Good morning. I think that coffee and a giant cinnamon roll will hit the spot.
GMTRacing wrote: Sue - when do we get to see your take on Aggro trees? Haven't figured out if I want to try them yet or not. And lets have a moment of sympathy for Der with over 400 trees to plant. Maybe he can get Johnny Appleseed out of retirement.
Sue - when do we get to see your take on Aggro trees? Haven't figured out if I want to try them yet or not. And lets have a moment of sympathy for Der with over 400 trees to plant. Maybe he can get Johnny Appleseed out of retirement.
JR, This is my second batch of Aggro trees, and I think that I like them better. I made them a little more open. The ground foam fills in well. I use T41 to cover the furnace filter, and sprinkle a lighter green on the top. We are modeling late spring, so I want the new growth to show.
As for planting, I am heading in there now. I was hoping to get some photos with sun shining through the trees. However, no sun at this time.
As for der, the hard part is making the trees. The planting should go quite quickly. I am sure that Johnny wouldn't be much help since he plants seeds.
Philip, I will you patience in caring for your wife during the next 2 weeks.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: CPRail modeler wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Anybody notice anything unusual about this GP50?Is it...the GP50 has handrails? Nice try, but no. It's something more obvious.
CPRail modeler wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Anybody notice anything unusual about this GP50?Is it...the GP50 has handrails?
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Anybody notice anything unusual about this GP50?
Anybody notice anything unusual about this GP50?
Is it...the GP50 has handrails?
Headlight?
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jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Anybody notice anything unusual about this GP50?Looks like I'm buying. Kill the credit card boys!
Looks like I'm buying. Kill the credit card boys!
Is it...the GP50 has handrails? Very nice work.
Since I already ate, I'll just have a donut with maple icing...
...Or maybe two donuts...
Good morning everyone.........cloudy, foggy, showers here today, no sun until tomorrow, but we need the rain here also like so many areas of the country. TRAINS and MRR mags arrived yesterday, so this is a perfect day to read and relax. Yesterday I had to cut down a large spruce tree in the front yard, it had gotten too tall and was shading the driveway in winter so much that the ice and snow would not melt, and , it was blocking the solar panels in winter also...tsk, tsk, I love those trees, but not a good idea to have them on the south side of house or driveway up north. It took a good part of the day to knock down that 70 footer and cut it all up and lug away all the branches.
Got the lab results back for annual physical, Cholesterol dropped from 235 to 164, and I am not on lowering drugs, so I am trying to find out what is different in my diet, I had them check to see if they had the wrong person, and they said no, it is "you". So, is it the green tea with ginzing? Or the red wine? Or, all the salmon that I have eating this past 12 months? Even the Triglycerides dropped from 185 to 80 and LDL to 105!! Maybe the mfgrs. of Gatoraide is slipping Lipitor into their mixing tanks.
MIKE: Making up a wiring harness is no fun, but sometimes thta's all you can do. Mine ran OK yesterday after the repair job, the CFO ran the tractor yesterday picking up all the fallen leaves with the trakVac attached to the rear, she even learned how to start that engine and how to empty the Vac in garden area ( now if I can only teach her how to run the rototiller...hehehehehe ).
FERGIE: A heavy mountain now???? Are you trying to corner THIS market now? I have been looking for a heavy mountain for months but there have been NONE, now I know WHY!!!
JEFF: Thanks for breakfast, that stack of pancakes with a side of bacon hit the spot.
COLBY: Very cool in your uniform young man, are you going to go to flight training later? Just think if you did, you could expand your LHS perimeter from the local towns to hundreds of miles!! You could fly down to see Jeff in an hour or buzz over to Sue's ranch in Oregon...D=R*T 3500miles/800 mph (F18) = 4.35 hrs.
Later guys,
Good morning.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 10/27/2007 Wind Chill: 47°FHumidity: 92%Dew Point: 47°F So Far TodayHigh: 52°FLow: 48°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 6mph ENE
Today High: 75 Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 50 Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Anybody notice anything unusual about this GP50?
Good Morning All,
Raining and miserable out so no track work today. I'll have two over medium rye toast and home fries with a regular please and thank you Chloe.
Again with the music since we hooked up my old 6 CD player to the shop stereo. Moby Grape, Electic Flag - just don't hear that on the radio. Also means I can drag out Ray Price and Wailing Jennings when the rest of the crew leave.
PC - Sounds like you and the missus have a full plate the next couple of weeks. Just know we're here for you and you're both in our prayers.
The good news is the Armstrong factory building survived the added glazing and load floor installation and is now back in place awaiting loading docks and roof fittings. Just can't find the photos I took of the real thing in West Haven (now condos).
If I'm to be in the shop Saturday morning I may as well get some w..k done. CUL, J.R.
gear-jammer wrote: Philip, Sorry that you wife has to wait. Will she be ok without her meds for 2 weeks?
Philip, Sorry that you wife has to wait. Will she be ok without her meds for 2 weeks?
Lets just say that it's going to be "interesting"!
Mornin,, coffee, a short stack and a couple eggs Janie.
Still got rain, but it's suppose to end sometime today they think. Hope so, we're already more than 2" over the monthly average and you folks down south are mighty thirsty.
Worked on wiring the turnouts some more last night, managed to fry a switch, don't know why yet, but I've got another old one on hand. So I can try it again without making a LHS trip.
GMTRacing wrote: inch - I don't have your touch on the moving pics, but the shot i did get was while driving solo mid morning. The second one was blocked by a truck on a side road.
inch - I don't have your touch on the moving pics, but the shot i did get was while driving solo mid morning. The second one was blocked by a truck on a side road.
I'm not that good; I just never post the others is all.
PC,,, I understand, maybe next year. Hope your son does well at the game.
JERRY,, hope things go well with Sally. I know you can't wait to eat her cooking again.
PAUL,, what brand tractor you folks getting. Luved the story, I take it, the officer didn't get to upset.
Best get round, think I'll work on wiring awhile afore starting chores. Hope ya'll has a gooden n stay safe.
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Good morning ! from Indiana.
10-27-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening All!
Waiting on the Eddie Stubbs classic country request show to start on WSM online but still the Grand Ole Opry is playing-Eddie's show should've started 1/2 hr ago
Anyways, Phillip, if the offer to buy is still on, Thanks but just came back a little while ago from my Mom's retirement dinner, almost a year after she retired. (health issues over the past year prevented her dinner till now, but still pretty good track record for someone 78 years old (& 30 years at the public library where I continue to work) Her spirits were excellent considering her dog passed away suddenly Tuesday morning. She was surrounded by her friends/co-workers past & present, & I haven't seen her looking that good & very animated (constantly interrupting things to tell a story-now I know where I get it from ) in quite awhile-that made me feel a LOT better about her spirits.
Interesting day at work though-& something that thoroughly ticked me off. I was inside the building when I thought I heard a dog yipping & barking. I looked outside, & found a dog tied to the handrail to the staff steps. I found he had no collar, just tied to the handrail with a piece of cheap thin rope. No license or ID either. (also should mention it was raining)
Pretty dog, seemed to be a Rottweiler/Shepherd mix with a slight bit of Chow mixed in. (blue tongue) Friendly but shy fellow, & several co-workers came out, as well as the head of the Children's Dept.(& a BIG dog lover as we all are) She called our local animal control, & then paged inside for an owner, but we thought it was abandoned. 5-10 minutes (!) after the page, a lady strolled outside & said, "Oh, that's my dog." (she'd been casually browsing for movies in our audio visual dept) & we scolded her for leaving the dog in the rain & mentioned the fact her had no collar or ID & she casually responded that "his license was at home, he was an inside dog, but he was just fine there." Her aloofness just pushed my buttons, & I blew up at her, & told her that if she EVER did this again, I would personally see to it that she lost custody of her dog to a GOOD home. She started to say in a snotty tone, "You people in your perfect world don't have anything better to..." & I went in slamming the door before I lost my temper. Animal Control was called to say the owner reclaimed custody, but I would like to have seen our AC officer show up who is a dog lover too-in a nutshell she would've been cited for no visible license, not to mention the fact where/how he was left-our AC officer would've made what I said to her look like a love tap.
Anyways, EDDIE's show playing now so gonna listen a little & then head for zzz. Sorry for the folks, but seeing animals mistreated makes me see red. I gave my fiance's dogs some extra hugs tonight when I got home.
Good Evening All,
Just dropping by for a nightcap (as in milk and cookie) after an evening spent putting windows in the biggest of the backround buildings. I will also add a couple of pieces of flooring as it has the loading dock doors rolled up and you can see in even with the backing on the building blanking out most of it. Some cardboard and concrete paint should take care of that.
Thanks to all for the kind words and encouragement. To answer some of thquestions, yes the upper backdrop is from backdrop warehouse, and the lower city scene is cut from a realistic backdrops photo sheet. I also have some Walthers backdrop bits in places where the horizon is more distant and the hazy cartoon effect is more appropriate.
The industrial buildings are bashed from multiples of Korbers Acme Nut and Bolt and City Classics Smallman St warehouse. There is also a Walthers backround building in there somewhere. The smaller buildings in the front by the elevated track are the DPM buildings I've started so far. I have several more of those plus a couple of City Classics five story buildings and some more Walthers though it seems that I'll run out of space long before I run out of kits. Good eyes Der and yes I'm much happier with the turnout gone from the middle of my busiest street. The middle distance is still not fully thought out as far as the mix of buildings and sidings is concerned. After beavering away all summer and not getting that much done you'd think I'd be dismayed at Rod Stewarts layout featured in MR, but quite the opposite. He tours more than I do and if he can find time maybe I can too. And the work he does is awesome. Sure, like my friend Sam he had help for some of it, but he did a ton of work himself and kudos to him. The level of detail is incredible as is the scope of the layout itself.
Speaking of musicians, cue the Beach Boys "All Summer Long" and I'm outta here. CUL,J.R.
der5997 wrote:Sue, you asked if any layout work has been done. Well, I harvested the local crop of spruce tree like false spirea this afternoon from my daily walk route. That’s this variety. I have 427 of them to add to the ones from last year that I collected this Spring. They are now drying on an improvised table in the basement in line with a heating duct outlet. Hopefully the basement population of spiders will deal with any fauna that exits the flora. I didn’t see any, but there usually are some small insects in those flower heads. That is a good idea to pick the spirea daily on your walks. I waited too long on the butterfly bushes, so my crop is a little small. It takes a lot longer to make Aggro trees.Ryan: The roundhouse floor is excellent. by Sue...It will be dark enough that the pit would never show.…Ah yes, [size=5]but you know they are there![/size=5]
Sue, you asked if any layout work has been done. Well, I harvested the local crop of spruce tree like false spirea this afternoon from my daily walk route. That’s this variety.
I have 427 of them to add to the ones from last year that I collected this Spring. They are now drying on an improvised table in the basement in line with a heating duct outlet. Hopefully the basement population of spiders will deal with any fauna that exits the flora. I didn’t see any, but there usually are some small insects in those flower heads.
That is a good idea to pick the spirea daily on your walks. I waited too long on the butterfly bushes, so my crop is a little small. It takes a lot longer to make Aggro trees.
Ryan: The roundhouse floor is excellent.
by Sue...It will be dark enough that the pit would never show.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. I do know that it is there, but the angle of our RH won't show. I am ok with that. So is Larry.
Paul W. Beverung wrote: What is going on here. We're on page 2.
What is going on here. We're on page 2.
We were waiting for you! Where you been?
Rob: It's going to be a while untill I have the entire, about a year infact. The tractor maybe the death of me. I've never spent this much on anything except our house.
Not much since this afternoon. We were planing on going to Midland for a train meet but wiser heads prevailed. Now I'll get to sleep in abit. I'm going to hit the drafting table tomorrow and get started on the plans for the display layout for Clark Gardens. I think I may use 3/4 inch scale because Walthers has track pieces in that scale in the catalogue. I know that someone is going to say " Why don't you use Cadrail or some such." I have Cadrail but have never been able to figure out how it works. I'm not real computer literate and have little patience for the learning curve. Pencils and paper I understand. OK, I'm an OF.
Well bed is calling.
Good Night All
Also, on the layout I deconstructed some. The loose talus I’d put down prior to staining I had second thoughts about. I think I over did it. Came to this conclusion on a trip to town yesterday past several rock walls and cuts. So, I’m going to use far less rock on the slopes, and, much smaller pieces overall. (the sizes are too large I guess as a hang over from my HO days!) I’ll probably keep one slope with larger rock, and put a cribbing wall between it and the tracks. That should look a bit more interesting anyway.
As to staining techniques, Kris and I were talking about this on that trip. Her suggestion (for which she wants a credit mention if it works ) is to darkly dye the glue mix with which the rocks are fixed in place, so the rock at the bottom of the pile is stained dark from the glue. That way it won’t matter that the glue has soaked into the plaster, which ordinarily prevents the castings taking up stain, leaving them white. Once they are fixed, the tops and sides can be stained in the normal way. My alternative is to pre-stain and dry the rock pieces in a variety of colours, and then place them on the slopes at the base of the rock wall in the colour configurations I’m after. I think I’ll try both methods in test lots at the workbench, and see which one I prefer.
PC: Will continue to pray through Nov.13th.
JR: That industrial section is looking mighty fine! Your re-location of the turnout from the grade crossing has worked out well too.
Fergie: Those semaphore signals are going to look très elegant!
Colby: Also I never knew so many of you were part of a JROTC program during your high school years. (How long ago... is scary)…My cadet time was in the equivalent of High School in England in the 50s (1953-1958) I was in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Cadet Corps. Actually, I started there, and half way through went into the RAF stream. That was pretty strong at that particular school as we had Douglas Bader (double amputee Battle of Britain pilot) and Guy Gibson (Dam Busters) among others as alumni. Best things about all that?… I learned to read maps, and to stand straight!
Also I never knew so many of you were part of a JROTC program during your high school years. (How long ago... is scary)
Ryan: I like the double crossover idea. As you say, it adds visual interest, and operating possibilities. The roundhouse floor is excellent.
Rob: Hope the foot heals up quickly with no infections. Was it you mentioning laser treatment for warts? Could you tell me more, as the salicylic acid treatment isn’t an option with the diabetes. Plantar warts can be a nuisance for the whole household.
Something else, of ALL my locos, only one wants to derail...the big new Kato. Remind me to lay "flawless track" when it comes time to build the layout.
Jeff:
It was quite a trick painting the back sides of them.
Time to head for bed.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
***Paul, CONGRATS on the new tractor. I'm envious! Will we get to see a pic of that Hiawatha soon? And what a riotous story, you little sneak.
During my sanity breaks today, worked on breaking in a few locos: re-motored Atlas 4-6-2 & 0-8-0, and a Bachmann 4-8-2. I was very surprised to discover those two old re-motored locos run way quieter than the new Bachmann. They also run smoother. It's only in the detail that I give the Bachmann top marks.
Hope everyone is doing well. Rob
Late Afternoon Gang: I've been busy running around getting a few things lined up. The tractor is on hold for us. We'll be getting the discount on the package of tractor loader and bale spike. That will save us a bunch. I went out to Clark Gardens to get a mesuarment on the building that I needed. I was talking to the manager and he offered to get me the Twin Cities Hiawatha at cost. Two seconds later I said get it. It will be coming in one part a month for the next year or so. I figured I'd better do it before the tractor soaks up all my MRR money. I'll get started on designing the layout for there train building soon. I'm going to go with a double track main on the lower " today " part and a double track main on the upper " 1920s " part. I think that I can get 8 staging tracks on the bottom and 6 on the top. I don't know if we're going to do it in house or get a custom builder to do it. When the plans are done and finalalized I'll send out for bids.
Colby: I was a member of a rifle drill team as a CAP cadet. One night I took a bunch of BBs and put them in my left jacket pocket. When we fell in for inspection I got on the right of my buddy Don Crow. As we were waiting for the inspecting officer to get to us I started dropping BBs down the barrel of Don's rifle. When he brought the rifle to inspection arms and opened the bolt BBs went all over the place. The inspecting officer stood there with his mouth open, Don rolled his eyes to the top and I heroically avoided laughing. I did roll around on the floor after we were dismissed.
Well I have to get going. We need to get the cows out and check the water in the corral.
See you all later.
Yeeeeeeee - Haaahh!!!!!!!
Guess who got the paperwork done (well, all the most important stuff...)? My weekend is freed up for MRR'ing - YESSSSS!!!
The root beer floats and custard concretes and shakes are on me, Zoe! Yippee-Yippity-Do-Dah!!!
(...as he goes bouncing off the walls of the Diner...)
Jim in Cape Girardeau
refill, please & thanks!
***Philip, that makes perfect sense. Hope she does well in the meantime.
OK Folks, "N" question fer ya: Can anyone tell me if the motor from a Bachman DASH 8-40CW would be a reasonable replacement to re-motor an old Rivarossi BIGBOY with? Any suggestions (or who I should ask) will be apprecaited. Thanks! Rob
Flashwave wrote: jeff: I foind Handrails easy so far. ay them out, get a spray can, and have a "hay"day Speaking of Cadets, Our Football team is going into Sectionals tonight. Wish us luck. (We're the Cascade Cadets :P )
jeff: I foind Handrails easy so far. ay them out, get a spray can, and have a "hay"day
Speaking of Cadets, Our Football team is going into Sectionals tonight. Wish us luck. (We're the Cascade Cadets :P )
JR Yup,you sure do have a lot of windows there and Ryan already asked about the backdrop. Looking good
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Ahhhhhh
All is right with the world again! It's been a while since I've had the honor of buying you all dinner, so please, order up!
Derrick Moore wrote: Hey, everyone.....Just thought I might stop by....And I found out the hard way that steak does NOT go well with top ramen.........what a mess!!!!
Hey, everyone.....
Just thought I might stop by....
And I found out the hard way that steak does NOT go well with top ramen.........what a mess!!!!
-Morgan