IronBeltKen
Lazy Daydreamer
Hiya Shop Dwellers! We've got 38*F under clear skies with a 4mph North breeze - and as you would expect, it's blowing in a fresh supply of freezing temps. Ol' Man Winter still is leaving his calling cards here in central MD since he knows his time is running out.
Tonight is the first evening where I haven't been out in the workshop making up for lost time on my F7 project. I haven't really had time to read every single post, but I scoured every page looking for comments specifically directed to me...and I found 5 of them. Hopefully I didn't miss anybody. [EDIT:] Oops, too late - I missed Chet's comment on page 28!
Justin - I had a half-dozen of those Front Range geeps back in 1988, when I first got back into the hobby - in fact that's what convinced me to get back into it, with their scale-width hoods. They look great, but their operating quality kind of left me cold. They didn't seem to have very good low speed control, and they were faster than my Athearn and other brand loco models, so I couldn't consist them with anything other than their sister Front Ranger's. Of course, this was before DCC and speed-matching were possible...
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Time for me to report on something other than mrr: I got a last-minute invitation on Monday evening to make a vaccine appointment, but the only time slots available were Tuesday and Wednesday. I couldn't go on Tuesday, because I had to self-isolate in preparation for a minor outpatient surgical procedure on Wednesday morning. At least I was able to grab a time slot 3 hours after the surgery, so that gave me enough time to go home and have lunch first. I got the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, didn't have any reaction to it - apparently that "fun" doesn't start until after the 2nd dose which I'll be getting in 3 weeks. Apparently there was a recent large influx of vaccine doses delivered to Maryland.
Tonight is the first evening where I haven't been out in the workshop making up for lost time on my F7 project. I haven't really had time to read every single post, but I scoured every page looking for comments specifically directed to me...and I found 5 of them. Hopefully I didn't miss anybody. [EDIT:] Oops, too late - I missed Chet's comment on page 28!
Joe - I've put that on a back burner for after I get this F7 project wrapped up. I'll probably need to have Karl give me a few pointers on it before I get started.Ken: How are you making out with "Das Lokprogramer"?
Tom, the root cause of my problem was that I used un-diluted Enchantment Blue when I should've used aged EB - I just totally forgot that I use different mixtures for 1st generation vs 2nd gen locos (CRS syndrome), more about that in my Thursday post. I definitely like your approach with the tinted airbrushed Dullcote though! Of course I'll have to do take my airbrush outside to do that, since Dullcote is oil-based [i.e. flammable] instead of water-soluble like my Tamiya acrylics.Ken- Maybe try dull coat with a drop or less of white, or if you can find dust which would be about the same. That's how I faded this AGP green covered hopper.This is before. http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH89472
Thanks Willie, at least I've been able to do a full recovery on it!Ken - Bummer about the F7.
Thanks for the kind comment Garry - glad to see you're health is improving again!Ken ..... The blue color looks good on the F7.
Jerry, one would think after all the locos [including F-units] that I've weathered that I would have learned, trouble is that the knowledge slowly evaporates from my mind over time if I'm not doing it regularly...Ken--- I like watching your progress on the F7. So the learning curve is a little longer than expected, they're over rated anyway!
George, I'm not that "Ken" - I never was in the Corps like you guys were, I was just a squid [LOL]! Never did anything dangerous or otherwise heroic, just did my 4 years at sea and financed my college education thru the GI Bill.Ken I snipped the above quote out from another post. What years were you in the USMC? I also was trained to destroy stuff but thank God I never got a chance to use any of my training. In the 1966 they sent me to the Sahara for desert warfare training. The enemy were mostly scorpions & snakes that would attack at night while you were sleeping.
Justin - I had a half-dozen of those Front Range geeps back in 1988, when I first got back into the hobby - in fact that's what convinced me to get back into it, with their scale-width hoods. They look great, but their operating quality kind of left me cold. They didn't seem to have very good low speed control, and they were faster than my Athearn and other brand loco models, so I couldn't consist them with anything other than their sister Front Ranger's. Of course, this was before DCC and speed-matching were possible...
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Time for me to report on something other than mrr: I got a last-minute invitation on Monday evening to make a vaccine appointment, but the only time slots available were Tuesday and Wednesday. I couldn't go on Tuesday, because I had to self-isolate in preparation for a minor outpatient surgical procedure on Wednesday morning. At least I was able to grab a time slot 3 hours after the surgery, so that gave me enough time to go home and have lunch first. I got the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, didn't have any reaction to it - apparently that "fun" doesn't start until after the 2nd dose which I'll be getting in 3 weeks. Apparently there was a recent large influx of vaccine doses delivered to Maryland.
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