Afternoon guys
I got all the loads for my thrall gons assembled. Now waiting for glue to dry before shaping the loads and painting them...
I started work on my Rivarossi U25C. I started with the CB&Q one I had for a while. Got both side radiator grilles cut out by drilling small holes, then using an X-acto blade between them... Then I preceeded to do the same to the top radiator grille. Well the whole thing cracked and broke... So I glued it together and grabbed the L&A one. I tried to speed it up this time and Used a larger drill that would take out most of the radiator grill in 1 swipe. It worked, but it wandered and took out part of a door. Luckily not hitting anything... The top I did the same, but then used a dremel with a grinding stone to try to grind most of it out. Worked ok, but then when I tried to trim the remaining bits of the top grill out, the shell cracked... I got mad, glued it, then put them both away before I threw something. The L&A shell may be fixable. the CB&Q might be a write-off. I'll probably just patch up the door with some scrap styrene on the L&A, but if it don't work, I can cut a section of the Q one out and splice it in. I'll keep an eye out at the Tallahassee show for another U25C shell.
Gary, get well soon. Plenty of rest and OJ usually works for me.
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 morning (at least it was when I started typing this). It's 71° with 93% humidity. The high will be 85°.Things got a little last night when the storms started coming through then it calmed down. That is until around 2am when things took a turn for the worse. We had high winds, lots of thunder and nearly continuous lightning. Cable out here was out most of the morning. Power never did go out here. The cable came back on around 10am. The yard is a wreck but I expected nothing less.Looks like today will be a lazy day. I'm still aching from the banging around I took on the tractor yesterday. You'd think Murray could have put some better springs on the seat.
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ONR FAN galaxy . IT is 72 inside with the A/c on low blow, I don't see a need to bump it.Of course the computer room here has no a//c so it is 77 in here. The front a/c takes care of that end, the bedroom a/c the rear of the house..the computer room in the center no air flow except the fan we use to draw A/C air into it which doens't work so well. Of course last year we had this in first of April. The a/cs came on and never off til Sept. tme for a nap.... later I've been thinking about adding a second heating and air conditioning unit to my home. Having two has its benefits. I've been looking at units that are installed in the attic. The 3rd floor is always either hot or cold. How big is your house? Don't the two units help keep a constant temperature through out the home?
galaxy . IT is 72 inside with the A/c on low blow, I don't see a need to bump it.Of course the computer room here has no a//c so it is 77 in here. The front a/c takes care of that end, the bedroom a/c the rear of the house..the computer room in the center no air flow except the fan we use to draw A/C air into it which doens't work so well. Of course last year we had this in first of April. The a/cs came on and never off til Sept. tme for a nap.... later
. IT is 72 inside with the A/c on low blow, I don't see a need to bump it.Of course the computer room here has no a//c so it is 77 in here. The front a/c takes care of that end, the bedroom a/c the rear of the house..the computer room in the center no air flow except the fan we use to draw A/C air into it which doens't work so well.
Of course last year we had this in first of April. The a/cs came on and never off til Sept.
tme for a nap....
later
I've been thinking about adding a second heating and air conditioning unit to my home. Having two has its benefits. I've been looking at units that are installed in the attic. The 3rd floor is always either hot or cold. How big is your house? Don't the two units help keep a constant temperature through out the home?
we have a bit of an odd situation here, most likely different from yours.
It is a 930 sq foot trailer, which heats up like a tin can on a camp fire at the summer picnic in July. Front to back it is organized thusly:
KIT, LR, BR{computer room}, BR {train room}, BA, MBR.
There is a large unit 13,500 BTU in the LR that takes care of the LR and KIT nicely. There is a 6,500 BTU unit in the MBR that works very nicley for there, the bath and most of the hall. The computer room and the hall outside it seems to stagnate. no air flow directly to it. being mofre or less center of the home. A fan helps, but not cools enough to compare to the other areas of the house.
Those two units pretty much cover the whole house, and often the MBR unit is not on, only when extrememly warm in here. {it IS on at night though from about April to November 30th.}
If not too expensive, we have thought of the Mitsubishi air flow ductless A/C units for the computer room and to replace these units when they go. That way it is similar to Central a/c but still controlable per area.
It will cost another $3k to have Central A/C installed to control the whole home.
So there you go.
Well, erm other things:
I go to see the cardiologist shortly. Storm is coming in and a migraine is developiing so I'd best get off the computer!
-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 Afternoon Folks!
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What a miserable day! We had a bad temperature drop last night - it is only about 40F today, no sun, but lots of wind and rain
I decided to have a day off from party work, well, at least to a degree. Maybe just 10 phone calls, and 40 emails ...
As I needed to get my mind set on nicer things than the enemy from within, who is giving us a hard time these days, I toyed with some more ideas for that micro layout I have in the pipeline.
Busch has released a new HOn2 train set, running on 6.5mm track. The locos are "precision instruments", running just like a Swiss watch - fun to observe the gear motion of that little Diesel critter.
The thing is about 1 1/3 inches long - really tiny!
I adapted my plan to incorporate a loop for continuous running. The layout has two "faces" - the front being the harbor scene, and the back showing a beach scene.
Well, another option.
The next days will be really busy - prep work for yet one more party conference. I have to write two speeches for it. Not really fond of that, but we cannot afford a ghost writer, yet!
Blessings!
Morning All,
45 with an expected high of 65 under mostly sunny skies, with some gusty winds.
Day off, so I have a load of laundry going. Then a small amount of grocery shopping, and pick up one of my meds. I do have to finish glass bedding a rifle for friend, a non-paying customer. Then hopefully do some more w**k on the layout. The three Switch Tender motors were in yesterdays mail, so if I get the time, should be a productive mrr day.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
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
Burlington Northern #24I feel nasty, I can't inhale much air without hacking up my guts, my joints hurt, and I feel this pressure in my head....
Pollen? I had some of those symptoms a couple of weeks back, and I'm sure that was it. Once I got back to work on Monday in the filtered office air, I felt fine. The rain we've had, and are supposed to get more of, should help clear the air, too.
I learned one lesson on that last year. I'm keeping the train room windows closed until the pollen count drops. I was having all sorts of trouble just running trains, with stalling everywhere by engines that are solid and reliable. Turns out I had pollen on the tracks. I had to run the CMX machine, and I'm still finding rolling stock that was near the windows then and needs a good dusting.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of raisin bran cereal (yes the organic stuff) with some blueberries added, and a cup of.... Oh still got a pot of the Rattlesnake Gutter blend? Why sure I'll drink it up for you.
Ken, try not to fall asleep at work.... That way you won't have so many nightmares there... LOL Seriously, hope you have a good day today.
Currently 72°F with some light rain going on here in the Finger Lakes Region. Looking at more thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Right now the neighbor kitty corner across the street (the one that had the tree taken down) is getting their driveway resurfaced (in the rain...).
Gary.... That doesn't sound good! Maybe you should call in sick rather than spread whatever it is you have around. Not always nice to share.
I need to get everything packed for the Scholarship Dinner tonight.
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I feel nasty, I can't inhale much air without hacking up my guts, my joints hurt, and I feel this pressure in my head....
I have the W word tonight, so I'll go to class and then wait to go to work once I get home....
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Good Morning!!!
Coffee please. No, just coffee, already ate, but thanks anyway. Oh and can you make sure I don’t get any of that Rattlesnake gut coffee from yesterday? Great. Thanks. And they say people from the South eat weird stuff. Whoa.
A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Well, judging by the fact it’s raining now, let’s just bump that up to 100% chance of rain.
Mike- What were you doing all these years?! Saving the injuries? Glad you’re ok…..sort of. Remember, time is no longer money and you get no bonus for finishing early anymore. (I know that doesn’t always happen but sometimes with a motivated customer….) The wife will always have something else to do and you will never get things done fast enough so just slow down hoss. Time to enjoy what you’re doing and not think of you used to get paid for this now you do it for fun.
Ken- You never told us what the “T” stood for in the tire thing. Or I missed it. By the way, I agree with Jeffrey.
Don’t know what I’ll do today. Depends on how long it rains and how much. Still plenty of things I can do.
A lot of times when I’m looking for something and I finally find it, I keep looking just so I can say it WASN’T in the last place I looked. Just sayin’
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.
Morning I think?
Flo, Diet Dew to go pleases.
Did not sleep worth a darn last night, I wonder why?
Sitting here wondering what kind of nightmare work will be today.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning
Welcome to sticky day number 4...with little showers maybe.....75F feeling like 95F...sheeesh
Today is get groceries and clean out Lost Cause...Part 19...or so....
Oh well....have a good one!!
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/
Nice to see all that coffee Bruin....
Yes, we've got Bruins on our mind here in Boston. Not only is our hockey team up 3-0 in their playoff series with the Rangers, we've also got a young black bear roaming around in the suburbs. It seems this happens every year, but the newsmedia treat it like it's a brand-new phenomenon every year.
Hopefully, I'll be back to modeling again this weekend, although I'd like to get out on my bicycle, too. I'm still plugging away on the base for the carfloat. gluing the fascia sides on to the foam so that I've got a small wall around the edge to hold the Envirotex. At the same time, I'm doing the early work for the next big scene, the Empire Tanning Company complex. It's a Walthers "kit" with 4 or 5 buildings, and will be the last major piece of scenery for Phase 2 of my layout. I cut a big piece of Masonite to form the base for the liftout that will hold most of the buildings. The scene will be in the middle of a large loop, and I'll no doubt need access occasionally, so the whole thing needs to be removeable.
Or, maybe our daughter will come home to collect her graduation present. We're getting her a Macbook Air to replace her aging laptop. We want to buy it just over the border in tax-free New Hampshire, though, since it's a big-ticket item and the savings will be substantial. If she comes home, we'll end up cooking a big Italian meal or two. Yummmmy.
Ha! Beat you to it, Galaxy! Looks like it's on me for a while. Try some fresh mixed fruit, or granola with yogurt. I'm not a health food nut by any means, but lately I've come to appreciate lighter breakfasts like that because they just taste good. Besides, you can use the little yogurt containers for mixing paint.
Ray: My sister happened to be in Girl Scouts for a few years. She lost interest in it at a certain point, though I don't remember when exactly.
Good morning.
Same story as yesterday. Go in later for a final. However, I have a Jazz Band Concert at one of the other schools. Kind of looking forward to it. After that, just one more performance before graduation.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
5/22/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning Coffee in the diner with friends...
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!!!
TODAY is Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013!!
I lit the prayer candles for those in need...
MAKE it a GREAT DAY!!! Help someone in need...
Evening guys
I got about half of the thrall gondola loads assembled... The other half will be done tomorrow after work.
I finally got my Kaslo detail parts for a Rivarossi U25C. I have 2 shells, but 1.5 frets of detail parts... I have the CB&Q shell I have and one I got from jeff. I'm just gonna build one of them up, the cab on the CB&Q one is kinda beat up, but the cab on the one from jeff is in fairly good shape. I'll probably make the unit an ex-NP U25C... I still need to find an athearn trainmaster frame and order a set of bachmann E33C trucks. The frame will have to be milled to accept a modified Atlas U-boat fuel tank.
Ulrich, I really don't have much space for a layout. My folks are only allowing me to have this 21x39 thing around because I could slide it under my bed. As long as it fits under a king size bed, I should be good. I imagine 2 HCD doors could be slid under there, and the 21x39 could be used as an addition.
But then the issue would come with funding an N-scale layout when I've got a crap load of HO scale projects. I have almost everything to forge ahead with an HO diorama...
Evenin' Folks!
Looks around to see if there are flashes of light outside while he types... Janie, just a decaf please.
Been an interesting day in these parts, it has. I got everything done (I hope!) for the Scholarship Diner tomorrow night. Between shutting down the computer every time a storm rolled through. Had several lines of severe thunderstorms today including high winds, golf ball sized hail, lots and lots of cloud to ground lightning, downed tree limbs, and driving downpours.
Got over to my son's house just as they were leaving to go to Granddaughter #1's Girl Scout Moving up Program tonight. By the time we all started out of the driveway another driving storm hit that incuded strong lightning, high wind and hail, so they drove over to the school where it was to be held if it rained... Got in there while getting soaked to find out they were still having it at a small park in town. So we headed over there. It was in a small pavilion in the park. Soon the sun came out. Interesting to have bright sunshine with a dark gray backdrop of a strong storm... Anyway, granddaughter #1 is now a brownie in Girl Scouts.
The little bear was a project the girls made in Daisy Scouts this year. She knows her grandpa is very involved with Scouts so she was very proud that I was there.
Jeffrey, stay safe!
Hope you all have a safe night and my prayers to all, especially to those who are part of the horrible storms in the South West!
Ken: That screwball definitely needs to be knocked into the side pocket - then knocked colder than a wet mackerel! There's something derailed between that clowns ears and it isn't the noon express!
*
Besides mowing the grass and watching some movies I really didn't do much today. Some of the movies I watched were 'The Silencers', a James Bond spoof with dean Martin, 'Dr Goldfoot and the bikini machine' starring Vincent Price and 'Carry On Spying', a British spy spoof. Tonight I'm watching 'Murderers Row', another Dean Martin James Bond spoof. Tomorrow I'll probably watch 'Dr Goldfoot and the girl bombs', another Vincent Price comedy.There's a nasty line of storms coming across east Texas and it looks to be painting a bulls-eye on us. I hope it's not as nasty as it looks on the radar.Well, time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Good evening.
Just ordered a 6660 derrick car over the bay just a few minutes ago. Should be here by Friday or Saturday. Also got some small detail decals on the 109, so I'm rather happy with how today went.
Night everyone.
Flo Beer!
Evil Tyler / Work Front Day! OMG What is wrong with this man? I got Berated for selling a $1,000.00 brake job today! He did not like the verb-age I used?
I won't go into great detail but our normal parts supplier could not get the the need parts to Wednesday. I was told by Evil Tyler "That if I could not find the parts in the next 15 minutes he was going to take the ticket!" That would mean I would not make anything for the effort.
I found the needed parts with the first call I made! Started to order the parts and Evil Tyler said "I did not tell you to order the parts! Just find them!"
There is more to the story, all and all the saga took around a hour to happen! But there is something not right with this POS company! Think it is time to go too HR about this!
Flo, another pleases.
Hi All,
Two weeks ago my comp got hit with a virus......
Then last Thursday I got hit with a stomach virus
Last Wednesday night Curt Web stopped over at my place to see my layout .....Nice guy.
I feel bad for the children lost in Oklahoma
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, just a glass of lemonade please...
About 45 minutes ago I looked outside as I finished printing up some large posters for the registration table at the MLK Dinner that it had started raining and the sky was looking pretty dark and "funny" out there. Popped over to the Weather Channel site and lo and behold they had a big local warning for Geneva for us to take shelter immediately!!! Very nasty cell went right over here with 60mph winds heavy rain and golf ball sized hail! Some of hail hasn't melted yet... even though it is still 83°F out there. I quickly shut down the 'puter as the thunder started out there, then kicked off the air conditioner for the time.
After it passed I went outside to check out the damage. Solar panels are fine, no damage to any windows or the siding on the house that I can see. Cats were scared out of their minds though! Golf ball sized hail on a metal roof does make a bit of noise I might add!
Back to getting stuff done!
Hi guys, I finished my Alco FA/FB duo now I just need to get a picture and post is. probably going to take a nap, gotta make up for the time I didn't and the time I won't get when I was younger and will be older respectively.
the #750 front is getting close, my ATSF train is sold, I'm waiting for the fella who bought my BN con cor train(HS scheme) to pay.
Ulrich, how big is that MILW road Beer line in N scale?
jeffrey-wimberly galaxyWell nothing planned but regular chores and dig out stuff to send to Jeffrey.If I can find where I had put it! Its all in VIP...{Very Important Place..}.That's usually the LAST place I think of looking. *
galaxyWell nothing planned but regular chores and dig out stuff to send to Jeffrey.If I can find where I had put it! Its all in VIP...{Very Important Place..}.
Same here.
Good afternoon.
Got the first part of my physics final done for today. On the way home, I decided to stop at the LHS and picked up some paint for a Supreme Spitfire Mk II. Now for some lunch.
galaxy83* and HUMID...94%.
HOT AND hUMID here!
83* and HUMID...94%. Went to go get the trash can and recycle bin {separate times..the second time hotter than the first},...needed my emergency inhaler for only doing that! Pretty bad for a severely asthmatic person. Remeinds me I ahve to call the pulmonologist I think I also have an infection to tend to.
MOH asked me to spray the weeds with weed killer, but I will exhaust my self doing that..can do it Fri morning when supposed to be a high of only 60. then I will plant my merrygolds too. gotta go water them that will be a chore to.
Next will be to get the mail in the heat..hot to me here since we have been chilly for so long OR nice 70* days. IT is 72 inside with the A/c on low blow, I don't see a need to bump it.Of course the computer room here has no a//c so it is 77 in here. The front a/c takes care of that end, the bedroom a/c the rear of the house..the computer room in the center no air flow except the fan we use to draw A/C air into it which doens't work so well.
LATER EDIT: I didn't know I had top, page 47,48 and now 50, boy I'm trying for another record I guess???
EAT UP! Meals are on Galaxy!!!
Got the grass mowed. Now I feel like I've been hit between the shoulder blades with a couple of cement blocks! Sinuses are going crazy too. Now I'll just take it easy the rest of the day.
Vincent - how much room do you have for your layout?
Could you extend that room by separating storage of the layout from operating it?
What I mean is to build the layout in sections and assemble it only for operating sessions. In the meantime, it could rest on a shelf.
I had that in mind, when I adapted the MR project layout "The Beer Line" for N scale:
This layout consists of 4 sections, each 13" by 40".
Italian Roast coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please.
Been chipping away at farm projects these days. Eventually I'll get back in the Train Room and start work on the HO layout expansion. Hope everyone is doing well these days.
Cheers! Rob