BigE
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Big E---If less than 13 ounces, the shipping will be around 3.50. If over that amount, it will be above $6.15
That's ok. Lots better than near $10 for 1 oz.
Big E---If less than 13 ounces, the shipping will be around 3.50. If over that amount, it will be above $6.15
Oopsie!! My bad. $19.90 was the total. $9.95 was the shipping.
Still high, but the guy emailed back me saying he would be happy to just send me the stuff and then bill me for the actual shipping cost - which he agreed shouldn't be more than a couple bucks.
Now that's some great service in my book!!!
By the way Garry, he said to "also tell your friend thanks for sending you [me] my way."
New email arrived. Shipment goes out tomorrow morning.
He'll invoice me after he knows the ship amount.
Truly great service!!
That's refreshing to see these days.
E.
Had a few extra pennies (cents) left, so....in my quest to know more, to learn more about the Milwaukee Road, I bought this..
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Evening All,
..."Today I tested, soldered, and hooked up power leads to the siding. After I finished that I realized that all the installation work is now complete. The numerous jobs left to do are all scenery related. I also decided that I won't do anything else on the lake until everything else is complete in that area. I have cat tails, lily pads and ducks to put on the lake and I don't want to ruin those while working on scenery. I apologize for the crappy photo, but this is how I plan on putting the industries on the siding."...
That is a great book for anyone interested in the Milwaukee Road. Shortly after the Milwaukee Road ceased operations, I took a horseback trip, 5 days across this part of the railroad. Beautiful country. I love some of the pictures taken in the winter. What we could drive now in a matter of hours could take up to a week back then. Hope you enjoy it. This part of the old Milwaukee Road is fairly close to me.
77 degrees and sunny. Almost had to turn on the A/C on the way home.
Evening All,
Had Nachos for supper. Today I tested, soldered, and hooked up power leads to the siding. After I finished that I realized that all the installation work is now complete. The numerous jobs left to do are all scenery related. I also decided that I won't do anything else on the lake until everything else is complete in that area. I have cat tails, lily pads and ducks to put on the lake and I don't want to ruin those while working on scenery. I apologize for the crappy photo, but this is how I plan on putting the industries on the siding.
Thank you to everyone that has complimented me on my work.
Terry- Very cool. What is Popular Mechanics interviewing you for?
Patrick- I feel your pain.
Milw113- Awesome sign. I have asked my kids for a different type sign from the same seller for Fathers Day.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Hey guys! 58*F with light rain in the Free State, same as it was this morning.
Mil - are you sure you've got enough reference material on the Milwaukee Road?
Curt - Your slaughterhouse looks great, and brings back memories: There was an E.L. Moore article in the August 1966 RMC about scratchbuilding the Spratt & Keen Meat Packing Company. I thought it was so cool looking that I decided to buy the magazine instead of whatever other [non-mrr] item I had planned to buy, and thus started my lifelong interest in scale model railroading.
Eric - Garry has given you some excellent tips on weathering, especially about practicing on "junk" models before attempting to do your higher-valued ones. I might add, it's good to have some photographs of weathered cars of the type you plan to do, so you can see the exact patterns formed by the rust and grunge - from things like water seeping down the sides of the car, and splatter marks on the ends from where the wheels have picked up rainwater from the rails and splashed it on.
For some modelers, weathering is almost like a separate sub-culture of model railroading - where guys might not have a layout, but spend hour after hour bringing their models to perfection. I was once a member on such a forum called modeltrainsweathered.com. [Sadly, they don't exist anymore.] I spent ~4 weeks' worth of evenings trying to replicate an ex-Chessie CSXT PS-2 cement hopper from a set of online photos. That experience taught me that I'd rather spend my time improving my layout than trying to impress a few hard-core weathering worshippers. Here's a photo of the model:
Gotta get myself to bed now, 5:30am comes way too early!
Good morning. Happy Friday. 55° and wet in Central Jersey.
Weathering is very subjective. From memory,most freight cars were no where near as cruddy looking as a lot of weathered models. most were just flat and dirty. My best weathering efforts were when my goal was to just take the "shine" off of the model.
Ken: Nice covered hopper. The link to the prototype shows the car really gets around.