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tom
As usual, greta pics tom. I have a Canon ZR, and it takes stills, as well as live video. Is there a way I can put pics on here with it, or should I buy another camera??
Colin - is that model of Cannon camera a digital camera? if not they you have to scan the prints or have a photo lab convert them to digital.
Here’s a couple:
Working on the layout:
Some more later,
Chuck
It’s later… The train room:
A quick note from our sponser: My wife painted the top one and her girlfriend, the second.
Tom…The blue hopper in the last pic…Is it full of grits? Great pics.
And now…The Prize:
Chuck
I think it is digital, yes it is
Chuck: I can see clearly that, that blue hopper is a load of “Cream of wheat”, on the way down to North Carolina ![:D] Bill of lading reads some where North of Raleigh !![:D]
TMCC MAN : digital will work, check out Toms’ Photo posting instructions in the beginning of todays Photo Fun !
Hi Gang, Here’s a picture of the new Cocolalla Lake module that was recently added to the layout …Who is the Fisherman ??? The Chief ??? Or possibly Buckeye??? Water is Scenic Express’ Realistic Water C1211 and it looks fabulous …See what you think … Tim
Tim, looks good. The brown cars behind the top pictured engine is full of grits headed to the Buckeye State for their livelyhood during the big snows. [;)] I see something white in one of Tom’s cars. GRITS!!! [:p]
Marx on a beautiful sunday afternoon -
Wind up toy:
Chuck
Lovely pictures, I love the classic toy trains van… !
OK, while you’re pouring that Heinz ketchup on those fries, sing along with me
A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-I-O-N [:)]
I’m about 1/2 way done putting up 2005’s version.
- walt
Nice pix guys.
Well, in 2 days, went from nothing to something anyway.
Here’s my partially constructed outdoor warehouse made of cedar (smells good).
My tallest car, a TOFC, passes thru with half inch to spare (5” clearance). Stained cedar with Redwood Stain. Outside will be Honey color Thompson Water Seal and Cedar stain for windows and doors (not yet emplaced). Room inside for 3 tracks and LONG trains.
The square structure entrance isn’t done and will be about 18 inches higher and cedar planked like Richard Smith’s. I’m gonna copy all his trim probably pretty closely. I don’t know how he made the lettering tho. Maybe I can burn the lettering in w/soldering Iron?
Also, I purchased concrete blocks for the lower cedar plank to rest on but the concrete REALLY held moisture and I need a recommendation on something to seal it.
My next door buddy said to just forget the block and spray car undercoating under the entire caboodle.
Decided to make the Roof a single entity. Cedar is so LIGHT that I’m just going to put it on without hinges. Easy to pick up and likely won’t need too much. There’s plenty of ventilation under the roof eaves on both sides.
Transformer and electronical gear will be held in the square unfinished portion.
Will name the whole thing the Topeka Building Supply Co. and there will be a variety of produce, from wood to pipes to other stuff. The whole kaboodle is nearly 12 feet long and since I’m doing O scale, I’ll get twice the train as G. And, the length is fairly prototypical.
The 3-M skateboard and step non-skid stuff works like charm and looks and feel like the real deal. Just don’t let 2 pieces accidentally stick together. IMPOSSIBLE to unstuck em. Here, s
Wow, David, that looks wonderful. Is it really 12 ft. long?
Tom, what DID you use for the different colored ores in those ore cars?
Nice pics of the Dry Goods Rail Mix Train, Tom. Guess these days, that’s how Spankybird gets his feed bowls filled? [8D]
Paul, that’s a neat toy train you got there with the Marx stuff. Been a long time since I’ve seen anything like that.
David, looks like BB’s train warehouse sun perch is coming along fine.
You could think about using a polymerized (plastic added) leveling compund that I used to seal a bathroom (before putting in a vinyl or tile floor) floor after some repairs for a leaky toilet flange seal for your sealer on the concrete block.
It comes in powder and you mix it with water. (What I used was a medium blue color and I can’t remember the name.)
It’s paintable and waterproof and is made to go over wood floors that are going to have tile mastic applied for the tile or wet areas for vinyl flooring to seal the seams in the plywood. it’s a lot more durable than what is used by installsers for standard vinyl flooring.
A few words of caution.
I’d apply it with a small toothed grout trowel with all the blocks on level and firm surface covered with plastic pushed together to try and cover as many of one side as quickly as possible.because you have obout 2-25 0 minutes of working time.
Use small disposable plastic buckets seeing how you’ll probably have to seal the block in 4 steps.
Do any sanding to the surface applied after an hour casue you’ll be using a grinder and 80 grit to do it after that. Be sure to wear a dust mask.
You can also use a stiff stucco brush dipped in a thin mixture and sling the drops on the surface if you choose to give it a stucco look before painting.
You can by it at the Home Depot asn isn’t too costly.
Nice Photo’s everyone! Tim- That Fisherman needs a beard & mustache so he can resemble you![;)][:)] Looks like Grits in Tom’s short hoppers after all[;)] Take care.
Believe it or not, that is how they came. Some are MTH, K-Line, and Lionel. [:D]
Hello
Nice Photos. Is that Chessie Berkshire the one from the new Lionel Chessie Steam Special Set from this year?
Again, Nice Pics.