Good Morning All. Looks like 48° with clear skies in these parts. Reached 69° yesterday, quite pleasant, low 70's today. I spent several hours yesterday, cutting, hauling and stacking next years firewood supply. I expected to be a bit sore this morning, but surprisingly no; so I'll knock down another tree today and do it all over.
Thanks for the comments and likes on the body shop that I posted yesterday;
Joe,
Johnny,
Chet,
Garry,
Jim,
Curt,
Tom,
David,
Sherrel and anyone else who I may have missed.
Here are a few random scenes from around the layout. In the first one, we're seeing one end of a Downtown Deco hydrocal kit called "Adam's Ave Pt II". In the background is a cardstock structure from the Illinois State Historical Society.
Next is a generic kit from an unknown manufacturer that I have made into a paper goods distributor.
Next up is a structure made from DPM modular walls. The scenery around this structure hasn't been completed yet. Same with additional detailing that is intended. I often don't do the detailing until I finalize a site for the structure on the layout.
I didn't get into the train shed until after 4:30 yesterday, leaving only a short time to work on stuff. I worked on applying ground foam to the small park that is being built in the current town project, and also added some along the ROW of the track that I ballasted Sunday. I also selected a handful of figures to use in the park and touched up the paint on a few that I had painted. The rest came from Woodland Scenics via a gift certificate to my LHS.
Regarding my DC operations, while there are over 70 blocks overall, many controlling only a single track in staging; they are all "on" and controlled by one controller unless I have a train parked there. All of the staging yard tracks are actually on a single block with individual off/on switches controlling them. The only time I use the second controller is the rare time that my grandson is running a train on one level while I am running one on the other level. Neither of them (grandsons) is into running anymore, but both are really into the modeling.
Chet - Once again, best wishes for your "reverse" shoulder replacement.
Dave - Nice scene and picture of the car shop.
Garry - Lots of good news, Shelly's mom and the Interstate both.
Beady - Good to read of the progress.
Curt - Hope that you get over the slump real soon. I juggle several modeling projects all at once, so if I get into a slump on one, I can usually switch over to another one to reinvigorate my interest.
Mark -
I wondered if some one would know where I got the line from. Good Job!
Music is one of my other passions, especially rock from the 50's through the 80's. Among other things, I have contributed to, written, or edited over 1200 music articles on Wikipedia.
Ray - Sorry to read of the bogus bank transaction. 23andme ought to know who made it, don't you think?
Everybody have a great day. Looking forward to the first day of Spring tomorrow.