Good Morning All. Clear and 81°. No real change in our forecast, I saw 110° for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. The 6% chance of rain on Monday has been moved to Tuesday and is now 3%. Yesterday, it actually smelled hot! It is a bit disconcerting to note that my overnight low is higher than many of you guys daytime high temperature.
So far the electric grid is holding up here in Texas, probably because there's very few EV's plugged in. Some of you probably know that the Texas electric grid is not connected to any outside grids for back-up, except for El Paso which is plugged in to New Mexico's connections. Foolish decision by the state regulators many years ago, actually in 1935. Because of perceived independence, that has not changed even today.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I spent most of my time running trains again. I made progress on the Magnuson reefer truck, but I am not near finishing it yet.
Considerable touch up is needed mainly to the windows. I'm not sure what the residue is around the marker lights, as I only painted orange.
Painting these resin vehicles is real tricky, even though I primered everything with dull coat.
Today is door hinge day along with the touch-up.
One crowning achievement (if you have ever built one of these) is that all four wheels touch the surface without rocking!
Karl - Cleaned and
painted the bolts for the Cub Cadet? You must be a mechanic.
LOL
Joe - I have made a few Magnuson vehicle models in the past, so I know a few tricks already. My real issue is with the windows. There is no way to convey a clear glass finish there, so I have to use silver paint to simulate glass.
Hughie - I am not a real fan of installing rafter tails either; and I model in HO. But the effect on some structures is great.
Tom O - Most likely I will ditch the glasses completely. In the train shed, I have two pair of Optivisors and 5 different strength lens's to use. Yesterday just for grins, I installed a coupler spring on a Kadee coupler without any vision aids. I still have the restriction on my drivers license that I will have to deal with. We can no longer just walk in, you are encouraged to set up an appointment on line.
I don't personally have an issue with beer being sold at sporting events, provided that proper supervision is used to prevent obnoxious folks from getting out of hand. Reminds me of the Saturday morning (11:00 am) that I went to a friend's daughter's college graduation a few years ago. It was held in the UNT basketball coliseum, and they were selling beer there. Seemed inappropriate to me. I skipped as I hadn't eaten yet.
Sherrel - We did the one car thing for 5 years until this past April. It actually worked out just fine for us, but Arlene just had to purchase the used Lexus, mainly because our daughter bought one and she likes to "keep up with the Jones's". I was a bit floored by the $50K price tag, especially for a used one. Amusing fact is that just one time since have we both been gone at the same time. I took the Lexus to the doctor and a couple of necessities stops, and she took the older Accura, 25 miles away to the car wash! But after getting there, she didn't want to pay for the automated wash and valet vacuuming and went instead to the coin-operated do it yourself place. Upon arrival home, I had to dig out the industrial shop-vac for her to vacuum it. Might as well have washed it in the driveway!
$8 in gas just pissed away...it uses premium.
Today is Bill Clinton's 77th birthday. Where's Monica???
Everyone have a great day.
