Good Morning All. Cloudy and 66° here in North Central Texas. Weather geeks are still predicting "strong" thunderstorms for later today, but right now the only storms on the radar are 800 miles away in New Mexico. Conditions are shaping up for hail and tornados though, pressure dropping, wind remaining in the 15-20 mph range and 87% humidity. High is forecast to be 80°, no where near our record of 100° for this date.
How about a buttered whole wheat English Muffin and some OJ this morning Francine. Breakfast for everyone is on me today.
Thanks to all who commented or liked yesterday's post,
Chuck,
Dave,
Chet,
Patrick,
Garry,
Justin,
Phil,
Curt,
David, and anyone else that I may have missed. I do have to give some credit to Woodland Scenics for the billboard and truck, they did a nice job.
How about a cardstock structure today. Mick's Food Market was a free download from
modelbuildings.org
I added pieces of styrene strip around the windows and door to give it more depth
Still plodding along out in the train shed. Continued working on both my scenery project and the Oakleaf structure. Despite priming and careful assembly, the base for the structure got a bit of a warp after I added the buildings to it. I don't think that was the reason though. It's not too bad but it bothers me. So late yesterday, I glued "Popsicle" sticks to the underside and weighted everything down for overnight drying. Note that "Popsicle" sticks are extremely flat and rigid and I have used them to cure bowing in styrene walls before. I have several handfuls of unused ones left over from my kids school projects from the last century.
Dave - The flatcars came out pretty well. I agree with
Curt that the lettering is rather sparse but that may just be the way it was done at the time.
Chet - No pain, no gain!
Johnny - Condolences from me for all of the cousins passing away.
Louis - Thanks for checking in and giving us an update. Continued prayers for a speedy recovery.
Mark - I never had an opportunity to assemble a steam engine kit so I don't have a clue as to it's difficulty. Seems like it would be though. You did an excellent job on that S-4.
I'm getting psyched up for the annual family Easter egg hunt and feast coming up this Sunday. My assignment is beer and macaroni salad; I guess that everybody liked it when I brought it a few years ago! I'll surprise them by making an Italian dressing version with pepperoni this time instead of the mayonnaise version that they are expecting. The number of attendees this year is 31 adults and 18 children. Glad that I'm not boiling and coloring all of those eggs!
We're switching this year to a buffet style, since there isn't room at this brother's house for a sit down any more. In the past, they always borrowed tables and chairs from the church.
Everybody have a great day.