santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning Folks. 49° and overcast, actually a bit foggy; but no chance of rain today. Supposed to hit 70° later today. Like Sherrel, I'll be in my shorts and T-shirt when I go to my granddaughter's second birthday party this afternoon.
Did spend a little time in the train shed yesterday between all of the needed household and auto chores. Assembled a paper model of a pawn shop from "Clever Models". Not entirely happy with the result, so it will be relegated to a far corner. When I get some time in the future, I will print it out again and try over, knowing what I learned from this go-around. It has the potential for being a really neat structure, but one of the walls noticeably bowed out due to the interior assembly being a bit too wide, and the roof fit poorly. All things that I can correct with a "do-over" with the scaling adjusted accordingly. I have done about a half dozen paper structures with mixed results, most have ended up in the background scenes. Not sure if they were meant to be printed on 65# paper which is what I use.
Bruce - Wow, I didn't think that anyone else in the US had heard of the Skatalites. The original band dates back to the mid 60's, but they have broken up and reformed many times since then. Only one founding member left in the band. Most of the rest of the founders have died in the last five years; they were all in their 80's.
Garry - Meant to mention it previously, but I love the name of your river, "Mrs. Hipp River".
Ken in Md - Great job on the headlights. Good photos as well. You're contributing to Justin's addiction though! LOL
Terry - I'm with you on the axles and bearings on Athearn engines. I try to disassemble mine on a five-year schedule and clean those.
Curt - Thanks for digging out those Pennsy videos. Double-headed steam is always interesting to watch.
MR113 -
Everybody have a great day and stay warm up north.
Willie
Did spend a little time in the train shed yesterday between all of the needed household and auto chores. Assembled a paper model of a pawn shop from "Clever Models". Not entirely happy with the result, so it will be relegated to a far corner. When I get some time in the future, I will print it out again and try over, knowing what I learned from this go-around. It has the potential for being a really neat structure, but one of the walls noticeably bowed out due to the interior assembly being a bit too wide, and the roof fit poorly. All things that I can correct with a "do-over" with the scaling adjusted accordingly. I have done about a half dozen paper structures with mixed results, most have ended up in the background scenes. Not sure if they were meant to be printed on 65# paper which is what I use.
Bruce - Wow, I didn't think that anyone else in the US had heard of the Skatalites. The original band dates back to the mid 60's, but they have broken up and reformed many times since then. Only one founding member left in the band. Most of the rest of the founders have died in the last five years; they were all in their 80's.
Garry - Meant to mention it previously, but I love the name of your river, "Mrs. Hipp River".
Ken in Md - Great job on the headlights. Good photos as well. You're contributing to Justin's addiction though! LOL
Terry - I'm with you on the axles and bearings on Athearn engines. I try to disassemble mine on a five-year schedule and clean those.
Curt - Thanks for digging out those Pennsy videos. Double-headed steam is always interesting to watch.
MR113 -
Agreed. But that's what our parents thought of some of the music we listened to in the 60's...Pink Floyd, Blue Cheer, Quicksilver, Arthur Brown and others.
Everybody have a great day and stay warm up north.
Willie
