Good morning.
50 degrees to start off the day with a high expected to only be in the
60's.
Talked to
Phil last night wondering if he was alright as he hasn't posted for a while. He has had problems logging in to the forum since it was updated. Also talked with
Ken in MD. He said that he has just been extremely busy. He's been weathering rolling stock getting ready for an op session and just hasn't had much spare time. I was a bit concerned as they both haven't posted for a while.
Mikey - Nice to see that you are finally settled in enough and found room to put up a layout. Nice to see you in here again. I can see why you want to have your layout at a lower level for the grand kids. The lower level might make it a bit more difficult to work underneath. Mine averages around 48 inches. When the grand sons want to run the trains, I have a couple of old chairs for them to stand on. I am at the age where thing don't bend as easy as they used to. Having a hight level did pay off when I was installing the Woodland Scenics LED lighting. You'll have to post some photos of your progress. I can understand your sticker shock on the fasteners. Holy crap! Years ago I was looking for some fasteners in my favorite local hardware store and saw a bucket of all sorts of nuts, bolts and other fasteners. I asked the clerk what that was all about. He said that they were what customers had left out on the counter instead of putting them back where they came from. He made me a heck of a deal. 25 cents a pound because it would have taken so much time to try to locate where each belonged. Couldn't pass that one up. I have made a lot of use for them over the years and still have quite a lot of really good ones left.
Sherrel - Enjoyed the video. When was working at the FBO at out local airport, we had the government contract for fueling military aircraft and it was always interesting to see what came in. We had f-18's in on a regular basis for pilots flying out of Miramar for their cross country training. The national guard was also in on a regular basis also. We had to put in an extra tank in the fuel farm for JP-8 just for the military aircraft. We also hosted a few air shows while I was working there hosting the Blue Angels once. I did manage to get a ride in a B-17 when we had a number of war birds visit. That was a real hoot. The best seat was in the nose blister.
It sure is nice to see these aircraft preserved.
Willie - I pretty well did the same thing when it came to painting all of those windows. I would do around 8 to 10 and then move on to something else to give the peepers a rest. On the renovation subject, been there and done that. Besides the kitchen where everything but the cabinets were replaced and the gutting of two bathrooms, I can say that I feel your pain. Thankfully the wife hates granite counter tops and she went for solid surface. Once they were in, I went to our local hardware store and picked up what I thought would work. Lucky for me she really liked the choice. We were able to agree on the bathroom fixtures also. Lucked out there.
Johnny - A lake? Waiting to see how it comes out. I want to put a small pond in but have procrastinated ordering the "water". I used Woodland Scenics water effects for a river and am happy with the results.
Beady - Couldn't watch the near misses. I don't have anything to do with facebook.
Rain is in the forecast for tomorrow and won't get the outdoor projects planned done so I am hoping to get some work done on the layout, or projects for it. A trip to the club in Livingston is also on the menu.
Here's a rail picture for today.
Later