The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Lehigh Valley 2089 Jazz Band practice
So what instrument do you play man?
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Good afternoon.
Feeling kinda tired, but it isn't anything to complain about. Besides, I guess one would feel tired after school with Jazz Band practice not long afterwards.
Hope to get the propeller mounted on the 109, maybe followed by some minor body work (it requires almost no body work, compared to the P-38J, which needed MAJOR work).
Italian Roast coffee in a SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please.
Nice layout photos being posted in here. Well done, guys!
First time I used the-bay buyer protection and it worked, full refund for a model I purchased which arrived all busted up. It's mostly just scrap garbage at this point, which come to think of it, may not be a bad idea. Could paint the parts all rusty and stick them in a scrap yard. Might work, if I ever decide to make a scrap yard that is.
Real bad insomnia last night. Guess watching my dad's estate items selling for mostly cheap was not helpful. Could have bid on a few items myself, but I have a MRR empire to build and horses to feed, so just watched them go. It does all need to be sold off before the house can be put on the market.
Will be in the corner booth near the wood stove for awhile, getting warmed up.
Rob
Jeff, I looked in my box of computer stuff, I have a USB to serial. The opposite of what you want...
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a cup of dark roast coffee and a couple glazed sour cream donuts please.
I'm on my way out the door to go clean up the brush from the trees my son had taken down, ah, two years ago... He takes after his dad in the procrastinator dept. I plan to give my little battery operated Black and Decker saw a workout. Have 6 of the batteries and a couple chargers with me, so we should be able to w*rk all day with no problem.
Curt, nice photos!
I have a committee meeting for the handicapped Troop tonight so I doubt I will get anything done on the layout today.... Hopefully the meeting won't be too long and I might be able to go down cellar and stare at all I still have to do for a few minutes, maybe.
The weather people are forecasting something I have rarely seen around here lately. They say we should get something called "Sunshine" all day.... We shall see. They also are calling for the Thermo Meter to creep above 50°F for a change.... Yippy!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning All,
Sitting here looking through the forum drinking a cup of coffee.
Not much planned for today except some puttering around on the layout. It's supposed to rain all day and all of tomorrow. I submitted my vacation request for May last night.
Hope everybody has a good day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Good morning. It's 43° with 100% humidity. The high will be 58°.Well I guess today I'll clean up the layout a bit and boot what's left of the old computer out the door. It still has the media center and Zip drive in it. Both of those quit working several years ago and I had no need to remove them. The old DVD drive (doesn't like to open and sometimes forgets there's a CD/DVD in it) will be opened up for looting! There's got to be some goodies in there that I can use.
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!!!
Coffee and some of that raspberry Danish please. Thanks.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
Keyboards? Oh I know what you mean Jeffery. This one I have came with the new computer, a Dell all in one screen thing which I do like, is smaller and the keys are therefore closer together. I’ve casually mentioned my dislike for it before. Now I’m not the best typer as I generally use one finger on my left hand (two if I’m feelin extra brave) and two fingers and a thumb to slap the space bar on the right, but I can zip pretty good along. Not with this one. If I were to post what I type without corrections on every second or third word for misstrikes……you wouldn’t understand a thing I typred. Well….., not as much anyway. Not near as much. BUT, I’m too cheap to get another as this one is cordless and I do like that so….maybe someday I’ll need to get another. Maybe I’ll just fight it for as long as it w*ks. As for you....….I think getting that adapter so you can use that keyboard would only tempt you to use that keyboard therefore causing you to have another mess to clean up in the form of the aforementioned keyboard you just warhooped agin the wall. Just sayin.
CDN Dennis- I haven’t used the mix, but I assume it would be the same. If you are doing a lot of area that would be the least expensive I’m sure. But I have smaller areas and the convenience of just popping a lid and using what I need then closing lid is worth the cost to me. And yes, Jeff’s very right about the cracking and it would be the same for the you mix as well. I found that out the hard way myself. Sometimes it is pretty cool effect though. Too bad you can't control where though. I have had luck with putting a little water in some to thin the mixture a bit when needed. Just don’t do it to the whole pail. Good for filling in those cracks too.
V8 Dennis-
Yesterday while installing the light I mentioned, I turned around aboooouuut oh three or four times to literally…. PUNCH Mr Murphy off the ladder!! Oh man you talk about if something could go wrong. Geeminettly!! Let’s just say they didn’t do the best job positioning, supporting and installing the lights to begin with and…..well let’s just say even though it’s up there, and the owner says it’s fine, I say it looks like a tanktop. That is a shirt with no “R”ms. I will return probably tomorrow or Saturday EARLY!!!!..... to cut the ceiling EVEN and SQUARE so the light will fit in the hole correctly and figure out a way othern the four screws driven in at an angle to catch the rafters.
Welp, change one. Brenda leaves this afternoon. I take her to her sisters at three. Then it’s me getting closer with the dog and the Pizza Pizazz for the next 4 whole days. Say, I wonder why she's wandering around the house with a notepad and pen?
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
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.
I'm feeling better now than I was last night, so I'm happy about that. Applied my 109's nose decal, and man THAT wasn't easy, but it still turned out better than I thought it was going to. Will seal the decal tonight and add the propeller to my 109.
Hmmmm.................top of page. Everyone, I'm covering!
Morning Coffee in the diner with friends...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Thursday, April 4th, 2013!
I will have the prayer candles lit as long as I am home....for those in need {have many things to do today}.
MAKE it A GREAT day!!!
-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.
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
Thursday, April 4, 2013
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening All,
Did a little layout w**k this evening. Also planning what I need for more layout construction.
Gary I have you beat. My EVENT was over 9 years ago, helicopter ride and all. According to my cardiologist, I am his healthiest patient. So Ulrich things are not that bleak my friend.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
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Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
I put my old computers hard drive (WinXP) into an external drive casing and I'm now scanning it for viruses and other nasty stuff. I don't think anything will turn up but you can't be too careful. Once that's done I'll be able to pull up my favorites list and transfer it over to Windows 8. That list was started back when I was using Win98.Well it's time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Pleases!
Well I am sort of off Thursday? While I am not going to the shop, I have to go to a meeting that starts at 9:00 AM and will last to around 12:00, well it could be longer, I just hope the other people keep there mouth's shut and don't ask stupid questions!
With some luck, I may receive the B&O SD 7 from ED. (site member ) And maybe the parts engine PK SD 9 so I can get my SD-7 Rio Grand back on the rails! Boy I have been wanting some more tunnel motor engines for sometime now!
Got to get going, getting up and out the door at 8:00 is going to be rough with closing all the time. I normally wake up at around 8:45 AM.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evening guys
Got a box in the mail today. Thee bunch of stuff Jeff sent me in exchange for the cars I sent him. I already tore into one of the locos. I used the motor out of it to fix the SD40-2 I got from Ken. I had to do some fiddling to get it to run quitely (adjusting the motor screws, re-lubing, etc). I'm hitting a snag with the coupler screws because the holes are stripped. I stuffed some sprue into the stripped out holes and will drill and tap them in the morning.
Ulrich, Good to have you back.
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.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, a decaf and an advil please...
Decided to tackle a project I have been avoiding for about a year now on the layout lighting. There was one area at the end of the peninsula where I really needed one more light. Of course, had I put it in when I built the section and before I put in the valences all around it would have been fairly easy. However.... Now it entailed leaning in over the layout bending backward as I worked with both hands over my head and trying to keep my reading glasses where I can see what I was doing at the same time. Took a little over an hour from the time I shut off the lights and hooked up a work light to when I was able to switch the lights back on. Everything is now working and the lighting is much better there. I did notice that about 5 of the 5000°K low wattage CFLs had quit. I can't buy these particular little 4w and 10w CFLs anymore. They aren't made. Think I know why. Not lasting anywhere near 10,000 hours. So I replaced them with 9w CCFLs that are 5100°K and have a CRI of 91. Big difference in the looks of the scenery.
I also finished the wooden fence on the hillside. Only thing left for that spot is the addition of a herd of Holstein Cows. I would put Guernseys there, but nobody makes them and I don't feel like spending the time to repaint them... Next, I move on to the other hill on the other side of the road.
Ulrich, it sure is good to see you back in the diner!!!
Jeffrey, I seem to recall I used to have a couple of those USB to Serial adapters laying around here as well. They came with my old Mac G5 or the computer before that and I never had any use for them... They are now recycled. You are probably better off with the new keyboard. When I bought the iMac last year I took one look at the stupid keyboard that came with it and immediately bought a better and more comfortable keyboard for it. About a month later I threw out the stupid "Magic Mouse" and bought a real one that worked like a mouse should from Logitech.
Time to give Blackie his pills...
Heartland Division CB&QTodd and Dennis ..... You were speaking of ready mix dry wall mud. I have been using it recently, too, and I like the results.
Actually this is what I was referring to as opposed to the Redi Mixed. It's also available in a dry in 45 min. composition as well and a 90 min version as well
Ulrich ..... You said: "It feels good to know that I am among my friends again." .... Based on what others say here, the feeling is quite mutual. It is definately good to have you here in the diner. .... As you know, I too, have heart prblems, and I too had one of those life saving helicopter rides. I say this to give you confidence in yor life. My event was 4 1/2 years ago, and I have enjoyed may days of mostly normal living since recovering from my experience. ..... Another improtant thing is you have Petra. What a blessing she is to you! She is with you through thick and thin ...... and she makes the best apple strudel! .... Tell her "Hello" from Elliotts DIner!
MoeLarryCurley ..... Good to see you. Feel free to tell us what is up with you.
Fergie .... Thanks for the update on the MESS. I recall your interest in big steam. I remember we were kidding you about having so many 2-10-2's.
Speaking of 2-10-2's I just got a Sountraxx Tsusami for my Walthers Heritage USRA 2-10-2.
Todd and Dennis ..... You were speaking of ready mix dry wall mud. I have been using it recently, too, and I like the results.
Cheers, everybody!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
jeffrey-wimberlyThis is the type of connector I'm looking for.
Let me look in my junk box. If it coughs up on like that, I'll throw it in your box of goodies. I'll also let you know if I've got one.
Had Jambalaya with shrimp, ham, and sausage for supper . Of course it was the wimp version not up to Jeff's standards.
Galaxy- I will give your CC a break after buying a dryer. I'm glad you caught the fire early, it definitely could of been worse.
Today I put together 20 WrightTrak Pennsy whistle and bell posts (20 total). That included putting the decal sign face on the plastic backing, gluing the upright pole to the back of the sign and painting the upright black. If the decal was any smaller I would have had problems doing it. It was very repetitive and tedious. For the upright I used thin strips of styrene instead of the provided phosphor wire. Tomorrow I will put them on the layout.
I received the Con-Cor PRR FOM passenger cars. Although not strictly prototypical they look awesome and are as close as I will get to having a set of FOM cars.
Ulrich- As everyone has already said I am greatly relieved that you are back in the Diner. Take care of your health, that needs to be your #1 priority.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
chochowillieToo bad you bought a new keyboard Jeffrey, I have one of those adapters kicking around here somewhere. Oh wait, maybe it was a serial to USB adapter ???????????? . Ok cancel that thought
Well
we bought a dryer. HAD TO. the old one wasn't squealing for awhile. so I was happily using it again. THEN It started squealing, smoking and caught a small fire very quickly! SCARY. Fire extinguisher is always handy at that end of the trailer as the furnace is there too. I figured it is FRIEd. SO $468.00 later {poorer} on the Credit Card, we will have a new one delivered on Friday. WE have to connect it to the white plastic exhaust chute as they WON't due to fire codes, but WE can do it. Bummer. Dryer was $348 online, and they didn'thave on on display yet as brand new, but we bought based on that,and that the sales lady siad the Haier modle is made in S Sarolina {or was it NORTH?}, and the next up priced at $379 was Amana made in CHina! Of course onto the $348 is cord, delivery, disposal of old one, taxes etc to make it $468 total. Delivery is $60 of the difference. the other $60 is the other stuff.
Just as we got ahead on the card and paid off them, we add more on!! BUT, I figure ti thisaway: it costs $1.25 per 10 minutes dry time at the laudromat. it takes on average the 50 minutes to dry our colthes..that is 6.25 per load. we do at least 6 loads a week...at LEAST...that is $37.50 per week for drying. Or $150.00 per 4 week month or $187.50 per 5 week month. even at $150/month, the dryer will be paid for in just 3.12 months!!! I cannot afford NOT to buy the dryer!
Besides, we bought a new washer about 2 years ago, so dryer {was a matching set} was as old {35 years, but rebuilt at 17 years old} so was 18 yeasrs old again....time to retire it.
So..what is new?
ULRICH...hope you are felling better today..tomorrow is your overnighter????
So tomorrow we go spend moremoney to get out of Kia loan, but may still have lesser loan to deal with. Credit Union is having a sale tomorrow..will go look and talk to them. We have our reasons to get rid of KIa.
So off we go shopping tomrrow afer noon. goodie.
dinner was sauteed prok loins with garlic herbs and butter, asparagus steamed. and rotten potatoes. YUM.
Today was free bread day with TREATS and SWEETS too. They over baked for Easter {I knew they would} and so it was a bonanza today! Got a French loaf, a "farmer's havest loaf", bagels, a small cake, a jeely roll large one, and a small choco-cream roll, and a loaf of italian everything bread. YUM! and a box of croissants!
well, later guys.
EDIT: top AGAIN today???? >groan< my credit card is getting a workout today!
Hi Fellas,
Just thought I would drop in quick before the ball game, didn't get to see much of the home opener last night as I bought a new PS3 and was back and forth between that and the game. Well I played it for a bit when I got home and now I'm off to watch the game.
take care
jeffrey-wimberlycouldn't find an adapter for my old keyboard
Too bad you bought a new keyboard Jeffrey, I have one of those adapters kicking around here somewhere. Oh wait, maybe it was a serial to USB adapter ???????????? . Ok cancel that thought
The DVD drive is "in the box".
D
chochowillieYou mentioned you would like an external usb dvd drive I think. I've got one that I sort of bought by accident that I'll toss in the box I'm getting ready to send to you if you want it. It's like been used about 3 times so it's new basically. Let me know if you are interested.
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Today's high has been changed to 55°. There's a 15 mph northeast wind coming across the lake that is making it feel even cooler. Got the grocery shopping done and got them put away. I checked at Wal-Mart, Radio Shack and a local computer service place but couldn't find an adapter for my old keyboard. So instead I bought a USB keyboard that has the keys at a height I'm more comfortable with and it doesn't have those 'specialty' keys scattered all over it.No plans for today except lay back and relax. I would run a train or two but there's parts I salvaged from the old computer laying all over it at the moment.
Burlington Northern #24gah, I want to pull my trains out and run them so bad but I just can't seem to get myself to do so...
gah, I want to pull my trains out and run them so bad but I just can't seem to get myself to do so...
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
jeffrey-wimberlym getting really aggravated with this new one and I'm about to snap it in two! The keys are too low and really sensitive and they're too small for my big fingers. I'll keep it around as a spare.
Tell me about it Jeffrey. When I set up my inherited computer from my Mom, it had one of those stupid flat keyboards. It took me all of an hour till I grabbed a spare descent one and tossed the flat one. Well, not tossed it, put it away for a spare.
You mentioned you would like an external usb dvd drive I think. I've got one that I sort of bought by accident that I'll toss in the box I'm getting ready to send to you if you want it. It's like been used about 3 times so it's new basically. Let me know if you are interested.
Have a good one Jeff and don't get too wet.