ok I got got the pics yesterday! and they look great! it's 1:13 am here I couldn't sleep.
here is what you can expect for the batch I got.
this is when the train was comming in2 view. the lettering has LLPX in another pic.
Colby
Paul: N scale? I suppose you could say i'm half way there since my track is only 12mm apart, or TT scale! Happy Birthday to Mary Ann. Hope you two enjoy the dinner!
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
ModelTrainLover wrote: and Z is.... what do we call Z scale? cause I know what Z scale looks like it's smaller than Nearly invisible.
Z= CraZely Small.
Evening Gang: Well the trip to the not so LHS went well. I pick up 12 sections of Walthers ( Now hang onto you hats) N gauge code 40 flex track. I'm going to use it for mine track so I didn't go over to the dark side. I also got an "N" deck truss bridge for the base of the Sunday Lake mine. That will work out perfectly after I do some cutting and hacking. I ordered some Bachman signal bridges and 6 more of the "N" bridges. On top of that I ordered a Jorden steam shovel. Other then that not much going on. I got some more of the rail for the 7.5 "snap" track drilled for the rail joiners. Ron called just as I was about to start on the 7th set. He said hobby shop and I headed out to pick him up.
Tomorrow is Mary Ann's birthday. She wants to go out for breakfast and then be left alone so she can work on the tax papers. Tomorrow night I'll take her out to Steak and Ale for dinner.
Well I guess I'll head for bed.
Good Night
Jerry, does this help? Just click a link. http://www.micro-trains.com/00_conversions.htm
hey Alex the pics for our railfanning epericnce are now being developed! today, I should have them by the end of this week (I hope they come out great! and not blurry lol)
so I just tried a new layout arrangement today 3 sidings and the use of a tunrtable have yet to add the paper buildings yet.
oh guys we fore got to intoduce our new friend to the Twins!!! , and the nick names for the scales! duh....
HO is House Oriented
N is Nearly invisible
S is Supersized
G is Godzilla sized
O is Over the top
and Z is.... what do we call Z scale? cause I know what Z scale looks like it's smaller than Nearly invisible.
SilverSpike wrote: Happy Mardi Gras! If we were still living in New Orleans we would have honored the holiday off from work today.
Happy Mardi Gras! If we were still living in New Orleans we would have honored the holiday off from work today.
I was off from work today, but then, I'm off everyday! LOL
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
thanks Hoople, the woodland realistic water is cheep, and that's good, since i don't have a lot of money for my hobbies.
thanks again,
Dude
Happy Mardi Gras!
Or, as translated from French, Happy Fat Tuesday!
If we were still living in New Orleans we would have honored the holiday off from work today. Typically we would have just stayed at home for a quiet day of relaxing or working on the renovations. But, today I am at work, oh well!
Mom sent us a King Cake from one of the local New Orleans bakeries last week, and it was nice to get some of the ole N'Awlins flavor again.
So, now time to catch up with all the posting you all have done since page 73.
Cheers,
Ryan
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Welcome back KJ! Yep, they moved the diner on down the track a bit, but it's supposed to help with forum performance. I haven't noticed much difference in the forum, but the service around the new diner is much better now. And those cookies do sound good!
Trent, we had a 2000 Chevy Malibu and it was full of the extras that came as standard equipment too, not those new fancy indicators you mentioned though. It was totaled in a wreck during our move last year.
Welcome newRRdude!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
newRRdude wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:I look forward to seeing them. Colby has done a good job on his, considering how little he has to work with. I know how that is. I live on a fixed income and don't have much money for my hobbies. But I get what I can wherever I can.speaking of using whatever you find, i just made six ballasts using COOKING SPICES! surprisingly, they look real! (sorry, Colby, i forgot to show them to you along with my mountian of parsley yesterday.) And they taste/smeelgreat!
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:I look forward to seeing them. Colby has done a good job on his, considering how little he has to work with. I know how that is. I live on a fixed income and don't have much money for my hobbies. But I get what I can wherever I can.
speaking of using whatever you find, i just made six ballasts using COOKING SPICES! surprisingly, they look real! (sorry, Colby, i forgot to show them to you along with my mountian of parsley yesterday.) And they taste/smeelgreat!
Lunch time. Thought I would check in for a change.
newRRdude, and welcome back KJ. It's nice to know you're keeping Lewistown where it belongs. If I went to visit my mother and it wasn't there I would be very confused.
Not much work on the railroad lately. I've been indulging some other interests. I will stop do a little work from time to time. Sometime soon I'll get something started and go full blast again.
Any one know anything about whole house water softeners? I heard what sounded like a cherry bomb going off in my basement a couple weeks ago. I looked all over the place and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary but a couple days later my shower head clogged up with mineral deposits. A little after that the water started tasting a little odd. I'm leaning toward one of the salt free cataytic kind of treatment systems. They are more expensive to start with but I won't have to carry 40 pound bags of salt down to the basement when I'm old and decrepit.
Guess that's about it for now. See you later.
OK OK newRRdude is my friend who I've been talking about. you guys can call him Alex.
and what goes on in The Trackside Diner stays in The Trackside Diner. lol
Hi again.
Paul Beverung: yeah, i got my 4x8 layout for only 20 bucks! like i said before, i am pretty new to this hobby, actually i have only been interested for 2 weeks. Colby got me into it by giving me some track and two cars. he and i were out in front of my house taking pics of a train yesterday, (i'm the friend he was talking about) and used up a roll of film pretty fast. along with trains i am also interested in guitar, i'm on a swim team, and i'm hoping to have my layout looking good by this fall. if i can i'll try get some pics to you guys.
-Dude
Good morning.
Today's Weather for: Ft Polk, LA 71459 2/20/2007 Live Conditions 8:48 AMFort Polk Airfield
Wind: 10 mph Temp: 63.0°F Switch to Celsius Wind Chill: 62°FHumidity: 84%Dew Point: 58°F So Far TodayHigh: 63°FLow: 61°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 21mph SSW High: 72 °FLow: 55 °F
Now through 10:00 AM CST February 20, 2007
High: 72 Through 10 AM...patches of very light rain and sprinkles will move east at 35 mph across portions of southeast Texas...central and southern Louisiana...as well as the adjacent coastal waters. Rain amounts will be very light and range from a trace to a few hundredths of an inch. Today High: 72 Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 55 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.
Hi GMT. I am pretty sure the track is brass, there isn't any scenery, but for me that's great so i can get some experience making it. and yeah, you can call me dude. i have one question. is there a way to make a small pond on a layout is somewhat easy to create? i read in a magazine that some people use epoxy, but for the ammount i need, it's a little pricy.
thanks,
dude
It's 7:15am and it's 41 degrees already!
How 'bout that?
KJ, a shed....right......mums the word!
GMT, nice water man! Looks real good!
Well gotta start writing a big paper today for school. I've got it mostly thought out, I've just got to get it on paper. All I need for class is a rough draft, so that shouldn't be too bad.
What's up with you all?
Good Morning All,
27F already this morning though overcast. The truck left at 0 dark thirty so that's done, now just the million other things we have left.
Poured the last plaster wall this morning before leaving for here (notice Paul I'm not using the w word - don't want to dismay you) so that's finally done, 16 in all.
We can try another pic from the lower level of the layout showing the inlet and the bridges with the viaduct and port backdrop behind. Still need to build the bank on the right once I figure out the final scheme for industry there. Maybe even a short wharf.
Paul, I think the Bridgeport mill is the single most useful tool on earth. Of course I'm a bit biased - my grandfather worked at Bullards where it was developed. We have two J's in the shop and they are both constantly in use.
Hoople, If you beat Trainworlds' prices you really did well. I still want to figure out a way to fit a small compression spring between the front truck and the frame or perhaps some weight for the Bachman steam loco. Might work better that way.
Inch, Your vendor friend sounds like one of the LHS's here - grousing all the time about sales volume, but never a lot of stock or even help at the counter when you need it. Funny way to run a business. Oh well, time to pick up tools. CUL,J.R.
Mornin, Coffee please Zoe,
Temps atill above freezing and waiting on some light rain, that was suppose to be here last night, anyway high in the 40's and damp for today.
JERRY, there was one more vender with N than HO. As far as layouts there was 1 N, 1 HO and 3 O scales [2- 3 rail and 1- 2 rail]. Yes ED was there trying to sell his junk and I mean junk. Some of the worst he's had, at high dollor. Coryville was the one I had trouble paying, which surprised me I heard him complaining bout sales being down so much this year.
The ROCKOHM show is coming up in April. Hope it's better.
DUDE, have a cup on me and hope ya enjoys yur visit here.
KJ, whats your book about ?? Your's made you cookies, mine made me fudge brownies. Why I don't know why, she can't eat'em with this new diet she's on.
Best get on ta chores, got kids today so no play time
inch
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Good morning
Happy MRRing
Good morning ! from Indiana.
02-20-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening gang:
newRRdude: Have a cup of coffee or a sfot drink on me. Would it be OK if we called you dude or would you like to use your name? We're a pretty friendly bunch but lazy. The less letters in the name the better. It sounds like you got a deal on that old layout. The main thing about the hobby is to have fun. I'd also like to hear more about yourself and your interests and plans.
JR: The mill is an old Bridgeport M head. It's all hand feed. I got it in 1972. It was one of 8 that were in a circle at a manufacturing plant. It does a good job on the stuff that I do.
Well I'm off to bed. My best to all.
Evenin' All.
Zoe, I'll have a tall ginger ale. thanks, you're a peach!
Had the whole day off and didn't do a damned thing! I thought about the new layout and even took a track planning book the doctor's office, but that was about it! Most of the day I spent fighting with all these computers that we have. At least I got my new notebook cooler. Maybe now I'll be able to run Trainz without the computer crashing form the heat. (I know this is a model railroading diner - sorry!)
Welcome Dude. Hope this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. I love the smell of burning coal in the morning. Tell us more about your new layout. In return we'll tell you more than you want to know about ours!
Oh, the CFO is making chocolate chip cookies and they smell GOOD! And they are even heart smart (the chocolate part) especially with a glass of red wine (which is also heart smart), at least I happily tell myself after a cookie and a glass.
I did some work on the M&V today on the Vira Extension. It's beginning to make sense. I can't wait for the refund check so I can buy some track (not to mention lumber, screws, glue and all the rest. The CFO told me to get a new Home Depot charge card! She thinks we're getting a new shed for the lawn tractor. Please don't tell her any different!
I forgot to tell you guys that I finished my novel last summer and did a limited self publishing. If any of you are literary agents or publishers I'd be awfully glad to hear from you!
The cookies call!
KJ
Good Evening All,
Still molding plaster wals and fighting with my picture uploads.
At least that works now. See - Fergie doesn't have a monopoly on messes. Now that I can struggle and get the images to upload I can at least play show and tell a bit.
And welcome Dude. It's a slow night tonight here in the diner but pull up a stool and hang for a while. A 34 year old prefab layout sounds cool. Is it brass track or nickel silver and what configuration is it? Any scenery? And what will you put on it for rolling stock? (we are a very nosey bunch here). CUL while I try to edit some more pics, J.R.
Good evening.
Quiet day today, recharging before returning to work tomorrow.
I wish to share a bit that appeared on the news today. The Governor General of Canada awarded Military valor medals to some of our heroes. The cecemony is available for viewing at this web site http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate?tf=/ctv/mar/video/new_player.html&cf=ctv/mar/ctv.cfg&hub=Canada&video_link_high=mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2007/02/19/ctvvideologger3_171884657_1171900275_500kbps.wmv&video_link_low=mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2007/02/19/ctvvideologger3_171884656_1171899240_218kbps.wmv&clip_start=00:01:40.40&clip_end=00:07:00.42&clip_caption=CTV Newsnet: Jean presents Valour Decorations&clip_id=ctvnews.20070219.00183000-00183602-clip1&subhub=video&no_ads=&sortdate=20070219&slug=soldiers_medals_070219&archive=CTVNews
Hope you all had a great day.
Happy MRRing.
hey guys! I'm at ,my friends house. gess what? Me and my friend railfanned in front of his house. and I got pics!!!!! a whole roll of film gone in 5-10 min. SL&A did some switching with mostly box car and 3 center beams loaded with wood bound for some Home Depot store.
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Hoople - The Bachmans' seem a good deal and the other place to look is Trainworld. I like the way the Bachmans run though the steam engines have troubles if the trackwork is off the least little bit.I have a light mtn a couple of 44 tonners and an EF4 electric plus a N&W J which is still in its' box. More to the point, if the solder keeps coming off, you are probably not getting the joint hot enough. What do you use for soldering, and what size and type of solder are you using? If you are trying to simply resolder an existing connection, try a little resin flux on the parts to make a clean secure join. Should be stronger than the wire used.
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I looked at trainworld and the prices for spectrums with sound is about $50 more.
The only problem I experience with my heavy mountain is when it runs through a closed switch,(when it was thrown for curve and it was coming from the straight) The lead truck derails.
Otherwise, They do better than my other engines. (Thank GOD it went through my flextrack. Not so bad for first time layout...)
Inch: That could have happened. Luckely, I have a 4 day weekend, because teachers have an in service tommorow, so my bud is gonna come over with his engines and some cars and we'll run trains till we fall over dead. (Or we have a cornfield meeting, either one... Let's hope for the first one.)
I just gotta say I LOVE DCC. It's the best thing EVER.
If only I could figure out how to program the decoder, because I tried a HEX in base 2 and that messed everything up, but when I just push a number, it does it correctly. Very confusing, because my NCE decoder manual tells me that I need to use a HEX for Digitrax systems, but just punching in 2 instead of 10 works... Does the Zephyr do the math in it's head?