Running Bear's May 2024 Coffee Shop
- Thread starter Bill Tidler Jr.
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D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
Ahhhh, the oneth of May.
Patrick
Alien Attitude.
Morning all,
60° and cloudy. Possible non-severe storms expected. Severe storms possible later mostly west of my area.
A bit over 2" of rain in about an hour and a half last night. According to fakebook, a police office saw something that prompted the storm sirens to go off last night. 95% of the comments according to the wife were he needs to be retrained as there was nothing to our northwest where he said he saw something. The we follow the weather service comment by them last night doesn't hold as there were no tornado warnings at the time. The one that expired just before was for the part of the front that was already was past us. Not the first time they panicked. We do have a lot of awfully young officers.
60° and cloudy. Possible non-severe storms expected. Severe storms possible later mostly west of my area.
A bit over 2" of rain in about an hour and a half last night. According to fakebook, a police office saw something that prompted the storm sirens to go off last night. 95% of the comments according to the wife were he needs to be retrained as there was nothing to our northwest where he said he saw something. The we follow the weather service comment by them last night doesn't hold as there were no tornado warnings at the time. The one that expired just before was for the part of the front that was already was past us. Not the first time they panicked. We do have a lot of awfully young officers.
TLOC
Well-Known Member
I indentify as Polyjamorous! That will not shock my wife.
It’s a very nice bright 56f degrees to start the day. 69 should be the high. The rains forecasted for over night missed us but has another chance to get us tonight.
I stayed at home last night but will leave to pick up Terry in about an hour. I just didn’t feel like driving last night. The closing is at 2 this afternoon. Then the next adventures will start
Enjoy the day
It’s a very nice bright 56f degrees to start the day. 69 should be the high. The rains forecasted for over night missed us but has another chance to get us tonight.
I stayed at home last night but will leave to pick up Terry in about an hour. I just didn’t feel like driving last night. The closing is at 2 this afternoon. Then the next adventures will start
Enjoy the day
Old 97
Hogger
Good morning All!!!
Bill, you got me this morning.
I walked into the "April" door.
Flo, I'll take something with eggs and bacon for $500 please.
Will be at the window booth.
I see Bob is over there with his laptop.
Oh, if you don't mind, please bring me a coffee and triple Irish cream.
Also, I'll buy beverages for the group today.
Bill, you got me this morning.
I walked into the "April" door.
Flo, I'll take something with eggs and bacon for $500 please.
Will be at the window booth.
I see Bob is over there with his laptop.
Oh, if you don't mind, please bring me a coffee and triple Irish cream.
Also, I'll buy beverages for the group today.
Grizzled
Well-Known Member
Morning folks
The spring hiatus continues with another inch of new white and 29F. The snow from yesterday didn't show any interest in vacating the place so we aborted the antique tractor relocation project until Saturday when more spring like weather is in the forecast.
My wife has her annual doctor visit today. The paper work will no doubt be a trying joint project-hindered by poor communication. She can barely talk and I can barely hear----
The spring hiatus continues with another inch of new white and 29F. The snow from yesterday didn't show any interest in vacating the place so we aborted the antique tractor relocation project until Saturday when more spring like weather is in the forecast.
My wife has her annual doctor visit today. The paper work will no doubt be a trying joint project-hindered by poor communication. She can barely talk and I can barely hear----
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Happy Mayday to everyone over in the EU. Partly cloudy and 65° here. The 82% humidity level feels good compared to the past few days! It felt like I was in Houston. Forecast is still calling for thunderstorms beginning tonight and lasting through Monday. There was a lot of lightning last night, but it was all 25 miles north in Oklahoma, radar showed storms stretching up to southern Kansas. It was quite noticeable during one bathroom break last night as the wind outflow from the storm through our north bedroom window was pretty significant.
Happy days are here again in our area, water pressure in our coop water supply has returned to normal after 4-5 weeks of reduced pressure. Several of their 28 wells were down for routine maintenance, several more were down for emergency repairs and there have been at least 5 water main breaks over that time frame. They have been catching hell on the local Facebook pages according to my wife. It hasn't really been causing any problems here, but it has been noticeable. Unfortunately they only have enough crews to work on a couple of wells at a time.
It was still too wet to mow yesterday, especially since the overnight dew lasted well into the afternoon. I spent time attacking the pile of trees that the neighbor left me, since some are under existing trees where the dew didn't occur. It looks like I cut another week's worth of firewood, but it's just laying on the ground right now since my garden cart is full of compost waiting to be spread on the garden. No rush for either right now.
Household chores will start the day today, then I will check the progress of the Green Peas in the garden.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I started a new structure build. It is the Walther's Merchant's Row III kit.
I already have one of these on the layout, but it was originally called a bank and was produced by a different company before Walther's acquired the tooling. I don't remember the original manufacturer from the 80's, but it might have been IHC or Revell???
I don't have a problem with some duplicate buildings, I knew that I already had this one when I bought the second; I will be using it on a different level in a different aisle and with a different wall facing the aisle.
I got all of the windows installed and 3 walls assembled.
While I can live with the yellow windows, I am going to paint the lintels and roof trim a light brown color.
I have also finally decided on where the next layout project will be. I have a large 16" x 48" area in the town of Charlottesville, nestled between two finished areas that I need to work on. I have a few tentative structures in place, which I may or may not use in the final plan.
Two pictures to show the whole area with the four already-built structures.
The first step though is to add an 8" high piece of backdrop across the window. Stay tuned for the progress on both the structure which will be included here and the new area addition. I'm figuring on at least 2, maybe 3 additional structures that I already have built as well as the MR III.
Guy - Tornadoes can be scary, but folks still build in areas where they occur. Tornado Alley roughly includes 16 states and even a bit of Southern Canada. So it hard to not build in those areas. But as I see it, there are weather issues no matter where you are located. Hurricanes along coastal areas, wildfires and landslides along the West Coast, earthquakes and volcanoes in the northwest, blizzards in much of the interior states, etc. It's just which one you are willing to put up with.
I doubt that I will upgrade the overall train room lighting. Everything looks fine in person, but the photos don't always look good.
Hughie - I really like Downtown Deco structures, but I would have a hard time with anything in N scale. I admire you for your working in N scale on the Bar Mills structures and think that you would do well with the Downtown Deco ones as well.
OK, enough banter for this morning. Everyone have a great day and be safe.
Happy days are here again in our area, water pressure in our coop water supply has returned to normal after 4-5 weeks of reduced pressure. Several of their 28 wells were down for routine maintenance, several more were down for emergency repairs and there have been at least 5 water main breaks over that time frame. They have been catching hell on the local Facebook pages according to my wife. It hasn't really been causing any problems here, but it has been noticeable. Unfortunately they only have enough crews to work on a couple of wells at a time.
It was still too wet to mow yesterday, especially since the overnight dew lasted well into the afternoon. I spent time attacking the pile of trees that the neighbor left me, since some are under existing trees where the dew didn't occur. It looks like I cut another week's worth of firewood, but it's just laying on the ground right now since my garden cart is full of compost waiting to be spread on the garden. No rush for either right now.
Household chores will start the day today, then I will check the progress of the Green Peas in the garden.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I started a new structure build. It is the Walther's Merchant's Row III kit.
I already have one of these on the layout, but it was originally called a bank and was produced by a different company before Walther's acquired the tooling. I don't remember the original manufacturer from the 80's, but it might have been IHC or Revell???
I don't have a problem with some duplicate buildings, I knew that I already had this one when I bought the second; I will be using it on a different level in a different aisle and with a different wall facing the aisle.
I got all of the windows installed and 3 walls assembled.
While I can live with the yellow windows, I am going to paint the lintels and roof trim a light brown color.
I have also finally decided on where the next layout project will be. I have a large 16" x 48" area in the town of Charlottesville, nestled between two finished areas that I need to work on. I have a few tentative structures in place, which I may or may not use in the final plan.
Two pictures to show the whole area with the four already-built structures.
The first step though is to add an 8" high piece of backdrop across the window. Stay tuned for the progress on both the structure which will be included here and the new area addition. I'm figuring on at least 2, maybe 3 additional structures that I already have built as well as the MR III.
Guy - Tornadoes can be scary, but folks still build in areas where they occur. Tornado Alley roughly includes 16 states and even a bit of Southern Canada. So it hard to not build in those areas. But as I see it, there are weather issues no matter where you are located. Hurricanes along coastal areas, wildfires and landslides along the West Coast, earthquakes and volcanoes in the northwest, blizzards in much of the interior states, etc. It's just which one you are willing to put up with.
I doubt that I will upgrade the overall train room lighting. Everything looks fine in person, but the photos don't always look good.
Hughie - I really like Downtown Deco structures, but I would have a hard time with anything in N scale. I admire you for your working in N scale on the Bar Mills structures and think that you would do well with the Downtown Deco ones as well.
OK, enough banter for this morning. Everyone have a great day and be safe.
Texas Hobo
Well Known Hobo
Question - It looks like the walls are solid and that you merely glue the doors and windows into indentions in the wall. Can I light the building? Inquiring hobos want to know.
migalyto
Well-Known Member
Does the whatnot include trains?
McLeod
Forest Lurker
Good Morning! The weather gives me a brief reprieve from having to build the archway into the garden. A bit of snow allows for a day of modelling!
The view from my modelling room back window:
Not going to hang around on the computer. The dog needs walking, and a model is calling my name.
Have a great day!
The view from my modelling room back window:
Not going to hang around on the computer. The dog needs walking, and a model is calling my name.
Have a great day!
kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
I spy, with my little eye a big tractor tire??
jmupton2000
John M Upton
Despite it being the first day of May, here in the UK the weather still feels like early February and has not cheered up at all. The popular press are telling tales of a potential heatwave rolling in from Germany next week (as high as 21c!!!) but the BBC Weather app is claiming rain well into next week and beyond...
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
In order to light the interiors, you must carefully cut out the indentations and leave enough margin to attach the windows and doors to. I remove what I don't want by drilling four holes in the corners and then using a fine-tooth saw to go from there. Finish it off with a file and you're good to go. They're simple kits, but the part that I like best is being able to paint the intricate stonework.
That looks like Addams Ave Pt 1. Here's how I did mine in HO scale.
