Afternoon guys,
Well I found some bad news about that staring girl at work. She has a boyfriend, but it gets better. He's in jail for murder and robbery. If she want's to associate with people like that, I'm gonna keep my distance.
Haven't done anything with the trains yet, but I'll probably play with the GP5 a little today. I think I should strip the Fs before I attempt gluing stuff on them so that will wait till tomorrow when I can buy some alcohol.
Ken, I recall the parts sheets for P2Ks were like that. One can't buy an individual part, but a bunch of parts to get an individual part. The numbers correspond to a parts group that has to be purchased. What number refferenced the trucks and what number is on the back? I suppose a scan of the whole thing would be nice, or I should get off my butt and find mine.
Jeff and Jim, Based on your comments, I think you guys are saying I'm close (Jeff), but may have the nose a little low (Jim). Guess I'll try shimming it up with some .02 or .03 styrene and see what happens.
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.
Afternoon, Janie - I'll have (another) RBF please, and hey, how about one of those burger platters that Ulrich got? Kinda hungry at the moment. Thank you!
Well, Barry has us beat today for the high temp (or heat index) - we're only at 95 F / 35 C for our high of the day, and the 'wind chill' (love how that weather widget terms it in hot weather!) is only 96 F /35 C. Barry, better stay out of your back yard (and probably out of the front yard, too) this afternoon! Maybe your medical folks there will knock that crud out of you with only the one-each treatments again.
Flip, I'd go for a steady soaking - better than none, right? I'm hoping we get some of that on Thursday, as our weather prognosticators are claiming.
Ulrich, I think there isn't any real winner with wars. Pretty much everyone in war comes up on the short end of the proverbial stick. It seems that Jefferson's quote may be a bit more accurate than any of us would like:
“Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.” ― Thomas Jefferson
(and there are all kinds of tyrants in all kinds of countries. That's all I have to say on that...)
Shady Lions? GRRRRROOOAAANNN... (Cute ones you made, though!)
Well (kinda dry at the bottom there lately), I got out the two other (smaller - the ones I probably should've started with) Main St. Heritage building kits and hit them with a grey primer coat. The heat must be helping dry them out super-quick today, as they were dry within minutes of being painted(!). I pulled the 'brick' building parts and roof pieces from my 'spray (card)board', and then hit the other (mostly frame type) parts with a coat of white primer. Waited some more minutes, and pulled the board inside and closed my spray booth (deck) door. Then made my way back over here. These are the two buildings:
River Road Surplus (with brick front and side wall) (HO Kit #104)
and
Mercer Dry Goods (frame walls) (HO Kit 101)
Much simpler, not as intricate of a shape for the walls, etc. After I get my Moffat's Bookstore kit 'done', I may wind up getting another one, and actually build it like I should have in the first place. Live and learn...
ROTFL! Johnboy, if the Sundown Shops didn't build that, it'll sure give 'em some new ideas to try out!
Vincent, your thoughts about (not) hanging around that gal from w**k sounds like a very..uh..healthy one. (And don't get her mad at you, either - he may have friends on the outside!) What you said about Proto's parts lists sounds like what I recall from when I got my GP7's - the order form showed 'parts groups'.
I'll be at the window booth, enjoying the view of the (rather hot) outside while I polish off my RBF and burgers.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
Gday all,
I see most of the people are on the improve.
JimCG: we have the great dividing range running along the entire east coast, up here in warm Queensland we have Mt Bartle Frere at 1622m and Bellenden Kerr at 1593m(both about 5200') but as they are in the tropics they just get about 4-6000mm of rain a year (13' to about 19'!!)
Down in New South Wales and Victoria they have a few peaks pushing the 2000m mark and one Mt Kosciuszko is 2228 metres our highest on the mainland. We these regions do get quite significant snow fall and have snow seasons from about June-September.
You are right, 90% of the rain we get in winter means it will be a cold miserable day normally around 60F (That is cold in QLD!!!) We do get one or two nights that go below Zero celcius, normally when the icy antartic winds come through the hinterland. If we travel 50miles west nearly the whole winter will have lows of 25-30F, but because we get so much sun it is normally a pleasant 75F day. I reckon we have a pretty good climate here!
Lion: I see the lions are invading.
Hope everyone had a good memorial day.
Cheers,
OzJim
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Well I tried to make a shim for the nose of my GP5 project out of .03 styrene. I cut the outside first, then the inside. Bad idea, if ended up breaking apart when trying to cut on the inside. Here's a picture with a plank piece of .03 styrene:
I'm gonna try cutting this from the inside (to clear the P2K weight) then cut the outside. If that doesn't work, I'm going to try to use .03 x .03 rods to raise the nose a touch.I don't really want to cut down another nose when I only have to raise it up by .03. I still need to make a filler piece for behind the cab on the right where the atlas SD24 doesn't have a step like the P2K GP9. I was going to add cannon steps anyways so this isn't really an issue.
Ken, Never mind about scanning the SD7/9 sheet, I found a site that had it in PDF format:http://trainsforyou.com/images/pdf/p2k-gp9inst.pdf
Jim, I don't even know if we work together anymore. A co-worker that is a close friend of hers said she has gone off the deep end...
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood Evening,
Thoughts, prayers and gratitude to those we've lost in the defense of our nation; and a big "THANK YOU!" to our vets and current military personnel.
VINCENT: I may be too late on this, but having battled the chop nose a few times I'll weigh-in on your GP-5. I think the nose is just a wee bit low, and I'd do just a little bit of shimming. I forget which one it was I did, but I had a female dog of a time getting a straight cut, then trying to file it evenly. I ended up with styrene strip shims and patch-w**k with Squadron Putty (white, not green). I guess THAT wasn't too far off from the real shops using lots of Bondo...
Huh. I just looked at all four of my chop-nose geeps...and whadayaknow? The nose is too low on ALL FOUR of them! . Well (down a bit, could use some rain, toads are still happily basking in the sun however), they were all planned for rebuilding/replacing eventually anyway... Now THAT I know about THAT awesome little window part from Des Plaines Hobbies, THAT will make THAT part of the project easier. I'm hoping to pick up some P2K geeps a bit more cheaply now THAT Athearn's ultimate geeps are becoming more prolific. Three of mine are wide-body Athearn, the fourth is a Front Range product.
*sigh*
Gonna go water the trees since we got just enough rain today to kick up some dust.
Best wishes to all in need,
Chris
***EDIT*** I see VINCENT beat me to the shim job. What I did (not enough of though) was use styrene strips laid on the bottom part of the nose. I thought about just laying a piece of styrene strip like you did, but then the thought of trying to cut-out the inside, and trimming-off the outside bent my brain...so I went with the strips. Much easier, I thought...I just didn't use tall enough pieces. I think you got the height a lot closer though.
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Good Evening All,
Just thought I'd stop in and wish our veterans a pleasent Memorial Day. Been working stupid hours and racing every weekend though this weekend was a busmans holiday with my son and i both on track with the customers. Yesterday and today were just workdays as I try to keep up with jobs but I'm not complaining. Lots of others are still unemployed.
Have been working on the layout when possible and am about 3' away from a full loop around the walls. That'll be filled with a two track swing bridge so I can get down the aisle easily. So much for my existance.
Sorry to hear about Barrys' issues.and hope the rest of you are doing well. CUL, J.R.
A big "THANK YOU" to all our veterans a pleasent Memorial Day, including my Dad (WWII, Lead Bombadier, B24 Liberator Group)
Just a decaf French Vanilla coffee, please.
Have a nice evening all.
Rob
Good Evenin'
We be still about 85F and heat index sittin' at 95F right now..we actually got to 94F earlier this afternoon. Heat index? 106F....ooooch...
Right now the A/C is sitting at a comfortable 75F and feeling nice and dry. The little Spring is bouncing all over the place and I spent part of the period chasing him...and cuddling him...
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/
Evenin' folks!
Still warm 78°F here in the finger Lakes Region with lods of chances of thunderboomers overnight, then m ore thunderboomers all day tomorrow followed by rain after that.... And I have a leaky roof! Wonderful!
Janie, just an iced tea please. Too hot for decaf tonight.
Barry, nice jalopy you got there. Is she street legal?
I have an appointment to fiddle with the new hearing aids tomorrow morning, and I do hope the roofer will show up to stop the leak as well.
We had a great picnic over at my son's house today.... I will be joining them tomorrow night for leftovers too.
Think I shall call it a day soon. Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
A Moment For All That Have Lost There Lives In Man's Worst Moments!
Evening Dinners and Vets!
Flo, Beer Please.
Well it was a Good and Bad Day today. But mainly Hot.
On the good side, got the my RSD 15 up and running. Sound great sitting there idling like a can full of rocks.
On the bad, well.
1 Got the metal out of the CSX GE AC 6000 speakers. Then I found some of the wires pulled out of the Digitrax DZ 123 decoder. Jeffery, any tips? I know you like the N scale decoders.
2 Pretty sure the Athearn UP RTR Dash 9 needs a new motor. While it has not eaten the decoder (not sure why) when I power it up and run it, the other engines slow down? That is not right with a 5 Amp power supply.
All my wife wanted for our anniversary was some fried chicken. But the deli was out. So I bought her a box of Drum Sticks, the Ice Cream kind! She was pretty tickled. Sometimes it is the little things in life that matters.
Well, the RSD 15 has made it around the track 5 times now, so I guess it lives.
Ken
I hate Rust
How about using .030 styrene strip? With a little patience it could be warmed up and bent to conform to the corners, or if not it wouldn't require much filling and sanding to form the corners.
http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Strips.htm#Dimensional
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
cudaken 1 Got the metal out of the CSX GE AC 6000 speakers. Then I found some of the wires pulled out of the Digitrax DZ 123 decoder. Jeffery, any tips? I know you like the N scale decoders.
Time for me to call it a night. I was invited to my parents place today for a treat I hope they don't serve again for a while. Watermelon! Watermelon four days in a row! That gets pretty old mighty fast. On the layout front I did some work on the ex-CSX GP9 (Walthers, Front Range, Athearn, Proto, PPW). I put a Digitrax DH120 in it recently. Well I found out today the decoder has a problem. A very BIG one. While I can set a two digit address and direction I can't set a four digit address or any speed table CV's or lighting functions. It won't reset. Read back on CV8 comes back as the last entry programmed, in this case an eight. It should come back as a 129. CV's 2, 6 and 5 don't work either. The only ones I can set are 1 and 29. Fortunately the loco is an almost perfect match speed wise with the mu'd pair of GP9's to which it's coupled and currently running tail to tail on the end of the loco consist. It can be seen in the photo below partially obscured by some apple trees. Remember I said it could take a two digit address? Nothing higher than twenty. Anything higher than that and the loco just sits there or if it does move it moves very slowly. There's no burns or marks of distress anywhere on the decoder. I wonder if this was the reason Digitrax discontinued it. Oh well, it'll work until I get something better. See y'all tomorrow.
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Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning
We be getting some more of the same today..Hot, Hazy and Humid. 85F with heat index near 95F...tomorrow we start the big cool down...temps in the mid to upper 60'sF range...
Got yet another medical appointment today...I tells ya..getting old is not for wimps
Well, better be getting ready for it..have a good day!!
I stopped in for my large coffee, Chloe.
Johnboy, I am still laughing.
Curt & Jim, Yes the ops session was fun. Afterwards, we all were thinking that it was too bad no cameras were rolling on the rolling meet.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Mornin'!
Gonna be another hot day here in the Finger Lakes! Zoe, just a cup of dark roast and some "old people" type cereal for me this morning.
My foot hurts.... Gout again! Thought it was getting better yesterday, but not so good this morning. I have a hearing center appointment later this morning and i haven't heard anything from the roofer yet today.... Hope he didn't pick this week to go on vacation or something!
It is currently 78°F with high all too soon of 83°F. Air conditioners stayed on all night as it was still close to 80 when I headed to bed last night.... And it is still May!
Catch you all later (after I go to the store and buy some Advil...).
Good morning. It's 71° and partly cloudy. The high will be 92° and it'll be mostly sunny.Vandals struck in the wee hours! Sometime during the early morning some teenage hooligans armed with cans of silver paint painted over the road name on the Alaska GP9. The Sundown police chief has already caught one of the offenders. His own son! When asked why he participated in this act of destruction he simply said the engine belongs to the L&A and the railroad should have painted it over long ago. Now they have no choice. Ezra Johnson, the teens grandfather and owner of several businesses in the town says that the locomotive will be scheduled to go into the Sundown paint shop this week.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and… ya know what? Gimme a Dah-uh Peppa and a beef Chimichanga and a bowl of chili please.
Sunny, with a high near 86
Barry- I also want to express my well wishes and prayers for your recovery and that the treatments go for you at least as well as they did for my Dad. He had no real issues with them and I hope the same for you.
Terry- Ain’t nothing to be ashamed of not makin the SF cut. Millions haven’t even tried. I’d be proud just to say I had the guts and the gumption to even try. Which of course…., I didn’t. They eat snakes. Yuk.
Ken- Happy Anniversary late.
Ray- Hope the gout goes away quick. I had it once. Felt like the joint of my Great Toe was gonna explode! Actually it felt more like someone was trying to pull my toe off.
Welp, didn’t get the whole floor done. Just 2 boards from the wall then into the closet. Why? Well first I’m married. So she gets me started on things then…..pulls me away. Then asks why it’s taking so long to do things. AND the ants are back again. aGAIN! This is one tough hill which I can't find, by the way. It has to be under the back porch.. Also had to stop and put most of room back in order so as to get the modem and the wifi back up so she could get on the internet and she wanted to print some pictures.
Gotta get a move on if I’m gonna get this floor done today.
Ya’ll have a good day!!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Morning Modelers!
Hope all had a nice weekend; the MOH put me to work so coming to work today is more like a vacation!!!
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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Zoe, can I get another cup of Dark Roast Coffee? Thank you Ma'am.
TMarsh Ray- Hope the gout goes away quick. I had it once. Felt like the joint of my Great Toe was gonna explode! Actually it felt more like someone was trying to pull my toe off.
Todd, did an online search on the subject this morning..... Found that among other things I should be avoiding since I have a history of Gout is.... Asparagus! Yep, the very same stuff I have been gorging myself on for the last month! I will be asking my doctor to also get me off the Niacin Treatment which is know to precipitate the uric acid into crystals.... My Cholesterol is now very low, so he might be willing to give it a try.
Stay cool everyone!
Morning Fellow Dinners!
Flo, Coffee Please.
Like I don't have enough to worry about. Shaddy my 9 year old Wolfhound was sick yesterday. She blew Chunks about 6 times. She will not touch her dog food now, well so far. She has eaten some chicken my wife gave her so she will eat. Just hope she is feeling better later today.
Over cast today and possible thunderstorms. Maybe a little cooler today, I hope.
See you all later.
Coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Think I overdid it with my toe yesterday. Felt the need to ice it and start wrapping it again today. It's pretty sore. OOPS!
Have a good day all.
Cheers! Rob
Well the shell of the ex-Alaska GP9 has been painted a nice looking green, spruce green I think. The label fell off the can years ago so I'm not sure. It's somewhat darker than the old BN green. I left it outside to dry. A little while ago I went out to get it and saw something rather funny. A couple of Carolina Anole lizards (also known as American Chameleon) were on top of it and it looked like they were trying to match themselves to the color. They're lucky they didn't get stuck to it as the paint was still somewhat tacky. I wanted to get the masking tape off the cab sides while the paint was still soft and wouldn't crack or peel easily. There's still more painting to be done. The green is just the base coat.
Cederstrand Think I overdid it with my toe yesterday. Felt the need to ice it and start wrapping it again today. It's pretty sore. OOPS!
G'dAfternoon (borrowing a bit from OzJim...) Zoe - a RBF please. Thank you!
And speaking of OzJim, MAN, that's a bunch of rain! You're right, that would definitely qualify as a tropic region. Of course, you're not that far at all from the Equator, so go figure, eh?
Vincent, I see that Chris beat me to it already, but that height for the top of the nose there looks better. Don't know how the chop-nose part fits to the body, but what crossed my mind as a thought (notice I did not say a good thought or a smart or wise thought...) was to take a sharp pencil, mark around the outside, remove the plastic piece you have under there, cut inside of the line you drew (but only just inside), and then glue the piece in place and put the rest of your nose on top and glue the whole assembly together. But I'm sure it's not even close to that easy for you, right? Okay... Best wishes on it, and take your time (many a time I haven't taken my time, I wind up regretting it...).
JR, good to hear you've been making progress on your layout (and are about to be able to run trains, the fun part!). Did your son enjoy the 'day at the track' (non-MRR kind, that is)?
Ken, smart move (and quick thinking) on the 'drumsticks' for your anniversary! Sometimes it's possible to not do what was expected, and yet come out smelling like the proverbial rose, eh? (I like those kind of 'drumsticks' too - have a box of 'em in my freezer) Bit of a puzzlement on that decoder glitch you mentioned. for Shaddy to improve on her health (and appetite), so a trip to the vet is not needed.
Bill T. - neat photo today! Brought back some verrryyy old memories (maybe my very first MRR'ing ones)!
Todd, that eating snakes thing with the SF wouldn't bother me (so long as I got to cook 'em medium-well...); of course all that other stuff (running with huge packs, climbing in the rain, etc.) might... Guess that's one reason why it never crossed my mind, huh? On your anthill problem, I'm guessing - being as you live more in the country than I do and likely know that - you have tried Terro, right? ("Of course I have, you ninny!" he replies to Jim...) Good luck getting back to finish up your floors soon, though.
Ray, hope your doctor helps you out so your gout bout (pardon the rhyme..) goes away. Did you ever hear from your roof guy?
Jeff, maybe you can have the Sundown Shops do some totally weird paint job on that Geep (say, chartreuse stripes or hot pink?), and really freak out those chameleons, tryin' to match it...
Well, today I went by the local HS (airplane stuff mostly), and picked up some plastic shapes and a sheet of 0.030 white plastic. I needed the sheet for a piece on that Moffat's Bookstore (misplaced the one that came with it, which means it will show up in a couple of weeks..), and I got some (nearly) square post material for supports where roof gable pieces attach to the back of the false front (it sags there, otherwise). Also cut supports for a couple other spots under roofs. Also, I sprayed part of another kit with 'brick' spray (after masking off the triangular pediment part of an end wall - which has board/frame structure). May get to putting that together later this week, after I do my little bitty expanded lean-to (Mercer's Dry Goods, see link I posted from a page or two back).
I think that extremely hot place with this guy: must've frozen over. At w**k last week (when I stopped by to pick up stuff for this week's on-call evenings), our IT/computer tech stopped by and went over how to use the laptops that all of the crisis team will be getting to use(!). There is, of course, a catch - if we lose or break them, we buy them. We were told that at least we won't have to pay for ordinary wear and tear (like the palm rest area, etc.). Knew that we would be about the last section to go electronic (they're on an electronic record kick - and have had a few glitches with getting that all to w**k properly). There's even a way to remotely wipe the system if the laptop gets stolen or such, I think. But I do NOT want that to happen!
I'll be at the RC for a while and see if those chameleons show up. Hey, Broadway - do lions like chameleons for a snack?
[Edit]: Well, Zoe, looks like I have the afternoon tab - how about a RBF special, with cheesey fries and/or burger platters, if they like?
Blessings and prayers,
Steps in out of the rain and wind and hail.....
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have a cup of decaf and a seat near the radio to hear the updates on the weather......... Looks like Seneca County including Seneca Falls and Waterloo with the area South from them just got nailed by something! Power lines and trees down, roofs gone from houses, and a state of emergency declared by the Seneca County Sheriff. No unnecessary travel until further notice. Looks like I won't be going over to my sons house for dinner tonight. They are OK, BTW. His wife got sent home from Hillcrest where she works as a teacher early and said there was a lot of damage on Route 98 S on her way home. Didn't get too bad here in Geneva all of 5 miles away from there......
Couldn't connect to the internet for quite a while as well. I finally unplugged everything and tried again and it came up.
Roofer evidently took a long weekend as I still can't anything but a message machine saying to leave a message. I collected about a pint of water in a large container during the rain and wind this afternoon.
Got my hearing aids adjusted this morning then went to the grocery store. Bought some Advil and took one as soon as I got home. Foot feels better! Package arrived from Kappler Lumber today so I can manufacture more scale ties for the w*rk in the train room. I may disappear to there in a bit.
Later!
JimRCGMO Jeff, maybe you can have the Sundown Shops do some totally weird paint job on that Geep (say, chartreuse stripes or hot pink?), and really freak out those chameleons, tryin' to match it...
Afternoon again folks!
There are now reports that we may have had a tornado over in Seneca County. Damage they are showing would consistent with a small tornado. It has not been confirmed yet either way by the National Weather service. Some info for those who may be interested can be found here. This is way too close to where my son and his family live for comfort. They say over 7000 homes are without power at the moment from the line of thunderstorms that came through central NY earlier today.
More storms are scheduled to appear tonight, but nothing as strong as the ones earlier! I Hope!
I have got to learn to be more careful and precise about what I wish for. We haven't had any rain for some time as all the rain seems to go around us. Not today. We got a big time storm early this afternoon. High winds and tons of water going sideways. Lost our power all afternoon until around 5:45 pm. And let me continue with more of my excellent timing in all matters. We ran some errands this morning and I stopped at the nursery on the way home. Bought two really nice hanging baskets for the wife. You should see them now. Pretty dismal looking. Apparently they were not storm proof. Upside is I don't have to put the sprinklers on the new sod this evening. The house is starting to cool down now that the air conditioning is back on. So all is right in my little corner of the world, I guess. Tom...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA