Good Morning All. Cloudy and 44°, won't really warm up much until Tuesday. Still have rain/snow in the forecast for Sunday; we'll see!
Today must be Thursday, grocery/beer trek day. The vegetable drawer in the fridge is nearly empty, eggs are low and there seems to be a lot of empty space on the pantry shelves. I also have to pick up a package from an Amazon affiliate at the post office. that is too large for the mailbox.
Sent Saturday from Arkansas...only four days including Sunday to get here.
How about chicken fried steak, southern gravy and grits for my breakfast Flo.
Thanks for the likes and comments yesterday regarding the cleanup progress and year in review;
Guy, Jerome, Rick, Phil, James, Tom O, Patrick, Chad, Karl, Justin, Hughie, Justin, Sherrel, Curt, Dave, Luke, Tom, Troy, Ken.
And thanks also for the reactions on our weather summary. Didn't see that coming!
I will pause today on the year 2020 modeling review since I haven't had time to review the photo archives yet. Back on track tomorrow.
Out in the train shed, I did continue with my quarterly clean up project, albeit slowly. Toward the entry door, railroad north, there is an engine servicing area that I am skipping over or now.
I am just not ready for this area yet because when I do attack it, it will be a complete overhaul and upgrading of the structures, among some of my 30+ year old kits.
To the railroad south from the switch tower, the aisle side is clear and I have a fairly large blank area on the back side of the tracks.
The next structure to be removed, inspected and cleaned is the power company's supply warehouse. I re-attached some of the windows that had come loose and dusted it off.
It is a Magnuson kit, the name of which I cannot recall. I purchased it already built from the consignment shelf at my former LHS. When I originally got it, I had to slice all of the walls apart and swap end walls before cleaning and reassembling, The original owner had used Walther's Goo or some other kind of epoxy to glue the resin walls together. I also replaced the cardstock roof with a styrene one.
This go-around, not much else was needed to get this one into shape, except adding clear styrene to the rear door and a little bit of paint here and there.
I can't seem to be able to find a
good green paint match, so I just replaced the glass and made a note in the "project book" for the future. I probably have a match but I just couldn't find it. Since it faces the backdrop, it doesn't matter right now.
Additionally, I finally attached the roof annex that has been just sitting loose on top for many years.
Stay tuned folks. To be continued tomorrow.
Joe - Judging from events yesterday, maybe we should all stock up!
I truly like your historical first hand perspective on the photos that you post. Far more interesting than someone who just combs the internet and re-posts random stuff.
Dave -
Willie - Nice shot of your east wall -- helps me to put your operation together in my head
Essentially I have two layouts, the lower deck and the upper deck. I have a plan in mind for constructing an external helix to connect the two, but I presently don't have it in the next "two year plan". I enjoy switching the most with 35+ industries on
each level. I don't have any intra-industry switching going on, so it doesn't matter that the levels are not yet connected. All freight cars originate or terminate in one of the staging/classification yards
Everybody have a great day.