Good Morning All. 50° and overcast today. Had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my sister's house yesterday, I hope everyone else had a good one too. Lots of food, beer and good company.Needless to say, I didn't get into the train shed at all. I will make up for it today. Wife is headed to town today, to do things other than shop, since there won't be a soul at the library or the other places that she is going to visit.
Toot - Sorry the noise disturbed you! You all could celebrate as well, even the Canadians do. It wouldn't be a bother if you had crocodile or kangaroo instead of turkey. I've been up for a while, but it took a long time to go through all of
Louis's pictures. LOL
Justin - Yup!!! The masking tape is the way to go on those steps. They turned out very well. Don't be afraid of the dry-brushing, if they don't look good, simply re-paint and do it over. Here is something that I copied from a post on the Internet many years ago. It wasn't credited to anyone. Look at Rule 17:
Model Railroad Rules to Live By
1. The object of this hobby is to have fun.
2. Buy some freight and passenger cars to go with your gross of engines.
3. Never ever tell a fellow modeler your scale is better then his.
4. At some point stop planning and start building the layout.
5. Never put perfection in front of running the trains.
6. Pay close attention to the track work it can kill the fun.
7. Meet and bring your favorite engine, and have your friends bring their favorite engines.
8. Have a plan, and an era, so you don't buy a lot of stuff you don't need.
9. Listen to the critics, and weight their suggestions, and then do what you think is best.
10. Never argue with a rivet counter, you will lose.
11. Good running engines and dependable rolling stock are required to really have fun.
12. You don't have to agree, with your fellow modelers, to be friends
13. Have a spare of all tools, for when you lose the first one.
14. Keep the lubrication supplies handy and use them sometimes.
15. Clean the tracks before the trains stop running.
16. Know your economic, time, and space resources and plan accordingly.
17. In this hobby "do over’s" are a fact of life.
18. If you are a perfectionist, lighten up and cut the other people some slack.
19. If you are not a perfectionist, lighten up and cut them some slack.
20. Never ever forget rule one.
These can be useful to others as well. I have a full page printout posted prominently in the train shed.
Sherrel - Never let a good opportunity go by!!! By the way, my sister lives on a street named "Weems Street".
Phil - Glad that all is going well. Isn't there a teenager in your neighborhood that is willing to look at your computer?
Garry - I know that it was a couple of days ago when you posted the redneck Thanksgiving, I had seen that before but thanks for bringing it back up. I might resemble a couple such as the "paved road" and "ironing board"...LOL I don't name the turkeys, but I used to have a hog we called "Bacon Fat". Kids weren't pleased!
David - Sounds like a bit of progress, continued good luck with the tractor and chainsaw. Be careful. No running bears around here.
Bruce - Congratulations to your Lions. It was also good to hear that the train runs went well.
Ken - Great photo, I don't recall seeing it before.
How can you tell when your blood-alcohol level is "street legal"
I wait until I am not seeing double.
Bob - Glad that you could drop by. I had seen some posts from you off and on for the last half year, now we know why they have been sporadic.
Let me post this now, because
Louis has probably posted some more pictures by now. Keep it up by the way, you make up for my lack of pictures!!!
Everyone have a great day except
Toot, you have a
Good Night!
How 'bout them Cowboys? Ten in a row with a rookie QB!
Willie
She ended up having 3 servings of sauerkraut before dinner was over 
Looks like you are still the only one up yet.
