santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. 40° and cloudy. Looks like light rain might be on the way. We'll get some for sure since we postponed the grocery/beer trek from the usual Thursday morning to today! Yesterday was probably our last "fall" day with a high temp of 76°; the ten day outlook calls for 29° - 55° range for a while. Nice while it lasted. Went out to eat Italian food with another couple last night, and a gentleman sitting at the table next to us overheard me referring to this forum. Turns out that he is a modeler from Michigan who was in town to visit his grandson. While he was in the area, he made a two hour visit to Discount Model Trains in Addison/Dallas. They seem to be known quite a bit outside this area, like Tony's in MD. He is not on this forum, but is on several others. Small world. I'll remember his handle later maybe. My nephew's wife gave birth to twins yesterday, a boy/girl combo. Their grandpa's (my brother) birthday is today, quite the present. I think that makes them my grandniece and grandnephew???
Out in the train shed, I am taking a break from the small town that I am working on, modeler's block if you will, and looked at another place that still needs some work. On the lower deck, there is a mid-sized downtown which has a post that supports a part of the upper deck that still needs disguising. I got out my boxes of various DPM wall sections to see what I could do with them. The thought is a four (maybe five) story structure housing a moderate sized newspaper printing business. Other than cornices, looks like I can accomplish what I am after. I'll get them on the next trip to the LHS after Christmas. I was originally going to assemble Walther's Ashmore Hotel around this support post, but ended up putting it elsewhere in this particular scene...I posted that about 18 months ago. Progress reports will be sporadic.
Justin - That new benchwork design looks good. You're still young enough to tolerate a duckunder for many, many years. Actually many of us can still tolerate them, but just don't like to! The extra 2' on each side will allow for a lot more "running". $3.99 @ for flex isn't bad at all. That's about the best that I have seen in a while.
Greg - Extra locos? No such thing here. I buy two or four of all of them, but I also double-head all of my lash-ups for looks more than needing power. In the old days, I could purchase Athearn "dummies". Tough news regarding the leaky toilet. Good luck getting a repairman at this time of year. Wax seals aren't all that complicated to repair yourself, but are just a hassle. Where I live, I cannot even get a plumber in slow times for less that $212 for an hour long visit. So I learned to fix them years ago. My repairs are usually higher quality than a handyman, but probably not as good as a real plumber.
Chet - Things must have been really bad on the roads up there, if you expressed concern. I am reasonably sure that "other people" (newbies) is your greatest fear.
Johnny -
Trig - Those pictures can be a real inspiration. It's too bad that some of those modelers are no longer with us for whatever reasons. I especially like the ones that the late Shamus posted.
Ken (D&J) - Interesting history of the club. Sounds like another thing to keep you busy during the impending retirement.
Merry Christmas and everyone have a great day.
Willie
Out in the train shed, I am taking a break from the small town that I am working on, modeler's block if you will, and looked at another place that still needs some work. On the lower deck, there is a mid-sized downtown which has a post that supports a part of the upper deck that still needs disguising. I got out my boxes of various DPM wall sections to see what I could do with them. The thought is a four (maybe five) story structure housing a moderate sized newspaper printing business. Other than cornices, looks like I can accomplish what I am after. I'll get them on the next trip to the LHS after Christmas. I was originally going to assemble Walther's Ashmore Hotel around this support post, but ended up putting it elsewhere in this particular scene...I posted that about 18 months ago. Progress reports will be sporadic.
Justin - That new benchwork design looks good. You're still young enough to tolerate a duckunder for many, many years. Actually many of us can still tolerate them, but just don't like to! The extra 2' on each side will allow for a lot more "running". $3.99 @ for flex isn't bad at all. That's about the best that I have seen in a while.
Greg - Extra locos? No such thing here. I buy two or four of all of them, but I also double-head all of my lash-ups for looks more than needing power. In the old days, I could purchase Athearn "dummies". Tough news regarding the leaky toilet. Good luck getting a repairman at this time of year. Wax seals aren't all that complicated to repair yourself, but are just a hassle. Where I live, I cannot even get a plumber in slow times for less that $212 for an hour long visit. So I learned to fix them years ago. My repairs are usually higher quality than a handyman, but probably not as good as a real plumber.
Chet - Things must have been really bad on the roads up there, if you expressed concern. I am reasonably sure that "other people" (newbies) is your greatest fear.
Johnny -
Does it ever end?...found a couple of things my layout can't live without. Imagine that!!
Trig - Those pictures can be a real inspiration. It's too bad that some of those modelers are no longer with us for whatever reasons. I especially like the ones that the late Shamus posted.
Ken (D&J) - Interesting history of the club. Sounds like another thing to keep you busy during the impending retirement.
Merry Christmas and everyone have a great day.
Willie