Good Morning All. Clear and 29° here. Upper 50's later today and then 60's for a few days. It's not expected to drop below freezing for at least the next ten days. The very strong winds finally died down around dusk yesterday and will not return today. It does begin to cloud up late today. Back at it outdoors today after a two day hiatus due to the wind. I've run out of stuff to do in the house, but I don't dare tell my wife.
Hello Francine. I'll take a pair of those brisket burritos this morning with a healthy side of spicy salsa to go with my OJ.
Thanks for all of those likes and comments yesterday regarding the layout tour pictures;
Ash, Jerome, Phil, Karl, Dave, Garry, Tom O, Justin, Troy, Patrick, Hughie, Guy, Curt, Tom, Ken, Rick, Chad.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I finished dusting all of the targeted structures in this quarter's cleanup campaign. I also continued to paint some more figures. I got more than 30 done in the last two days. I put together the new laser-cut feed store that I purchased recently from
Tim (twforeman),. Because of it's design, it can be assembled temporarily and I can place it in several locations to decide which one would be most appropriate.
Here's the first site that I looked at. I'll look at it again for another day before I move it elsewhere for a trial look.
This is in my larger town of Gainesville. I didn't originally intend for it to be rail-served, there is a loading/unloading door on the back side that butts up to that rail spur, so I could add another spotting opportunity here. It would be my first shared spur (two industries) example on the layout
In this part of the world, feed stores are common in just about any setting, such as this light industrial area. The only downside to this location is that there is another smaller feed store located nearby, but that is also not uncommon.
I am still scouting out locations for my next project while I run trains around the layout. I am not quite ready to start the new feed store yet, since it will require spray-painting outdoors. Besides the workbench is covered with figures in various stages of undress!
Troy -
Wife is taking a staycation week, which means we've been getting a lot of take-out.
One advantage of take out during this pandemic season is that there is no shortage of these.
Just right for mixing paints, distributing ballast/ground foam or storing small parts.
Hughie- I envy you and your bladder!
Tom - While an ES44AC is far too new for my layout, that looks nice. I have been really impressed with the detail level from ScaleTrains. I have 4-SD40-2's, a pair of Dash9-44CW's and 3-SD45's from them on my roster. I'd love to see them do a four axle diesel someday that fits my era, something like a GP38-2 or a GP50.
That reminds me that I haven't gotten a newsletter from them lately. I guess that I should check out the spam settings on this new computer.
Everybody have a great day and an awesome weekend if that applies.
