January blues Monday.
Always glad to hear of the improvements in health, layouts and work situations of our members here.
You have to love those Jets, Don't you ????. It was great to see the Colts & Pats fall.
How do we get the Packers and Jets into the SuperBowl?????????????
Johnboy out....................for now.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
JR ... Yes, today we're all thinking and praying about Galaxy's surgery. I am looking foward to hearing from him when he can post here agan.
Lee.... I intended to say I was sorry you had to postpone the trip to SE MI. Great Lakes Hobbies will have to wait. Sounds like you get good prices on locos! As for Bachmann, I wll agree thye do well with the Spectrum line. Service is great, too, based on one exerience I had with one of the 4-8-2's.
Rob ... Thanks for the remark about the photo.
Jeff ... I see Sundown Shops are still busy.
Ray ... Like the photos. I, too, like your steam shovel!
Barry ... That's cold. .... brrrrrrr.
Johnboy ... Good to see you. How cold is it there?
Most of my MRR time has been on my scrap yard project.
Happy Model Railroding.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&Q Jeff ... I see Sundown Shops are still busy.
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of frozen Buckeyes other then I missed the club meeting yesterday due to old modeling friends dropping by on their way home from railfanning Bellevue and Sandusky..Just the thought being near Lake Erie in winter chills me to the bone.Brrr! Some day I may share a early spring walleye fishing story with you-maybe in July? No modeling yesterday of course and today's plans call for working on C&HV #100..Slate Creek is temporary on hold till the carpenter feels better..It won't take long to build the bench work-he figures around 30 minutes since there isn't that much measuring and cutting to do..I shall have a cup and look over the forum.Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Late Morning Folks.
Flo, I would like a side salad and a diet Dew please.
Having a good lazy day today, nothing really planed. Trains have been running good, no stalls or derails so I am happy.
Wonder if Galaxy is in recovery room yet?
See you all later.
I did I miss lunch?
Well I've been doing some studying and some math. So far so good. The rest of the day will be take it easy. Maybe go in the basement and box up my engines. I haven't run anything in a month. Why have them covered in dust.
Galaxy.........Hope your doing good.
Sawyer....Vincent......Good luck on Sunday. ESPN says you shouldn't have a problem beating "Da Bears". Ryan Grant did put his foot in his mouth thou. I hope that doesn't come back to bite them. Of course the Steelers have a hard game also .
Afternoon all. Just catching up on things as I've not been around for several days.
Continued prayers for galaxy on his surgery, can't wait to hear from him, hope that all is well.
Ken, glad to hear that trains are running well and there are no stalls or derails.
I almost forgot about the WGH show coming to Atlanta next month, but upon mentioning it to my wife (its also our anniversary weekend), she's game to us going up there on Saturday, going out to eat that night and then going to either the World of Coca Cola, or the Georgia Aquarium with the girls, so whooooo hoooooo Dunno what all I would/will get from there as I know I won't have a ton of expendable cash, but it should still be fun, and besides, I think that Heather would enjoy getting to run Thomas the train around and stuff too while daddy plays on the DCC layouts if possible. Actually I know one thing that I will be on the lookout for, and that is hopefully a good SD70M, SD70M-2, or even a MAC or ACe, or even an AC4400CW would be nice to have and couple to my SD40-2 and pull cars around (been playing around a little on the kitchen table, nothing major, just a little straight section and curve sitting on the table with old rail joiners. So who knows, I might just pick up things like paint and decals there.
Welp, I guess I'll have a BBQ sammich and order of fries with a RBF to wash it down. I'm off w*rk today as I literally spent the night there last night (resetting inventory as part of a LARGE stock increase). Might get to get into the woods later this afternoon (or actually in a few minutes if I wish to have any "real" time out there). Maybe I'll ge to bag a member of the venison family and put some extra meat in the freezer.
Later taters!
Stupid NCIS marathon. Again!
Cleaned up a bit in the trainroom during commercials. Sort of at a standstill construction wise until the supplies get here courtesy me. Maybe I'll work a bit...........on a kit.
Today I finally got some more work done on my work caboose project. I got the caboose body glued down on the car. I also spread some shellac over the other stark white areas of the layout. Whooo man, I had to get out of here for a while. The fumes from the shellac are something else. Fortunately it doesn't take long to dry.
Extra strong coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Great news, the deep black pavement around the Fire Station turned lighter as it dried and now matches the main road. Whew! Question: Anyone have a simple and cheap idea how to make some kind of traffic barricades to separate parking areas from roadways? Does not need to be in any way fancy. A simple raised curb would work. Ideas???
Still some snow on the ground here, but only in the shade.
Will be in the corner booth a spell. Rob
Hey folks.
Rob, would a cocktail straw or toothpicks work? Or you could aways build it up with spackle/sculptamold/plaster. Whatever you use.
Well (deep subject), I got my Pantera dug out and started working on her. Pulled the plugs and checked to see if there was spark, no spark. I close up and start getting ready for a major headache, then started playing with the emergency kill switch. pulled it up and whattta know. There's spark. . Sure glad I checked that first before redoing the electrical system.
Best wishes for Galaxy. Let me know if he stops in.
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!
TMarsh Stupid NCIS marathon. Again!
Them There Are Fighting Words Todd!
Flo, a and the soap box please.
I hear by proclaim the state OF ILL IS RAN BY IDIOTS!
If you remember when I lost the old job I had to file a new unemployment claim. State sent me a letter dated on 01-04-2011 tell me what day they would call and the time of the phone call. Today was the day and the time was 12:45 PM. 12:45 rolls by, no call, (letter did state they could be around 10 minutes late) 12:55, no call, 1:00 no call, 1:10 still no call!.
Called the local offices, machine stuck me of a line where the phone rang, but no one answered. That did not surprise me. Then it dawned on me.
THE IDIOTS SAT ME UP FOR THE PHONE INTERVIEW ON MARTIAN LUTHER KING DAY AND ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES ARE CLOSED!
So Wednesday I get to go down and sit at unemployment again and wait to talk to an Idiot. I sure hope they expedite this mess. I waited 20 days all ready and they owe me around $1400.00, that's the house payment!
I sure glad I am about done with unemployment. This will be the last week they will owe me for.
See you all later!
Ken