Time to say Good Night with a song that perfectly describes how I feel lately.
Tamiya tape ordered from Amazon. I have only seen the thin stuff at the LHS.
Photobucket was slower than stink for me today. Flickr is faster even with a required work around.
Create an account. Upload your photo to whatever library you designate, click on it so it's the only pic you see.
Use the share arrow in the right lower corner.
Choose embed. There is a really humonguous link highlighted.
Copy and paste that url somewhere where it's convenient to see, find the part that ends with .jpg
Start at that .jpg and work your way left to the first https you encounter
Copy everything between and including the https and the jpg. Use the photo icon in the forum and copy that link.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
der5997: photobucket is doing that to me as well, I figured a way around it. click on librarry instead of upload. then when it pops up there is an upload in the top row of pictures, that works for uploading a picture.
Good Morning Diners!
I was looking for a bear with rubber boots but I couldn't find one.
- der5997: I dip my new soldering tips into non-acid flux when they are hot, and then wipe them off and apply the solder. The solder should cover them evenly. Don't dip the tips into the flux on a regular basis or the flux will eat the tips like Thanksgiving turkey. Get a copper scouring pad (no detergent) and wipe the tip regularly (every second use or more) on the pad. That will prevent the crud from building up.
As soon as it´s dark, we will light the first candle Advent wreath, which I think is a tradition only to be found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Henry, have you tried Tamiya masking tape? It is only 6mm wide and is made for model painting. I find it is far better in preventing bleed than the stuff sold for home use.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good Morning,
A foggy morning here. We were promised a sunny day today and a high of 4C but now they say cloudy and 2. Oh well, at least there isn't any white stuff. I have to put the screen around some small shrubs so the rabbits don't eat them. We lost several new shrubs to rabbits a couple of years ago.
Have a great day,
CN Charlie
Piano wire is sold in the LHS with the brass tubing
It is sold by diameter, I should have looked, I guess the wires are about 3' long.
Candles in the diner scare me, someone else needs are prayers is the first thing that goes through my mind. My mother nearly lost her house to one of those electric Christmas candles in the window that shorted out. My step father heard the crackle and thought someone was breaking in. He was able to put the fire out without too much damage, all things considered.
The alcohol unstuck my supposedly undecorated GP9. The fans fell off but that's no problem at all. I've not had great luck preventing paint bleed under my masking. I've tried painting over it with the color under the mask and I've tired gloss coat and burninshing the edge of the tape, but I still get runs especially in the molded lines like the edges of door panels.
Good Afternoon!
It´s the first Sunday of Advent and there is a smell of fresh coffee and apple pie in the house. As soon as it´s dark, we will light the first candle of the Advent wreath, which I think is a tradition only to be found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The Advent season is the time to prepare the family for the upcoming arrival of our saviour, to decorate the house, to start making all those goodies we will enjoy during the season. Time to think of friends and relatives no longer with us and the time to be thankful for what we have.
It´s also the time to enjoy the wonderful music made over centuries for the season.
One of my favourite is Bach´s "Christmas Oratory", BWV 248 part 1 "Jauchzet, frohlocket". Enjoy with me a recording made in the Church Of Our Lady in Dresden!
Some background on this remarkable church, which was completely destroyed during the Allied bombing of February 13th/14th, 1945 and rebuilt between 1994 and 2005 is available in the following video.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
- Angello, maybe its time you learned to cook what you like to eat. Cooking is fun and very rewarding (at least when you get it right).
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(Steven - I don't believe that there are any restrictions in the forum rules about posting recommendations for committing murder just as long as they are worded politely!)
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- Ken: Piano and guitar wire are really hard to cut and bend. You would have a much easier time using .0125" or .015" phosphor bronze from Tichy. It bends nicely but is firm enough to retain its shape even when being handled. It also takes solder very nicely whereas the others won't:
https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/ho_wire/Default.aspx
- Ray: I hate floating floor mats!!! You have my sympathies!
Do you realize that it is less than a month before Christmas! Where does the time go?!?
Best wishes all!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Ray!!!!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Just stopped by tonight to wish RAY, a
very Happy Birthday..
Sorry to hear of the water problem Ray, they are always nasty.
So glad you are liking the VOLT.
I'm off this week end, I got some outside decorating done today as it was beautiful weather. I had an eye appointment earlier this morning and then I stoppped by my LHS. No big purchase, But I did buy a couple of pakages of "Level Crossings" by Osborne.
Will get to Church in the morning and then watch the Grey Cup in the afternoon tomorrow. Always something keeping you out of the train room.
I have miss placed a couple of Christmas presents I had bought a month or so ago. I have been searching for days for them. I thought that they were together, but today I found the one for my future DIL. The one for my oldest Son is still missing. Boy does that ever annoy me............Hope it is not a sign of things in store for me in the next few years.
After a good walk with my Buddy "Cody" my dog, I am ready to get some ZZZzzzsss.
so I will sign off for now.
Keep smiling Ya all. It looks good on ya.
Happy Rails,
Johnboy out.............
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed and I will have a and give Ray anything he wants!
Work Front On Black Friday weekend meaning this Saturday only 4 customers! This company is screwd. It was a moral victory with all of the 4 cutomers buying but only amounted to $1700.00.
Ed I am sure the boards will not enter change on my E-8. One you sent is at less 1" shorter. I do know the decoder chip can be removed. QSI or another company made a tool for doing it. I just wonder if you had ever done this before. Guess I will ask in the DCC section.
Far as painting of the cars. I knew the wearthing was done by you and looks good. Some of the Reffers look, well custome painted and very well done. One that come to mind are Lions Milk, Henery and one of the swift cars.
ricktrains4824Many companies offer "collectables insurance"
Rick I know there is stated Value Car insurance, I have bought it before. Trains on the other hand? Guess I will talk with my agent about a stated vaule on the layout. I did not hang on to records as I bought, last thing I wnated my wife to know was what I spent on trains.
Anyone know of a site where you can get prices for HO Train Stuff? Bigger stuff like my PCM and BLI sould not be a real problem.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
House - Dryer cord shorted out.... Caught it, before it caused a fire... Not sure if that is a good thing or not though.... House - Dryer cord shorted out.... Caught it, before it caused a fire... Not sure if that is a good thing or not though....
der5997 The track plan doesn't have a spare spur for the cabooses. It does have a tail track for the NW2 switcher and two tank cars for the propane facility.
i also started learning to solder tonight. I got as far as tinning the tip of my soldering iron.
Good Afternoon,
Happy Birthday Ray!!
Rob, great to see you in the Diner. I too was wondering how you were doing. Please drop by soon and give us an update. There
are a few of us 'old timers' still around. Did I just call myself an old timer? I suppose 9 years here would qualify me for that title.
I managed to get some final yard work done as it was about 40F here and sunny which is October weather for us.
I did find some of my favourite Christmas foods, Walkers Fruit Tarts, aka, Mincemeat tarts. They really are delicious but hard to find here.
Well time for supper,
Ray. Happy birthday.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Back from another walk. It's gotten too chilly to bike comfortably, particularly in this cloudy, damp weather. A walk is not as good as a bike ride, but it still beats plodding along on a treadmill.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Many happy returns, Ray!
Foggy and cold, just like yesterday. I had to do some last minute shopping before the stores close for the weekend, so I dared to go all by myself without a destroyer escorting me. If I had seen one of those beep (expletive, deleted) muggers lurking at the intersection I would have gone straight through without stopping at the traffic light! Still gives me an uneasy feeling!
Petra and I started to decorate our apartment for the upcoming Christmas season, hoping that will make us feel a little better. She also made a nice apple cake, with rum raisins and a marzipan crust - lovely! Had a slice of it when it was still warm - yummy!
Other than that, it has been a quiet but dull day. Any attempts to find a layout idea for that little British loco failed, but I am sure one day I will have the right inspiration!
Morning diners,
The only present I need to get is my aunt. She wants a pair of gloves for work. So I purchased a pair of unisex silk liners. Later on will be the gloves to go with them.
I received the Fox Valley Models GP60 Cotton Belt. They looked really good except the tons of holes to install the grab irons, lift rings, and sunshades. Otherwise it's a great n scale model. When a permanent layout is built I'll put in the extra details. I haven't tested it yet but I'll do in a day or two before the end of next week.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Mornin' folks!
Janie, I'll have couple eggs scarmbled and two slices of Whole Weat Toast to go along with a pot of Marakeesh Express Organic Dark Roast Coffee to keep my RGV RR Mug filled for a while.
(grumble, grumble, grumble....) Last night just before I was about to go to bed I decided maybe I better check the basement as the melt water from the snowstorm had been seeping in behind the outside stairs as always down there. Got down there to find the rubber mats at the bottom of the staircase floating.... Had about two inches of water in the trainroom on the East side of the house! Grrrrrrrr! I found the sump not working again. Took an old ski pole handy and poked the float on the sump pump a few times and it kicked on and ran. I just sent an email to a local handyman who has done some plumbling for me before and told him I want the pump replaced. Hope he gest back to me soon. In the meantime I am celebrating my 70th. birthday by walking down and up the cellar steps a lot to make sure the sump is still doing its job! eh... I need the excercise anyway.
Did have a great Thanksgiving celebration. Went over to son's house last night for leftovers which were every bit as good as they were on Thursday. Gave my son a ride in the new Volt. Decided after backing out into the road by his house to stomp on it and see what it will do. Burned major rubber with both front tires... Yep, just a little bit more power than the PiP had!!! He and his better half told me they decided they wanted to buy the PiP from me but didn't let me know soon enough. By the time they decided I already had the Volt. Too bad, the PiP would have been a perfect commuter car for my son. He is driving a 10 year old Ford Escort that is starting to need some repairs.... I would have been very glad to do a two for one swap at the dealers. Did that once before after my wife died. The trade in from the Ford would be used for the Volt deal and he would get the PiP for the difference. Probably would have been around $4,000/$5,000 he would have to come up with.
The solar panels kicked on and produced a couple kWh of power yesterday. Still very possible I will have the best year yet from them.
Have a good one!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning, everybody.'
Ed ... That post card is remarkable !
I'll have coffee and a donut to go, please.
Just a quick Hello before I turn in...
Chloe, How about a nice Brandy Alexander as a night-cap, please.
Our Thanksgiving was very rewarding and enjoyable with visits to three family homes. I hope the rest of you had a safe and enjoyable Holiday as well.
Thanks for that very informative link to the Rueverte site, Ulrich. Oh, my train budget could be wrecked in moments if I had the weakness to indulge in some of their fine offerings.
cudakenReally enjoying the new rolling stock! Did you do the painting?
If you mean the weathering, Ken, yep... that's my doing. Some of those cars are probably fifteen or twenty years old, so there may be some fairly crude ones in there! Glad you like them and the needle oiler, too.
I'm not sure what help you need swapping the E7 decoder. IF they are really different, the plug arrangement may not work. I was hoping it would be a direct change-out.
Cold and rainy here, great weather for eating, sleeping and model railroading
Best Wishes to you All,
Ed
Flo, Ed will have a Crown Royal on the rocks, give Rob anything he wants and I will have a please.
Black Friday I had a whole 6 customers! Good thing I spent 9 hours total putting out B/S prices tags that no one can understand! Mattress Firm across the street seemed to have a end less flow of customers. But then again they spend $ on ads where we don't!
Rob I was wondering what happened to you! Stick around, you and Ed would hit it off, he all so has goats!
Train Front Question. I picked up a B&O GP 7 Athearn body for $1.00. I hope to mate it to the Proto 1000 chassis that Tin Can sent me. Problem with the shell is there are not grap irons / hand rails. I have read where you can use pianio wire, but where the heck do you buy that? All so what key? What about guitar strings?
Ed Think the needle nose oiler may just do the trick. The one I have is came on a Labelle and is twices the sizes of the one you sent. Really enjoying the new rolling stock! Did you do the painting? If so
Ulrich It is really great to see you coming to the dinner again!
Now if Galaxy would come back and Rob would stick around most of the old gang would be back.
Wonder what I will have for dinner?
Good evening all.
Chloe, just a slice of the pumpkin pie please. Thanks.
Cudaken - Many companies offer "collectables insurance", but I do not have it. NMRA members get a discounted one through an offer from them, but I have not checked into prices... I might need to though, as adding up my layout and trains, it is higher than I thought!
JPowell - I had heard Syracuse had gotten more than my area, but hadn't heard it was that much more! Ouch!
Howmus - Not far off, but I'm in PA, about 25 miles south of the lake, in that perfect "get dumped on" location for lake effect, know as "the snowbelt". (Just outside of WNY "ski country".)
W**k - Sales today were decent, made some extra $$ off of sales, but missed out on the big bonus, as someone was looking at a riding garden tractor mower, and snow blade for it, but didn't (wouldn't) pull the trigger without permission from the account master. (AKA his wife.) So I missed a huge bonus, as that missed sale kept me just under what I needed to hit for the big $$ bonus... Maybe he will be back tomorrow.... Store missed our goal by just a very small amount, of 2500... My personal goal I came within 2000.... So that garden tractor would have pushed both over the top. But, our little store beat out 5 others in the district, coming in a solid 3rd place for the day!
Weather - Cool, wet this weekend, with horrible opening deer season day (Monday) forecast for the hunters... Great for others.... Mild, and breezy! Possible wet flakes tonight, but changing to just rain tomorrow and Sunday.
Hope all are well, and have a great night!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Rob. Good to see you. I lost your email address. I was wondering if you were okay.
I'll have the House Special, please and thank you. Figure it is leftover turkey dinner, yes?
No doubt some new faces here in the Diner since my last visit. I have been away too long. This time of year, my mind always shifts to model railroading.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Cheers! Rob
Time to head for the hay!
Here is one of my favorite recordings:
Musica per la amici della opera Italiana ....
Hey Everyone,
CGW121 It is almost 9:30am here and I am almost done with dishes from last nights feast. Thank God for dishwashers.
It is almost 9:30am here and I am almost done with dishes from last nights feast. Thank God for dishwashers.
At least you have a dishwasher, I wash dishes by hand.
Thanksgiving at home was terrible. Only turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and yams. This is what happens when dad doesn't really feel like cooking. But he complains a lot, no one told you to cook breakfast almost every single day. I'm getting a old about toast. Bread crumbs in the butter and visa versa about jam and butter.
Good Evening!
What a dull day today! Didn´t see the sky nor the sun all day long. It´s been foggy in the best tradition of the London fog of days gone by, before they started to have central heating on the island.
I did not get anything accomplished today. Cold and wet weather is not my cup of tea, I have breathing problems which do impose a limit to what I can do. My doc recommends to move to a warmer, arid climate but failed to tell me the where and how to pay for that.
I guess you folks are stuffed from yesterday´s turkey feast (no pun intended), so I´ll be paying for a round of digestifs to help you get over that feeling of being filled to the brim!
Good morning... er almost afternoon diners!
Flo - Just a cup of coffee, please? Thanks!
Hope everyone had a great holiday. Mine was ok. Nothing to really brag about like past years. I worked at the Pahrmacy from 9-1, then went to my parents at 2 for dinner with them. You'd think they were feeding an army with the amount of food they prepared for just the 3 of us. My brother and his family went to one of his wife's relatives house for the holiday and my sister and her family stayed home in Philly this year and hosted my brother inlaw's parents. Needless to say, I did get to come home with plenty of leftovers, which I will partake in at somepoint over this coming weekend.
Today I work 1-530, and tomorrow is a 10-3 shift. I have Sunday and next Friday off for my 2 days off next week. I'm so looking forward to having the day off on Sunday just to sit back and relax a bit.
V8 - Any chance of you getting to know the lady-friend that you had dinner with yesterday on a more personal level? Seems you 2 have a few things in common....
Ricky - I'd have taken your 18" of snow over the 30" of snow we got here in Syracuse from Argos. I'm not sure how much Ray got, but I'm sure if it was more than 20" I'd say he'd agree with me.
Well gang, I am off for now. Need to hit the shower before going to work. I hope everyone has a great day!
Take care!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
On second thought, no one needs to see a pic of another turkey today. My son's dinner was good except for some burned marshmellows on top the sweet pototoes. I did not go back for seconds but had too much the 1st time around and had some wicked heartburn last night.
Train Insurance Ken talk to your agent. People get riders (add-on policies for specific things) for all sorts of collectables. In some cases there are specific insurance companies for antique cars or firearms. I doubt there is one specifically for trains but if anyone would know it would be Howard Zane.
Have to make a dump run with the old microwave. My son helped me lift the new one into position.
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