Good Morning All. Clear and 34° with a frost on all exposed metal objects this morning. Still going up to the mid-60's today with mild weather for the next ten days at least.
Resumed mowing yesterday after a day off due to the rain Wednesday night. I generally have to mow until mid-December most years, but it's easier than removing snow! I am still shredding small branches and leaves from the oak branches that I removed a few weeks ago. I'll start pruning a few other trees later in the month. I have a few branches already earmarked.
Thanks to all for those likes and comments yesterday;
Sherrel, Steve J, Guy, Christian, Hughie, Tom O, Karl, Tom, Rick, IB Ken, Patrick.
Bacon and a pair of sunny side up eggs with a buttered whole wheat English Muffin for me this morning Flo.
I made some progress out in the train shed yesterday on two projects. I completed painting 17 figures and dull coated them.
The one in the lower left is actually a pre-painted Woodland Scenics figure that I just touched up a bit. All of the rest are Presier figures or the cheap Chinese ones that I received as a Christmas gift in 2019. Not all are intended for the current requirements; some were just close to finishing and I was using the right combination of colors to complete them. I should get a few more finished up in the next few days.
I also lightly weathered that P2K covered hopper that I assembled last week. I only used weathering powders and I need to use paint to complete the trucks. I generally only lightly weather my equipment and only include graffiti on about 10% of the freight cars.
It doesn't seem like much, but slow progress is better than no progress.
So speaking of progress, we all know the difference between
pro and
con, so does it also carry over into
progress and
congress?
OB Ken -
wishing I had the skills to do what you guys do. I need time, money and materials to practice on.
We all had zero skills when we started. As far as time, the best thing that I did was to turn off the TV. Then I practiced on some really cheapo Tyco and Lifelike freight cars and structures.
Steve J -
If the coupler shank is lower than the gage, then do I need underset or overset?
Underset shank raises the coupler head up.
Jaz - What is it about telephone wire causing fires? I use some because I salvaged over 1000' from work. I currently use it for my control system, from the plug-in jacks back to the power supply; and I am also using some for my lighting busses.
Garry - Keep on plugging away at recovery. We're all behind your efforts.
Watch out all of you young or single men. Today is Sadie Hawkins Day. If you need to ask, then don't worry.
Have a great day and an awesome weekend. Stay safe and warm.
