Running Bear's March 2021 Coffee Shop
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santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Yes, not all but some, especially when partying out in the country!
Patrick
Alien Attitude.
Morning all,
7 pages to catch up on, so I'll comment more later.
Covid shot #1 on Thursday went fine, with soreness in arm a few hours later and Friday being the day I didn't want to move the left arm (shot arm) at all. Saturday some soreness, but as of yesterday, I'd never have know I got a shot. Friday the county I live in decide all public employees and ages 60 and up could now register for the shot. Just my luck, I still have a 600 mile round trip to get the 2nd one in a couple of weeks. It was quality time with my 3 kids I hadn't had in a long time though....
Currently 43° and clear in Doo-Dah. More later.
7 pages to catch up on, so I'll comment more later.
Covid shot #1 on Thursday went fine, with soreness in arm a few hours later and Friday being the day I didn't want to move the left arm (shot arm) at all. Saturday some soreness, but as of yesterday, I'd never have know I got a shot. Friday the county I live in decide all public employees and ages 60 and up could now register for the shot. Just my luck, I still have a 600 mile round trip to get the 2nd one in a couple of weeks. It was quality time with my 3 kids I hadn't had in a long time though....
Currently 43° and clear in Doo-Dah. More later.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Clear and 42°. High temps for the next few days in the 70's; lows in the 60's. Looking at the ten day forecast, it looks like I won't have to start another fire in the wood burning heater until Saturday, I've been just starting them at night and letting them go out for the last few days. Stiff 20 mph winds from the south for the next five days will bring enough moisture from the Gulf to probably cause thunderstorms by the weekend.
Sausage, biscuits, gravy and grits looks like a good choice this morning Flo.
Thanks for the likes yesterday regarding the layout progress; Rick, Gary, Ken, Chad, Tom O, Tom, Jaz, Karl, Hughie, Phil, Joe, Troy, James.
Sunday always brings limited time in the train shed, yesterday was no exception. However I did install that last ground throw, the CA glue worked on the split throwbar. I also painted ~45' of trackage.
I use a simple method and use a rattle can of Model Master Light Earth and just spray-paint the rails, ties and ground throws at once. I do about 3' at a time and immediately wipe the top of the rails off with a lint-free tee shirt remnant. Later I took four bottles of different shades of brown and gray paint and randomly painted ties to provide variety. Of course then I had to test all of the track[?] to verify that it still worked.
Here's an in-motion shot of a pair of Dash9-44CW's pulling an 18 car unit grain train.
Today I start on the ballast
Ken - What a mess the roofers are making. Too bad that they couldn't just park a dumpster close enough to the house to dump directly into. I am faced with the same thing soon as my roof is nearing the end of its expected 25 year lifespan.
Hughie -
Sherrel - Good news about Ali and Sawyer. He'll be a lot bigger soon enough and will come by and empty your fridge and pantry. Good news about Kate and her recovery as well. Yes the ice gets to be a real hassle at times, but the end result is worth it. For Arlene's second one, we switched to frozen water bottles. I kept 16-12 oz bottles in rotation in two freezers (to better keep track); the machine held 4 at a time and generally lasted 4-6 hours. Once the swelling goes down some, less is needed. While four trips up and down the stairs is good PT and will help the recovery, it may sometimes prolong the swelling and resulting aches and pains.
Jaz - Thanks, a Gil is a lot bigger than a shot!
Garry - Not good news, Hopefully the new medication has the intended results. You're strong and you will recover. My sincerest thoughts and prayers for you and your loved ones.
Everyone have a great day. Stay safe.
Sausage, biscuits, gravy and grits looks like a good choice this morning Flo.
Thanks for the likes yesterday regarding the layout progress; Rick, Gary, Ken, Chad, Tom O, Tom, Jaz, Karl, Hughie, Phil, Joe, Troy, James.
Sunday always brings limited time in the train shed, yesterday was no exception. However I did install that last ground throw, the CA glue worked on the split throwbar. I also painted ~45' of trackage.
I use a simple method and use a rattle can of Model Master Light Earth and just spray-paint the rails, ties and ground throws at once. I do about 3' at a time and immediately wipe the top of the rails off with a lint-free tee shirt remnant. Later I took four bottles of different shades of brown and gray paint and randomly painted ties to provide variety. Of course then I had to test all of the track[?] to verify that it still worked.
Here's an in-motion shot of a pair of Dash9-44CW's pulling an 18 car unit grain train.
Today I start on the ballast
Ken - What a mess the roofers are making. Too bad that they couldn't just park a dumpster close enough to the house to dump directly into. I am faced with the same thing soon as my roof is nearing the end of its expected 25 year lifespan.
Hughie -
I always double-head or triple-head my engines as I generally pull trains of 18-20 cars. Even though most of my engines can pull that many by themselves, I think it looks more realistic. I have specific engines that I use on "through freights" that just run from staging at one end to staging on the other end; primarily six axle ones like SD40-2's Dash9-44CW's and SD45's, but also a lot of GP60's. I use smaller older (prototype-wise) ones for switching jobs, like my fleet of CF7's and GP35's. My GP40X's and GP50's are used both ways. I recently semi-retired some older engines since I purchased nine new ScaleTrains models and I now only have about 50 on the layout at once, mostly in staging yards ready to go. About a dozen of them are parked in an unpowered diesel parking area. Depending on how I use certain tracks in two classification yards, I can have 25 staging tracks at my disposal if needed. To provide fluidity in the yards, some through freights are temporarily parked on passing sidings (11 of them), when I bring another train out from staging. As far as rotation, since most of my staging tracks are stub ended, a train entering is facing in, so the next one that I run is one that I have already re-staged facing out. Not perfect but workable.
Sherrel - Good news about Ali and Sawyer. He'll be a lot bigger soon enough and will come by and empty your fridge and pantry. Good news about Kate and her recovery as well. Yes the ice gets to be a real hassle at times, but the end result is worth it. For Arlene's second one, we switched to frozen water bottles. I kept 16-12 oz bottles in rotation in two freezers (to better keep track); the machine held 4 at a time and generally lasted 4-6 hours. Once the swelling goes down some, less is needed. While four trips up and down the stairs is good PT and will help the recovery, it may sometimes prolong the swelling and resulting aches and pains.
Jaz - Thanks, a Gil is a lot bigger than a shot!
Garry - Not good news, Hopefully the new medication has the intended results. You're strong and you will recover. My sincerest thoughts and prayers for you and your loved ones.
Everyone have a great day. Stay safe.
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chessie_system3
Well-Known Member
Been a few days since I've stopped by. Not really anything new to report on. Finger is still bum but getting better. Its itching me to death! My GP9 is back in service after fixing a wire on it. Worked on the GP7 as well. It needed to be lubricated again. I dont remember the last time I had lubed it. It was getting quite loud. Lastly I've finished painting one side of my divider. That's about all I have for now. I hope everyone is doing well and I'll stop by again when I get a chance.
Patrick
Alien Attitude.
Ok, I'm back.
Got the tax refund back in a week after I sent them through TurboTax.
Now I hear I may have to amend my return as the first $10,200 of unemployment is to be tax exempt in the new Covid bill.
Tax refund and any additional stimulus payments to be hung onto until we get our gas bill later this month. So the new range is on hold until we find out the damage.
Garry: Hope your condition improves. Prayers headed your way.
Earlier conversation on the southwestern omelet, sounded good until you put the avocado in it. I can't stand avocados or guacamole and it may be to getting bad guac, but I always have it removed at the Tex\Mex places.
Got the tax refund back in a week after I sent them through TurboTax.
Now I hear I may have to amend my return as the first $10,200 of unemployment is to be tax exempt in the new Covid bill.
Tax refund and any additional stimulus payments to be hung onto until we get our gas bill later this month. So the new range is on hold until we find out the damage.
Garry: Hope your condition improves. Prayers headed your way.
Earlier conversation on the southwestern omelet, sounded good until you put the avocado in it. I can't stand avocados or guacamole and it may be to getting bad guac, but I always have it removed at the Tex\Mex places.
kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
I think we all have some foods we wont eat. I won't eat coconut, mushrooms or crabs. Not allergic or nothing, just bad past experiences preclude me from eating them ever again! SWMBO is allergic to nuts, shellfish and apples. Now that sucks!
chadbag
Well-Known Member
hey, we New Englanders* call any and all sodas "cokes" (or "tonic"). "Whose brining the cokes to the party?" means "whose bringing the soda to the party?"
*Though I was born in Arizona, and now live in Utah, I grew up from the age of 10 through adulthood and a bunch in adulthood in Mass and S. NH. I quickly learned my way around the strange language spoken there.
TexasJim
Old but still learning
Good morning all, and it is a beautiful one in DFW, Texas! Earlier conversation about how to identify a true Southerner. I am finding that is getting harder to as the years go by. It is like we are developing “hybrid” Southerners. I grew up, and have always lived in a rural county. It was just natural to “yes sir” and “yes mam”. When going down a two lane road you always waved at the oncoming traffic, and they always waved back. Nowadays, people think you are flipping them off if you wave at them.
Other favorite greetings are “howdy Ya’ll” and “ya’ll come back now ya hear”.
Other favorite greetings are “howdy Ya’ll” and “ya’ll come back now ya hear”.
BigGRacing
Aka. Gary Russell
kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
Gary, here's a link to the set I bought,
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DCC-Concep...505784?hash=item3b5514ef38:g:nYAAAOSwJTxf-nZ-
They have them in 4, 8, and 12 piece sets. The 12 piece set seems to be the best bang for the buck, as the 4 piece set is $63.72 and the 8 piece is $88.23. Comparable Bachmann roller are $49.95 for 4, with no 8 or 12 piece offerings, so 12 Bachmann rollers would be almost $150 bucks!
Plus the DCC Concepts set does multiple gauges, the Bachman only HO/OO/On30.
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GeeTee
Well-Known Member
Troy : The accent. A well traveled Southerner can tell where some one is from by their accent . People from Louisiana (especially Cajuns) have a different accent (strong french influence) , from people in Mississippi / W, Alabama , Georgia accents are different and well as SC and NC . Most actors in movies/TV shows don't get it right. People that move around their accents will change somewhat. You can usually tell when someone has lived in an area all their life vs. someone who has moved in recently. The vocabulary can also be a give away , No body that I know of in the Deep South says Ma and Pa , its Daddy and Momma . Grand parents its Mam' maw and Grapaw or even Grepaw to the kids its Mammaw and PawPaw or Pepaw ( Ma's Ma , Pa's Pa) .
Its blustery day outside , a front had just slipped through so I managed to snap a few shots at N'Pip,
A load of Blatz sitting on the siding .....
Some ore cars waiting to be picked up.....
A shot from my personal "helio copter" of the West end of town.
Nothings nailed down yet so I still have to secure the backrops.
Its blustery day outside , a front had just slipped through so I managed to snap a few shots at N'Pip,
A load of Blatz sitting on the siding .....
Some ore cars waiting to be picked up.....
A shot from my personal "helio copter" of the West end of town.
Nothings nailed down yet so I still have to secure the backrops.
Texas Hobo
Well Known Hobo
Good Morning all! Not much to report. No train time yesterday, getting ready for a curbside pick up this morning. Looks to be a nice day in the making.
STAY SAFE
LATER
STAY SAFE
LATER
Greg@mnrr
Section Hand
Good Morning Everyone....sunny and going to be very Spring like here in southern Wisconsin.
I'm puppy sitting Riley again this morning since Cathy went to the Potawatomi Casino in downtown Milwaukee. Spring fever and being couped up all the past year is hard on Cathy, so hopefully she'll win some money, but at least she'll enjoy a different environment for a change. The casino is large and has everything a casino in Vegas offers, except the food is not that great. Cathy misses Sunday football and will watch any teams playing if the Green Bay Packers are not playing.
Karl and James: Changing CV's 120 and 121 to a value of 0 worked for the headlight and rear light to operate at the same time. Now here's the bad news. I ran the locomotive and it would stop running even with track power being on as I could tell by the operating headlight. I exchanged the DCC decoders with one I had in stock and the locomotive works just fine. Now, I have to just change the CV values back to 0 once again. I never had problems with decoder programming before and I have close 50 locomotives that I've installed DCC or changed CV values.
Willie: Jack's looks great!!! I like the tar paper exterior and the missing piece of tar paper in the upper corner.
McLeod: Canadian National locomotive looks great and I like the color scheme.
Chadbag: In most parts of Wisconsin, we call soft drinks sodas. Closer to the Illinois border you'll hear soda or the term pop. Wisconsin is a Brandy state and when I travel I have to be careful and not order a Brandy and sweet, usually I'll order a Whiskey 7 & 7.
We have a puppy gate on the basement stairway to keep Riley, a mini-Dachshund, from using the steps since she is so low to the floor. I have trouble coming through the opening of the gate, both going down and coming up, since I'm larger than the gate's opening. I have to find a different solution or a different gate with a wider opening. Coming up is the real problem and finding the right footing is important so I don't end up going down the stairs backwards as I attempt to go through the gate backward. Railing on either side of the steps doesn't help much to hold on.
Back to puppy sitting.
Catch you on the next train.
Greg
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I'm puppy sitting Riley again this morning since Cathy went to the Potawatomi Casino in downtown Milwaukee. Spring fever and being couped up all the past year is hard on Cathy, so hopefully she'll win some money, but at least she'll enjoy a different environment for a change. The casino is large and has everything a casino in Vegas offers, except the food is not that great. Cathy misses Sunday football and will watch any teams playing if the Green Bay Packers are not playing.
Karl and James: Changing CV's 120 and 121 to a value of 0 worked for the headlight and rear light to operate at the same time. Now here's the bad news. I ran the locomotive and it would stop running even with track power being on as I could tell by the operating headlight. I exchanged the DCC decoders with one I had in stock and the locomotive works just fine. Now, I have to just change the CV values back to 0 once again. I never had problems with decoder programming before and I have close 50 locomotives that I've installed DCC or changed CV values.
Willie: Jack's looks great!!! I like the tar paper exterior and the missing piece of tar paper in the upper corner.
McLeod: Canadian National locomotive looks great and I like the color scheme.
Chadbag: In most parts of Wisconsin, we call soft drinks sodas. Closer to the Illinois border you'll hear soda or the term pop. Wisconsin is a Brandy state and when I travel I have to be careful and not order a Brandy and sweet, usually I'll order a Whiskey 7 & 7.
We have a puppy gate on the basement stairway to keep Riley, a mini-Dachshund, from using the steps since she is so low to the floor. I have trouble coming through the opening of the gate, both going down and coming up, since I'm larger than the gate's opening. I have to find a different solution or a different gate with a wider opening. Coming up is the real problem and finding the right footing is important so I don't end up going down the stairs backwards as I attempt to go through the gate backward. Railing on either side of the steps doesn't help much to hold on.
Back to puppy sitting.
Catch you on the next train.
Greg
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TLOC
Well-Known Member
Good afternoon from So. Central Wisconsin.
I grew up in Chicago and the southwest suburbs until college in Milwaukee. Pop is what we called soft drinks growing up. Since college in 1970 till now I have lived in Southeastern Wisconsin, North Central Wi and now So. Central Wisconsin and everyone including me call soft drinks, soda. Pop as a kid was a treat eating out or a holiday. In college it was free so it was everyday. Now it’s a diet Pepper in the morning and either a diet 7up or diet root beer in the evening.
Trains, nothing yesterday to speak of. I did receive 2- mini print Conductors in the mail today, they were mailed 2/18/2021. I will paint them this week.
Sunday, I watched the #1 nationally ranked UW women hockey team win their conference championship and somehow become the #2 seed in the NCAA final eight. Politics everywhere, but in Women’s Hockey in the USA it is a bias for Eastern teams.
The picture is Wi. Hwy 29
Enjoy your day
TomO
I grew up in Chicago and the southwest suburbs until college in Milwaukee. Pop is what we called soft drinks growing up. Since college in 1970 till now I have lived in Southeastern Wisconsin, North Central Wi and now So. Central Wisconsin and everyone including me call soft drinks, soda. Pop as a kid was a treat eating out or a holiday. In college it was free so it was everyday. Now it’s a diet Pepper in the morning and either a diet 7up or diet root beer in the evening.
Trains, nothing yesterday to speak of. I did receive 2- mini print Conductors in the mail today, they were mailed 2/18/2021. I will paint them this week.
Sunday, I watched the #1 nationally ranked UW women hockey team win their conference championship and somehow become the #2 seed in the NCAA final eight. Politics everywhere, but in Women’s Hockey in the USA it is a bias for Eastern teams.
The picture is Wi. Hwy 29
Enjoy your day
TomO
G'Day Folks ... It was cloudy all day yesterday. I have become un-interested in getting out of bed when it is cloudy all day.
Today -the Sun has returned and it is 60 degrees - high for today. Supposed to get some rain tomorrow - not holding my breath.
TROY - Non Southerners forget that everyone down there has two names: Billy Joe, Danny Boy, Jim Bob, Sara Ann, Peggy Sue, or Nancy Jean ; also, They have to like Sweet Tea and Corn Bread. Most non Southerners don't know what Okra is --
I could go on for days!
Willie - Thanks for posting that - helped explain a few things.
GARRY - Sorry to hear of your ailments. Prayers for your recovery and that they figure out what is wrong?
Miss Curt and Chet being here daily.
I got more, but I forgot where I put the list?
Today -the Sun has returned and it is 60 degrees - high for today. Supposed to get some rain tomorrow - not holding my breath.
TROY - Non Southerners forget that everyone down there has two names: Billy Joe, Danny Boy, Jim Bob, Sara Ann, Peggy Sue, or Nancy Jean ; also, They have to like Sweet Tea and Corn Bread. Most non Southerners don't know what Okra is --
I could go on for days!
Willie - Thanks for posting that - helped explain a few things.
GARRY - Sorry to hear of your ailments. Prayers for your recovery and that they figure out what is wrong?
Miss Curt and Chet being here daily.
I got more, but I forgot where I put the list?
CambriaArea51
Well-Known Member
#8 No flannel shirts.
CambriaArea51
Well-Known Member
Gary- Get well soon.
Afternoon, sunny and 48 feels good. Spring is in the air.
Afternoon, sunny and 48 feels good. Spring is in the air.
chadbag
Well-Known Member
Soda/Pop/Soda Pop/Soft Drinks
I grew up until I was 10 in Arizona (metropolitan Phoenix). A carbonated soft drink was a "pop" or maybe "soda pop". That is my remembrance. Been a long time. I moved to Mass when I was 10. Everyone was talking about bringing "cokes" to a cook-out or activity, or bringing "tonics" to a cook-out or activity. I had no idea what they were talking about, since they were not bringing "Coca Cola", which is what I thought a "coke" was. I slowly learned that "coke" and/or "tonic" was the generic word for a "soda", a carbonated soft drink like Coke, Pepsi, Root Beer, Mt Dew, etc. I slowly caught on, but mostly I would use the word "soda" as a generic, which people understood, but few actually used.
I moved to Utah for college in the mid 80s and also came back to Utah in the 90s to work, and in the early 2000s to settle down / bear near my parents as they aged, etc. (Been here since). It was back to "soda pop" or "pop" again as the normal word. "Coke" was not used generically but meant "Coca Cola" (or sometimes a generic word for a Cola type soda -- Pepsi can also be used that way). I still stuck with my generic "soda" (no "pop") and it is understood, but again, most people say "pop" or more formally "soda pop".
It is interesting how regional differences are manifest.
When I moved to Mass I hated the word "wicked" used as an adverb (ie, wicked fast, wicked cute, wicked dumb, etc. meaning "extremely" or "very"). I had grown up believing "wicked" was an adjective meaning "evil" or "extremely bad" like "the devil is wicked" or "the wicked witch of the north" etc. Over time I gradually adopted it and started to say it with pride, as I had adopted New England, finally, as my home. I still say "wicked" as an adverb. My boss (an Indiana boy -- I work remotely out of a Ft Wayne office) mentioned at our 1-1 last week that he could tell I was a New Englander as I was saying "wicked" in this manner. Unfortunately, it is not as true a sign of a New Englander as it used to be, as the mainstream media has kind of normalized it. I see it used that way in headlines, articles, etc having nothing to do with New England.
As another aside, to the comment about Southerners being able to tell where other Southerners are from -- something similar I ran across in college: I studied German at college (and in HS and lived there a bunch). I never talked to this particular professor, but I was told one of the older Professors in German at the university, himself originally from Germany, could hold a conversation with you and then tell you within a very small distance every place in Germany you had spent any appreciable amount of time, just from your speech. I would have liked to test it but never had the opportunity.
I grew up until I was 10 in Arizona (metropolitan Phoenix). A carbonated soft drink was a "pop" or maybe "soda pop". That is my remembrance. Been a long time. I moved to Mass when I was 10. Everyone was talking about bringing "cokes" to a cook-out or activity, or bringing "tonics" to a cook-out or activity. I had no idea what they were talking about, since they were not bringing "Coca Cola", which is what I thought a "coke" was. I slowly learned that "coke" and/or "tonic" was the generic word for a "soda", a carbonated soft drink like Coke, Pepsi, Root Beer, Mt Dew, etc. I slowly caught on, but mostly I would use the word "soda" as a generic, which people understood, but few actually used.
I moved to Utah for college in the mid 80s and also came back to Utah in the 90s to work, and in the early 2000s to settle down / bear near my parents as they aged, etc. (Been here since). It was back to "soda pop" or "pop" again as the normal word. "Coke" was not used generically but meant "Coca Cola" (or sometimes a generic word for a Cola type soda -- Pepsi can also be used that way). I still stuck with my generic "soda" (no "pop") and it is understood, but again, most people say "pop" or more formally "soda pop".
It is interesting how regional differences are manifest.
When I moved to Mass I hated the word "wicked" used as an adverb (ie, wicked fast, wicked cute, wicked dumb, etc. meaning "extremely" or "very"). I had grown up believing "wicked" was an adjective meaning "evil" or "extremely bad" like "the devil is wicked" or "the wicked witch of the north" etc. Over time I gradually adopted it and started to say it with pride, as I had adopted New England, finally, as my home. I still say "wicked" as an adverb. My boss (an Indiana boy -- I work remotely out of a Ft Wayne office) mentioned at our 1-1 last week that he could tell I was a New Englander as I was saying "wicked" in this manner. Unfortunately, it is not as true a sign of a New Englander as it used to be, as the mainstream media has kind of normalized it. I see it used that way in headlines, articles, etc having nothing to do with New England.
As another aside, to the comment about Southerners being able to tell where other Southerners are from -- something similar I ran across in college: I studied German at college (and in HS and lived there a bunch). I never talked to this particular professor, but I was told one of the older Professors in German at the university, himself originally from Germany, could hold a conversation with you and then tell you within a very small distance every place in Germany you had spent any appreciable amount of time, just from your speech. I would have liked to test it but never had the opportunity.
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IronBeltKen
Lazy Daydreamer
Greetings Shop Dwellers, it's 41*F and calm under clear skies at my central MD abode.
Thanks for of all the "likes" and comments on my Saturday post and that comical video that I linked to yesterday - Tom (Cambria), Hughie, Phil, Gary, TomO, Patrick, Jaz, Rick, Karl, Guy, James, Troy, Chad, Sherrell, Willie, GT
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I did finally get to spend some quality time on mrr-related activities on Sunday afternoon. I was in the trainroom for ~3 hours, first mixing up different concentrations of flat white for "aging" the dark blue paint on my project F-unit, then setting up the airbrush, spraying the junk shells, and cleaning up the airbrush & associated gear. I conjured up 3 different mixes: A 10:1 mix using the Tamiya brand thinner, a 16:1 mix with the Tamiya thinner, and a 16:1 mix using distilled water. Then I sprayed two Enchantment Blue-colored boxcar shells, one mixture on each side.
Here is what one of them looked like before being sprayed:
First, I experimented with the water-thinned mixture:
Splattering and globs everywhere...nope, forget that!
Next, I tried the 16:1 Tamiya-thinned solution:
This certainly looks better that its water-thinned counterpart, but it took over 20 repeated sprays to get it covering to the point where the color difference is really noticeable, and the thinner was showing signs of "melting" the base coat of dark blue.
Lastly, I did a side using the 10:1 Tamiya-thinned mixture:
This one seems to show the most promise, giving the above result after 8 passes.
[I also did an old loco shell with one of its sides covered in Testors Clear coat and the other side left bare, using the 16:1 Tamiya mix. Neither side looked noticeably different from the other, so I decided I'd skip clear-coating the F-unit shell. Didn't bother snapping any photos of that one...]
So as of now, I'm leaning toward using a mixture similar to what I sprayed in the last photo, but maybe thinning it to a 12:1 ratio instead of 10:1. Because of the amount of interruption-free time needed for setting up, using and cleaning the airbrush, I'll probably have to wait until next weekend to cover the F7 shell. Got a 2:00pm doctors appointment tomorrow so that's not an option.
Cheers!
Thanks for of all the "likes" and comments on my Saturday post and that comical video that I linked to yesterday - Tom (Cambria), Hughie, Phil, Gary, TomO, Patrick, Jaz, Rick, Karl, Guy, James, Troy, Chad, Sherrell, Willie, GT
No worries about the mess Willie, my deck now is every bit as clean (maybe cleaner?) as before they started. These guys are pretty dam good at what they do. Since they only had the 12 hours of daylight on Saturday to tear out the old roof and put on the new one, they had to move pretty fast - having to carry armloads of debris to the opposite corner wherever the dumpster is parked would have slowed them down quite a bit! They had tarps all around the perimeter to catch the stuff as they pushed it off.
Hughie, I run my "intercity" trains with 2, sometimes 3, engines - and two for the local. Only the ones needed for an op session will be on my layout at any one time, the rest are in boxes. All my engines are DCC so I can pretty much choose them at random. But since only a fraction of my roster is sound-equipped, I often use some of those same ones on a [following] op session in order to have sound in each consist.
Karl, looks like we both have the same food dislikes - except I do like deep-fried crabcakes if they're done right. Can't stand picking-out shells for a teensy bit of meat. Bummer about YOH's food allegies, at least that list doesn't include wheat or dairy products -those are in 80% of my diet!
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I did finally get to spend some quality time on mrr-related activities on Sunday afternoon. I was in the trainroom for ~3 hours, first mixing up different concentrations of flat white for "aging" the dark blue paint on my project F-unit, then setting up the airbrush, spraying the junk shells, and cleaning up the airbrush & associated gear. I conjured up 3 different mixes: A 10:1 mix using the Tamiya brand thinner, a 16:1 mix with the Tamiya thinner, and a 16:1 mix using distilled water. Then I sprayed two Enchantment Blue-colored boxcar shells, one mixture on each side.
Here is what one of them looked like before being sprayed:
First, I experimented with the water-thinned mixture:
Splattering and globs everywhere...nope, forget that!
Next, I tried the 16:1 Tamiya-thinned solution:
This certainly looks better that its water-thinned counterpart, but it took over 20 repeated sprays to get it covering to the point where the color difference is really noticeable, and the thinner was showing signs of "melting" the base coat of dark blue.
Lastly, I did a side using the 10:1 Tamiya-thinned mixture:
This one seems to show the most promise, giving the above result after 8 passes.
[I also did an old loco shell with one of its sides covered in Testors Clear coat and the other side left bare, using the 16:1 Tamiya mix. Neither side looked noticeably different from the other, so I decided I'd skip clear-coating the F-unit shell. Didn't bother snapping any photos of that one...]
So as of now, I'm leaning toward using a mixture similar to what I sprayed in the last photo, but maybe thinning it to a 12:1 ratio instead of 10:1. Because of the amount of interruption-free time needed for setting up, using and cleaning the airbrush, I'll probably have to wait until next weekend to cover the F7 shell. Got a 2:00pm doctors appointment tomorrow so that's not an option.
Cheers!
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