Good Morning All on this Easter Saturday. It's mostly cloudy and 61°, expecting 79° later today. It only managed 76° yesterday...cooler temps expected on Tuesday after a rainy Monday.
As expected, I did do some mowing yesterday, especially the areas where I trimmed low-hanging branches that prevented me from getting to last week. I'll be proactive and get a little more today since I won't be home tomorrow and the forecast is for rain on Monday. I'll also be preparing an Italian Pasta Salad for my family's Easter gathering at my sister's home on the outskirts of Dallas tomorrow. 41 people have RSVP'd, however I don't believe most of the third generation will be eating the Pasta Salad.
I was out in the train shed for a short while yesterday; ran some trains and started weathering a freight car. This is a 35 year old Athearn Blue Box covered hopper.
I originally applied the graffiti decals Wednesday and sprayed dull coat on it Thursday.
These are Blair Line decals which come on a laser-cut sheet which makes trimming unnecessary.
I only add graffiti on one side of a freight car, since most of my layout is viewable only from the aisle and no one sees the opposite sides. I have made exceptions though.
Yesterday I started the weathering. None of my weathering is as intense as what
Tom,
Chris or
Tom O do over on the weathering thread, but what I do works for me. I do light weathering and rarely go beyond dry-brushing and weathering powders. Here I've used dirt and two shades of rust.
I
do weather both sides though.
This car represents one used to haul fertilizer on my layout. You can see some dry-brushing of yellow on the right top of the first photo, and white just above the "N" in the second. It is more visible in person. That's the general colors of fertilizer. This car is not quite done yet, it needs a little more tweaking.
Patrick - Ironically, the problem knee for my wife was the first one that was done in the hospital setting, it got infected and had to have two surgeries to fix. The first to remove the old one and clean it out; and the second to put in a second new one. Her other knee was done in an out-patient clinic and she has had no problems at all with it.
Swal - I actually really miss not going to real concerts since I stopped. I might have ventured out to see this Heart/Cheap Trick concert despite the hearing issue, if ticket prices were a little more reasonable. I like both bands. Only Ann and Nancy Wilson are still original members of Heart, but 3 of the 4 original members of Cheap Trick are still together. I don't know who their drummer is now.
Bob - Thanks again for the effort that you put into righting the forum again.
Everybody have a great day.