Oh don't worry Matt, he has to come back for Final inspection! He just signed off on the framing part! Of course it didn't hurt that we were both in the MARINES and I have a Bull dog! LOL
Mike, it’s looking good, really good. It’s appearing to look larger now than when you first started posting pictures. Keep us posted as more progress is made. I wish I had your carpentry talents. Happy Easter evening, God is Good! All the Time..
Looks great, Mike! I’m glad the inspector was happy. Good think Tank was on the job!
I did a bit of home improvement myself! My front doorbell button was deteriorated to the point where a gust of wind would ring the bell.
So, until I can get to Lowes for a replacement...
Mitch
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Thanks Larry and Mark! I was lucky when I first got out of High School I went to work for a custom home builder and he taught me everything I know! Been trying to improve my skill ever since!
Mike, Really great to see the train room addition is moving along. Looks great, and seems like your getting to the home stretch.
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:I did a bit of home improvement myself! My front doorbell button was deteriorated to the point where a gust of wind would ring the bell.
So, until I can get to Lowes for a replacement...
Mitch
Why do I get the feeling that you will never make it to Lowes???
Happy Easter Mitch 🐣🐇🐣🐇
chris a posted:Mike, Really great to see the train room addition is moving along. Looks great, and seems like your getting to the home stretch.
Thanks Chris! Things will be a little slow for a little bit. The siding is $35 per sheet, so I will only be able to get half of them one payday and the rest of them the next payday! But that's how life is right now, and I am ok with it as long as I keep moving forward! I hope to have the outside and inside done before end of summer with a little bench work already up. We will see how that goes!
Did some break in running on my "new" MTH GT SW9 and MTH C&O Berkshire on the layout while I was home for the Easter holiday.
Apples55 posted:M. Mitchell Marmel posted:I did a bit of home improvement myself! My front doorbell button was deteriorated to the point where a gust of wind would ring the bell.
So, until I can get to Lowes for a replacement...
Mitch
Why do I get the feeling that you will never make it to Lowes???
Happy Easter Mitch 🐣🐇🐣🐇
That's really cool Mitch. Now you need to hook that up to a old air-whistle tender......
Gotta figure out how to get the CEO to let me do the same........
Bob
mike g. posted:Hi everyone, So today its raining, so what do you do when its raining? You go outside and put gutters up! Well atleast that's what I did for Easter! Now I have 90% of the roof done, the gutters up, all that's left is to side it and it will be ready for final inspection! A couple pictures for who wants to see.
An of course the inspector had to check things out, He doesn't look to happy but lucky for he he is an easy bribe! LOL
The train room is looking good Mike. I hope Tank does more than sit around and watch you work. Gotta train him to bring you a Coors Light once and a while.
Bob
OK So I hope this is a REALLY BAD APRIL FOOLS JOKE 
The scene out my living room window this morning. 2"-4" expected. Where the H..l is Spring!
Wired up my first dwarf signal yesterday while dinner was in the oven. This is just the test unit but I think I've got it with a little fine tuning. Gotta trim the board down to size and figure out how to cover up the back. I think I'm going to make a small base for them to sit on too.
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Mitch -- cool door bell button !! Next time use a ZW.
RSJB18 posted:Apples55 posted:Why do I get the feeling that you will never make it to Lowes???
Hee!
That's really cool Mitch. Now you need to hook that up to a old air-whistle tender......
Could be doable. IIRC, these things run on about 12VAC, so...
jim pastorius posted:Mitch -- cool door bell button !! Next time use a ZW.
LMAO!
Mitch
chris a posted:
WOW. Scenes like this make me wish sometimes that I wasn't modelling a backwoods railroad in the mountains where buildings like this never were.
Great work!
Bob, Yes we got about 6 inches of snow too! Oh well!
The signal light is coming along nicely!!
RSJB18 posted:OK So I hope this is a REALLY BAD APRIL FOOLS JOKE
The scene out my living room window this morning. 2"-4" expected. Where the H..l is Spring!
Wired up my first dwarf signal yesterday while dinner was in the oven. This is just the test unit but I think I've got it with a little fine tuning. Gotta trim the board down to size and figure out how to cover up the back. I think I'm going to make a small base for them to sit on too.
Bob, thanks for the kind words on the train room! If its ok I want to shoot you an e-mail as I have a few off forum questions to ask you. For the Coors, last time I let him get a hold of a Coors can, bang 4 holes and beer flowing everywhere! LOL
As far as Snow!
Sorry buddy, but better you then me! LOL The signal light looks great, what are you going to be using to trip the lights?
mike g. posted:Hi everyone, So today its raining, so what do you do when its raining? You go outside and put gutters up! Well atleast that's what I did for Easter! Now I have 90% of the roof done, the gutters up, all that's left is to side it and it will be ready for final inspection! A couple pictures for who wants to see.
looking GREAT Mike, getting CLOSER
Thanks Brian! Every step is a step closer to getting a layout! The cool think is the wife has become even more supportive now that she can see the building going up!
Finally... after nearly 7 weeks of rehabbing my basement after the flood I am finally finished and ready to start railroading again.....
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Sure looks like a nice place to relax and run trains! Great looking job!
Just a couple of pictures of the area under "The Eastbridge Viaduct" heading toward the Lift-Out section. Added a bit more scenery and an old boxcar that the railroad uses as a storage shed. Hope ya'll like 'em.
Chief Bob (Retired) 
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Yesterday I finally bit the bullet and started assembling the 4 modules for my layout. Each module is 2 ft x 7 ft plus 2 4x4 ft. spacers between the 2 rows of modules. Got 3 modules finished yesterday, hope to complete it today. I might cut the length back about a foot though.
mike g. posted:RSJB18 posted:OK So I hope this is a REALLY BAD APRIL FOOLS JOKE
The scene out my living room window this morning. 2"-4" expected. Where the H..l is Spring!
Wired up my first dwarf signal yesterday while dinner was in the oven. This is just the test unit but I think I've got it with a little fine tuning. Gotta trim the board down to size and figure out how to cover up the back. I think I'm going to make a small base for them to sit on too.
Bob, thanks for the kind words on the train room! If its ok I want to shoot you an e-mail as I have a few off forum questions to ask you.
As far as Snow!
Mike- on the lower section they will be controlled by a toggle switch corresponding to which side of my KW is powering the track. I am considering block relays for the high line. I have a Lionel 153-IR relay box that I may try too. Saw your email- reply sent.
Bob
PUFFRBELLY posted:Just a couple of pictures of the area under "The Eastbridge Viaduct" heading toward the Lift-Out section. Added a bit more scenery and an old boxcar that the railroad uses as a storage shed. Hope ya'll like 'em.
Chief Bob (Retired)
Looks great Bob! That pick up truck needs a serious bath though 
We ran trains for friends several times in the last few days, do my Retiring from my Job. Now, we can spend many fun hours finishing this layout.
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I had to catch up on a few days so some of this is a little delayed.
Bryan I like the structure in the corner next to the Menards building under construction. Is it an apartment building? it sure looks like one. Scratch build?
Chris A nice work on the shallow relief backdrop building.
Mike you're doing a great job on the train room.
Mitch, why do I get the feeling there was nothing wrong with your old door bell? You just got bored because Fortesque was playing with the Easter Bunny.
Larry, The layout looks great as always! Congratulations on your retirement!!!!!!!
Chief Bob, looks good, its the nice little details that make a big difference!
Jim, sounds like you have a good start! Don't forget pictures along the way so the rest can drool!
Bob, thanks for the update on the information on the signal lights!
Larry, spending many hours to finish a layout? Looks like you have a great layout as is!
Thanks for the kind work Coach Joe!
coach joe posted:Bryan I like the structure in the corner next to the Menards building under construction. Is it an apartment building? it sure looks like one. Scratch build?
Funny story about that building is that is was originally designed to be a hotel is s scale. I first saw this from a vendor (David Blum, American Flyer Trains) in the orange hall at york. He sets up near Sidetrack Hobbies. When I first saw it I said it looks like a prison (which is what I had been looking for) The vendor said No, its a hotel and I wasn't trying to be rude because I just thought I could convert it to a prison. I asked if they could upsize the kit for O scale and he said he would see what they could do. I paid for one and he said if they couldn't do it he would refund my money. About 3 months later I get a package in the mail and sure enough it was that building in O scale. The key was spray painting it with a texture/flack paint that looks like prison gray. I liked the look so much that I ordered 2 more stories to give me a total of 4. I have seen him at a few other shows and he mentioned to me that others have also remarked that it looks like a prison so he can market it both ways and asked if I could send him some pictures of my completed project.
As for that area I still need to add the fence and barb wire around the entire structure as well as many more prisoners.
Here are 2 close up pictures before I added on the 2 additional stories.
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mike g. posted:Hi everyone, So today its raining, so what do you do when its raining? You go outside and put gutters up! Well atleast that's what I did for Easter! Now I have 90% of the roof done, the gutters up, all that's left is to side it and it will be ready for final inspection! A couple pictures for who wants to see.
WOW Mike !! Your train room is looking great ! Your going to have a big area for a big layout.. keep up the great work.
Bryan, that is a great story of how you got the parts you made into that great prison!!
Thanks Bob, it looks big now, but when things get inside I bet it will shrink really fast! But that's ok, its just for train stuff only! No storage for anything else! In exchange I have to build the wife a Green House but that will only be 8' X 6' nothing big!
You know Bryan I did think it looked like an interior of a cell block but I never thought about an open air cell block. Nice imagination.
leapinlarry posted:We ran trains for friends several times in the last few days, do my Retiring from my Job. Now, we can spend many fun hours finishing this layout.
Leapinlarry - Congratulations on your retirement!! Your layout looks fabulous!!! Wishing you many years of fun with your trains!!!
Ran trains last night for a long time while creating scenes and doing some photography. Also ran trains for a short bit today. Had lots of fun!!
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Trumptrain,Nice looking scenes! I sure hope they were able to get all the cars back on track ok!
Decoynh, Looks like you have a great crew working there, They might get done by the time your done with the yard!
Today I have so far attempted to install the track into our Walthers Engine Shop. 3 hammers, 2 pieces of flex track,and a helper (Henry the cat) 
have all been used so far
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