Good Morning All. Mostly clear and 75° this fine morning. Cool front coming tomorrow with a high of only 78° in the forecast.
Running a bit behind today, wife wanted breakfast a lot earlier than normal.
Prepared a brisket yesterday, after spare ribs Sunday, and they were both delicious. Tonight is leftover homemade Salmon patties with my extra special homemade tartar sauce. It's really too bad that my wife doesn't like me using the Salmon skin in the patties, it can be a bitch to remove it.
Loads of bacon this morning Flo, and a couple of sunny side up eggs with whole wheat toast for me.
Thanks for all of the reactions and comments yesterday regarding the last of the grain elevators;
Garry, Sherrel, Guy, Lee, Jerome, Hughie, Rick, Jerry, Karl, Chet, Phil, Curt, Tom, James.
While I made a bit more progress out in the train shed yesterday, I mainly ran trains while waiting for glue and paint to dry. That led to just running trains!
Nearly done with the current project with the piggyback ramps and the two industries to the south. The tenements on the other side of the track are on hold until I can sort through figures, vehicles, and detail parts like trash cans and dumpsters. I also am just not presently in the mood for adding interiors to the large white apartment building in the scene just yet. I need a rainy day to search some out on the Internet that I can print.
I am still mulling over what to do with the large blank area on the north side of the piggyback yard, there's about two square feet between it and the existing brewery. I'd like to put another rail-served industry there, switch is in place but not fastened down yet, but I don't have an appropriate one to use. I have boxes full of DPM and Pikestuff modular walls, but my imagination is stalled right now.
So how about a couple more residential pictures. First is a Walther's kit that I think is called Our House.
That's me in the rocker, my wife complaining about something, and my granddaughter and her dog. Eventually this will be part of a beach scene, (my wife loves the beach), in a remote but highly visible part of the layout. Unfortunately that section is most likely going to be the last section developed. I already have a bag full of Gulf Shores sand to use with it. But right now, there's no wall behind it, just insulation and electrical wiring until I eventually add an outside outlet before covering it up.
Here is a cardstock farmhouse. Note the drive in theater to the right across the tracks. Still need to paint the backdrop here.
Garry - I love your country park scene. While I have seen parts of it before, I don't believe I saw the entire scene until yesterday. Do you remember where the green picnic tables and the stone grills came from?
Jerome - Welcome back.
Hughie - The cold front is a little unusual this time around. It will begin with winds and thunderstorms out of the east before dawn tomorrow, then the wind will shift from the north just after sunset. Our low is still going to be in the mid-60's, but by Friday our highs are only going to be in the 80's for the foreseeable future.
Joe - I am confused by governors who allow political demonstrations to allow freedom of speech, but do not allow church services which are also freedom of speech; albeit less violent.
You build your layout like I do. While I had a rough drawing of the benchwork, most of the trackplan was in my mind and was worked out on the benchwork as I went along.
Guy - Wow! 198 photos to fill your reference library. Knowing you, you probably got a lot of very interesting stuff.
Troy - OK, I model in HO and don't know enough about the physics involved with N scale so I can't advise you too much. However I shudder whenever I see or hear of any layout using 3% grade. I know that it can be done, easily if you have the right situation; but throwing curves into the mix can make it tricky. If it was me, I might lower the overall height to reduce the grade and see if I could fit in 15" curves instead of the 13". Other N scalers might know more than I.
Sherrel - I was wondering how close that party fire was to you. I had read that it was a gender reveal party, not a transgender party. Gender reveal parties are where a pregnant mother reveals the gender of the fetus.
Today is National Ampersand Day, or CAP-7 on your keyboard. There is a commemorative day for just about anything these days.
Everybody have a great day.
