Good Morning Everyone. 68° and partly cloudy, pleasant day in store with the high only around 92°. Nothing special around here except there is a dew on the ground which we don't normally experience in August.
Stayed busy out in the train shed yesterday. Finished up the latest structure build, a DPM kit called "Our House", currently unavailable on their website.
Ignore that it is on the road, it's the easiest location for me to take a picture. People and animals were added by me. Dog and cat are pre-painted Preiser creatures, mom and girl are unpainted Preiser figures that I painted, dad in the rocking chair came from a Woodland Scenics package that my grandson's gave me for Christmas. Note to
Chet who has the built-up version; I left off the wind vane because I am going to use it on the recently completed barn. I still need to add the reel mower and a grass rake that came with the kit, but I need to straighten out the bent handles first. There's also a propane tank not pictured here.
Johnny - Lady luck was with you regarding the tornados. 1 1/2" of rain is not a ton around here, I got 8.5" last week in two days!!!
Garry - Good use of the brass rail. I like the picture. Hadn't seen the speeder shed from that angle before. I like your idea for using the shredded paper for steel scrap loads.
Chet - Thanks for the comment. That smoke sure is a drag in your area. That pair of pictures really shows it's effects.
Sherrel - Sure sounds like a lovely vacation spot!
Hope that you survive. I dislike crowds as you may have noted when you visited. Thanks for the comment on the picture.
Greg - While probably not as colorful, there are several small towns in this area that also resemble the DPM catalog.
Dave - Looks like you got to haul some interesting loads.
Jesse - Hope that you are feeling better and can return to money-making. I mentioned last week about switching out an unnamed warehouse which is another low-relief structure that needs additional detailing, made from DPM modular walls. Here's a couple of pictures.
Scrap loads in the foreground are some more from Chooch.
Louis - David has not been here in a while although he did check in about a month ago. He was having vehicle issues and possible health issues that he didn't elaborate on. As I recall from the past, he spends a lot of the summer months hanging out in the lobby of a nearby air-conditioned casino with friends, since he does not have a/c in his house. I think that iced tea and snacks are complimentary.
Everybody have a great day whatever day it is.