Running Bear's May 2026 Coffee Shop

[Snowman]

During my recovery from the multiple burglaries a year back I happened to stumble across a folder with some drawings I did back in college (I studied pre-architecture, aka Environmental Design), and I thought I might post a dozen or so if no one minds a bit of personal spamming.

Way out of practice now, but could draw pretty well then, I think.

 

[Snowman]

A few more maybe:

 

[Kusojiji]

A small capacitor would probably help with that.

Oh, I should have said that I don't like flickering rear lamp while the loco is going forward and this circuit has fixed that.

 

[Snowman]

Have a few more I might toss up later. A few railroad related, and a few building related, including two models and a quickie of the house I grew up in (and which I'm trying to maintain again).

Maybe tomorrow.

 

[Kusojiji]

Isn’t that because your caps were to low a V rating? Didn’t we discuss that a month or three ago?

Different issue. I think due to trying to power a single device (motor) instead of two (LEDs). This all being done on tinkercad, so no smoke.

 

[Kusojiji]

"buck" boards

Yeah, those are good. I have one outside bringing 12VDC from my solar battery down to 5VDC to run USB pumps for my pond.

 

[Kusojiji]

more incandesent light

Try warm white LED. I use that in my old timer coaches. I also use amber for my oil lamps.

 

[Kusojiji]

Have an extra hot dog! Or four!

One dog per year instead of candles?

 

[Kusojiji]

Happy B-day Louis!

 

[bnsf971]

Louis, happy birthday. I saw this on the River site, and thought of you:

https://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Mayer-Toaster-Chicken-Sausages/dp/B0B5VZXXN1?crid=309NHXOPRLBQ0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Z8ShJSVpllq2isTCJfmAhgfDMA-XlM-D3WGmxj_ylaLHyPB31cRU0fp7U_WIaNBmwFZP8j7Jc4CYUQCAg_ZHZpJxpfxRLwrVins14IPtG0aSGfClBSjKYOq1UIS_jOqEZ5oOfp3DHWPyCoFSEaZgMAQvU0zofUHhepAO_J-lp22NLR044a-crOqWrGkuf6vN7HcRazuMCC4qbqH88Mwx6IF1KcsO95t3EgKCYBHyKIg.-NW_sIDmJWmTqrnPJUoGIc9JbPi2jjm8F6inb-e9KuM&dib_tag=se&keywords=hot%2Bdog%2Btoaster&qid=1780009897&sprefix=hot%2Bdog%2Btoaster%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-4&th=1

 

[Kusojiji]

That's too cool! But, me thinks it's a grease fire just waiting to happen...

 

[boogietrain94]

Don't feel bad. We are at 49.6 cents a gallon. 66.4 cents a gallon with the federal gas tax added. still have the worst roads in the country!

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I dont knooooow can you beat indiana roads.

Anyways for the computer geniuses of the group i am looking at a gameing laptop would anyone have any idea what specs to look for. And i know thay hate about windows but thats what i grew up with now its been a while since i had a computer so ill have to relearn lol

 

[Kusojiji]

Took some pics of different color LEDs for reference.
Warm white and white

Amber

 

[boogietrain94]

Took some pics of different color LEDs for reference.
Warm white and white
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AmberView attachment 266648

Ooooooooooh

 

[bnsf971]

I dont knooooow can you beat indiana roads.

Anyways for the computer geniuses of the group i am looking at a gameing laptop would anyone have any idea what specs to look for. And i know thay hate about windows but thats what i grew up with now its been a while since i had a computer so ill have to relearn lol

Most "popular" games need Windoze to run. There are several reasons for that, but that can be a topic for another day.
What games are you wanting to play? Some are more graphically-intensive, and you'd need a laptop with a higher-end graphics card. Some are more processor-intensive, so you'd need one with a good processor. If you're buying new, try to get one with 32GB of ram, and at least a terabyte of storage.
Without boring everybody with the details, all the data centers being built are gobbling up all the memory manufacturing capacity for both ram and storage, and prices are insane for them.
As for brand or type, I'm partial to Lenovo products, just be aware they make many different submodels that may or may not be what you want. The one I have is a Legion 5 Pro, with the latest Ryzen 9 and RTX 5070 with a 240hz refresh rate QHD+ screen.

 

[kbkchooch]

Took some pics of different color LEDs for reference.
Warm white and white
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AmberView attachment 266648

Aaaaand Red, amber & green!

 

[boogietrain94]

Most "popular" games need Windoze to run. There are several reasons for that, but that can be a topic for another day.
What games are you wanting to play? Some are more graphically-intensive, and you'd need a laptop with a higher-end graphics card. Some are more processor-intensive, so you'd need one with a good processor. If you're buying new, try to get one with 32GB of ram, and at least a terabyte of storage.
Without boring everybody with the details, all the data centers being built are gobbling up all the memory manufacturing capacity for both ram and storage, and prices are insane for them.
As for brand or type, I'm partial to Lenovo products, just be aware they make many different submodels that may or may not be what you want. The one I have is a Legion 5 Pro, with the latest Ryzen 9 and RTX 5070 with a 240hz refresh rate QHD+ screen.

It wont be anything to massively detailed im more about gameplay then graphics

 

[Snowman]

This one made me laugh (not even remotely model railroading related, but still...funny...in a sad way):

Ferrari has introduced a new car, a full EV named the "Luce." It's being pretty widely panned by the Ferrari faithful, and (in a more reserved way) by former Ferrari top executives. Luca de Montezemolo is one who's opinion of the car is...rather dim. And not just because he dodged a bullet either--he quite rightfully would have burst a blood vessel (or three hundred) had they named it the "Luca," and not the "Luce."

In any case, the internet has been having some fun with it too, particularly in comparison to the recent self-immolation ad campaign authored by Jaguar.

Thus this version of the "new" Ferrari logo:

 

[Snowman]

Kinda reminds me of another, older "revisionist logo" which showed up on the internet some years back (when the NFL went all soft-and-squishy):

The Denver Broncos had their own prancing horses: The earlier "horse inside D" and the more recent "head only."

The internet conjured up another, that almost made me bust a gut at the time: The Broncos "My Little Pony" logo.

To say I had to laugh would be an understatement.

 

[RhB Michael]

Happy birthday Louis. I hope I squeezed that in in time in your time zone.

I've been busy since early this morning and this is the first I've checked in since then.