Good Morning Everyone. Mostly clear and 71° to start the week here. Weather guesser's model has not been right lately. Original prediction of near 100° yesterday ended up at 89°. Today is forecast to be 93° and then 6 of the next 10 days it's not supposed to get above the upper 70's. No rain in sight.
Is that waffles and bacon I see over there Flo? Make up a plate for me with a double order of the bacon.
Thanks for the likes and comments yesterday,
Tom, Chet, Louis, Bob, Guy, Karl, Sherrel, Chad, Curt, Patrick.
Spent most of my time in the train shed yesterday assembling the Walther's Ferrous Shear. I posted yesterday that the instructions looked pretty good for a Walther's product, but during assembly, I found one very obvious omission. The part is pictured, but no mention in the assembly instructions. In the end, it was not a major issue.
Here it is in its intended position.
I am still going to apply some more paint over and above the red, black, silver and concrete colors already done. These things are usually a shade of industrial green from pictures that I have seen. Of course, rust, scrapes and weathering will be necessary as well. In addition, from my experience with this type of equipment, I will need to add leaked hydraulic fluid
everywhere!
In this picture you can also see the rail spur gates that will be added soon.
Sherrel - Thanks for the offer of hot weather, but it is not needed. It's actually sunlight heating the bottom and sides that heats up pool water much more efficiently than ambient heat. The darker the liner, the quicker the heat-up. While the air can get hot, it's really a terrible conductor of heat.
Tom - It is interesting that ScaleTrains has not yet released any four axle engines.
The coupler height picture was surely interesting.
Patrick - Sorry about the non-functioning switch controllers. Hopefully I sent enough extra to cover your needs.
Everybody have a great day and continue to keep your distance.