Running Bear's November 2022 Coffee Shop

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[bnsf971]

 

[Alcomotive]

Map shows we are out of the rain but it is raining out. Proves you can't trust the weather man! They should have a window or something in their office.

Curt - 5" rain! Holy cows!

Hughie - Great layout shot, nice to see the whole thing!!

James - I can't believe those guys weigh 22#, they don't really look fat like some of the "chonks" on the internet (I think thats right)
THANKS for posting their pics, they have a nice home there!

Chad - I hope the weather is a little more cooperative for you

Smudge - nice freight cars.

Louis - we had the valve cover gasket replaced this summer in our Sonic.

Took it to the shop, I told my wife those always leak but she insisted we get it fixed. Cost around $400 mostly labor, we have 150,000 miles on ours. I am glad we fixed it, I like a clean engine

Dave....sometimes the pictures do not do the justice on how big these guys are....


Here is an older picture of Doc resting on a full size couch. Next to my older sister's dog Dottie a Westie who is 15 lbs He dwarfs her in size. Gentle giant....

Here is a pic of Doc belly up snoozing....he is laying next to a cedar chest that is 5 feet wide. the length of his body just about covers 4 feet for sure.

Here is Wyatt, I am 5'10" he is sprawled out on my legs while I watch tv. His paws are massive I always have to becareful of the family jewels as I do not want them skewered or wolverined LOL.

 

[Smudge617]

I really like the Soo Line cars.I can’t wait to see what you do with the other 3.

Thanks ! No pressure then?

Saying that, how did you get the fading on that hopper?

 

[Bruette]

Took it to the shop, I told my wife those always leak but she insisted we get it fixed. Cost around $400 mostly labor, we have 150,000 miles on ours. I am glad we fixed it, I like a clean engine

I don't know what the book says for time for this job. It should not take an experinced mechanic more than 1/2 hour or less. I would guess the book would be 2 hours at the most. I took almost an hour, my hands don't work so good any more.

I don't like going to the dealer. It is always too time consuming. I paid $37.99 for the valve cover with the PCV valve, and the gasket installed in the new valve cover. I got it delivered to my door from Amazon. Total cost of the job was $37.99

I think it would have been covered under warranty because it was causing the engine light to come on. The car only has 56,000 miles on it. My dealer would have had the car for two days and I would have wasted 3+ hours having them drop me off and pick me back up. They should just pick up and drop off the car. They don't do that. Everything they do is slow.

You are a good driver and you take good care of your car. I hope I get 150,000 miles out of mine. I love this little car!

 

[Texas Hobo]

Clever work young man! Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

I was pretty good with Excel as a pup, so I learned before becoming an old dog.

 

[Texas Hobo]

I'll be happy to send you the file so you can see the formulas.

Thank you for the offer. For me half the fun of using Excel is creating the formulas. I usually start out with something in mind, and then the little light comes on, "what if you wrote it to do this and then that", and a re-write happens, but I love it. Many years ago, the company I worked for decided to punish the Maintenance folks, because we would not agree to work the Dupont shift like our Production co-workers. I was assigned to the powerhouse by myself. There isn't a lot one person can do at night in a powerhouse with 12 huge steam turbines. There was a computer, 256K, tells you how long ago this took place. Anyway, the computer had Excel on it. I spent hours upon hours learning Excel. It saved my sanity of working nights alone. Again, thank you for the offer, but I'll finish the project I'm working on.

 

[TLOC]

Thanks ! No pressure then?

Saying that, how did you get the fading on that hopper?

Never any pressure! Except on the compressor

Fading!
Washed car in 70% Isopropyl Alcohol
Higher % works but be careful not to remove paint, printing or decals
Sprayed a clear mat varnish, let dry.
Do again
Let thoroughly dry
A mix of white and light gray sprayed about 8-10” away
Hit again with clear mat varnish

Make sure everything is dry before the next step, when still wet and I put clear mat varnish on it clouds up

psi on air compressor is at 20-25 for the white/gray mix

Tamiya Arcylics thinned with 91 or 99% Isopropyl Alcohol

psi on air compressor is at 40-50 for the clear mat varnish

I now use VMS clear mat varnish

play with the PSI to satisfy you and the paints and varnishes you use, experimen

Vallejo Air washes of burnt umber are hand brushed on using a wet on wet method
wet area of model with clear water use a brush
dab on burnt umber and move around per feel, let the water move it
do burnt umber wash as many times as you need to get where you want it

Check Boomer Diorama on you tube for his weathering techniques in his playlist
he explains and demonstrates it much better then my explanation

When satisfied and the model is dry, spray it with a clear mat varnish


Hope that helps

 

[Smudge617]

Never any pressure! Except on the compressor

Fading!
Washed car in 70% Isopropyl Alcohol
Higher % works but be careful not to remove paint, printing or decals
Sprayed a clear mat varnish, let dry.
Do again
Let thoroughly dry
A mix of white and light gray sprayed about 8-10” away
Hit again with clear mat varnish

Make sure everything is dry before the next step, when still wet and I put clear mat varnish on it clouds up

psi on air compressor is at 20-25 for the white/gray mix

Tamiya Arcylics thinned with 91 or 99% Isopropyl Alcohol

psi on air compressor is at 40-50 for the clear mat varnish

I now use VMS clear mat varnish

play with the PSI to satisfy you and the paints and varnishes you use, experimen

Vallejo Air washes of burnt umber are hand brushed on using a wet on wet method
wet area of model with clear water use a brush
dab on burnt umber and move around per feel, let the water move it
do burnt umber wash as many times as you need to get where you want it

Check Boomer Diorama on you tube for his weathering techniques in his playlist
he explains and demonstrates it much better then my explanation

When satisfied and the model is dry, spray it with a clear mat varnish


Hope that helps

Great, thanks.

 

[chadbag]

Chad - I hope the weather is a little more cooperative for you

Sunny and cold. Did get to the mid-upper 30s by the early afternoon but by 4-pm was back to 32 and is now upper 20s at 8pm... The guys doing the backfilling just propped up the foam panels on one wall and held them in place with dirt. My son and I got the other wall that needed the sacrificial panels glued up done before I had to go get my daughter out of school early for a HS swim meet.

I went back up later and they had backfilled half of the western wall to the top and the other half part way (where they originally had dug out much to much as they thought the rear enclosed patio had a basement underneath it). Their compactor machine (remote controlled) was not working so they were having problems... Progress!

 

[chadbag]

For me half the fun of using Excel

Isn't using "fun" and "Excel" in the same sentence an oxymoron?

 

[bnsf971]

Good morning. It's raining and 60.

 

[bnsf971]

Today is Veterans Day in the US. If you know or meet a veteran, thank them for their service.

 

[bnsf971]

 

[Smudge617]

Oh! So that'show a snowplough works.

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[santafewillie]

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Is that the voice of experience speaking?

 

[JeffH]

We're finally getting some rain!!!

 

[TLOC]

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So true

 

[bnsf971]

Is that the voice of experience speaking?

I'm pleading the fifth on that...

 

[D&J RailRoad]

Way back in history some time, I was usually able to stand up from sitting on the floor without touching my hands, knees, arms or elbows to the floor. Now, it's knees, hands, forearms, elbows, etc. then steady myself once upright.