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  1. troyphoto

    I already like this forum better than others..

    Welcome! Def visit the Running Bear Coffee Shop threads (a new one every month). That's where the real "characters" hang out. We've got the normal bunch of old coots, tellers of tall tales, Christain from France (Keeper of the dinosaurs), and Jaz, who we're slowly training to hit the RETURN key...
  2. troyphoto

    Like a phoenix from the ashes, I have returned!

    Ah, an FDM Printer. Is it the standard Ender 3? I've got Elegoo's Neptune 2 for FDM, and an Elegoo Saturn for resin printing. Use them mostly for tabletop miniature wargaming, but I'm keeping an eye out for MRR appropriate stls. Welcome back.
  3. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Well howdy there internet peeps It's Troy again. there's a bit of kerfuffle going on in the author community about a very notable author of fantasy, Brandon Sanderson. A "Senior Editor" from Wired Magazine spent several days shadowing Mr. Sanderson. And wrote this piece about him...
  4. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    I've got that Bostich. It is NOISY when it runs. good compressor. I use it for filling tires, and blowing off fans and such.
  5. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Welp... ran through my CLR, and most of 2 quarts of vinegar. Used a turkey baster I keep in the plumbing kit (for sucking toilet water out of the bowl if I have to remove the toilet) to pump the liquid down the overflow pipe, hoping to knock of the calcification from the stopper. And the...
  6. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Well, howdy there internet peeps, and those with extra dinos on their layouts It's Troy again. I'm in the two-week window while the editor has my book. So I'm letting the little grey cells begin percolating ideas for the next one. That will be set in southern Ontario in Eerie Falls series. I...
  7. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    got the gobbos onto their bases. Need to flock and gravel tomorrow once the pool of magic green ooze resin has cured some more...
  8. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    It's worth it with the sound. He gives explanations, and points out landmarks when visible. AND he puts in scanner traffic from the radio between the train operators and the yard operations.
  9. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Morning gents and ladies. Ginger tea for now FLO. woke with a headache, so got some tea and wandered down to the cave. Looked at YoooooTubz, and its bot is starting to show me some interesting train videos. this one is interesting. Railfanner out of Cincinatti. Does a lot of OH, KY, and IN...
  10. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Did you turn it into a redneck lawn decoration? Or take it to the shooting range to put it out of your misery?
  11. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Some are, not all. If I like the game and it's parent company, I'll purchase the minis from their line if possible. This game currently has 32 different army lists possible (three or four flavors of Elves, two types of Dwarves, two types of Orcs, etc) so some are not well represented by the...
  12. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    I looked that up. the city of Indianapolis has a process, and only 16 of 169 applications for reimbursement were approved by the city. Hiring an attorney to collect that from the city, if we actually won, would probably cost more than the gas tank.
  13. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    And the daughter texted today. Seems she was driving in Indianapolis to get to a friend's house, or back from. Not sure which.... Yep... ruptured her Honda Civic gas tank... waiting to see what that will cost...
  14. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    well, howdy there internet people, and those watching the reports from the Jurassic French Railway It's Troy again. Just coffee today FLO. No cream. Yep, it's an intermittent fasting day. Told the wife I really wanted Tex-Mex today. So I gotta be good prior. I eat toooooo many chips and...
  15. troyphoto

    [H0] A layout inspired from an old Atlas H0 layout

    I was about to say he needs a Sasquatch or two. Do we have any forum members in Scottland to get him a Nessie?
  16. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    or contact with Dinosaurs.
  17. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    PS: If you're not into corned beef and cabbage, nor into green beer, and just want to stay home with your cats: Happy St. Gertrude Day! Note: this is not Gertrude the great. You can read about her here...
  18. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Goooooooooood Moooooooorning Coffeeeeeeee Shop! It's Troy again. Coffee with MCT oil and half-n-half, FLO, and don't let Mel try to tell you his french fry oil is MCT. ALMOST done with the current book. I edit as I go, so this is a mostly ready for the editor draft. I got double my normal...
  19. troyphoto

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    And the CP merger story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/03/15/canadian-pacific-kansas-city-southern-merger/
  20. troyphoto

    [H0] A layout inspired from an old Atlas H0 layout

    That's what the dinos are for!




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