Good afternoon. As usual, I've been bust again. Sold two more cars and helped them load on Friday afternoon and then went to town for bowling. Yesterday the grandkids came over. They were getting bored hanging around their house. They rode their bikes for a while and then watched cartoon on TV. They don't have the childrens cartoons at home. Cooler today. Don't think it will get up to 60 today but it should get up into the mid 70's during the week.
Had a couple of visitors stop by last evening to enjoy the apples that have fallen off of the tree. Do have some reflection in the photos.
Greg - Hoping the best for Cathy. There have been a lot of false positives reported. Prayers for both of you.
keN - Beautiful job on that B&O diesel.
Lee - The only Mack trucks I have are in HO scale. The B series Macks are some of the few that are available for the era I'm modeling.
Joe - Good photos. Like the RDC's and a Mack fire truck is one of the HO scale models I have.
Willie - It may not look like you got very far, but I see a lot of open space that I wish I had. Really like those DPM kits. They'll fit right into any era.
Alan - You made an accurate statement when you said that brass isn't for everyone. Many don't model the era when steam was running and then there is the expense of acquiring brass steamers. Painting them could be beyond the capabilities of a lot also. I have done quite a few years ago and now that I am getting a bit older, I doubt that I would attempt one having to deal with the small screws and other details. They drove me nuts when I had good eye sight.
Dave - Like your photos, especially the observation car.
Jerome - Excellent photos. Liked the wreck.
Chad - Like the photo of the commuter train. I have been watching quite a few videos on rail travel in Europe. When I was over there in the service I did enjoy traveling by train. you could get most everywhere by train over there. One trip I would love to take is the Trans Siberia railroad.
Ray - Liked the video. May have been on the Livingston side of the pass the way the wind was blowing. Livingston sits right at the intersection of three mountain ranges and the winds there can be something else. You can see the trees leaning to the northeast. A 50 MPH wind over there is considered to b a breeze, There are wind socks along the interstate.
Troy - I have had some of those Amish donuts. Excellent. Your layout is moving right along.
Curt - I see that you did learn a few lessons from your old layout by putting in the scenery at the rear of the layout before working on details at the front. I think
Greg had mentioned having to work over the layout to reach the rear. Looking good.
I guess I could post some more archive photos.
Lee, here are some of my Mack trucks.
The Urlich Mack tanker was a pain to letter. One letter at a time.
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