Second one is sky.
Returning to model railroading after 40 years and taking unconscionable liberties with the SP&S, Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads in the '40s and '50s.
OK folks....
I want to try something out on you folks and see what happens. I am the editor of out local NMRA Division newsltter and I have been asked to write a article for it based on a clinic I did many years ago on backdrops. So.....
Here are two photographs. One is from down cellar on the backdrop of my layout. The other is from a photo taken outside of the sky. Which is which?
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evenin' Folks!
Nice! Nice work Ed!!! I have one old workbench that was down cellar when I bought the house that is made of some very nice high quality Oak I believe.... It will stay down there when I leave the house in a few more years.
I spent a good part of today taking a walk with a very cute and fun lady my age. She loves to hike and so do I so our "dates" have been doing just that so far. I know a couple of you guys might enjoy the Text conversation we had later....
Pat, "9,000 steps so far."
Me, "Me too.... Interesting! Wonder how that happened?"
I am worried about my cousin and her husband who live in Fort Myers. Hoping they are still up North at the cottage they have here on Seneca Lake, but haven't talked to them this year.... I wonder if their Florida Property has survived. They live in one of those snobish "members only" neighborhoods down there in the winter.....
Catch you later.
gmpullman Maple: Back when GE was getting out of the tungsten wire business we had probably close to a hundred various benches and work tops all made from two-inch, solid rock maple. Some were twelve feet long! The company said we could take all we wanted and I wound up with maybe six or so. I made each of my sons a work bench, Adams-Bench by Edmund, on Flickr And had a few left for nice benches and work tables around home. Depot_bench by Edmund, on Flickr There's days when I miss that place A "Pike-Sized passenger train — rr240crs by George Hamlin, on Flickr That poor E8 has seen better days. Cheers, Ed
Maple:
Back when GE was getting out of the tungsten wire business we had probably close to a hundred various benches and work tops all made from two-inch, solid rock maple. Some were twelve feet long! The company said we could take all we wanted and I wound up with maybe six or so. I made each of my sons a work bench,
Adams-Bench by Edmund, on Flickr
And had a few left for nice benches and work tables around home.
Depot_bench by Edmund, on Flickr
There's days when I miss that place
A "Pike-Sized passenger train —
rr240crs by George Hamlin, on Flickr
That poor E8 has seen better days.
Cheers, Ed
BATMANEd, I can never see enough pics of your caboose. How long did it take to build? Is that paneling on the inside walls or individual boards?
Sorry I never got back to you on the interior, Brent. That is a Georgia Pacific beaded plywood panel. I looked into individual boards and they would have been 3/4" thick, a bit overkill plus being more than 5x the cost.
IMG_8838 by Edmund, on Flickr
The outside was individual T&G boards but they were too prone to rotting so I replaced it with L-P "Smart Siding". The interior doors are individual boards as is the flooring.
IMG_9069 by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_9125 by Edmund, on Flickr
There's not many among us who can say they stayed home and weathered a Hurricane! After experiencing all that, he probably could use some humor before the electricity is restored.
If cartoons were real, this would be Kevin.
https://youtu.be/iE7zBMjubqw...
Was happy to hear your OK Kevin
TF
BATMAN Doughless The diner is still in Kansas, so I guess we aren't flooded. Just having technical difficulties. I'm also concerned about another poster from Florida...Brian..."RailandSail" ? He was building a multilevel layout in a shed. Anybody have a way to find out if he's doing okay? He posted 21 hours ago on the MRH forum.
Doughless The diner is still in Kansas, so I guess we aren't flooded. Just having technical difficulties. I'm also concerned about another poster from Florida...Brian..."RailandSail" ? He was building a multilevel layout in a shed. Anybody have a way to find out if he's doing okay?
The diner is still in Kansas, so I guess we aren't flooded. Just having technical difficulties.
I'm also concerned about another poster from Florida...Brian..."RailandSail" ? He was building a multilevel layout in a shed.
Anybody have a way to find out if he's doing okay?
He posted 21 hours ago on the MRH forum.
Okay, good. If he's not in SW Florida, he's probably ok.
- Douglas
Absolutely!
Hardwoods we're always a tough backbreaking floor to install. They didnt look like much until the floor sander guys came in and finished them with the two coats of mopped on poly.
I always liked coming back to see how beautiful those floors turned out
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I'm also concerned about another poster from Florida...Brian..."Beiland" "RailandSail" ? He was building a multilevel layout in a shed.
Tin Can IIWe had access to some scrapped maple gym floor
One of our friends bought an old school and gave the gym floor to our other friends and they refloored their entire house with it. I did not know what to expect, but they sanded it down and really darkened the colour and it looks absolutely stunning.
Rorry Bear
https://youtu.be/umO0QJQoNOo
I think you are right, York1; I am back in with Chrome, now.
Yeah! I'm able to get back into the forum. I felt kind of lost not being able to access the diner.
I don't think this was a browser issue. I tried on several different browsers, and nothing worked.
I saw a report on Florida that showed houses that have upgraded and those that haven't. The upgraded houses had very little damage unless water rose high enough to enter. The houses that have not upgraded to the new codes had a lot more damage.
I know that Kevin has told us how he has built up his house with the latest requirements, so I hope that helped him survive the storm.
I'll check back later to see how everyone is doing.
York1 John
Track fiddler ...I'll have one of those custard filled long johns...
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I'm glad to hear Kevin rode out the storm okay.
YIKES!
https://youtu.be/Y5xkE7pRiIo
Seen in this video, parts of Cape Coral look like they got hit pretty hard. Hope everyone fares well as can be expected in the aftermath.
BATMANNot only do I have to pour my own coffee, I have to make it to boot.
Welcome Back!!
I got an email from Kevin. He has survived
Apparently there was some roof damage but from what I gathered they avoided any flooding. His power is out, as can be expected and there is considerable damage to the surrounding neighborhood.
He has enough repair supplies to patch up where needed.
Let's hope the site stays working for a while!
Regards, Ed
Oh Thanks
Ya, I'll have one of those custard filled long johns if you would.
Track fiddlerI'll have an afternoon coffee with ya.
I'll pour.....Donut?
Weird. I haven't been able to access the forum for two days in my Chrome browser. As an afterthought, I opened a Bing browser, and here I am.
Hope that all of our Florida friends are safe today. Not a fun experience, at all.
We had access to some scrapped maple gym floor (it is going into a dumpster today) and picked up a pickup full last night. Thought is that we would make some custom cornhole boxes out of the wood; maybe a table top shuffleboard game as well. We also spent a couple of hours pulling nails out; got only about 30 boards done (out of hundreds).
Huh...Like that car of yours!
I'll have an afternoon coffee with ya.
Hellooooooo.
Not only do I have to pour my own coffee, I have to make it to boot.
If you do a YouTube search and type in Cape Coral, quite a few live feeds and videos by residents are posted.
Good afternoon from the beautiful West Coast.
Clicked on a live coverage YouTube sight to see Hurricane news and after a while realized it was a Fox station, so not sure how believable the reporting was. I clicked on a couple of these storm chaser guys that are out in it and thought they need a better hobby.
Our house is at 90m above sea level near the top of the hill to boot so staying high and dry has never been an issue.
Had to get up early and take the wife for a medical procedure near Vancouver airport, so I went and sat at the end of the runway to watch airplanes. It was a very quiet day at the airport.
My old stompin ground. I use to sit just the other side of that chain link fence on the grass and read if I had downtime. I would see the flight I was waiting for come right over and fire up the Batmobile.
They have this little park right at the end of the runway with this map thingie.
Long way to Bears' cave.
They just showed some houses in Cape Coral on YouTube, lots of damage.
My roof is supposed to be guaranteed for 250kmh, it has been 60 years since our last Typhoon and I remember the damage that was caused, we are overdue.
Time to get my 10km scoot in. It is a perfect temp right now so it will be nice in the trees.
All the best to all.
Hey, Hey Hey! We are back online! I was beginning to think Kalmbach was flooded or blown away.....
The last "hurricane" I was in was just the remnants of Agnes years ago. What was left did some major damage in the "Valley", Waverly, NY, Sayre, and Athens, PA. The week before it hit, I led music worship in the Presbyterian Church in Athens, PA. One week later there was 27' of water standing right where I was while singing! Not much wind but a couple foot of rain fell almost all at once.... The Susquhanna and the Chemung Rivers merge right where that church was. Total loss, and was torn down. We were living in a Trailer Park outside of Waverly that was on high ground, but it was several days before we could even drive into town. That was scarry enough, I can't imagine what some are going through right now!!!
I have a bunch of relatives (my oldest sisters family) that live in Florida (Lake Mary, Sanford, and Fort Myers). I am a bit worried for them as I don't know if they were able to get out!
Keeping all of you in harms way in my prayers!
As the old folks say here, prep for the worst, hope for the best.
I've been thru 3 (plus 2 major tropical storms) and found the media is often on the worst case side of prediction - BUT NOT ALWAYS.
Hurricane Alicia traveled almost perfectly up I-45 towards Dallas. The eye was 1 1/2 to 2 miles from us. Before the eye hit, the winds were going in one direction. The eye wall hit and immediately an eerie calm came over everything. The ski was various shades of green. Soon the winds kicked up again only from the opposite direction. They figured wind speeds were "only" 65 mph by us.
Nothing compared to 75 mph plus, but enough to cause a fair amount of problems.
Oh, make sure your phone camera or other camera is ready for pics. The insurance folks will need them especially before you start cleaning up.
Please take care!
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
The National Weather Service just issued an Extreme Wind Warning for all of Cape Coral. I have never heard this term before. They said we might see gusts of 175 MPH.
I think flying fence panels are going to be a big problem. Too many people have put up wooden privacy fences around here. The one across the street just had a lot of pieces fly off of it.
My windows and roof are only rated 150 MPH. The garage door is 175 MPH. I guess we will see...
They said the worst will be over in two hours.
Doughless Hopefully Ian speeds up and moves along.
Yes... That is what I am hoping for.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 Things are starting to deteriorate rapidly. I cannot believe the power is still on. We are geeting wind gusts around 50 MPH now. The eyewall is expected in 2-3 hours. I have never been in the path of the eye before. A pole transformer just exploded across the street. gmpullman I hope your toaster strudel turns out better than your EGGO experience a few weeks back, Kevin They were pretty tasty. Very sweet, but good. I did not check to see how old they were. I do not remember buying them. -Kevin
Things are starting to deteriorate rapidly. I cannot believe the power is still on.
We are geeting wind gusts around 50 MPH now. The eyewall is expected in 2-3 hours. I have never been in the path of the eye before.
A pole transformer just exploded across the street.
gmpullman I hope your toaster strudel turns out better than your EGGO experience a few weeks back, Kevin
They were pretty tasty. Very sweet, but good. I did not check to see how old they were. I do not remember buying them.
It seems that things are fairly timid for a long time...until they are not. Hopefully Ian speeds up and moves along.
mobilman44Hey, I'm sure all the above is second nature to you, but sometimes we just forget when a crisis is near.
Actually, it is not second nature. I have never been though (or prepared for) a flood.
I did a few of the things on your list. Thanks for all the tips.
It is too late to raise the truck up. I am not going out there! The cars are in the garage.
gmpullmanI hope your toaster strudel turns out better than your EGGO experience a few weeks back, Kevin