Wow! Looks as if all of the regulars have turned out. Must be your chocolates, Sue.
Coffee and toast for me, Joe. Thanks.
Mike, if you haven't done so already, give Samson a bath in tomato juice. I've been told that will de-skunk a dog in rapid order.
The dessicated desert doesn't have minus ridiculous temperatures, but we did pick up a few breezes last night and this morning - about Force Ten on the Beaufort scale. It's a little calmer now - 25 to 35, gusts over 40 - but our predicted high is 25 degrees less than it has been.
I know about the un-built-on part of the benchwork becoming a catchall. In my case it's a 5 by 10 table that will be the big end of the second peninsula. After I put up the L girders and a minimum number of joists, I flopped a sheet of Masonite on it. BIG mistake! The Masonite is still there, buried under layer after layer of (????.) Of course, all of the under-layout space is also full of boxed 'stuff,' one reason why I've designed everything to be worked on top-down or edges-in.
Time for a mail run. See ya.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Morning all. Joe I'll have a cup 'o coffee and one of Sue's candys. Been having nice weather the past few days, unlike those in the north country. Mr. B, I read on the internet that there were some -40 deg. temps in your neck of the woods. Any where close to where you are? I did get the trolly last week and like it. I tried to run it a little but it didn't run very well. Wouldn't make it around the layout without a push now and then. It was cold in the train room and I hadn't run any trains in a while and I am sure the track needs to be cleaned. I am sure it will run OK on clean track. I was wondering about the wheels, they are real shiny, should I rust them up a bit and do a light weathering or are they supposed to be that way?
I was up about 4 AM this morning with Samson (My 9 month old German Shepard pup) barking and raising cain. I figured He had another racoon in a tree, wrong, He had his first encounter with a skunk. He smells bad this morning and wants ot rub on me, He has been in and out of the water all morning I guess trying to wash off the smell. I figure Samson learned a lesson about wildlife last night LOL.
I am still working on the new trainroom, need to put up a few more pieces of trim and paint the walls then the benchwork. I did get the ceiling painted yesterday and am so ready to see some blue walls instead of a solid white room. After I got all the adding and removing of the walls done, I ended up with a room about 40 foot long and 10 foot wide with a longer elbow on each end, sort of a shallow and long ''u'' shape. If I live long enough, I should be able to have a quite nice train room and much easier to heat.
Guess I have rattled long enough and I'll have another cup and a candy then off to the train room to try to finish up this weekend. I will try to post a pic or two to let you see what I am trying to explain. Have a good day. Mike
Thanks for the cookie,Sue!
I found a CHEAP source for styrene. I know I'm not the first to find this but I don't remember seeing a post.Running errands the other day I stopped at wally's mart and found that the "for sale, garage sale etc." signs are about .020 thick. Same size as what you get for roofs in DPM kits.I bought two of the 15"x19"ones for $1.97 each.Seemed like the smaller 10"x14" ones were about .010 or so at $.97 each. I got enough to pave around and between the station tracks for less than 5 bucks.The lhs sells it for around $6 for 3 8x10 sheets.
Have a good one!
Terry
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Good morning.....And Happy Valentine's Day to you all too!
Thanks Sue. I love chocolate with coffee, and an Irish coffee sounds good too!
Mr. Beasley: Sorry to hear of the bad weather. You guys have really been getting nailed this go-round. We've had major ups and downs with the temperature (we have a -24 wind-chill again this morning) but thankfully no rain to ice things up so far this year.
I spent some time in the Trainroom yesterday, but I didn't get any modeling done! My turnouts in the heart of Cascade Junction (the double cross-over and run-around track) are going to have to have the piano wire control installed from under, as I have the site on a sheet of cork.
So this project had to start with moving EVERYTHING from under that portion of the upper level. This sounds simple and it really isn't hard, just time consuming with sorting, moving and most of all...finding other places to move everything to. It is a relatively small room already packed with the around the walls and peninsula benchwork, so as I am working on the upper level, the lower level has become the storage, staging and tool room! I did however get it cleared out and will hopefully gat a chance to lay down under there to bend and route some wire today.
Mmmm, thanks, Sue! I'll have an Irish coffee with mine.
Yucky weather here in the Northeast. We had a couple of single-digit nights earlier in the week, then a few inches of heavy snow, followed by a day of rain and a cold night. A perfect recipe for turning roads into hockey rinks. I had to take a long detour this morning, because my usual route had turned to ice, and the police had the road blocked off while they assessed fighting and roughing penalties after the hockey game broke out.
I'm hoping to get the trim color painted on the trolley today. It's a bit warmer and a lot drier, so I should be able to do the painting in the garage.
Mike, any results on your trolley yet?
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Happy Valentine's Day. I brought in some chocolates.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
It's a little like keeping our LHS running, isn't it? Well, a round on me, if it helps. Strumpet IPA for me, Joe. As they say in the ads, nothing goes down like a Strumpet.
I was at my LHS over the weekend, and I found a Woodland Scenics set, one with a pair of 50's era cars, for $9.95. Some would have just walked up and bought it at that "great" price, but something was wrong here. So, I told our proprietor that it was likely mismarked. He checked, and it should have been something like $23.95. To me, a great deal is less important than keeping a great shop in business.
I was there for a speaker and sound decoder for the new trolley. I've got to go with one of the Digitrax programmables. I found a sound "project" for a trolley online, so this will be another fun learning experience. I've done the "cream" color on the paint job, and I'll probably get to the rust-red tone later in the week. I'm matching the paint scheme and decal set I did for the PCC car. Nice to be working on trains again. I've realized that I haven't done anything but scenery for the last few months. Fun, but it's nice to get back to basics now and again.
Well, I see my brain was working faster then the fingers on that last post...Sorry about the typos!
With that...It's my turn to by a round. Set it up Joe, and keep the change. I'm taking another break from working on the union stuff and I'm thinking a cold one would be in order!
I am the chief negotiator for our union in contract talks. We haven't had a contract since July; the state (as is our entire country) is cutting funding for education and the local citizenship just voted down an operating referendum! To say the least, my work is certainly cut out for me in just saving jobs...If nothing else!
Mike, I hear you about buying a round every now and again, just to keep the place open! Yes, we still see a few of the old regulars and of course a few new folk too, but on the other hand we haven't seen inch, GUB, Jeffery, Fergie, fifedog, ukguy, roadrat or Nigel (trying to name a few, if memory serves) for quite some time now. Hope they are all OK and just didn't feel like hanging out here!
Oh well...Their lose! Gotta' get back to work.
Thanks Mike...I'll have a brew with a lunch plate!
BTW, I did get your PM, and if you didn't see the post on the last page...The trolley is a gift! Done worry abut any S&H.
Sounds as you are doing well again. That's good! Be careful.
Today I've been work in union stuff again, but tomorrow, I get to play in tha Trainroom! I have gotten some stuff done out there. Been taking advantage of the cold temps. We had wind chills in the -40 to -50 range over the weekend and woke to -22 (the real thing) this morning.
Joe, been slow this weekend, well better have a cold beer and try to keep the place alive.
Been doing a little in the new train room the past couple of days, got about half the walls done. I am ready to do the trim work and then the painting. Slow process but I keep hacking away at it and I will ''get 'er done''
I guess if I buy the next round I won't go broke?
Take care. mike
'Morning, Joe. Coffee and a glazed donut, please.
Mister Beasley, your gas pumps look great! I was wondering how you had gotten that 'raised sheet of tin' look on the Texaco logos on the lower pylons. As I very vaguely recall, those logos were raised sheets of painted tin, not applied directly to the base metal.
Competely - I have about had it with Dell! They won't take a Post Office box address, but insist on trying to mail to my street address (which has NO postal service.) Then, their Customer 'Service' is all based in India, and the people there haven't got a clue. One suggested that I go to the USPS "store" to find my shipment! Guess I need to get a printer that uses ink I can buy at the local Office Big Box.
Well, it's off to the races. See ya.
I'll join you for a brew Mike.
Hope all is going well for you this evening! You mentioned you were feeling better...This is GOOD! Now just don't "over-do" and all should be right in your world!
I did a little more painting in the Trainroom today and think I'm close to being done with the peninsula backdrop. It didn't turn out as I had hoped, but as I've said, I'm not much of an artiest! If I do a bit more landscaping in front of what I've painted....I'm thinking it will be / look pretty good.
Even though it's been real nice, as far as temperature goes with mid 20's of late, we're supposed to drop into the freezer for the weekend! If so...I'll play in the Trainroom! All is not lost.....
Maybe we'll even get some snow! I did see a few "flurries" in the lights on the way home from work. We really need some more snow!
Thanks Mike! I'll take you up on the brew and the pizza!! I'm hungry, so pizza and a cold tap should hit the spot.
Glad to hear the little trolley got to you. Hope that it will find a route on your layout and live a happy life with you in OK.
Mr. Beasley....Those pictures did improve and they give a nice perspective...Still like the old car! Your scenes always look so good!
Not much to report in the Trainroom here. I did get some painting done on the Isabella Station side of the peninsula and now have some hills in place. Next I want to get a little foreground detail on and then try my hand at the road again. I also painted fascia and the back side of the peninsula backdrop, and worked on another piano wire turnout at Cascade Jct. But the BIG push of the day was to run the pine paneling....And, I got it done!
If all goes well tomorrow, I'll do a bit more painting in between the re-sawing of the paneling and maybe even get a few pieces of it nailed up too.
Terry, I understand where you are coming from in regard to the building of your house! Mine started with standing timber ion 1988 and a hole in the ground in 1989. Perhaps some day I'll have it finished......
Kinda busy tonight. Joe, Set us all up with what ever they are having. I am feeling OK tonight, not much going on but I am still getting a little done in the trainroom a little at a time.
colvin check your PM, I got the trolly today and am looking forward to trying it out, Thanks.
Guess I better go and find some food to fill my empty void, unless someone wants to join me in a pizza, my treat. Mike
I will stop by for a quick coffee this evening.
Very nice, MrB. Does the nozzle fit in the gas tank? Cool.
saronaterry wrote: Wow, Mr. B! Did you say the pumps are hand painted? Nice work. I don't remember your scale!??Terry
Wow, Mr. B! Did you say the pumps are hand painted? Nice work. I don't remember your scale!??
They're in HO. Hand-painted, yes, but the Texaco logos were provided. They were on a small paper sheet, and had to be cut out. I really wish they'd gone with decals instead of these "label" things. Before I cut them out, I scanned the sheet into the computer, so I may yet decide to make up a decal set myself and do them right.
The paint, by the way, was cheapo acrylic white and red. I sprayed them with a semi-gloss finish to get the metallic look.
OK, these should be better. More light, steadied the camera, and brightened them up on the computer:
As usual, I've got a number of projects going. The trolley needs to be painted, and while I am working on the decal designs, I'm also putting in the window decals for the cigar store, so that I can have a cigar store Indian outside.
I'll have a tall tap beer . Thanks, Mr. B!!
The wife thought since I have a little time off it'd be a GREAT IDEA to bring home primer, paint, tape and some rollers so I could put this leisure time to "good use" painting the great room, kitchen and dining room.Oh well, it's been bare sheetrock for a while so it probably is time!That's what I get for making her strip the kitchen cabinets!I think I told you guys I'm a carpenter and I'm building our house as money permits.The 5 year plan has morphed into a 10 year plan(athough the basement is COMPLETELY finished except for some benchwork!No mortgage payment tho!
I haven't got much MRR done(see above) ,but I hope to get below tonight yet!
Cheers!
That's an Athearn RTR Model A Sport Coupe, in green. I've got to lighten up that picture, huh? I was in a hurry last night to get the picture up before we left for the show. I'll see if I can improve it tonight, or maybe take a better one. I'm planning some interior work on the building, too. If you look close, you can see the car inside is sitting on the rails of a scratch-built lift. The rails are all that's there right now, but I'll try to get it up higher later on.
JL Innovative used to sell those old-style pumps prepainted and decalled, but that item was discontinued. Instead, I found that they had a whole set of detail parts, including the pumps, for only a couple of dollars more. I had to paint them myself, but they still came out pretty good. The rest of the detail parts have inspired me to do up the inside of the building.
Ooops, top of the page. Well, set 'em up, Joe. It's Thursday afternoon, so it shouldn't cost too big a bundle, not like when that rowdy weekend crowd shows up. Make mine a Strumpet IPA. Thanks.
Good morning. I'll have a coffee and the breakfast special Joe....Then it's out to the Trainroom for a little bit, yet today.
Mr. Beasley, I like the station picture. What automobile is getting fueled? It looks real cool.
Mike: The trolley is on its way to OK. As for shipping and handling....Let's see: My time at $20 / hour, the mileage to and from town (what is the going rate these days....40 maybe .50 cents / mile), the cardboard box and the use of the Sharpie for addressing purposes, the return labels and the actual postage charge....Should round out to just under $100. JUST KIDDING AROUND!
The shipping / postage was under $3 and the way I see it, that's not even worth doing a stamp, envelope and a check. Consider it a gift...Maybe do something for me someday.
Well, I'm heading out to the Trainroom where I hope to do a little backdrop painting in between running some pine lumber through the planner. I need some paneling to finish the library project.
Just a quick coffee this morning, Joe. I know that I haven't been around much lately.
Nice photos, JB & MrB. It is always great when you share.
Just a quick one. We've got to head out to the school play in a few minutes. It's Little Shop of Horrors, a distinct departure from the standard fare of Rogers and Hammerstein that's characterized our high school musicals for 20 years.
I did a bit of modelling, just the gas station. These are the old-time pumps from JL Innovative. Other accessories around are part of the same set, plus some random stuff I had around.
I'll have a cold one Joe...One before teaching a toddler swim class shouldn't hurt!! Should it??
Well...I've finely gotten the backdrop up on the end of the peninsula. I still have a bit to go with getting it all together, but I'm pretty satisfied thus far.
Either I'm really slow or something, but it seems to take for ever to get any of my projects finished.
Here on the W. side at Whyte...It isn't looking too bad. The Backshop will get some details toward the front of the building interior and I'm going to do some lighting, with office light and a goose neck light over the office door, but that will be it.
Over on the E. side...I still have a ways to go! I, like George, am not much of a painter / artist! I did "take to the brush" and put in a road, but I still need to get the hills in place and then....Do the road. This was only a test! Thank God that paint is like an eraser! Just put another layer of paint on and start over!
Gotta' run...I have class at 1800.......
Evening all. Joe, I guess I better have a DP this evening, cold weather has returned and I am taking pain pills today like candy.
colvin, thanks for the trolly in advance, let me know what I owe you for shipping and handling. I did get an attorney a couple of weeks ago and haven't heard from him sence, I am going to call him tommarrow if I don't hear from him. All I am doing is taking pain pills and waiting. My next Dr. appt. is on the 27 of Feb, to see a pain managment specialist. My attorney says he is going to get me an appt. with a Nuroligist (SP) in Okla. City but I don't know when yet. From there I will go to another Dr. up there and he will decide how much disabality I have and will go from there.
Some days I can get around and do a little but other days I just hurt to much to do anything. I have almost all the drywall finished in the new trainroom and will be ready to do the texturing on the walls and ceiling, then the paint. I picked up a couple of gallons of blue paint today from Wally World that I think will make a basic sky color. I am so ready to get the room finished and start on the benchwork, then on to laying track. I can't hardly wait to finally see my trains running upstairs. I did get the N scale up there the other day and got it to running around the 2X4 oval that the set came with. I thought, Man I could really go all out if I wanted to turn all of the upstairs into an N scale layout, but I can't see it as well as the HO so I am going to go with the HO asplanned.
Guess I'll go and find something for my supper and turn on the TV and curl up with a good movie or two, some John Wayne might go good this evening.
You all have fun and I'll catch you later. Mike
Good morning...A coffee to go please. I'm heading out to the Trainroom this morning!
I have most of the day to play today with no outside work demands until evening, so I hope to get the peninsula backdrop in place. If I get that far I'll share a picture or two.
Mike: I got your zmail address and will get the trolley coming your way this week...Maybe today if I end up having to run any errands (my wife has the day off, so there may be some "Honey Do" items to address) in town.
And, how's the back doing? I know you mention taking a pain pill every now and again. Hope it's not as often any longer and that you are recovering somewhat. Did you find an attorney yet? Are you still having to go down that road?
Better get busy.
I think I will have my dads favorite drink. Block-n-Tackle. Take a DRINK walk a BLOCK and TACKLE anything.
Have an operating session on Tuesday and we can all yell at Rail-ops if it can not find the cars.
colvinbackshop wrote: Ryan: So I shouldn't be drinking alcohol and taking antibiotics? I too have a sinus infection and also had a root canal on a molar done the other day. I'm taking antibiotics (for both) and I have to admit to drinking a beer or having a glass of wine. My Dr. never said anything about NOT drinking.
Ryan: So I shouldn't be drinking alcohol and taking antibiotics? I too have a sinus infection and also had a root canal on a molar done the other day. I'm taking antibiotics (for both) and I have to admit to drinking a beer or having a glass of wine. My Dr. never said anything about NOT drinking.
JB the alcohol lessens the effect of the antibiotic to kill off the bacteria and bad germs, don't know why but it does from what I've been told.
Nice trio of recipes too, thanks!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
I'll have a tap, Joe. It's been a long day (1100 to 2230) and in all honesty, I didn't finish all I need to finish. I'm going to go back and catch up on the rest tomorrow with about another 3 to 4 hours of work yet to do!
If all goes well, I'll spend some time in the Trainroom in the morning getting another layer of landscaping down on the peninsula, go teach skiing, and then finish up my work at the pool. Good thing there are some left-overs in the fridge.
Mike: There we have it...Mr. Beasley doesn't need the little trolley and so, it will head for Oklahoma! Send me your zmail address with an email and I will get the ball rolling...So to speak.
And speaking of Mr. B. Glad to hear you got to your destination safe and sound! Seems there are always some folk in a big hurry that "out-drive" headlights, weather conditions, traffic congestion and what ever else! I have most always been pretty cautious, but it seems the older I get...The slower we go!
Sure hope you get to feeling better and can get out and play on the snow some over the weekend!
Terry, is the "oops" in regard to the trolls? If so, not to worry!! I have a feeling choochoo is gone and if not, oh well...Who cares!
BTW, sorry that last post got a bit long with the recipes....And of course I had to go a bit overboard with the philosophy stuff too! But, those entrées are really worth a try...They are good!
Joe, I'll have one more...And what's say I buy a round too. I'll gladly share some with all you kind folks here at the Barn!