Good morning .... Coffee with coffeecake please.
Johnboy ..... My prayers for all who were affected by the terrible bus disaster in Saskatchewan... I thought of you immediately when I saw it on the news, and I was one of those commenting in this thread about it. It is very sad. ...
CN Charlie .... It is good to hear you are running trains. Feel free to tell more about your RS3.
Ed .... E-units look great in my opinion.... I have two BLI CB&Q E7's and several Proto 2000 E-units .... I also have some dummy E-units made by Con Cor and IHC. ... Probably, the CB&Q E5 was the best looking of all E-units.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Brother Lion: Sorry for you loss.
Weekend update: I was a good husband this weekend, helping my wife with a very unpleasant job at her school. When we finally got finished late yesterday afternoon, we were throwing stuff away in the dumpster. The lid was propped up, but as i threw stuff in, it fell hitting me in the head. Got a big gash on my forehead. Bled a lot; then just as quickly, it stopped. Wife insisted we go to the ER. Turns out, it wasn't as bad as it looked. No stitches, just antibiotics, a big band aid, and a tetnus shot.
My condolences to LION for the loss of the mother of him. I hope he can celebrate the good long life she led.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Br. Elias,,,,,, My condolences to you and your Family with the passing of your Mother. That certainly was a good run at life, I hope she did not suffer long near the end.
I believe there is no ending just a passage to a new start with our Lord in Heaven.
Prayers, Blessings and warm thoughts to you and safe travel there and back
Take a Lion with you. God Bless.
Johnboy........
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
NWP SWPwell I'll be back later...
Thanks for the warning.... (Just kidding you! )
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I could use a cup of decaf and a Tylenal, please.
Had my first post op meeting with the surgeon who did my eye lids. All is well but I still have some swelling on the eyelids themselves. She said it was more than she expected, but not unusual. So now I am on a strict regiman of hot compresses several times a day. The same one I was supposed to be doing but, kinda kept forgetting.
When I got to the Eye Care Center in Canandaigua, the place was packed and there was a line at the check in desk. One of the ladies pointed for those waiting to check in around the corner at the check out desk... I got the second window and waited while the lady was on the phone with someone. When She hung up she asked how she could help me. Now she looked a bit familiar to me but I had no idea who she was. I said my name and that I was there for a follow-up appt. She got very excited and told me who she was. She and I were in the same class at school were good friends and hung around with the same crowd. She was a very cute little red head back then! I came close to asking her out a few times, but then I got asked out by the girl I ended up marrying......
Got home, had a quick lunch and a half hour later headed over to the fieldhouse to walk. Today, I walked 2.5 miles with only a 10 minute rest at the half way point... I haven't done that much in over 30 years! Progress is being made...
I am busy putting the information together today for the Division NMRA Meet coming up on Cinco de Mayo.
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!
Good evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Lion: my belated condolences for your loss.
I was able to locate a BLMA drill guide on line and bought two. Only the second time I've ever bought anything online, but I couldn't let them get away. I've tried to line up off the cast on grabs and that failed miserably. So, I have high hopes for these. I think I can fill up the botched holes with CA and re drill thru the guide. If that's unfeasible, please say so. I bought a couple of undec BB shells some years ago to practice on, but I would like to salvage them, get a mechanism, and finish detailing them. Probably wishful thinking on my part.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
up831I think I can fill up the botched holes with CA and re drill thru the guide. If that's unfeasible, please say so.
Hi Jim:
It's certainly not unfeasible, but I would test the sharpness of your drill bit before trying to redrill the holes. The accuracy of the sharpening on the micro drills can vary. Some are dull right from the factory. If the bit doesn't bite in quickly and produce a scroll of shavings instead of sawdust sized bits I would be inclined to try another bit. A dull or improperly ground bit will wander. The tendancy to wander might be exacerbated if the drill has to cut into part of the CA used to fill the incorrect holes. By the way, I buy my bits in 'bulk'. In other words I will buy several bits of the same size so I have spares if (when!) I break one, but I don't buy all of the sizes. I buy maybe every third size with larger quantities for the tiny bits and relatively fewer quantities of the #60s and up (down if you are talking drill size numbers).
There are other ways to fill the errant holes but they will likely require painting. One is to take a styrene sprue and heat it so it can be stretched. The tapered sprue will fit into the hole at some point along its' length. Trim the sprue off flush with the surface and use some solvent cement to glue the plug in place from the inside. If you can get a sprue that is close to the paint colour you might be able to get away without painting it. The sprue idea is not mine. Credit to doctorwayne.
Hope this helps.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Evening diners,
I was hoping to report that I had purchased 30 2x4x8s towards my layout building but the Joint Chiefs said it will not be till later this week so that's on hold...
Not much else going on.
I think by now we're just about to Natchez Mississippi under the Natchez Vidalia Bridge...
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
up831I think I can fill up the botched holes with CA and re drill thru the guide.
There is something called Squadron Putty that is useful for filling gaps and defects in styrene. You will see it in pics in the threads where guys are scratchbuilding steam locos. It used to come only in green but they also have white and gray now. It dries pretty fast and is sandable.
CA is hard to just get it to fill a hole. It's going to want to form a shiny blob on top the hole. I think you have to sand CA early before it fully hardens, but you can't sand it when it's still sticky.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a and Steven and Rick what they like. Leave a Stein out side for Ulrich as well.
Turns out today was a good day!
Work Sucked In fast it was a god awful day!
Train Front Reason it is a good day! Found what caused the PR-3 not to work and it was a very easy fix! Can not believe how much I depend on it. Got the Monon F-3 dragging some freight and life is good!
Ed Thanks for the link and yes they are the wire stippers I want / need.
Steven did I read that right, 30 2"X4"? If it is for the bench work it self I would rethink that plan. Now if you have a wood planer you will be Ok I guess. No such thing as a straight 2"X4"!
And I thought I had to much train stuff! Here is a video of a persons layout that has 16,000 rolling stock and 1400 Locomtives? Yea, it is N scale but still?
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
BigDaddyThere is something called Squadron Putty that is useful for filling gaps and defects in styrene.
Henry is absolutely correct. Squadron Putty or Tamiya putty are great for filling gaps in styrene. However, they can be hard to work with if you are trying to preserve an existing paint job which is apparently what the OP needs to do. The solvent in the putties will attack the paint. That's why I suggested stretching some sprues. The sprue plug won't affect the surrounding paint as long as the solvent cement is applied from the inside. If you don't want to dis-assemble the cars to get to the inside, friction will probably hold the plugs in place just fine. If a touch up to the paint is required it will only be a tiny dot.
I'm building a building to build a layout in, it will give me the most flexibility, rater than try to share the space with living areas and such.
NWP SWP I'm building a building to build a layout in, it will give me the most flexibility, rater than try to share the space with living areas and such.
I seem to recall that you had plans to move a caboose to your property (along with a locomotive or two). Did that not pan out? The overall cost might be worthwhile and when you have a place of your own just hang the markers and roll 'er to the new location — layout and all.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/13/t/261931.aspx
Cheers! Ed
You mean like this?
http://www.railmerchants.net/illinoiscentral/
I have money but not THAT kind of money!
That said I still would LOVE to own a real caboose but until then I'll have to settle for the model variety!
I was thinking of using pine tongue and groove boards inside my layout building, stain them with my two tone technique, do a prestain, then a light brown like golden oak let that soak in and dry a little, then go over with a darker brown like rad oak in a thinner coat, the grain should vary from dark to light and come out BEAUTIFUL!
Well it's past my bedtime, goodnight!
Steven:
Have you actually designed a layout building? Have you done an analysis of what a dedicated layout building would cost? Have you looked into the building codes to see if you can even do it? Have you figured out how much it will cost to get hydro, water and sewage into it if necessary? Do you want to have a workshop or even just a workbench in the building. Will you need internet? Heat? Air conditioning? Toilet? Bar fridge (that's a definite 'must have' in my books, so is the toilet!)?
I'm not trying to embarrass you or say it can't be done, but you are spending a lot of time speculating and dreaming. Talking about your dreams is OK, to a point, but you are going to lose support if you continue to do it repeatedly. Please show us something concrete, like a viable layout plan that you have created or some rolling stock that you have worked on.
With all due respect Steven,
Dave Warnica
Hot coffee bacon and eggs sunny side up.
Tuned on the Horseshoe Curve webcam just in time to see a train go into emergency stop. One of the conductors is walking along with a big stick like the one that used to open the windows in my old elemetary school with the 16' ceilings and windows, putting on the hand brakes.
It's 8:45 est now, you can back up the video for the next couple hours to the time stamp at the top of 08:27:30
https://youtu.be/JvjaUiiyZ0c
Good morning ...
BOOM ! ...... That is what we will hear early tomorrow morning. A new brdge has been built, and the 86 year old bridge next to it will be dynamited early tomorrow morning .
We don't have the boat out of winter storage yet, and so we won't be able to see the brdige being demolished. It is around the bend from us; otherwise we would see it from our house.
We were at Rotary Club Auction ( a fund raiser ) last nioght, and somebody bid $16,500 to be the person who pushes the button to blow up the bridge..... That is a bit more than I would have been willing to pay.
Here is a link to the cameras where you can see the bridge project.
https://www.workzonecam.com/projects/kytc/141279/workzonecam05
Jim (UP831) .... An alternative if you can not find the recommend Squadren Putty is Testors putty in a gray tube similar to the orange tube with plastic cement. It is usually at Hobby Lobby.
Steven NWP SWP .... Now, your greatest asset is your youth. You have a full life ahead of you. All we can do for you is encourage you. While it is okay to have big ideas, we all must remember no idea is worthwhile unless it is implemented. Accordlingly, I suggest you pick a path and stay on it. Always do your best, and never waste even a second of time. Always believe in yourself, and be confident you will have a great future. .... For model railroading, I still think you should start a small and doable project. Perhaps, you can make a small 2X4 diorama or module to fit in with a future layout. It should be very basic. Perhaps, it will have a factory served by rail. Or maybe a small locomotive servicing track. It will not be a big empire passing through big mountains, etc. One small locomotive will be all you need. .... Have fun !
Well that was interesting! Couldn't get the volume loud enough to hear the radio chatter. Looks like he was doing the brakes on about every 4 or 5th car?
Mike.
My You Tube
Heartland Division CB&QAlways believe in yourself, and be confident you will have a great future.
Garry, that is good advise for all of us! I am now believing in myself in certain ways that I gave up on 20 years ago!
Chloe, can I get a refill for the decaf, please? Thank you Ma'am!
Well, well, well..... I spent about 10 minutes chatting with a certain lovely lady in her office this morning........ I now have a time and place down to have a long lunch with her on Thursday!!!! BTW, this is the lady who told me to get rid of the Beard some months ago. She first checked out how my eyes were doing and smiled.... I thanked her for changing the way I feel about myself by that beard conversation. She gave me "that" smile again. I pointed to her and said, "yep that was the smile that did it!" Turns out that the restaurant I decided on is one that she has been to and is a favorite of hers. I agonized about that decision for hours... Both my sons and a best friend had the place on their short list of their favorites, so that is where I decided we should go. Think good thoughts for me........
Again, I have no idea what will happen with all of this, but it sure is fun to be once again the type of guy that a gorgeous lady about my age would consider spending time with.
"There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up." - George Burns
Good afternoon all.
Zoe - I will take a RBF, please. Thanks.
Weather - Cool, and a bit of snow last night. Grey and dreary today...
W*^k - Went late last night, we are prepping for inventory this weekend. Schedule was till 11pm, didn't leave till 1245am. But, everything is prepared now.
Combine that with the dreary day, and I'm feeling .
Trains - Assembling a industry building, it's a rail-truck transfer facility for sand. The prototype I'm basing it on is located on a shortline railroad nearby, and was being used for Frac sand for Marcellus Shale drilling. The rail road was hauling in sand in 2 bay covered hoppers, some from fallen flag lines. (I have seen everything from CSX former Chessie patchouts, CNW, ATSF, BN, CSX former Family Lines, and NW hoppers there, along with new NS, BNSF, CSX, UP hoppers.)
To facilitate easier moving, I will be building it on a piece of craft plywood, with cork mounted on it. This will allow it to remain assembled during any upcoming transport. (Remember, I will be moving, but it has been pushed back for a year or so.)
This will also allow me to fully scenic the scene and allow it to be blended into both my current space, plus the new layout.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the day!
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.
Good Afternoon,
Garry, those E units certainly are nice looking locos. At first I thought I had never seen one as in Canada only CP had a few they ran in the east but then I remembered seeing GN units when they ran a train from Minneapolis to Winnipeg. I ran the RS3 again today. It is my only road diesel. I had a couple of other BMan road units but sold them. They ran well but the paint colours were all wrong. The green was far too dark and so was the yellow. I would like to get another GP7 or 9 but so far Atlas hasn't come out with one in my colours.
I'm off to see the Doc tomorrow morning. I think I might have a bit of an ear infection as my jaw 'hinge' on one side is sore and so is my ear. It is better than it was a couple of days ago but I better get it checked. I've had problems with the ear on my right side before with the tubes filling up.
Ray, good luck with the lunch date. I think there is a new spring in your step.
Nothing planned of note this week. The weather is supposed to warm up to normal temps by next week which means about 50F.
CN Charlie
Evening All!
cudaken No such thing as a straight 2"X4"!
No such thing as a straight 2"X4"!
If one does it right (and has enough patience), you can find straight lumber of any size. (I had to go through quite a few 1"x4"x16' to find six that were acceptable. However don't get me started again on the 2x2s.)
Hobby Front: Finally got the lumber cut for the yard expansion. (All done with my Dad's radial arm saw.)
These three show all the lumber (1x4 and 2x2s) I purchased plus a small 2x2 scrap that I had. (I think it was left over from when I built the expansion that allowed me to complete the wye for the tourist road and extend the mainline and industrial track are.) With that scrap, it gives me enough for 4 additional 36" long legs. (The stack with different size pieces of 1x4 is the leftover 1x4 from all the cutting.) One piece will end up going back through the saw to get trimmed to final length and 45s on both ends. This is the two doors for the yard and the plywood for the corner piece. Step one of the section process. The clamps are a very old set of Craftsman corner clamps that my Dad bought. (How old I don't know.) I now keep them up with my layout. This is 80" tall by 28" wide to fit the closet doors. Frame with all braces installed. The braces are built 16" OC. Both of these are from the first section. I ran out of time this afternoon to finish the second. Ironically enough, the second frame looks exactly like this picture except the holes to start the screws and the screws themselves haven't been installed on the top braces where the clamps are. The corner section still needs to be built. (I didn't start with that one as I had forgotten to print out the assembly diagram so that I could remember what piece went where. I could do the regular ones are they were simple to remember.)
Off to bed as I have to work early in the morning.
Flo, the gang and I will have a and give Steven and Rick what they want. Leave a stein outside for Ulrich as well.
What a day! Tuff day at work, just a lot of stupid stuff that drove me nuts! It was a good day for the company with $3029.00 in sales.
Drove me nuts looking at my credit score! New home loan company reported me being late (had a 60 day graces period due they did not have my account in there system yet) They reported me being late on the Feb payment and my score went up by 8 points? Now they corrected there error my score went down 8 points? I just don't get it!
Damed if I do and damed if I don't Ken
Evenin' Folks.
Still in the mid 20s outside. Snow on the ground most mornings! Crazy!
I'll have a nice, hot toddy, Brunhilda. Don't be shy with the rum, dear.
Heartland Division CB&QEd .... E-units look great in my opinion....
They're my favorite, too, Garry!
That deserves another look!
Making two interlockings into one long one for my Union Station area.
CP_union4-a by Edmund, on Flickr
I used Minuteman laser-cut shingles and real copper flashing on the roof. I'm trying to give the copper an aged patina (verdigris) using salt and acetic acid but I may just paint it afterall.
Glad to hear you are still in the wings, Ulrich! Someone has been sipping the stein that Ken leaves outside .
Cheers, Everybody — to those in need...
Ed
It was very loud ! They blew up the old bridge close to our house this morning .
I'm very pleased with results of my echocardiogram yesterday in Nashville. My heart failure has not deteriorated in the past 7 years.
Ray ... I'm glad you liked what I said, and I wish you the best .... you heart throb ... LOL ...
Ed .... Thanks for sharing the E5 video. ...... I actually road behind an E5 on the Twin City Zephyr before Am-Trash.
Happy Model Railroading !
Heartland Division CB&QIt was very loud! They blew up the old bridge close to our house this morning. I'm very pleased with results of my echocardiogram yesterday in Nashville. . .
I'm very pleased with results of my echocardiogram yesterday in Nashville. . .
Interesting juxtaposition of your comments.
Richard
YES!!!
Currently 46°F under mostly cloudy skies here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS. Supposed to be rainny and cold all day tomorrow.... Glad I didn't decide to grab a couple subs and take the lady over to the FGLK Yard and watch trains tomorrow.... One of my old friends here who is also a train nut had one of his suggestions to me as just that....... I took his first suggestion which is also a place she likes.
Have a great day out there!
howmus. . . Did it! Walked 3 miles over at the fieldhouse today. . .
Nice! Congratulations! Distance always trumps speed in my book.
Ray: you inspire me I think I will go walk in a bit. I need to get off my rear and excerse.
Garry: I was going to see if we could feel the explosion here but they had already done it when I went out.
RideOnRoad Heartland Division CB&Q It was very loud! They blew up the old bridge close to our house this morning. I'm very pleased with results of my echocardiogram yesterday in Nashville. . . Interesting juxtaposition of your comments.
Heartland Division CB&Q It was very loud! They blew up the old bridge close to our house this morning. I'm very pleased with results of my echocardiogram yesterday in Nashville. . .
I suppose I could have made two posts .... Oh well.