Tinplate ToddlerI´ll be back soon, giving an update on the life on this end of the big Pond.
Glad to see you, Sir Ulrich!
Those steins that Ken has been setting outside were worth the effort
Mr. Otte — Working on a Saturday?
Curiouser and curiouser...
I was going to offer a round to everyone anyway, but it looks like I'm obliged to just the same Tab's on me, folks!
and help yourselves to some of Brunhilda's olive, cheese, celery, medley. Lime Jello never looked so good — and its looking right back at you!
Jello_yum by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers! Ed
Hope there's no Romaine in that salad.
Howdy ...
Ulrich ! BACK !....... I am looking forward to hearing more from you....
Steve O ..... "Spyware" ? .... What ? ... You mean the internet is not safe ? Who would have that was so ? ...
MLC .... I hope you can recover from your illness soon ...
Everybody .... Happy Model Railroading !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
maxman Hope there's no Romaine in that salad.
Romaine? No. — Ptomaine... Well, maybe
Ed
gmpullmanand help yourselves to some of Brunhilda's olive, cheese, celery, medley. Lime Jello never looked so good — and its looking right back at you!
How am I suppose to eat something, when it's watching me ???
Putting Vegetable's in Jello ..... That's just "Wrong" !
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Hey Ulrich Welcome back.
Garry: crud is much better today I found some anti snots/cough stuff that works wonders and does not make me nutty.
I have spent most of the day reading while sitting on the screened in front porch. I did take a mid afternoon nap.
Ulrich welcome back!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Little TimmyPutting Vegetable's in Jello ..... That's just "Wrong" !
Especially whan you consider that gelatin is ground-up bones, horse hooves and connective tissue! Double-Yummy.
Trivia:
In 1845, a patent for powdered gelatin was obtained by industrialist Peter Cooper, who built the first American steam-powered locomotive, the Tom Thumb.[2][3] This powdered gelatin was easy to manufacture and easier to use in cooking.
Compliments of Wikipedia.
By the way, recipes I've seen for the Jell-o salad say to make it really special with a big dollop of mayonnaise on top!
(I'm a Miracle-Whip person, myself)
Regards, Ed
A warm welcome back to Alrich indeed. I very much miss the always kind words from that good old German guy. The Forum has not been quite the same since his absence.
My wife just handed me the June Model Railroader when I got home from work. The cover is great tribute to us Northern guys. I have been acquiring Great Northern stuff like you would not believe from train shows and eBay.
I get a kick out of it when you see a screw up. Page 29. The first Gramps tanker has a derailed truck in the rear.
You know time is taken to take a perfect picture. I wonder if things like this are sometimes done on purpose for a conversation piece to see if anybody notices it. I hope Alrich gets a kick out of this and shines in.
Take care. Track Fiddler
Track fiddler I get a kick out of it when you see a screw up. Page 29. The first Gramps tanker has a derailed truck in the rear.
Well, someone finally posted what it was.... At least it's not in the "Oops" thread though.
Wondered how long it would be before it was said exactly what it was.
Seems like those NASCAR guys were trying to just turn some laps, as the race finish was much better than the rest of the race. It just took them a while to get to actually racing.
Weather - Specifically the Erie Pa snow record front - Ed mentioned it felt like February in the photo thread, he's right. Erie needs 0.8" of snow to tie the record, and, the weather guesser's are guessing that we will have, ready for this, LAKE EFFECT SNOW late tonight and early tomorrow. Snow record here we come!
I wil be off to Pittsburgh for a meeting in the morning, and return in the evening. I will totally settle for 0.9" to break the record, then it may stop from there on.
SteveO- Hope you posted from home this morning, otherwise I think this is the first time I've ever seen you here on a weekend.
Zoe - Make sure Vinnie gets some of that cake sitting under the counter please, and I will take a slice, along with a glass of milk, please. Thanks.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the 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.
Track fiddlerThe first Gramps tanker has a derailed truck in the rear.
Funny how you sometimes don't notice the obvious. Same thing happened to me and it was months before I realized it, after posting the photo to several threads and forums:
IMG_6861_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
At least the engine was sitting behind the roundhouse and not out on the main!
Ulrich is back! YIPEEEEEEE! I want to thank Ken for leaving all that beer out, it paid off.
I think Ulrich has moved. Google earth shows the middle of the street, where do you plug your computer in?
All kidding aside, I believe it is the building on the right across from the building with the tall hat. Anyway, glad to have you back. How come you haven't posted a video yet? Thanks for the kind words about my Dads Monopoly Game. One thing I forgot to mention was he did all the printing freehand with India ink and then put some sort of varnish over it. Pretty good stuff for a kid. He made some other interesting things along the way and got me started in trains. Steven Otte, the kids I-Phone and Computer would be used as props and would probably not even turned on. Sorry I wasn't too clear on that. I am sure Apple pays the movie company something for product placement. He did one movie where they paid him an additional $35.00 a day for bringing his Grim Reaper Halloween costume and wearing that for three days. It only cost him $12.00 at Walmart two years earlier. On another movie, they handed out fake I-phones to everyone in the scene. It is a wet day on the Coast, had to turn the furnace back on for the woman in the house. Filled my truck right up with stuff for the fair at the kid's school that is next Saturday and took it over this morning. On Thursday I have some furniture to take over as well. It is advertised as a 500 family garage sale and is a big part of the fundraising. Think I'll go run my monster train with the midtrain helper before dinner. Time to take it apart and have something a little shorter so I can actually fit it in a siding or be able to let two trains pass. It's fun to get carried away sometimes though. The kid just woke up, was on set from 1500hrs to 0900hrs this morning. A dog bit him in one of the scenes they were shooting last night. He said he just carried on until they yelled cut and then checked to find only minor damage. I guess dogs hate working all night long and get grumpy as well. Ken can leave Ulriches beer on the table tonight. All the best to all.
All kidding aside, I believe it is the building on the right across from the building with the tall hat.
Anyway, glad to have you back. How come you haven't posted a video yet?
Thanks for the kind words about my Dads Monopoly Game. One thing I forgot to mention was he did all the printing freehand with India ink and then put some sort of varnish over it. Pretty good stuff for a kid. He made some other interesting things along the way and got me started in trains.
Steven Otte, the kids I-Phone and Computer would be used as props and would probably not even turned on. Sorry I wasn't too clear on that. I am sure Apple pays the movie company something for product placement.
He did one movie where they paid him an additional $35.00 a day for bringing his Grim Reaper Halloween costume and wearing that for three days. It only cost him $12.00 at Walmart two years earlier. On another movie, they handed out fake I-phones to everyone in the scene.
It is a wet day on the Coast, had to turn the furnace back on for the woman in the house. Filled my truck right up with stuff for the fair at the kid's school that is next Saturday and took it over this morning. On Thursday I have some furniture to take over as well. It is advertised as a 500 family garage sale and is a big part of the fundraising.
Think I'll go run my monster train with the midtrain helper before dinner. Time to take it apart and have something a little shorter so I can actually fit it in a siding or be able to let two trains pass. It's fun to get carried away sometimes though.
The kid just woke up, was on set from 1500hrs to 0900hrs this morning. A dog bit him in one of the scenes they were shooting last night. He said he just carried on until they yelled cut and then checked to find only minor damage. I guess dogs hate working all night long and get grumpy as well.
Ken can leave Ulriches beer on the table tonight.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Ed .... Nice looking locomtoive in your photo in spite of the "Oooops" ..
It could be worse ....
Track fiddler Page 29. The first Gramps tanker has a derailed truck in the rear.
Well, thank you very much, Mr. Spoil Sport. Hope you enjoyed giving the secret away to those of us who haven't received the mag yet.
I usually don't get MR till the second week of the month. On the bright side I got this year's GMR and MRP in the mail today.
hon30critter FRRYKid Been too busy trying to help Mom & Dad move into a senior home here in town. FRRYKid: Dealing with elderly parents can be extremely taxing. Just keep in mind that they took care of you for years and now it is your turn to reciprocate. Patience is a virtue! Fortitude is a must!! Best of luck with them, Dave
FRRYKid Been too busy trying to help Mom & Dad move into a senior home here in town.
FRRYKid:
Dealing with elderly parents can be extremely taxing. Just keep in mind that they took care of you for years and now it is your turn to reciprocate. Patience is a virtue! Fortitude is a must!!
Best of luck with them,
Dave
Taxing is not the word. I was tired to say the least this morning and afternoon. I ended up driving the electric pallet track off the bay dock at work this afternoon. We were trying to back load a trailer and I didn't realize the dock plate hadn't been deployed. Thankfully a few of my coworkers were able to help me get the machine back on the plate so that we could fix the problem. Any other time I most likely wouldn't have done that foul up.
Heartland Division CB&Q FRRY ... If your Mom and Dad are willing to make the move, it should less difficult to help them move.
FRRY ... If your Mom and Dad are willing to make the move, it should less difficult to help them move.
The move wasn't really willingly. It had to be done. Dad needs to get his hips replaced and has been inactive for a number of years because of the bad hips. That led to his need to be in the hospital. The 45 year old mobile home was declared unsafe. It wouldn't have been good for him anyway. (Too many steps.) But that forced Mom to make the move as well. She is not exactly happy about it. This afternoon, Dad even had the audacity to wonder why I didn't stay around when it appeared he was sleeping. (Mom is even having a problem with Dad's attitude.) I need to destress and get some sleep myself. (I have a regular job myself as already mentioned.) Getting to bed at 2130 or even later and having to be up and ready to go by 0500 to start work at 0600 is taxing for must anyone. (I normally try to get to sleep around 2000.) I know that one is supposed to honor one's mother and father, but when one doesn't respect you, there should be a limit. (If this is out of bounds, Mr. Otte, let me know and I will remove it without a problem.)
Heartland Division CB&QIt could be worse ....
Actually, Garry, that engine — the GTW 3734 did kiss the bottom of the turntable pit in Pontiac, Michigan back on June 9 of 1955 or so.
3734GTW_Pontiac_6-9-55 by Edmund, on Flickr
The locomotive (later 4070) never did track properly after that and the lead driver did have a tendency to derail!
The model follows the prototype TOO closely
BATMANIt is a wet day on the Coast, had to turn the furnace back on for the woman in the house.
My woman would love it if it stayed at 55°F(13) in the house. I still have the wood stove burning! It was 33°F(0) last night and tomorrows high is only supposed to be 44°F(6.6)! It is almost MAY already! I'm the one that wants the warmth of that stove.
Eveing Diners!
Flo, give the gang a and Steven and Rick what they like. And leave a, what Flo. Ulrich is sitting in the back? You sure it is Sir Mad Dog, it looks like a Duck to me!
back Ulrich I have missed seeing you in the diner!
Work not even worth talking about!
PRR Coach Wars! To Qoute Maxwell Smart "I was this close". I found the rear wheels out of gauge on the problem coach. Set then to NMRA standreds and gave them a test run. I was on lap 4 then the rear truck on the problem coach derailed! Looks like some new wheels are in order.
Other Problem. Seem the preferences owner CA Glued the shells on? That is sure going to make it hard to get the lights going and add people.
Ed Thank you for the photos. It all so reforces my need for a better computer! Kept locking up!
Came close last nigh to buying a BLI PRR P70 Coach for $34.97. I am pretty sure with some work on the coupler pocket I could make it work! But the $12.00 shippig stopped me dead in my tracks! I was not going to spend $46.97 with shipping for something I think I can make work!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken Came close last nigh to buying a BLI PRR P70 Coach for $34.97.
I have about a dozen of those P70s from Broadway, Ken. They don't like my 36" curves too well so I don't think they would be a good choice for you.
I got them to run but it took some carving of the bolsters. The problem is that they snap the truck into the car body bolster and there is no flex/rocking so the slightest dip in a rail and off they go. I still haven't figured out a permanent fix yet. Oddly, the non-AC cars are the ones that give me trouble (those are the ones in the BLI Refurb listing).
Good Luck, Ed
gmpullman Track fiddler The first Gramps tanker has a derailed truck in the rear. Funny how you sometimes don't notice the obvious. Same thing happened to me and it was months before I realized it, after posting the photo to several threads and forums: IMG_6861_fix by Edmund, on Flickr At least the engine was sitting behind the roundhouse and not out on the main! Regards, Ed
Track fiddler The first Gramps tanker has a derailed truck in the rear.
Funny stuff. It's just the little things in life that make us happy. You just gotta laugh........... perfect.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Track Fiddler
maxman Track fiddler Page 29. The first Gramps tanker has a derailed truck in the rear. Well, thank you very much, Mr. Spoil Sport. Hope you enjoyed giving the secret away to those of us who haven't received the mag yet.
Hey Maxman how are you?
Ya I live right next door to Wisconsin. I get the magazine first.
You'll be all right! It's not like I gave the results to a pre-recorded football game.
If I didn't see it you would have and you would have been the bearer of news.
My late-night order of Chinese delivery just hit the door. Have a great night
Best wishes........ Track Fiddler
gmpullmanEspecially whan you consider that gelatin is ground-up bones, horse hooves and connective tissue! Double-Yummy
And "THAT'S" why I stopped eating it ..... That's also why I don't read the "Ingrediant's" on my favorite food's .... I would probably stop eatin alltogether !
gmpullmanIn 1845, a patent for powdered gelatin was obtained by industrialist Peter Cooper, who built the first American steam-powered locomotive, the Tom Thumb.[2][3] This powdered gelatin was easy to manufacture and easier to use in cooking.
Very interesting Trivia.... I seem to recall something sorta like that with "Pringle's " chip's. The same guy "Invented "Pamper's" diaper's. ( I think the ingrediant's are the same ..... )
( Great ... now I can't eat "Pringle's" !)
Track fiddlerYou'll be all right! It's not like I gave the results to a pre-recorded football game.
Yes it is. I'll have you know that I bet on that pre-recorded game three times and lost every time.
This is my new t-shirt. Do you think it's too loud?
PS. I'm wearing it to my Breakfast Club tomorrow morning. Very appropriate! It's a bunch of guys I met at a railroad show that had a stand there, (estate liquidators).
The host of the house has an entire basement full. An HO railroad he has worked on his whole life that is just phenomenal.
They call me bird dog because I'm willing to climb under the railroad when something goes wrong to fix it.
....... Track fidler
Little TimmyI seem to recall something sorta like that with "Pringle's " chip's. The same guy "Invented "Pamper's" diaper's. ( I think the ingrediant's are the same ..... )
Did you mean before or after the diaper gets used? I'm kind of the opinion that it is 'after'.
Hope that's not too off colour for the forum.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Ulrich!!!
Welcome back old buddy!
Glad to see you again. I'm looking forward to hearing what you and Petra have been up to.
Personally I stay away from Pringles. They are kind of like beer.
Once you pop you can't stop....
Good Morning!
Thank you all for the welcome back! It feels good to be "home" again!
Following the attack on Petra, we both have been through some rough time. The bodily wound have healed quite wll, but the wounds afflicted to her and my soul not. We still have to learn how to cope with that. As a result, we hardly leave the place, only to take care for life´s necessity and never alone. If possible, we try to organize a kind of convoy with neighbors when we do the grocery run. For the time being, we seem to be able to cope wth the daily threats challenges.
My Swiss layout has been sold and so has the majority of the stock. The layout will be moved to its new home in a couple of weeks, making room for a new one. It´ll be a journey into my past, back into the year 1963, when it all began with a Marklin 3-rail AC starter set. Most of the money I got from selling my Swiss stuff went into the piggy bank marked "getaway", but I was able to secure sufficient funding for the new venue. Over the past few months, I have been able to acquire nearly all the track, signals, bridge sections and catenary stuff for the layout, so I am all set for starting on it, once the place is cleared. My friend Claus will help me again, building the "table", which will be mounted on the cabinet I built for the Swiss layout.The table will be fastened to it with hinges, so I can flip it up for wiring the layout, which will mainly be done by my model railroading buddy Lothar.
The layout will be quite simple - just an oval of track, a passing siding and a few more sidings.
This is the track plan
And a 3D rendition
A few weeks ago I assembled the layout on our dining table for testing purposes
Germany is Marklin country, so most of the stuff one needs is readily available and, providing you have some patience, to be had for little money. There are some rare items, which fetch ridiculous prices. These are mostly little accessories that easily got lost or broken.
Some of the stuff I bought never left the box and is in perfect condition, some of the stuff is over 50 years old, but still mint, like the tin plate engine shed I bought from a guy in France. It was made in 1959 and looks like new!
This video has been the source of inspiration for this little layout, which measures only 2`4" by 5´4", but is loaded with fun!
I am very happy to have been able to purchase a set of two trains Marklin sold in 1985 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their HO line of "toy trains". The set contains replicas of a steam engine and an electric engine, both with a string of passenger cars, and freight cars, resp. These were the trains my father got for Christmas in 1935, so it was a must have for me!
The "serious" model railroaders in this parish will most likely more than just bat an eyebrow on the journey I am about to go, but my health simply does not allow me to do anything sophisticated any longer. It´s my way of staying in the hobby and I am sure it´ll be nothing but pure fun!
Sir Madog has turned into a Tinplate Toddler! Now, do I have to move "over there" to the CTT section or may I still come to this place?
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
I have to rant a bit, so please bear with.
Dianne and I have decided to go ahead with a 'minor' home renovation that we have been contemplating for years. We are going to have the wall between the kitchen and the dining room removed. When I say "minor" I lie! The wall is structural! That complicates things enormously (meaning expensively) and most of the rest of the job is complicated too.
Both rooms are fairly small and, when we are entertaining a crowd, people are tripping over each other. In addition to making the space look bigger, the traffic flow will be vastly improved.
We are also going to update the decor in the dining room, replace the floors in the kitchen, dining room and living room, add some additional lighting in both the kitchen and the dining room, and have all three rooms repainted and retrimmed. There will also be some repairs made to our deck.
So, what am I ranting about? The costs of course. They seem to have gone nuts since we did the kitchen in 2009. We have a peninsula in the kitchen that will be turned into an island when the wall is gone. The end of the peninsula where it butts up to the wall is unfinished so we have to have that finished, and we have to replace the peninsula/island counter tops for the same reason. We are also going to add a couple of small cabinets to the kitchen where the wall was as well. To further inflate the cabinet costs, when we did the kitchen in 2009 I was too dumb to order some extra drawer handles and of course they are no longer available. I had to have the new handles 3D printed in steel. They were $65.00 ea.! Almost the same price as replacing all the existing hardware! Just the kitchen cabinet and countertop modifications alone are going to cost us almost $5000 Cdn.!
Installing the beam is going to cost way more than it should because the support post on one end has to be built into the living room in order for it to sit properly on the wall below it. That means that, instead of just opening up the wall and adding some jack posts, one wall of the living room has to be rebuilt. The other support post is a problem too because it will be hard to keep it flush with the wall, and if it is not flush we can't put the new cabinets in. Without the cabinets the whole thing will look terrible.
We want to add pot lighting in the kitchen and the dining room. The way the ceiling joists run complicates the wiring installation, so we have to have a false ceiling installed in both rooms to hide the wiring. Then there is new paint for all three rooms, tons of new trim, new light fixtures....I'd better quit before I start swearing! I could buy a new Odyssey van for about the same money!
There! Rant done!! Thanks for letting me share!
Cheers!!
Good evening Diners,
Brunhilde, its too late to eat anything now, just stopped in to say hello.
Ulrich, welcome back! Of course you may always come here. If you're doing the tinplate thing now, you should have a lot of fun with it. The track plan looks good.
I'm glad the daily challenges are manageable.
EDIT: Dave: I'd definitely be interested in hearing/seeing how your kitchen project will progress. Are you working with a design-build or remodeling firm? Yeah, load bearing walls are a pain to modify, expensive too. If you can, I'd like to see the floor plan. Thanks for sharing.
Gotta get some rest.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)