Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 62°. Change in the weather forecast, as they have added rain into the forecast for this morning. Wasn't there yesterday; I wonder if it has anything to do with the extensive line of showers 25 miles away across the Red River in Oklahoma? Doesn't look like anything heavy and may not do our landscape any good.
On to the recent action by OPEC. These guys are pissed. They relented earlier this summer and slowly provided more oil. Then several nations opened up their strategic reserves and undercut the price that they were getting. They felt double-crossed and took the recent action of cutting back to get the price back.
Thanks for the likes ad comments regarding the latest project;
James, Todd, Guy, Dave B, Tom O, Smudge, Chad, Christian, Hughie, Louis, Chet, Patrick, Gary, Rick, George, Tom.
I found some time to go out in the train shed yesterday, and added ground cover between the 7-11 and the Gemini Building.
A little history and a closer look at the Gemini Building. This structure is over 27 years old and is the first structure that I attempted to put an interior into. The whole thing is a bit crude, but I still like the look. Things to note: The sidewalk out front is simply sheet styrene with pencil lines, since I made it either before I saw it or before Evergreen made sidewalk material. The walls too are just painted styrene.
The appliances in the appliance shop side are just small blocks of wood painted white with pencil lines on them.
The soft drink machine is a red painted block, decorated with a cut out sign and a Sharpie marker. Hard to see the fan belts hanging on the wall behind the counter in Sparky's, but they're there.
In retrospect, I didn't need to detail the stairway between the two stores as it's not visible, but if I add a light, it might show up. I thought that I had originally put a man behind the counter in Sparky's, but he seems to be MIA, or I forgot to put him in there. I'll look for a suitable person today. All figures are hand-painted Preiser figures since I couldn't afford pre-painted ones back then.
Guy - Nice progress on the scene. Like some others posted, your spell-check seems like it is on UK English. Love your forest pictures.
Chet - Continued best wishes on the shoulder recovery. Thanks for the update on Sherrel.
Jaz - I like your analogy of cryptocurrency to the Emperor's new clothes.
Dave B - Enjoy your trip and be safe.
Everybody have a great Saturday.