Good Morning Everyone. It's cloudy and 46° outside, it's a warm 75° in here with the wood-burning stove. I believe that this is the latest date that I have had to use it in the 40 years that I have lived here. And it ain't over yet. The current long range forecast is calling for temperatures near freezing Tuesday night/Wednesday morning here before seasonal temperatures return Thursday. Let's hope that it changes since the tomato plants are getting too big to cover up.
That's more than a month past our average frost-free date.
Thanks for the likes and other encouragement regarding the present state of the layout;
Hughie, Garry, Guy, Jaz, Rick, Ken, Gary, Patrick, Phil, Justin, Sherrel.
Hello Flo. Let me have a chicken fried steak sandwich with gravy for breakfast this morning. I need something substantial today.
Out in the train shed yesterday I made some more progress on several things. I managed to dust and vacuum a half dozen structures as I got to the end of the west wall. Now I move south through the town of Vernon that I have been posting the past week. Didn't do any upgrades on any of them but made a couple of notes.
Moving down the block on Main Street, next to the hardware store is a few more small businesses.
All three are Smalltown kits, the two on the right are older ones with my own signs and interiors, the boutique is a newer one that came with signs and interior. Of course the tax office is a tribute to my wife's employer.
Then I have another block of small businesses.
On the corner is Don's Pizza, an older DPM structure with some offices upstairs.
Next to it going south are another pair of structures.
Presently the one on the right may be a "place-holder", since that overhead door seems out of place there. Maybe, maybe not!. On the left is another DPM kit that I am using as a bookstore.
Lastly is a Walther's kit, Jim's Red Owl grocery. It is an upgraded version of a former Magnuson model that Walther's originally released as something else that I just don't remember this morning.
Meanwhile on the other end of the layout, work continues in Rycon Township. I added ground cover in
parts of the area between the deli and the existing scenicked area.
Part is still blank because I have raked my wrist across wet scenery in the past and I know better.
The raised area will get another structure, while just scenery will go to the left of that. Some of that scenery will be trees to the left next to the beehives, as a scenic divider between the two areas; while some will be low cover so I have access to the two ground throws behind this spot. The graveled drive next to the deli is a loading zone to the door on this side.
So what will I put there? Stay tuned for tomorrow to see what I am thinking.
Sherrel - Got any idea where your second photo of the three-unit lash up was taken? The surrounding area looks vaguely familiar.
Jaz - Always interesting to see your photos, especially with all of the vehicles on the wrong side of the road.
Guy - Interestingly enough, those two pieces of machinery came from two different DPM Gold kits as I recall. Both are motorcycle related. One was
Poppa Wheelie's and the other was
Harlee & Son. Both kits had far more white metal details than I needed for the scenes that they are in.
Your photo looks close, but you are right that the castings that I have are floor mounted.
Great morning. Since I started this post, the sun has come out for the first time since Tuesday. I just stepped outside and noted that I have trapped the pesky opossum that has been digging the place up this last week. It dug up some onion plants which I had to replant. Doesn't eat any of the garden stuff, just uproots things in it's search for worms and grubs. So in a few minutes, I have to take it far away for release. I usually take these critters to a wooded area next to an ATV park about 8-9 miles away.
Everybody have a great day, and an awesome weekend. I have to get dressed and take a opossum for a trip