Strangely enough, that's exactly what supper was last night. And a 1 oz bag of Fritos.
Running Bear’s June 2025 Coffee Shop
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If that doesn't work for you, I still have many of the PDF's. They range from 2 pages to 41 pages for the most complex ones. I believe that I already have 7 on my layout. They are all actual scale size of real (and in some cases still existing structures), no compression, but for far background structures, your printer should be able to reduce them proportionally.
I recommend printing them on 65# paper, rather than plain paper glued to cereal boxes. I got my package of paper from Office Depot or Staples many years ago, although I am sure that it's available at Walmart. I'll be offering tips in the Coffee Shop as I build it, but if you choose to do some, I can always answer questions for you.
Here's an example of one that I have in the background at full size.
Ignore the structure in front, it's a Hydrocal model from Downtown Deco.
Good morning! It's partly cloudy and 72°F. 
They give you a sticker with it (seen in the photo above).
Once was enough. Though in reality a 16 oz steak meal with potato, salad, bread, etc is more food and approximately the same meat.
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AuburnCentral
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We had a restaurant that the big thing they advertised was hot dogs boiled in beer
chadbag
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How many Fritos are in a 1oz bag? Like 5?
CambriaArea51
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This is a good example why people are afraid of Gen X.
CambriaArea51
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Willie is picking the garden and I'm just planting the garden. Cool temps and cold ground has pushed things back 2 weeks.
DeaconKC
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I just looked for the buildings, they have shut down the site with them. Do you still have the pdfs?
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
There were several sites with the buildings on them, some did indeed shut down, but this one is still active. Build Your Own Main Street
If that doesn't work for you, I still have many of the PDF's. They range from 2 pages to 41 pages for the most complex ones. I believe that I already have 7 on my layout. They are all actual scale size of real (and in some cases still existing structures), no compression, but for far background structures, your printer should be able to reduce them proportionally.
I recommend printing them on 65# paper, rather than plain paper glued to cereal boxes. I got my package of paper from Office Depot or Staples many years ago, although I am sure that it's available at Walmart. I'll be offering tips in the Coffee Shop as I build it, but if you choose to do some, I can always answer questions for you.
Here's an example of one that I have in the background at full size.
Ignore the structure in front, it's a Hydrocal model from Downtown Deco.
Kusojiji
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Isn't mamby pamby land the place where you load up on zombie fighting materials like wipes?
Bill Tidler Jr.
Retired N&W/NS Signalman
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Well howdy there internet peeps and those who are considering hiring Louis to cater your Independence Day cookouts!
It's Troy again.
I blew my streak of sleeping in to 5am or later. Made a pee run at 3:30sih, and only dozed until about 4:30. So I got up and read an NScale magazine I had on the TBR stack.
While I was waiting on the coffee to brew, I realized something related to my Civil War gaming. A couple of years ago, I purchased an Epic scale set (about 13.5mm - just little bigger than Nscale's 10mm equivalent in gaming scales) Gettysburg set. That set has a lot of plastic strips of figures I should sell off. But it also has some Sarissa brand laser-cut buildings. Specifically, it has a couple of Farm buildings and snake fences, as well as the Cemetery gate house (Union HQ once Mead arrived), as well as the Lutheran seminary.
You might remember that as where Sam Elliot climbs to the cupola to survey the battlefield.
Here's my wife doing her best Sam Elliot impersonation:
BTW: the parking lot in the photo wasn't there when they filmed the movie in the early 1990s.
Here's the Seminary building.
And I get to build it in MDF 1:100 scale. If only TT Scale for MRR were bigger in the US, I could switch to that scale...
It's Troy again.
I blew my streak of sleeping in to 5am or later. Made a pee run at 3:30sih, and only dozed until about 4:30. So I got up and read an NScale magazine I had on the TBR stack.
While I was waiting on the coffee to brew, I realized something related to my Civil War gaming. A couple of years ago, I purchased an Epic scale set (about 13.5mm - just little bigger than Nscale's 10mm equivalent in gaming scales) Gettysburg set. That set has a lot of plastic strips of figures I should sell off. But it also has some Sarissa brand laser-cut buildings. Specifically, it has a couple of Farm buildings and snake fences, as well as the Cemetery gate house (Union HQ once Mead arrived), as well as the Lutheran seminary.
You might remember that as where Sam Elliot climbs to the cupola to survey the battlefield.
Here's my wife doing her best Sam Elliot impersonation:
BTW: the parking lot in the photo wasn't there when they filmed the movie in the early 1990s.
Here's the Seminary building.
And I get to build it in MDF 1:100 scale. If only TT Scale for MRR were bigger in the US, I could switch to that scale...
Patrick
What, me worry?
Morning all,
55° under clearing skies, 75° later.
I dumped .6" of rain out of the gauge yesterday morning and when I got home I dumped another 4" out of it. The city to the Northeast of my town had some massive flooding, which many think shouldn't have happened as they built a large reservoir in the 70's. Problem is the dammed up the east branch but the west branch still runs free. They had as much as 9" in the watershed that the west branch drains. They acted surprised that it still floods. River I need to cross was nearing the road surface and hadn't crested yet, however a creek a couple miles down the road had left a ton of debris from the fields it was still flooding, but there was no water under it as I crossed. Water level at that point below the road level.
House behind us must have had a lightning strike. Wife recalled hearing the boom a little after 5:00p and at about 6:00p 3 firetrucks run through the neighborhood. Firemen go inside the house, and after a couple of minutes 2 run out and start prying open the meter box, one yells clear and whacks the meter out. We never saw any smoke or flames, house still looks intact. We figure it must have been a smoldering type of short they got put out quick. They left a little over an hour later. Looked funny to see the dark house behind us.
Otherwise not much happening.
55° under clearing skies, 75° later.
I dumped .6" of rain out of the gauge yesterday morning and when I got home I dumped another 4" out of it. The city to the Northeast of my town had some massive flooding, which many think shouldn't have happened as they built a large reservoir in the 70's. Problem is the dammed up the east branch but the west branch still runs free. They had as much as 9" in the watershed that the west branch drains. They acted surprised that it still floods. River I need to cross was nearing the road surface and hadn't crested yet, however a creek a couple miles down the road had left a ton of debris from the fields it was still flooding, but there was no water under it as I crossed. Water level at that point below the road level.
House behind us must have had a lightning strike. Wife recalled hearing the boom a little after 5:00p and at about 6:00p 3 firetrucks run through the neighborhood. Firemen go inside the house, and after a couple of minutes 2 run out and start prying open the meter box, one yells clear and whacks the meter out. We never saw any smoke or flames, house still looks intact. We figure it must have been a smoldering type of short they got put out quick. They left a little over an hour later. Looked funny to see the dark house behind us.
Otherwise not much happening.
chadbag
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I’ll post more of what I did today (and when I have time catch up the travelogue) later. Short: we took the train to Osaka Umeda. It’s where Osaka Station is though we took Hankyu railway so it’s a station across the street. We were going to Yodobashi Camera and I took a side trip to Joshin Denki Super Kids Land. Anyway when I got back the wife left to go meet some HS friends and my daughter and I did some shopping and looking around. We got hungry. This was on the menu.
It’s the Whopper DX Maxi 1 pound whopper. It had a really good diameter and 4 patties. It came with a drink (Coke Zero) and I chose chili cheese fries. I think the chili container was almost out as it had almost no chili on it. The chili flavor was good though for fast food chili. I also added onion rings to try out onion rings.
Daughters had some creamy Mexican whopper with avocado.
It’s the Whopper DX Maxi 1 pound whopper. It had a really good diameter and 4 patties. It came with a drink (Coke Zero) and I chose chili cheese fries. I think the chili container was almost out as it had almost no chili on it. The chili flavor was good though for fast food chili. I also added onion rings to try out onion rings.
Daughters had some creamy Mexican whopper with avocado.
chadbag
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My exact line of thinking. Even allowed the extra onion rings.
They give you a sticker with it (seen in the photo above).
Once was enough. Though in reality a 16 oz steak meal with potato, salad, bread, etc is more food and approximately the same meat.
migalyto
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Good morning all!
Happy Hump Day to the working folks.
Currently a rainy 61F with a high temp of 68F, A stark contrast from the previous 2 days of mid to upper 80s. Had a
couple of thunderstorms move thru the area last night. Not real severe, but enough to prompt phone warnings. looks
like the rain will be out of the area by late morning.
Worked for a little while yesterday on the layout. added another rock casting and did some blending. Think its moving along
fairly well.
Not too much planned for today, all laundry was done yesterday. It will be too wet to mow till tomorrow.
Have a safe day everyone!
Happy Hump Day to the working folks.
Currently a rainy 61F with a high temp of 68F, A stark contrast from the previous 2 days of mid to upper 80s. Had a
couple of thunderstorms move thru the area last night. Not real severe, but enough to prompt phone warnings. looks
like the rain will be out of the area by late morning.
Worked for a little while yesterday on the layout. added another rock casting and did some blending. Think its moving along
fairly well.
Not too much planned for today, all laundry was done yesterday. It will be too wet to mow till tomorrow.
Have a safe day everyone!
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