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Posted by gear-jammer on Monday, February 12, 2007 6:27 PM
 GUB wrote:
 gear-jammer wrote:

Hi, All, 

I just came in from a walk with the dogs and cat.  It is 59 degrees with a slight breeze.  I am ready for spring. 

There is a train show in Portland this weekend.  Kathy and Chuck, are you going?

Sue

You walk your cat? I have two. One you couldn't drag with you and the other would be too curious and you wouldn't get too far.

GUB

 

GUB,  Yep.  We have trails on our place, so it is not like a walk in town.  She is slow and I usually end up carrying her because the dogs stop to chew on her and drag her around.

Sue

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Posted by GUB on Monday, February 12, 2007 6:16 PM
 gear-jammer wrote:

Hi, All, 

I just came in from a walk with the dogs and cat.  It is 59 degrees with a slight breeze.  I am ready for spring. 

There is a train show in Portland this weekend.  Kathy and Chuck, are you going?

Sue

You walk your cat? I have two. One you couldn't drag with you and the other would be too curious and you wouldn't get too far.

GUB

 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Monday, February 12, 2007 6:02 PM

Hi, All, 

I just came in from a walk with the dogs and cat.  It is 59 degrees with a slight breeze.  I am ready for spring. 

There is a train show in Portland this weekend.  Kathy and Chuck, are you going?

Sue

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, February 12, 2007 5:51 PM
We're on high alert down here for tornados and high winds. I hate storm chasing at night.

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Posted by pcarrell on Monday, February 12, 2007 3:00 PM
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PC: Are you ready? It will get you first !!!

Oh, I think inch will get it first, but I won't be far behind!

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Posted by SilverSpike on Monday, February 12, 2007 2:34 PM

 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
They could always truck it south to places that were drought stricken last year. They'd probably be glad to have it.

Hey, great idea! How about carting out loads of it in gondola consists too!

Jim, Dick and Attaboy, thanks for the tips on the dry skin ordeal. We have a small humidifier in the garage, going to have to find that and pull it out. I do drink about a quart or more of water a day, might have to start drinking more. It will be hard to stop taking the 1 cup of coffee every day, but I will try your other tips too! BTW, we have a heat pump system.

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Monday, February 12, 2007 1:13 PM

CAPE JIM: I think the Tornado watch is for further south into Texas and Louisianna from what it looked like on the Weather Channel at noontime.

As for the Furnace Humidifier addition, that is for a HOT AIR system only. There is no way to do that for Electric Heat, or Forced Hot Water heating systems. I don't know which type heating system Ryan has. The Humidifier that I spoke of, is for homes that have Forced hot water heating systems, or Electric heat ( for those who can afford the electric bills these days).

ATTABOY: The Nor'easter ( short for Northeaster ) is for NEW ENGLAND, and the MID ATLANTIC states. You are safe from that kind of storm, as they are vicious COASTAL storms. Luckily for the coastal areas, we have low tides at this time, so there should not be bad coastal damage even if the winds hit over 60 mph. You guys will have some snow to shovel too, so don't feel left out..LOL

As for CADRail, version 8 ( the latest ), it is a good program, and supported, that is main thing. Some other programs are free off the internet, but they can be gone tomorrow and there goes your support also.

Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by Attaboy on Monday, February 12, 2007 12:55 PM

Afternoon everyone.  Break time here at work and I'm pretty much done for the day so thought I would check in.

Chuck, I think the penquin in the background is carrying a first aid kit for the other penquin.  Or possibly antiacids for the polar bear.

Ryan, to add to what Dick said also, DO NOT drink caffeinated beverages.  Caffeine is a diuretic and will drain water from your system.  That's why we have to run to the little railroader's room after drinking caffeinated coffee or soft drinks.

Dick, a Nor'easter that reaches Indiana? Maybe I should dig a storm cellar real quick.  They're calling for up to six inches of snow here in central PA tonight and tomorrow, thats all.  I've also been following your thread on CAD software for layout design.  I used Abracadata for the one I'm building in the basement now but wasn't overly impressed with it.  Plus it is no longer supported by anyone that I know of so I'm looking for something else.  The AutoCAD 8 (think that's what you're trying now) sounds promising.

Guess that's it for now.  See you all later.

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Monday, February 12, 2007 12:32 PM

Good Morning, ETD'ers! Zoe, a Dr. Pepper and some cheese fries please.

Ryan, I was going to answer you question on the dryness, but Dick covered most all of it. I recall that there also is a kind of humidifier that can be installed on the furnace (if you have central heat) and it is hooked up with a small water line, to keep the humidity up through the winter without refilling a water pan. You can turn it off in the summer, too. The one my folks had years ago was installed on the side of one part of the furnace ducts (not sure if it was intake or exhaust), and worked fairly well. But you still want to do those other things Dick suggested for your skin, since going outside dries your skin up in the winter.

OzJim - Thumbs Up [tup] the expanded plan looks good. Myself, I'd go with your idea on having some kind of continuous run, maybe. But your tastes might be different. Any servicing facilities for your diesels in there that I missed? Will be looking forward to seeing whatever else you come up with for it.

Dick, our weatherguessers aren't saying anything about any tornadoes out of this front - possibly because neither side of it has much warmer weather to drive a tornado. They're talking about rain, possibly with a little sleet in the northern part of this area. Sounds like the Mid-Atlantic states/provinces will have a worse (snow & ice) storm than we will.

Almost time to break for lunch, so I'll be going now. See everyone later.

 

Blessings,

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Monday, February 12, 2007 10:26 AM

Good morning everyone, 29F here now at 11am, this is warmest it has been in 4 weeks, but another cold front is already on it's way south with snow squalls later today. And this cold front will set us up for one hellava Nor'easter on Tuesday night late into all day Wednesday with Blizzard conditions here in the interior of New England 50 miles in from the coast.

RYAN: To answer your questions, the itchyness is caused by excessive dry skin. As you have already guessed, with a Rh in your house of 20%, you have very dry air. This in turn sucks the moisture from you skin like a dry sponge.

So what do you do?

  1. You buy a Humidifier. One big enough to handle the living space of your home. A 12 gallon unit will handle 2500 square feet, and they are at Sears for $129.99.
  2. The ideal Relative Humidity (Rh) , measured in percent (%), should be in the range of 30% to 55% for indoor humidity. This is the healthy range.
  3. DO NOT take HOT showers!! This only aggravates your skin. Use a water temperature that is warm, but not hot, and do not take long showers, get the job done and get out of the shower ( tough on teenagers )
  4. Use a non perfumed or deoderant soap. Dove regular is a great choice.
  5. Use Vaseline on your face and exposed body parts when you go out in the cold. This lubricates the skin and keeps moiture IN.
  6. Drink 8 glasses of water a day. This will be hard to do because we don't sweat much in winter up north, so we don't feel thirsty.
  7. Cut down on alcoholic drinks in winter, it also saps up moisture in the body.
  8. Hang your laundry up to dry instead of using the Dryer. This adds a lot of moisture to the inside air with the added benefit of cutting one of the biggest energy hogs in your utility bill each month.

I hope this helps Ryan.

LUC, DER JOHN, FERGIE: Get ready!!! You will not escape THIS Nor'easter. Wednesday night and Thursday will be your day. So bring in the cats and dogs, get your bread and milk, fill up the wood bin, lubricate the snow shovels and snowblower shoots and augers, go to the LHS and buy a few kits, make sure you have all your gas cans full, battery supply is good, plenty of can beans to cook on the wood stove.... did I forget anything Luc?

PC: Are you ready? It will get you first !!!

JEFF & CAPE JIM: Watch out for Tornados down your way!!!

PAUL: Bring in the cattle!!

LUNCH TIME !!!!!!Dinner [dinner]

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, February 12, 2007 10:17 AM
They could always truck it south to places that were drought stricken last year. They'd probably be glad to have it.

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Posted by pcarrell on Monday, February 12, 2007 9:58 AM
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PC, good luck with all that snow, I hear people in NY are trying to give it away for FREE, and unlimited quantities too!

Yeah, they've been trying to corner the market on that stuff, but we're going to try to give them a run for their money it looks like.  I hope we don't succeed!

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Posted by SilverSpike on Monday, February 12, 2007 9:31 AM

Good morning all!

Chloe, I'll have two eggs sunny side up, grits, sausage patties, hash browns, and biscuits with cream gravy. A tall OJ (Ed's fresh squeezed) and a hot up a Joe! Dinner [dinner]

We had a relaxing weekend, the better half took Friday off with me and we spent the day in old downtown Wake Forest. We had a spot of tea and scones at the Olde English Tea Room. This was an early Valentines Day celebration since we both have to work on Wednesday.

What are you doing for your honey on Valentines Day?  Cool [8D]

Now, here's a question for all you wintered in folks who brave the cold dry winter every year. This is our first year dealing with continual cold temps, now I know we are in no comparison to those who brave the minus zero temps on a daily basis. You have to remember, we lived in Louisiana most our lives, and we only had below 32 degree temps maybe two or three times a year... It has been below 25 degrees every night for the past three weeks. Oh, and the humidity has stayed at around 20% the whole time.

Ok, the question.  How do you keep your skin from itching all the time? My skin has gotten so dry and itchy the past few weeks, my whole body starts itching all of a sudden. I'll be watching TV in the evening and then all of a sudden my legs start to itch, then my neck, then my left arm, then behind my right ear...and on, and on, and on...What the heck is going on here?  Banged Head [banghead] Question [?]

I did just start using some hypoallergenic Aveeno skin wash and skin oil in the shower this weekend, and it has helped, but last night my left leg started itching like crazy. I rubbed some Blue Star ointment on it and the itching finally went away after about 10 minutes. There must be something else I can do to prevent all this dry itchy skin.

Itchingly yours,

Ryan

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Now time to catch up from the past few days....

Oh, I forgot to mention. Me and the other half went shopping on Saturday, stopped by Sears and I picked up a Dremel set with 60+ accessories with a gift card I got for Christmas. Yea!

Dick, yes, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have given billions of dollars to organizations and all for great causes. I applaud them for doing so much for others; it really is a great cause. I am only poking fun at his operating system, and yes he is such a big target, it's hard not to miss either.
Scott, sounds like the TZ plays are going well. So you can sing too?

Thanks RT for passing on the info about Elliot! Good to hear he is getting better.

Trent, here is to hoping you are feeling better soon.


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I hate it when I post near the bottom of th page, then people go to the new page so they don't see my post....

Hoople, I know what ya mean! But I usually will go back to the last page I posted and read up to the latest page. It takes a few minutes, but I like to catch up on what was happening in here since my last post.

Der John, I like that pre-rinse option you have on the dish washer there!
James, nice track plan drawing you got there!

PC, good luck with all that snow, I hear people in NY are trying to give it away for FREE, and unlimited quantities too!

Luc, now that was a great laugh! The farmer shouted, "Show him your card!" LOL that was a great one!

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 12, 2007 8:57 AM
A cocky Department of Agriculture representative stopped at a farm and talked with the old farmer; "I need to inspect your farm."

The old farmer said:  "OK, but don't go in that field."

In a wise-mouth tone the Ag representative said, "I have the authority of the U. S. Government with me. See this card?" He stuck a plastic-coated card in the farmer's face.
"This card says I can go wherever I want to on agricultural land."

The old farmer shrugged and went about his farm chores.

Later, he heard loud screams and saw the Department of Agriculture rep running for the fence. Close behind was the farmer's prize bull, Geronimo.

Geronimo was madder than a nest full of hornets and he was gaining on the Ag Rep with every angry snort.

The farmer shouted, "Show him your card!"Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, February 12, 2007 7:56 AM

Good morning. Rain on tap for today so it's going to be more layout work.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      2/12/2007
 
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23

Wind Chill:  49°F
Humidity:  80%
Dew Point:  45°F
 
So Far Today
High
:  52°F
Low:  48°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  6mph SE
 
High: 68 °F
Low: 55 °F

Today  High: 68    Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Warmer. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.  

Tonight  Low: 55    Showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce large hail and damaging winds. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

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Posted by pcarrell on Monday, February 12, 2007 7:52 AM

Morning all!

Thanks for breakfast James!

Well, it looks as if old man winter is finally going to show up for real!  About time!

A major winter storm will move into Indiana bringing heavy snow and ice accumulations. I am hoping that the bulk of the storm will hold off until after this evening's rush hour. However, tomorrow morning's rush hour should be a bigtime mess with heavy snow and probably freezing rain and sleet mixing in from I-70 southward (I-70 is halfway through the city and divides the north and the south).
 
Right now, it appears that snowfall totals could exceed 12" where it remains all snow from I-70 northward (I live well north of I-70) by tomorrow evening. I do expect the snow to mix in with freezing rain and sleet from I-70 southward. Major icing could develop in a band especially south of Indy tonight into tomorrow morning. In the Metro area, snowfall totals could be up to 8" but if the precipitation stays all snow(one computer model says that it will) then even here in the city we could see a foot of snow or more!
 
The snow should be a heavy and wet snowfall unlike last week's storm. Also, the wind will be increasing tomorrow and this could producing a lot of blowing and drifting snow. Roads should become snow covered and hazardous tonight through Tuesday.

Here's the projected snowfalls..........

Right now it's pretty nice though.  Guess it's the calm before the storm, huh?

Looks like a fun night for me at the phone company!

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Monday, February 12, 2007 5:29 AM

Good morning ! from Indiana. Big Smile [:D]

02-12-07

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 12, 2007 5:17 AM

Good morning

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Posted by james saunders on Monday, February 12, 2007 2:39 AM

Looks like i'm buying! enjoy the trackplan!!

 

 

Oz

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Posted by james saunders on Monday, February 12, 2007 2:38 AM

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Posted by james saunders on Sunday, February 11, 2007 11:41 PM

Derjohn: wow! you must have done some digging to get that Tongue [:P] The New Plan is a 'U' shape I used the existing benchwork and spliced a 5'8'' section between them to make the 'U', it aint going anywhere Big Smile [:D] as for the plan, I have one done, it's all coloured in too Smile [:)] i'll either take a pic or scan it tonight, and post it for you. the plan is to have a double track mainline, with three industries, cattle, fuel and a silo for wheat/grain. there will be a 3 (or 4) track staging yard near the grain/wheat silo to hold small trains etc. the train length cap'y will be approximately 12 cars with one locomotive a small 1720 class (1050hp) seen via this link, http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=131597 showing something I will be modelling. It is likely I will run 2 1720's and 10 cars as a standard train, as this is actually quite common in and around Brisbane. I will also have a couple of larger locomotives, ie: 2170 class shown here, http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=174550 to haul through freights and possibly the cattle trains, these normally operate as 2170cl+1720cl. I'm thinking of possibly adding more to the layout, to make it an 'O' and allow for continous running, the layout is set at 40'' off the ground, and while i'm young it's not a problem to duck under. I will work an an 'O' plan too, and post it later this week.

 

all for now,

 

oz 

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Posted by pcarrell on Sunday, February 11, 2007 10:56 PM
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PC: Ahhhhhh, so you were the one in here early this morning and burned the coffee!!!

DOH!!!!!!  Got me!

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Sunday, February 11, 2007 10:48 PM

Good Evening, everyone! I'll have a brownie a la mode, since Bill T.'s the lucky buyer. Thanks, Bill - but careful or PC will get jealous about you getting the TOP! Wink [;)]

Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the Diner, Gary (GUB) - I'm guessing you might be building a shelf layout, or are you actually going to be using them for books and stuff? Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Scott, congrats on a successful run with your show. Now that the theater bug has bit you, there may not be much keeping you away, huh? Of course, you realize that practices could cut into your MRR'ing  time, right? Shock [:O]

Hey, PC, are you just talking big because the lake effect doesn't reach far enough to hit you guys like Oswego? Evil [}:)]Wink [;)] Hope nobody gets it too bad. That was familiar about England not being sure what to do with 1" of snow. When I lived further south (in Caruthersville, MO - almost to the Missouri-Arkansas border - they got a little snow (it's totally flat down in that part of Missouri), and they just didn't know how to drive on the stuff. Myself (having driven in St. Louis when I was younger, where they actually get several inches and where there are hills), I found it amusing to watch the other drivers. But of course, I gave them a very wide berth... Hate to think what would've happened if they'd got the snow that Oswego got! Shock [:O]Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]

Got some track nailed down today - but as I was working, I noticed my two mainline tracks weren't aligned properly (converging instead of roughly parallel), so had to pull nails and shift things. I also need to re-cut one of the connecting tracks that run from the mainline tracks to the back industrial tracks. I shifted the placement of some tracks, and that meant the flextrack I had in that place was too short. Ah well, I have several pieces I can cut for it.

JR - on your bridge, can you be creative and flip it upside down to still use it as a train bridge? I remember on the Jerome & Southwestern layout, John Olson used an N scale bridge flipped upside down (and maybe added some styrene cross braces, not for sure on that) for part of a bridge span. If you want to do that, I can scan some photos and diagrams (not to scale... Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]) and send them to you for ideas to start from. Let me know (email would work best).

Maybe sNoah has been busy shoveling that fluffy white stuff? I'll bet he could make a lot of money if he went over to Oswego. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] I do recall earlier he'd said he was pretty busy with school (as has Scott, besides his theatrical activities...).

Well, 'bout time for me to head out for the evening. Hope everyone stays warm. Have a good w***week (how's that, Paul?Oops [oops]).

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

 

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Sunday, February 11, 2007 10:26 PM

OHHH OH, just saw that the southern jet stream is moving further north!!! The big storm that will be forming in the midwest tomorrow is now going to move off the New Jersey coast on Wednesday and head up the coastline. New England is under the gun now for a big Nor'easter, as this storm will "explode" once it gets over the Atlantic and picks up all that moisture. DER JOHN, LUC, FERGIE, J.P. the party's over I fear, get the shovels out...Wednesday into Thursday for New England, Thursday into Friday for Nova Scotia.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:59 PM

Hi all.

Just in from Wo...  oops... Sorry Tx Paul, I mean you know where for a quick visit.

Der John - the Sunday is fine too. you set the time.

The temps are getting a bit cool now, I'll have to find a pullover somewhere...  Hey! has anyone seen Snoah around?

Well that is it for now.

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Sunday, February 11, 2007 6:57 PM

Good evening gents, just got back home from my latest grandson's 1st birthday....and wouldn't you know, he took his 1st steps for everyone to see.....to watch a child take their 1st steps is really special.

PC: Ahhhhhh, so you were the one in here early this morning and burned the coffee!!!

I found this site on the Layouts section, and the videos on foam construction are pretty good...take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1D4KBB_GC4

I think I will watch  a little TV and hit the sack early tonight... see you guys in the morning

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Posted by GMTRacing on Sunday, February 11, 2007 6:33 PM

Good Evening All,

     If it's time for dinner, I'll have a helping of crow please and a nice glass of wine to wash it down. So I've been working diligently on my Central Valley four bazillion piece Pratt Truss Bridge and I've discovered the meaning behind the term prattfall. Seems I carefully read then followed the instructions (at least I thought I did) putting together the road then the stringers, cross bearers, etc - so far so good. I cut deflashed sanded and cemented all the pieces of girder together as instructed, made a fixture and built up the B-B girders into the lower beam. I then using the diagram as shown cut the angled beams for the ends removing lacing as shown again in the diagram being careful to make four matching assemblies. The problem first surfaced when the vertical beams wouldn't line up with the cross bearers properly. To end the suspense, the diagram was not to scale and not marked as such. The height and length of the vertical and end beams is incorrect and nothing lines up. No problem, I bodged the end bits and added a couple of bits and ended up with a bridge with a height more suitable for N scale. All I need to do now is to cut the top inch off all my engines and rolling stock - NOT! Thank heavens I don't run double stacks - what a mess that would make.

   I went back to something I can do - casting wall sections for the museum layout parapet - while I contemplate my next move. At least I'm calmer in my advanced years. A while ago the offending piece would have been a crushed ruin on the floor or blown to smithereens in the back yard. Anyone need a 150' long Prratt Truss pedestrian bridge? Sign - With Stupid [#wstupid]J.R.

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Sunday, February 11, 2007 5:49 PM

Evening Gang: I'm early tonight. Mary Ann and I put out hay and got the other animals feed and have come in out of the cold. I did get some more cleaning up done in the shop. I had to sharpen the chain on one of the chain saws. I thought that I had a spare chain but it was for the 14in not the Stihle 16in. I'll have to go into the dealer and pick up a couple of spares.

I guess I'll go down to the basement for a bit. I did find a bunch of blue styrofoam that I had stached upstairs in the barn. My shop is in the main floor of the barn. I've also got a bunch of white bead styrofoam. All of that stuff is in thickness of 1in to 3in. Being a pack rat pays off sometimes.

Well I'm going to head to the basement. I'll see you all later.

 

Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU
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Posted by Cox 47 on Sunday, February 11, 2007 3:00 PM
Afternoon All....Mostly sunny here and snow is melting but we have another storm coming in late tonite then monday and Tuesday......I'll have a Root Beer Float and Onion Rings please and Thank You.....Sallie is taking a nap and I am having a very lazy Sunday....I did get a engine last nite on Ebay a Atlas E unit...Says it runs a little ruff hopefully that just means a good cleaning its UP so now if I can find a Illinois Central shell for it..You all have a good Sunday evening...Jerry
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:55 PM

 grayfox1119 wrote:
JEFF: Do you use foam for your scenery, or do you use something else like cardboards strips and plaster cloth?

Grayfox: I use sheets of beaded polyboard, cut and shaped to form the rough shape for the scenery. I then apply a heavy coat of latex paint (the color depends on what scenery will be there) then while the paint is wet, apply a layer of thick paper towels. After that drys, I add a thin sprinkling of plaster dust and mist it with water. The result is a lightweight but tough surface.

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