Good Morning All. Looks like partly cloudy and 46° to start the day. Did the grocery/beer trek yesterday, killed 3 1/2 hours of my morning. Wife who was off work, chose to stay home for some reason...probably to get away from me!
Didn't get as much time in the train shed as I wanted to get yesterday. Assembled some fencing for two different areas that I am detailing right now. I'm using the old standby Atlas picket fencing for one townhouse; and I am using some laser-cut Bar Mills "InstaFence" to fence off the RR ROW from the Wicked Wanda build that I did last summer. I know that you all want pictures, but I am not ready yet.
Sherrel -
Darn AC did not work in my old truck yesterday
C'mon, don't you remember how to roll down the windows?
Chet -
That is a really nice looking locomotive. I needed mine like a hole in the head but couldn't resist it.
Been there, done that, still have the scars!
Beady - Did
Chet's video answer your question? I have heard them called "Dutch drops" by older ATSF crew members. It's really neat to see one done by a crew that knows what they are doing. I used to see them at a siding on the other side of the Frisco tracks that ran alongside the place that I worked at for years. The BN takeover put a stop to the practice there in 1980.
Justin - Here is a picture that I posted a few months back of my Merchant's Row II build. I haven't detailed the storefronts on the left yet. The building on the right is a "Fitness Club", hence the completely covered windows on the ground floor.
As you can see, I did not follow the colors that they used on the box. It probably took me a week to do all of the windows, because I stop after about 45 minutes and set it aside. I paint the windows before I assemble the walls as it is easier to hold the parts that way.
Joe - Good to see that you are fine and have re-joined the motley crew here. Controversy? I still use DC and probably will never change,
Chet and others here use it as well.
Terry -
Bruce went missing about the same time.
He may not be posting, but he is lurking.
OK now, everybody have a great Friday.
Willie