Afternoon all. I guess I have another thing to add to my MRR list of projects
Either a Wheeling and Lake Erie Diesel, or another NS unit. Could I justify a Wheeling unit with a Norfolk Southern unit? lol
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Thanks Ulrich for the feed back. I do not currently have teh room for a loop . I do agree tht would be better. Adding scenery will not work . Being mobil I need to be able to turn it in different directions depending on where I am working . In the basement at the kitchenette or the upstairs kitchen table.... BUT that is an excellent idea ! I have long been considering building a wall display shelf for my locomatives ( I think I have around 150 ) and that would look really neat . I can see it now. shelf aftet shelf framed with an ok or hickory and then a little scenery behind and in front of the locomatives. That would look GREAT !
oh my gosh I do not know who came up with the line in the post below about being a man in the woods and if he is talking and teh wifey is not around ...It is a good thing I am working from home today I actully lughed out LOUD !! That ws funny !
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special this morning. Over easy on the eggs, Bacon, Home Fries, and a double order of the Sour Dough Toast all to go along with a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast coffee for my R&GV RR Mug please.
Todd, that is the version I have heard as well. My Late wife and my sister both subscribed to "It's too late to agree with me! I changed my mind..." I need to finishe mowing the lawn as well, but it ain't gonna happen today or tomorrow.
Forecast for today is showers by noon and some thunderboomers on occasion the rest of the day and night. I have a meeting with the AV guy at 1PM to set up all the needed equipment for the dinner tonight and make sure it works correctly. I have to be back in my Sunday Go TO Meeting duds by 5PM to set up rest of the stuff and make sure all is well. Sounds like I have a lot to do for it, but I actually do considerably less than I used to do as the whole Dinner reservations and arrangements are now done by a lady who used to work at the college and is thee go to person for a lot of things on the committee these days. One of her daughters was a Scholarship winner years ago.
Ulrich, your layout is looking good, my friend!
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!
well!
I have already gone to the grocery store. I spent $200! Some of it was "buy now to stock up for summer at [supposedly} cheap prices".
FOr example: MOH loves pasta salad, and while I can make my own, but Suddenly Salad, for instance, is easy and Quick, and is 10/$10 right now. Considering the regular price is N of $2, it is a bargain, but I doubt I will need to buy much more for the next few months.
McCormic's Grill Marinades also 10/$10. a great price and some of their marinades are really quite good! so naturally I picked up 10. Mayo at less than $2 is a good bargain, so ditto there. I picked up some discounted beef of course like I usually do.
I should have gone to Lowes, I bought a "flow restrictor" faucet aerator. It is a 89% restrictor. I didn't compute how that would work in real life! It is like a trickle! trying to rinse dishes of soap was about as impossible as trying to dig ones way out of a sinkhole! It would be alright for washing hands, but not for dishes! So there was one restricitng something like 56% , and that should work.
I am doing it to save water, not to save money. See, we here in the park as renters of the land must get water for free, like any other house/apt. renter. Now there is a limit on the "free water" a landlord must provide...they CAN charge for overages over a certain required amount, and that would include the park, as a whole, too. Plus we, as a country are running out of water. Just look at California's water use restrictions! So we are doing our part.. Have had a flow restrictor shower head for oh, about 20 years.
So, what would you do if you went into your bank to withdraw, oh, say $15,500 in cash, of your $50,000 bank account {assuming you had one}, and THEY REFUSED? Think about it for a minute.
Well, i have been on my feet so much that when I got up at 4:30 this morning, I could barely stand or walk! It does NOT behoove me to stay in bed too much longer, as it causes more pain than resting there relieves after several hours. So I had to get up nad take my meds. Sitting/standing/walking is painful enough, BUt I have to suffer it for awhile till the meds kick in. I should try to rest a lot today, but i have things to do! I can't just lay on the couch all day.
I think I will go for a nap, though , now as I am suddenly groggy and I had extra coffee this morning!
ULRICH:
well, I have to put the washer in the dryer then take a nap for the hour it will need drying. That will refresh me! Unless the dad-blamed phone rings!!!
later
-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.
YGW - the best test track is a loop, but if you don´t have enough room for it, try to make the test track as long as possible. Rerailers do make sense, but you need to have them minimum a loco´s length away from the end.
Test tracks don´t have to be just a plank with track. Why don´t you add some scenery? You can use it to display your prized locos on it...
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. It's 70° with 97% humidity. The high will be 88° with some clouds.No plans set in stone today. I may work on the IIc's disk drive later to see if I can get it working again. Since the motor drive works it has to be something on the control board that moves the read/write head back and forth. Yeah, the drive spins but the head doesn't move.Right now I'm just waiting for the Home Health nurse to call. Got a different one for a while as the other is on vacation. The wound vac therapy is working well. The wound has decreased in size by a third since I got out of the hospital.
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Thanks Garry I will check out the site. I have seen severl weathering methods its just that I have never seen anything weathered like Jeffs car. It was unique to the methods I have witnessed before.
Last year I built a test track out of old brass track I had laying around ( first mistake ) I used a piece of 5 1/4 OG base that I ripped down to about 2" and made it about 30 " long. In the middle I instlled a section to run the wills back on the track , but it was one of those horn hook couple, uncouple pieces sections (second mistake ) . I will be building another one. Here are my thoughts. I wAnt it to be mobil, so again I will make it portable not fixed in place. I want to make it longer so I can get a better sense of the repaired locomative running ability. So maybe four or five feet? But I also want to use some type of track section that I can run a loco across and have it run the wheels back onto the track. It annoys me to fiddle with wheel track alignment. I think this should be installed near one end ? Then there is the eventual conversion to DCC. I am not sure how to set up a test track for that other than hooking wiring it to a dcc compatible system. Your thoughts guys ?
Music I tire of the old stuff and enjoy new groups. Unfortunately most of the new secular music has become so foul in the stuff they sing about it is X Rated and not of any soul cheering value. I like up lifting music. When I was a kid we had hero's now adays we have scum bags for heros who seem to delight in seeing how low they can go. Look at hollywood. It is a surprise to see an actor with some clothes on, or an actor who hasnt been married four times or is in some nasty new age type of relationship. Where are the guys in white hats who put down evil , rescue the down trodden, set the world right? I am soooo sick of the garbage on display these days passing itself off as entertainment. Sorry guys I will get off of my soap box.
TTYL
Sir MadogCut another 150+ planks for the dock and started on the foundation of the platform. I should start weathering the planks
Heartland Division CB&QUlrich. ... You are doing beautiful modeling, and your are working at a fast pace.
Garry - thanks for the kudos. I am enjoying this "labor of love", it really gives me a boost to see, how things turn out.
I have done only a few things today. Cut another 150+ planks for the dock and started on the foundation of the platform. I should start weathering the planks, but it is too hot inside and outside. I´ll take a break now - maybe a little later I´ll start on that job.
Good morning, everybody.
Ulrich. ... You are doing beautiful modeling, and your are working at a fast pace.
YGW .... If you want more ideas about how to weather freught cars, I suggest you Google "wetharing model trains" and look for some You Tube demonstrations. I think each person has his own way of doing it, and it is good to try several techniques until you find one that works for you. Practice on some junkers.
Ray .... We had a good restaurant burn down here a couple of years ago. It still is a vacant lot. Hopr that is not the case with the restaurant you mentions.
PA Tom .... The CSX shot looks great. Good enough for publication.
Mr. B .... That's a funny "old joke".
Wednesday (today) is model railroader lunch day here. We'll have lunch at a local restaurant that has not burned down yet, and have a bull session.
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ah, Wednesday. After Tuesday Night Hockey, it's always a day of sore muscles and tired old bones. Not one of my better outings last night.
We've got a few grocery store chains here. The best is the local chain, Market Basket. They have the best prices and high quality. Every store has a lot of registers, and most are always manned when I'm there, with both a cashier and a bagger. I've seen the manager bagging many times. The whole store has a "can-do" attitude. Last week I wasn't satisfied with the selection of steaks in the cooler, so I asked for exactly what I wanted, and they went right out back and cut it for me. We've got the high-priced "organic" place, too, and then there's Stop and Shop. I can't figure out how that store stays in business. Their prices are high, and as a result you don't have to wait long to check out. They typically only have 1 or 2 registers, plus those annoying self checkout lanes that take forever because you are expected to look up the SKU numbers for the produce.
Old joke: A college kid shows up at the 10-item line in a supermarket in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a full cart. The cashier looks at him and says, "Are you from MIT and can't read, or Harvard and can't count?"
I'm al Oldies guy. Unfortunately, the radio around here thinks "Oldies" is Bon Jovi and Aerosmith. No. Oldies is the Transition Era - street corner doo-wop, Brenda Lee and the confluence of country, blues and R&B that became Rock 'n' Roll. There's one of those music channels on the TV cable for that, and it's my standard fare for working on the layout or running trains. What I would like to have, though, is a Big Band channel for when I'm running steam.
"Third boxcar, midnight train,Destination Bangor, Maine..."
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
morning coffee in the diner...
Quotable Quotes:
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. -Alexander Pope, poet (1688-1744)
howmus Evenin' folks! Janie, just a decaf please.... "Dang Me, Dang Me, They oughta take a rope an Hang Me......" Jimmy, at least you got some decent country in your repertire. somehow, RAY -that reminded me of the "funny" song: "skip a rope, skip a rope, ain't it funny how the children play, skip a rope..ain't it funny what the children say, skip a rope." I called my sister tonight to ask her about the fire in Canandaigua... She had 3 paintings hanging down there. All got some damage, but she thinks at least 2 can be salvaged. She went down there today to get in the way of the cleanup I guess... I would say , "well the paper said..." or "how did they"... or, "what was".... and she would imediately interupt and tell me she knew more than I did about it after all she went down to see what was going on.... I never doubted that she did... I was trying to ask her a couple questions.... She never did answer any of the questions. I guess she is upset!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf please....
"Dang Me, Dang Me, They oughta take a rope an Hang Me......" Jimmy, at least you got some decent country in your repertire.
somehow, RAY -that reminded me of the "funny" song: "skip a rope, skip a rope, ain't it funny how the children play, skip a rope..ain't it funny what the children say, skip a rope."
I called my sister tonight to ask her about the fire in Canandaigua... She had 3 paintings hanging down there. All got some damage, but she thinks at least 2 can be salvaged. She went down there today to get in the way of the cleanup I guess... I would say , "well the paper said..." or "how did they"... or, "what was".... and she would imediately interupt and tell me she knew more than I did about it after all she went down to see what was going on.... I never doubted that she did... I was trying to ask her a couple questions.... She never did answer any of the questions. I guess she is upset!
Second RAy, you know how they can be, Jeff Dunham says, when asked "if a man is all alone in the forrest does he say something at all?" and His dummy Walter says " Yes, but he'd be WRONG!" {paraphrased}
Morning All!
Today is going to be a hot day - daytime high is expected to exceed 30°C. I went to town early in the morning to do some banking business and get the needed stripwood. At 10am, temps were up to 26°C already. Tnight, we will be in for some thunderboomers.
I am going to fire up my table saw this afternoon, to cut the missing pieces of timber. I am glad it´s not really messy, the saw dust stays within the casing of the saw, where I can vac it out pretty easily. Without this tool, I would not be able to build this layout!
The list of MIA´s is getting longer each day! Good to see Ken back as a frequent visitor, but how about Chris, DerJohn, Jerry, CapeJim?
Well, It´s my turn to prepare lunch, so CUL, Folks!
Have a great one!
All the local School Budgets passed around here today. Our school system is losing about 8 teachers due to budget restictions.
Time for me to call it a day... Tomorrow will be a very long one!
Prayers for all in need...
Well, the Apple IIc is sick, again. The disk drive again. Before the azimuth alignments were off and had to be reset. It worked fine after that. Today I was testing it for the owner and the drive just quit working, period. I was wondering at this point if it was really the drive. It could be the motherboard. I unplugged the internal disk drive from the motherboard and plugged an external Apple A9M0107 5.25" floppy drive into the internal disk drive port. Whoa, I think I just heard a Apple II series user out there yelling 'You can't do that! It won't work! The cable end doesn't match the port!'. Well, actually you can make it work if you use an Apple Disk II ribbon cable. This requires removing the cover of the A9M0107 external floppy drive so the cables can be changed out, but it will work. And that's exactly what I did. The computer and drive got along great together. I thought about removing the A9M0107 drive from it's case and putting it into the IIc. Did that and test fit it and it's a bit too big. There's no way the IIc's case could be closed. So now I have to find an Apple IIc internal 5.25 floppy drive or an external model of same that I can rip the guts out of. That also requires that I wait until the end of the month when I'll have some $$ in the small budget I have for this hobby.Other than that I've been watching season one of Star Trek Voyager. Like meeting old friends again.That's it for today. Time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Love all those bands/musicians. As Seger once said, Today's music ain't got the same soul. I like that old time Rock and Roll. Yeah, I play a ton of classic rock as my guitar style-with a little country thrown in for good measure-you can't play a bar in Pittsburgh without knowing a Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash/George Straight song.
last mountain & eastern hogger Give me CCR anytime. I,m with you Jeff, Credance Clearwater revival was the best.................... Johnboy out......................
Give me CCR anytime.
I,m with you Jeff, Credance Clearwater revival was the best....................
Johnboy out......................
Who?
Have you ever seen the rain looking out my backdoor? As long as I can see the light someday never comes. Hey, tonight I put a spell on you proud mary who's down on the corner with suzie Q. The travelin' band had a bad moon rising over green river in lodi, again! I heard it through the grapevine there is a commotion about who'll stop the rain up around the bend for the forunate son if I put a spell on you making you run through the jungle with the sweet hitchhiker.
That about the covers the best I guess....
Of course, there's the Eagles flying overhead on a long Journey...
They just don't make music like they used to, do they, huh Bruce Springsteen?
Good job on your numbers Ray. Wish I could say the same. Unfortunately, all mine have been going in the wrong directions. My problem is a lack of will power. But I know I have to start and buckle down on my diet & exercise.
Been busy today. Ran a couple of errands this morning, did a couple loads of wash, & got the grass cut & trimmed in both the front & back yards. Also dug out the bird bath from the garage, & after a good cleaning, placed it in the flower bed. So it's all set for those little winged creatures. Funny though, it always got a real workout, but last year, we hardly ever saw any birds around it. Here's hoping they return because it's kind of fun watching them splash around in it.
They were calling for thunder storms this evening, and we may well get them. The sky has gotten very dark in the last 30 minutes, so it looks like something is headed this way. Stay safe & have a good one.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
"Ooooooo, I heard it through the Grapevine...."
Hey! could yuh turn it down just a tad??? Oh, thanks! I thought I would have to shut off my hearing aids for a while....
What, Oh I love CCR and a whole lot of other groups from back then... My Favorite of course, was BS&T as I went to College with the lead trumpeter (Lou Soloff). Actually I really have much of the same taste as Ulrich. I tend more to the Rennaisance and Baroque periods. Especially all the great German Composers. You know, Pachelbel, Buxtehude, Tellaman, Shott, Shien, Fop, Fux, J. S. Bach and his sons CPE, JC and PDQ. You know, all those guys....
Doctor's Appt. went well today... Everything is within OK Ranges. had the lowest Cholesterol I have ever had.... 126! HDL - 36 and the LDL, 61. the ratio puts me below average risk for heart problems... My AC1 was 5.9. Has stayed basically the same for 4 years now. Talked to him about the Taste/Smell problem and he agreed it maqy be due to the CPAP, the backaches, he agrees are from sitting to long at the computer with my belt too tight... No kidding! He did a complete exam and said he wishes all his patients my age were in as good shape!
One of the TV stations in Rochester reported on their web page that my sister's favorite restuarant in Canandaigua, Rio Tomatlan, caught fire last night. Three alarm fire, no one was injured. They are the busiest place in Canandaigua and have become packed all the time. I do hope they will be back in business soon. No word on the cause and how much damage they sustained. My sister must be devistated! She has several paintings hanging down there for sale!
Back to w*rk! I have most everythings finished and ready for the dinner tomorrow... Finally!
Car Front. That is the bad part of the day. Sunday, the sun roof switch went bad it was the only opening window the old Town Car had. Year before last the heater core went bad, so I tried stop leak over and over, guess what? Did not work! By passed the heater core and got by till winter. Heater core is replaced and I was happy this last winter. Now that the temps are in the 80’s car runs warm, there is a shocker. On the way to the VA Hospital I was able to run the A/C till I got on the side streets. Then it ran warm. OK, I am thinking and hoping it only gets hot around town! Wrong! On the way home it ran warm with out the A/C I got 2 bars over normal. Had to turn the heat up to 85 degrees to keep the either 1 bar over normal or normal. It was back and forth most of the way home.
See you all later, Ken
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We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Jimmy_Braum I personally love the oldies Rock and roll-most modern popular stuff is junk in my opinion of course. Then again, I have become a fan of Kings of Leon, a lot of the underground bands, Mumford and Sons, and some of the modern country singers.
I personally love the oldies Rock and roll-most modern popular stuff is junk in my opinion of course. Then again, I have become a fan of Kings of Leon, a lot of the underground bands, Mumford and Sons, and some of the modern country singers.
jeffrey-wimberly galaxy BOY! That "table" where the fish tank was WOULD make A NICE PLATFORAM FOR A Z SCALE LAYOUT!!!! I'm just saying! Tempting..tempting. Z SCALE Z SCALE Z SCALE Z SCALE How's your eyesight? I dabbled in Z Scale at one time and the operative word for everything about it is TINY. The only production scale I've seen that's smaller is T Scale.
galaxy BOY! That "table" where the fish tank was WOULD make A NICE PLATFORAM FOR A Z SCALE LAYOUT!!!! I'm just saying! Tempting..tempting. Z SCALE Z SCALE Z SCALE Z SCALE
How's your eyesight? I dabbled in Z Scale at one time and the operative word for everything about it is TINY. The only production scale I've seen that's smaller is T Scale.
Jeffrey: my eyesight is very good !
I am quite nearsidesd and can real the tiniest of print without my glasses...its far away I have trouble with.
Both MOH adn I are nearsided and can read the tiniest of print on the prescription bottles, say for example...and some lines are about point 2!
Now hand co-ordination and "fine" motor skills to GET the tiny thing ON the tracks, well, THAT I may be lacking! Especially when painting or weathering something fo it!
Ps the table is only 1 foot, 2" wide, but I can get a top for it wide enough for a single or 2-track mainline around it!
PSS : I can count the "Who's" Horton hears - siting on the head of a pin!
jeffrey-wimberly Sir Madog I have to admit I have never neen much into Rock music - I am more for classic music I like classic rock myself. 50's, 60's, 70's and some 80's. I also like a number of the Big Band classics. I like listening to bagpipes sometimes too but only the songs I think are good. Some of those bagpipe numbers could scare the hair off a bear in full charge.
Sir Madog I have to admit I have never neen much into Rock music - I am more for classic music
I like classic rock myself. 50's, 60's, 70's and some 80's. I also like a number of the Big Band classics. I like listening to bagpipes sometimes too but only the songs I think are good. Some of those bagpipe numbers could scare the hair off a bear in full charge.
Jimmy_Braum I have today off, so I am just enjoying it today, and relaxing. I am listening to some Eric Church and my scanner(Interstate heritage unit is supposed to be leading a train north today through my town,and I have yet to see it leading a train yet). W@rk was interesting last night. 7 WIC checks, and one woman had 4 different checks. Then the other non-express lane cashier went on break and I got slammed with 15 people at once with at least 70 items each. It got so bad, they opened up the express lane for them as well as my lane. Strangely enough, only one offered to help bag their stuff-everyone else was ticked that I was not able to bag their 70 items each within a minute. So yeah, it was a stressful night last night.
I have today off, so I am just enjoying it today, and relaxing. I am listening to some Eric Church and my scanner(Interstate heritage unit is supposed to be leading a train north today through my town,and I have yet to see it leading a train yet). W@rk was interesting last night. 7 WIC checks, and one woman had 4 different checks. Then the other non-express lane cashier went on break and I got slammed with 15 people at once with at least 70 items each. It got so bad, they opened up the express lane for them as well as my lane. Strangely enough, only one offered to help bag their stuff-everyone else was ticked that I was not able to bag their 70 items each within a minute. So yeah, it was a stressful night last night.
Jimmy: Welcome to the grocery store business! Or any cashiering job that is!
1} there are many who get more than one WIC check....get used to it, and the checks are often for several different items each and the customer will expect YOU to sort out which ites gfo with which check!
2} whenever there are cashiers takign breaks is when the customers must ALL come to get in line..and ALL must "be somewhere soon, can you hurry it up"? Iff'en you don't have the tiem to shop and pay, then WHY do you come when under pressure?
3} the "express line" means nothing to people...they will come with 50 or 60 item cart fulls and expect to get through as they "have just a few items more than {10} {15} {20} {whatever the number is}. The limit number means nothing to them, it "never applies to me"
4}There is an argument ongoing about bagging...due to handicap, I have to ask for carry-outs so I usually get my stuff bagged, and the store chain {remember MOH works for them} is TRYING to change to "customer bags their own" system. BUT as I said to MOH, until the they put in those whirly tables with multiple bag racks on it like they have a Wally World, customers WON't get it that they should be bagging thier own! Or at elast CARTING their own. This chain is NOt the first in the area to try to go to customer self-bagging or self-carting bagged stuff.
5} and YeS you should be able to "bag 70 items in jsut 1.2654 minutes!!!! OR LESS!!! DIdn't they tell you that in the manual or training video????? {}
Enjoy the fact that you have a job!
Just wait til the prices start skyrocketing again as they are supposed to {more than now} and THEN you'll see: listen to customer WHINING about the cost of food! OVer and OVER! Your heart willl just BLEED for them, meanwhile you will try to figure out how, on your minimum wages, you are supposed to fill up your gas tank at the HIGH summer gas prices so you can get to work for your next shift!!!!
Ta Da! Welome to "The Real WOrld"!!
Have a good night and be glad your shift is over...for now...
galaxyBOY! That "table" where the fish tank was WOULD make A NICE PLATFORAM FOR A Z SCALE LAYOUT!!!! I'm just saying! Tempting..tempting. Z SCALE Z SCALE Z SCALE Z SCALE
Sir MadogI have to admit I have never neen much into Rock music - I am more for classic music
well,
I cannot finish the 2 remaining loads of laundry.
I cannot finish up the dishes left from today or re-wash the stove drawer pans before putting htem away.
I cannot take my afternoon-i-am-sweaty-shower.
I cannot empty/fill the pond.
WHY? You Ask? Because we have no water!
Shortly afte MOH arrived home, I went to turn on the water...NO WATER I said, MOh Replied hat it was probably a Water Main break that was the puddle in the middle of an otherwise dry as a bone road just down the street....so calling the water works dept. confirmed a 12" main had done sprung itself a leak! Or was it an 18" main? Anyway it was a bigg'un.
So here I sit.
Oh well,gives me a break as I have ben spend ing too much time on my feet lately and my back is lettting me know it!
Now watch, i won't stay off my feet and find something else to do on my feet...like run my new lightweight vacuum!
Oh got rid of {finally} the 29 gallon tall aquarium. Today was garbage day so out it went. we tried selling ti, giving it away nobody wanted it. So out to the garbage man it went.
Now there is a NICE "table" I had to have a 1/2 plywood slab cut to fit in the recess where the tank was on top the knotty-pine wood base cabinet.
BOY! That "table" where the fish tank was WOULD make A NICE PLATFORAM FOR A Z SCALE LAYOUT!!!!
I'm just saying!
Tempting..tempting..
MOH would KILL me as It was "my salt water tank",so it was "my" job to get rid of it....and MOh has wanted it gone for quite a while now!
Z SCALE Z SCALE Z SCALE Z SCALE
I will have to wisper that in my OH's ear at night and see if that changes my OH's mind!