CambriaArea51
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Good morning.... 60 and rain all day, got a little over a half inch of rain so far. The garden and the flowers are loving it.
Curt - Do you purchase special sand for you're layout? Also, I notice on in the photo, that you seem to be making water in the foreground. If so, is it your intention to paint the water after the river material is down? It dosen't look like the plywood is painted ar all..the sand I need for the main scene doesn't get here until Wednesday.
I looked at many pictures on the Internet, and have seen a few of these loads in person while railfanning. They do not use wheel chocks or blocks on any of them. That was my original plan, but I didn't remember seeing any. So I checked about two dozen pictures and videos on the net. None!P.S. WILLIE: I would think that the tractors would need the blocks on the wheels too! The chains do look good.
As far as I know chock's would only be used as a temporary measure while chaining down the vehicle, for safety reasons, they then have to be removed because with the movement of the vehicle (doesn't matter how well you chain it, it will move,) the chocks can fall off, as unlikely as it seems, they could fall under the car, if hit by a wheel, it may then cause a derailment, or the load to move, which if the center of balance is off, would be dangerous on curves and cause the car to tip over.I looked at many pictures on the Internet, and have seen a few of these loads in person while railfanning. They do not use wheel chocks or blocks on any of them. That was my original plan, but I didn't remember seeing any. So I checked about two dozen pictures and videos on the net. None!
Is the light gray finer material, the walking path, fine ballast using your glue technique?Afternoon All,
Spent several hours today putting in ground cover, gravel roads, parking lots, and a walking path. I'll be able to start weathering it tomorrow.
Thank you for the photo likes yesterday.
Troy- Nicely painted figures.
Terry- I'm thinking of you and hope things are going as good as they can.
Willie- Very nice tractor load on the flat. What is that about 1.5 mill in 1:1 tractors?
Sherrel- It took our family here in the area 2 months to completely clean out Mom & Dad's rental working daily at it. They were definitely hoarders. But at least they were clean ones.
Patrick- My son had to show me last night how to attach a site to my home screen.
Guy- Interesting photos especially the p/u. I sent you a PM.
Dave- Interesting photos. My boat went to San Francisco for a Fleet Week (boat named after city) and a chapter of the WWII Subvets hosted the boat while in port. They were amazing men and truly part of the greatest generation.
The miners village is to the pictures left. The first wide area will be the coal trestle. The black is the trestle footprint.
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This is the parking lot for the mine.
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This is the start of the walking path to the next mine (BTS Mill Creek). Note the stairs for the workers.
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I hope everyone has a good night,
Ja, Klink,Schultz and someone who resembles Alan Alda. Very cool, Troy.I see Klink and Schultz!
Considering the current retail price of OSB, I would definitely keep itSo I just got my cabinetry delivery. The basic oak veneer unfinished stuff from the big box store.
And, I added a 1/2 inch piece of ply, sanded one side. Since I don't have a truck, if I'm paying for delivery, might as well, right?
But I had to pay extra for special packaging. Figured it would come wrapped in cardboard and plastic wrap.
The delivery guys didn't have a knife, to separate it, so this is what I got:
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I wonder if the boss will call back wanting to send them back to get the two sheets of OSB board?
Edit: I just went back to my invoice... packaging fee was almost as much as the plywood. I'm good on keeping the OSB board.
Willie your tractors look exactly like I have seen them on the way to the Port of Baltimore for export.I looked at many pictures on the Internet, and have seen a few of these loads in person while railfanning. They do not use wheel chocks or blocks on any of them. That was my original plan, but I didn't remember seeing any. So I checked about two dozen pictures and videos on the net. None!