I suppose that could be true Ulrich – just had my 26th b-day a week ago (well, 8 days).
Scale 1 is definitely nice; though I think by the time I’m having trouble with seeing N or HO, I’ll be solidly “modelling” 1:1 scale. Here’s a video of the steam locomotive owned by the historical society I’m a part of (it was taken in the 80s I think):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZXgsWpVrhY&feature=related
and one that someone took in the 70s when they were getting ready for a day’s trip:
So nice a video of 4070 on the move. As far as I know she hasn’t been run since 1991 and is in need of extensive repairs.
yup… it’s going to take a lot of work to put her back together. Off the top of my head:
Mornin’ everyone,
Zoe, just a bowl of organic pumpkin seed granola and lots of dark roast coffee in a FGLK Mug please.
Nice sunny Fall day outside here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 59°F with a high in the mid 60s later this afternoon. I will have to go outside and watch the meter run backwards for a while! [:-^]
Jeffrey, I like your “test” color the best. Concrete is a very hard thing to get to look right on a model because concrete isn’t “a” color but an ever changing group of colors. Also concrete varies due to the mix and the gravel used to make it. I have used a base color of medium gray followed by several very light coats (more of a quick mist from a ways back) of various spray can colors (brown, black and other grays). The roughness on your test gives some variance as you see it and is a good base color… Just my [2c]
Some “concrete” steps in Hopewell…
I have to start getting everything done for the NMRA Division Meet this coming Saturday so I will be a bit busy most of the day. I need to pop over to the Troop 1 meeting tonight to down;oad a photo for a tri-fold flyer I am putting together for them. I’ll stop in from time to time to see who is here and what is going on…
Have a great day!
73
Good morning all!
Had a couple of busy days this week, but I found time to drop in this morning.
For everyone who commented on the fog scenes, thanks. We use two small foggers from MBT called Lil Critters. They are small enough to position just about anywhere. Ray, I just turn it on high and let it run until the scene is right. Here’s one more for ya!
Garry, I knew you would find a frame for it. I use 16"x20" canvas panels for that reason. I’m glad you like the video. My next video will include more scenes of switching moves plus the best of what I used on this video.
Welcome to Mobilman44 and Dennis!
Well, time to get painting.
Have a great day!
-Stan
Very nice pic Stan.
Morning guys
Its a cool clear fall morning here today. The wife and I went out for breakfast this morning then headed to the country hoping to get some railfan pics but didn’t see anything, did manage to get some nice fall foliage pictures though.
I am going to spend the next few days working as much as I can on the layout before starting the new job on Monday. I hope to get alot done ( and cleaned ) before then. Well Im going to browse around here a bit and get started on it.
Well now, another “Dennis” in the group! That’s cool. Not that common a name now days.
Old guy Dennis aka Cho Choo Willi
Jeff. I vote for 1 Stone gray ***
Boy, do I know about those scooter batteries! My Mom had one and it seemed I was always having to mess with them. She passed away last December and what with me selling her and all, I didn’t have a heated space to store the darned thing. I had intended to take the batteries in for the winter because they don’t like -30 C weather. Anyway with one thing and another, I forgot. Come spring, it cost me $523.00 CDN to replace them.
The plan was to sell the scooter this summer but that didn’t work as planned so now I need to take the batteries out and bring them in before I forget again. Don’t need to blow another $500 of my RR budget again!!
Well the frost melted frost looks like it’s melted off so best I get out there an do some fall cleanup. And yes, take the dammed batteries out while I’m thinking about it.
Cheers to all
Dennis
And you were heard.
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Well I finished roughing up the silos and vacuumed the PVC dust off of them. I took them out outside and stood them open end down on the handle of my old gas grill so the remannts of tghe glue can drain out of them. I also sprayed them down with Krylon Matte Finish. That’ll make them a bit easier to paint. I’ll be using a 1/4" Testor’s paint brush for that. The paint (so far looking to be the stone gray) is Valspar satin household latex.
Oh boy, my teeth are killing me! Never before did I have such a toothache! If that continues, I will have an interesting night ahead of me…
Only a few more days and we shall be moving the Diner to the October 2012 location - any thoughts or ideas where that could be?
[:-^]
Hi JEFF,
I agree with you, you don’t want white. But the lighter the grey the better.
From the picture it looks like the “silver bells” is almost a metallic. Is that so ?
If it is that rules it out immediately. Might just be the lighting.
When you first spoke of putting the plaster in one end, I thought that would be the bottom to give them more stability and make them less top heavy. Guess I was wrong with that assumption.
Johnboy out and to find a seat in the Diner for lunch…
Seems quite a few like the stone gray. Six votes for it so far. The plaster plugs are the tops of the silos. The bottoms will be mounted on 2" plugs even if I have to make them myself. I wanted the plaster plugs in the tops so it will be easier to mount details later. Plaster can be drilled into easily and it’s easy to fix any damage. Yes, the Silver Bells is somewhat metallic. I was using it for testing only to see if the latex paint would keep grip on the PVC.
Jeff - I also vote for a light gray. With a little weathering that´s going to look great!
Just went to a pharmacy to pick up the strongest pain killer that one can get without a prescription. I hope that will bring me through the night. I have to watch out with those meds. I have to avoid Aspirin, as it interferes with my heart medications. Oh boy, it hurts a lot.
CU tomorrow!
Afternoon folks!
Flo, a tall glass of lemonade would suit me fine at the moment…
Jeffrey, I took the liberty of pulling your silo photos down to my desktop and correcting for color and tone in Photoshop (I was seeing a lot of yellow from your lights). With that in mind, of the colors you have, I change my vote to the Stone Gray. It would be the best base for a concrete color. You might want to experiment with some lighter grays and even white from rattle cans… Hold the can about a foot away and give it a quick dusting with the lighter colors. Let the spray just drift onto the silos. Once you have what you want dull coat it to seal the colors. See if you like the results…
Had to run downtown for some pictures of dead presidents for the weekend, buy a thin High E string to use for a modeling project at the Music Store downtown, and pick up a couple prescriptions. The drug store now has to have a printout of all my blood draws for the last month or Medicare won’t let them fill the prescription for the test strips… I dunno…
Still have to run over to another store that I forgot I needed to go to earlier! They say the second thing to go is the memory you know. Can’t remember what is first at the moment. What were we talking about?
Later!
73
Yellow from CFL’s? Well I guess anything’s possible. The rattle can treatment will have to wait as I don’t have anything in lighter colors. I may be able to pick some up next week.
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Well the poll is closed and the vote is in. Fourteen votes (not including mine, David’s and my fathers) and seven of them are for the stone gray. So stone gray it will be. I’ll start on the painting this evening. The color has no ‘real’ name other than mis-tint. I picked it up for a buck at Lowe’s two years ago. Valspar satin latex house paint. Cheap stuff but when your budget is a shoestring frayed to a thread you learn not to be picky.
Ray - I get my diabetic testing supplies through the mail, and I have had to submit a monthly record about every six months. I think I have had to do this since the beginning of 2010. There’s no doubt in my mind that this is nothing but bureaucracy at work. I would be willing to wager a bunch that human eyes never even see them. And what would it tell them?
Tom
Thought I would stop in before going to start dinner in a hour or so.
I have been busy working in the layout room this afternoon. So far I have done
Vacuum layout room floors
Clean dust off loco and car drawers
fixes spots where ballast has come louse
clean structures
And start to scenic a spot on the layout that was looking a little bare. As I don’t have to get up early tomorrow I may work on it to the late hours tonight. I will give the track a good cleaning in the following days also.
[banghead] [banghead] [banghead]
[soapbox] WHY oh WHY do manufacturers make parts to purposely fail-out of warrantee-but close to brand new just to resell you new parts that are “the better parts” at high markups?
IT will COST us $1,030.00 to fix the furnace…the new repair man told me up front he’d not be surprised to find thing wrong with it {It wouldn’t kick on} as the furnace company is noted for failures in a year or 2 just out of warrantee {1 Year- which is a rip off as a heating system only gets used 1/2 a year!}. It was JUST put in LAST year!!! [banghead]
The: Igniter burned out, the induced draft motor was burned out, and the pressure switch on the induced draft motor was stuck wide open. [banghead]
The switch: $225.00, The igniter: $300, The Induced draft motor: $350, $75 in tax, and $80 in “service call”.
[banghead] [banghead] [banghead]
That is ONE THIRD of what we paid for the furnace to begin with last year!!! [banghead]
There will be NO TRAIN BUDGET for me NEXT year as well!!! {ULRICH I feel your pain!!!}}}
[banghead] I have a Head ache.
Jeffrey: I like the light stone gray too!
[banghead]
Oh my achin’ head…where is the icon with the ice bag on the head???
[:(]
So they can make money to stay in business and pay for the bosses three martini lunches.
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Well that’s one part of the operation done. The silos have been painted and have been sprayed with Matte Finish. I’m waiting for them to dry then I’ll turn them and spray the other side.
