Good Morning All. 43° and totally cloudy, dark, and misty. The 100% chance of 2" of rain yesterday turned into 2.75" starting around 11:00. Slow sporadic but steady all afternoon and most of the night. Ground was so dry that we had no runoff; everything soaked in. While more showers are in the forecast, there's nothing imminent on the radar yet. The forecast is for only an additional .25". Anticipate seeing the sun on
Sunday. Temperatures between 45° and 50° for the next 36 hours and then into the upper 60's Saturday. I need to get some more firewood into the house to dry; fortunately it doesn't take long because it only gets wet on the outside!
Today is a pancake kind of day Flo, with a substantial amount of bacon on the side.
Thanks for the likes and comments for the Magnuson vehicle yesterday;
Sherrel, Clint, Johnny, Chet, Phil, Tom, Jerome, Garry, Louis, Patrick.
After the grocery/beer trek yesterday, I did some household chores before venturing through the rain to the train shed. Glued together the two main body parts of the Magnuson crew cab pickup and then after a bit more trimming, I applied the first coat of primer. Set it aside for now. While I mull over the (final) track arrangement that I posted the other day, I started to apply scenery materials to that blank brown area on the aisle side of the tracks.
What to do with the remaining area between the Dew Duck 'N cafe and the already developed area to the south? I had been contemplating a derelict structure, I had been cutting up some leftover laser-cut "sprues" for the last couple of days to make a rundown barn on an overgrown lot surrounded with a barbed wire fence. I am just not sure whether or not it would actually fit in at the selected location. It's a bit close to town, although around here there are actually plenty of examples.
That gash in the upper wall will go with some missing roof panels and will have a tree growing through it. Some more "stressing" is coming up as I develop it some more. Not really doing anything with the back wall since it won't be readily visible
I am going to finish out the barn and contemplate whether or not I will locate it there. It fits in with all of the foreground scenery (or will); but I'm not sure if it will fit with the area across the tracks.
Sherrel -
As much as I complain about the state of affairs out here, I feel the same ... don't think I could survive another move!
Put a Trump campaign sign in your yard and maybe the state will move you out, all expenses paid!
I guess that with the new PGE policy, you know if you're in a fire zone by seeing if your lights come on!
BTW, beautiful Frisco pictures. I always remembered that they kept somewhat clean locos until close to the takeover.
Mikey - Mack doesn't need the extra publicity my layout would give him. He has been a legend in Houston for more than 20 years.
Mattress Mack.
Chet - You're right about the colored Magnuson models. It will take me a while to do this one, because I'll set it aside and not pick it back up for days at a time. Like right now! However I already have it (and about half a dozen others), so I will slowly build it. Besides needing structures, I need a lot more vehicles...more pickup trucks and less convertibles.
Joe - Absolutely correct in your observation regarding early kits and current RTR stuff.
Garry - Have a safe trip.
Everybody have a great day. Well, it's late as once again I forgot to hit "Post reply" when I got done with this diatribe. It's now light outside.