@Dave Ripp. posted:I was trying to add something to my Cemetery and couldn't get it right. I pulled out all the headstones and planted new grass. After the glue dries there will be more to come. Reminds me of
Poltergeist - You only moved the headstones!
You could always go for one of those new-fangled cemeteries where all the headstones lay flat on the ground to make it much easier to mow the grass 
@Apples55 posted:You could always go for one of those new-fangled cemeteries where all the headstones lay flat on the ground to make it much easier to mow the grass
My era is 1971ish, I like the look of stand-up headstones better. I was up in my bucket truck working one day and looked down and thought I saw flat grave markers. Turned out it was a pet cemetery mostly grown over.
@John's Trains posted:
Nice job John. 
I'd like to be able to make number boards as well as what you were able to do.
Glad you were able to get the F7 done to your satisfaction. Thanks for sharing your experience.
@Dallas Joseph posted:Nice job John.
I'd like to be able to make number boards as well as what you were able to do.
Glad you were able to get the F7 done to your satisfaction. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you, Dallas. It came out better than expected, but next time I would back up the very flexible overhead transparency and laminating sheets with a piece of clear plastic like in blister packaging. What I made bows inward.
Hi everyone, I just went back 4 pages and there is really some Amazing work being done! As you all know I normally try to comment one everyone's projects and progress! Today is going to be different as there was a post that hit close to home and very special to me!
@Bill Webb Bill please tell Paula Congratulation on the CANCER free report! For me I got my first free report 5 years ago. Also please tell the boys they did an OUTSTANDING job on Paula's Christmas Shoppe!
I hope everyone has a great week and finds time to have fun on their layouts and trains!
@mike g. 5 years WOW! Keep kicking cancer's butt! 👍👍
Had one of those AHH HAA moments today.
Thought I had a wiring issue with my B&M RS3. It would randomly not start up when power was applied to the rails. After some contemplation, adult beverages may or may not have been involved, 🥃😁🥃😁🥃, I realized that it was the watchdog signal from the remote commander. I turned off the power to the RC to test, and the engine powers up in conventional every time.
Sometimes it's the simple stuff stupid!
🤪🤪🤪
Bob
Obviously Bob, it’s the libation which relaxed your brain and allowed your neurons to fire into problem solving mode.
In case anyone's interested, here are the innards of a 248 (1958 production only). Note the weights for extra traction.
!2v grain-of-wheat attached.
Just right for fitting in the headlight hole! 
A Certain Personage decides to get into the act...
Perfect fit!
Now with the new Extend-O-Lite option!
Trim the lens a bit...
Fiat Lux!
The broken pilot will be addressed at a later date. 
Mitch
@M. Mitchell Marmel posted:In case anyone's interested, here are the innards of a 248 (1958 production only). Note the weights for extra traction.
!2v grain-of-wheat attached.
Just right for fitting in the headlight hole!
Perfect fit!
Now with the new Extend-O-Lite option!
Trim the lens a bit...
Fiat Lux!
The broken pilot will be addressed at a later date.
Mitch
Looking good Mitch! I don't know how that ended up under my train table but it's in the right hands now.
Hi guys, look at me 2 days in a row! LOL
@RSJB18 Bob, I am so glad you were able to figure it out! Sometimes those watch dogs can kill a good time. but a cold one sometimes helps also!
@M. Mitchell Marmel Mitch, great job! It's wonderful how you always get these guys going and running nice and smooth!
@Dave Ripp. Dave nice of you to bring it out from under the table for Mitch! I am sure he is always looking for something to work on! LOL
Well guys I finally got some time in the train room today and finished my Starbucks to Coors Light delivery truck conversion! I hope you all enjoy. It is not the greatest, but it is good enough for my layout! Plus, it gives me something to shoot for!
Before.
And after!
As you can see Joe waiting at the loading dock! Great time to eat some of his lunch!
I'm no fan of Starbucks, Mike, so naturally I support your truck conversion!
Hi Mike,
Great job on the truck conversion. It looks fantastic.
John
Looks good to me Mike.
@mike g. posted:It is not the greatest, but it is good enough for my layout! Plus, it gives me something to shoot for!
It would take a lot of patience on my part to do a job like that. 
@p51 posted:I'm no fan of Starbucks, Mike, so naturally I support your truck conversion!
No a fan of either, rather have MD's coffee
@mike g. posted:Hi guys, look at me 2 days in a row! LOL
Well guys I finally got some time in the train room today and finished my Starbucks to Coors Light delivery truck conversion! I hope you all enjoy. It is not the greatest, but it is good enough for my layout! Plus, it gives me something to shoot for!
Mike, Great job!!
After 11 years, some urban renewal comes to my modules. A paved road replacing most of the dirt road and some new structures/building rearrangement.
I always get a kick out of kids asking me "what is that phone doing on the stand?"
Have a great day!
Peter
I spent a week updating a corner of Warrenville to now be the home of the Warrenakka campgrounds.
Looks good John! Can I make a reservation for the Fall leaf season?
.....and, I might add, once I finish figuring out what goes where, etc, extensive weathering of the textured Rustoleum spray paint will commence....
Peter
“I always get a kick out of kids asking me "what is that phone doing on the stand?"”
I think that it was earlier this year, that the last pay phone was pulled out of Times Square NY.
I worked more on my cemetery the last couple days. I got the grass mostly satisfactory, some headstones mounted, mausoleum painted and tried and failed on the entry. My gravel failed to stick to the glue, so I'll let it dry better before repairing.
@Dave Ripp. posted:I worked more on my cemetery the last couple days. I got the grass mostly satisfactory, some headstones mounted, mausoleum painted and tried and failed on the entry. My gravel failed to stick to the glue, so I'll let it dry better before repairing.
Dave,
I like your cemetery - nice and orderly.
Here are a couple pics of mine. Note the visitors including the man praying against a headstone, people walking to a loved one's site with flowers and a few wise-guy skeletons.
If you look closely, you will see a couple hands and forearms reaching out of one grave (upper left in the first photo).
Lastly, note the arch with the cross on top. I modeled it after an entrance arch at a small local cemetery using white glue and fish tank gravel.
@Lionelski posted:Dave,
I like your cemetery - nice and orderly.
Here are a couple pics of mine. Note the visitors including the man praying against a headstone, people walking to a loved one's site with flowers and a few wise-guy skeletons.
If you look closely, you will see a couple hands and forearms reaching out of one grave (upper left in the first photo).
Lastly, note the arch with the cross on top. I modeled it after an entrance arch at a small local cemetery using white glue and fish tank gravel.
Thanks, I considered doing an abandoned one. There are several overgrown unkept ones around here. I do have a Hearst, Grim Reaper, a ghost and zombies for different scenes when I want to change it up. I walked around a nice one last week to get the distance between the headstone right and see how they were arranged. I'll have to copy a few of your ideas.
Dave & Ski, thanks for your Cemetary posts. I think mine needs a tune up. It’s a module that a man at YORK was offering. The backhoe works. My Funeral Director friend had it for awhile and asked if I could use it. I squeezed it in next to the church that my Dad built. I surrounded it with Dept. 56 fencing or maybe it was a ripoff of 56. But I think I need some mourners. That’s his sign in the hearse.
@pennsyfan posted:Dave & Ski, thanks for your Cemetary posts. I think mine needs a tune up. It’s a module that a man at YORK was offering. The backhoe works. My Funeral Director friend had it for awhile and asked if I could use it. I squeezed it in next to the church that my Dad built. I surrounded it with Dept. 56 fencing or maybe it was a ripoff of 56. But I think I need some mourners. That’s his sign in the hearse.
Thanks Bob, I have a grave digger with a shovel. Love the lighted fencing and enjoyed your YouTube.
Mike great job on the truck conversion.
Peter nice work on the roads and buildings. We have a few pay phones that were taken out of service years ago still in our shop. Even some of the adults question how did they work.
John I like the campground.
Dave the cemetery remodel came out great.
@Putnam Division posted:After 11years, some urban renewal comes to my modules. A paved road replacing most of the dirt road and some new structures/building rearrangement.
I always get a kick out of kids asking me "what is that phone doing on the stand?"
Have a great day!
Peter
Peter, I thought the large rubber mallet in this photo was a nice touch! I assume that is used for fine tuning! LoL Great lumber yard!
For those with cemeteries, Diecast Direct has a half-dozen 1/43 hearses for sale. They have various printed funeral home names and come with a scale casket.
@WesternPacific2217 posted:Peter, I thought the large rubber mallet in this photo was a nice touch! I assume that is used for fine tuning! LoL Great lumber yard!
I love rubber mallets! Great for a “little tap”!
Peter
Mitch, perhaps a conveniently located building next door with that sign.
I TRIED for about 40 minutes to get my DCS WiFi to power up. When I apply power one of the lights comes on then a second but then it doesn't complete the circuit where the lights begin to flash and continue to do so. I power it up, power down, wait 10 and repeat. My other two DCS WiFi units work fine. This one has a glitch, that I can usually trick into working, but no luck today. I would buy a new one if one could be found. I can't wait for the new combined TIU/WiFi comes out. THAT can't come soon enough.
Train show pictures at Franklin, Indiana.
@samparfitt posted:Train show pictures at Franklin, Indiana.
Looks like a fantastic show. Something for everyone and a great job of photography.
I dusted the structures, rolling stock and wheeled vehicles on my layout, does that count?
@p51 posted:I dusted the structures, rolling stock and wheeled vehicles on my layout, does that count?
👍🏻👍🏻
This section behind my computer desk was originally planned for gaming/computer simulation use and the layout ended at the windows edge, hence the 40" screen on the wall.
The layout started as an L-shaped table with a small loop on the left (not in photo) and a yard area under the 7ʻ wide window. That small loop got boring quick and I expanded. The area added starts from the corner with a 32" by 48" section joining a 48" by 52" section, which backs against my computer desk. I had used 4" thick insulation foam and while it held up to my weight it did not hold screws well. I found that even 48" was too much of a reach and replaced the foam with some 3/4" ply left from another project. I raised the frame work and used the ply - solid and strong enough to stand on!
Now I can have a U-shaped dog-bone with a longer run that is also sturdy enough to support a 2nd level. I am reusing my Fastrack that was damaged in a flood ten years ago. Eight of the nine remote switches were brought back to life and I happily found Lionel sells replacement parts at reasonable prices.
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