Mike I think your idea was great. I got all the windows covered and I still have plastic left over so if I get into more flats I'll have some to start with. With the money I saved from not buying the plastic I can buy more trains LOL....Paul
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Mark Boyce posted:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Mnp6VAmEc
Branded. I watched when I was growing up. I’m sorry, I can’t see how to embed this on my phone app.
Stranded
Stranded on the toilet bowl
What do you do when you're stranded
And you haven't got a roll?
To prove you're a man, you must wipe it with your hand
Stranded-on the toilet bowl!
Ah, schoolyard humor!Mitch
Thank you for embedding it Mitch!!
I never heard that one on the schoolyard. Yes, that is a bad scenario for sure!!
Paul, Mike's idea looks great from here!! 
Bob, the D&H coaches look great!!
paul 2 posted:Mike I think your idea was great. I got all the windows covered and I still have plastic left over so if I get into more flats I'll have some to start with. With the money I saved from not buying the plastic I can buy more trains LOL....Paul
GREAT! I am so happy it worked out for you! Sometimes I don't want to say anything cause it might not turn out the way somebody wanted! I and very glad it worked for you! Now you can get a few TOF cars! LOL
Had a idea at work and had to wait to till I got into my shop. Wanted to add mile post markers even tho I have no where near the amount of track for it to be even close to scale. So as I was preparing the cleavers I’m making for heat treat was able to cut a couple of pieces. Sanded the tops once I started putting the edges on the cleavers. 
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Mike, the great thing about this hobby is the input of ideas plus if you are not happy with what you just did you tear it out and start over again. Trial and error. But I am quite happy with the windows and now I can buy more Weaver TOFC's LOL. Tonight I got the cardstock buildings I had cut out glued to the black foam. Won't get time towork on the layout tomorrow because having lunch with a bunch or retired TCA guys then Tuesday night it is the start of the Tuesday night group every Tuesday till spring York next year. Pics............Paul
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Took some photo for the 9/11 TEAM TRACK TUESDAY thread while running trains. Great way to wind down the day! Much fun was had by all! Here's one of many shots taken. 
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paul 2 posted:Mike, the great thing about this hobby is the input of ideas plus if you are not happy with what you just did you tear it out and start over again. Trial and error. But I am quite happy with the windows and now I can buy more Weaver TOFC's LOL. Tonight I got the cardstock buildings I had cut out glued to the black foam. Won't get time towork on the layout tomorrow because having lunch with a bunch or retired TCA guys then Tuesday night it is the start of the Tuesday night group every Tuesday till spring York next year. Pics............Paul
Paul, the windows in the flats are good!! Have a great time at the retiree TCA lunch! The Tuesday night group is starting already. It seems you just stopped meeting for the summer a couple weeks ago! Have fun there too!!!
briansilvermustang posted:
Thank you Brian. I think everyone can remember where they were that morning 17 years ago. I lost a high school classmate, Mike Jacobs, that day while he was at work at Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Banking. God bless all those who were murdered that day.
Paul, I am glad things worked out! The flat card stock buildings are going to be a nice addition to the layout!
Brian, Thank you for the nice Tribute! Never forget!
I haven't done much in the last few weeks do to lack of $$$, but I had to figure out how to get my track back u to the level I needed to get out the window to go out to the wife's garden area where she want a train to run around.
My bench work is 36" and the height is 42" so I added a scratch bridge to my other one that is a double track bridge. I set it at 1% and that will get me to the height I need. Here are a few pictures. Comments are always welcome.
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Comments are even more welcome when they are good! 
Mike, I know you have that bridge for the rise to the window just right! You did a great job so far with the flip up bridges for the entry. I can empathize with you about lack of funds. The poorer of our daughters told me Lowes has a sale on until tomorrow. I told her I didn't have any money, and she said they didn't either for the work they are in the middle of at their house. We would all go to the poor farm, but they shut it down and built high end single level living senior homes there. They start at double what our house is worth.
I have almost finished my Carolina Craftsman Kit coal shed, bashed as usual, mildly, and have started on a Tankar gas station, using a repainted Lionel tank car shell picked up in a show. I photographed one of these old stations, but think it is now gone.
I know what your saying Mark! Its a good thing our house and everything else is paid for! The clutch for my truck threw us for a loop! Still waiting on that! LOL
Yes Mike, I’m glad our house is paid for too! I have to pay real estate tax bill at the end of the month, and we earned a lot less so I didn’t save any. I’m waiting for a check from the long term savings to pay the bill.
Hi guys, looks like you've put on at least 10 pages since I last looked in. It's going to take me at least a week of dialysis to catch up with that. I've just been busy with the convention.
For those of you who haven't visited my topic recently, the convention was a huge bust from my perspective, with only 13 people over the four days of the convention. I'm analyzing the numbers, but I'm pretty sure I know what happened. It was a perfect storm.
We held our annual Wild hockey ticket draft party tonight. It was the first time I'd been downstairs since Saturday afternoon. I just ran the trains for a few of the guys. Last year they didn't bother to go downstairs, so it had been two years since they had seen it. They were quite amazed with the progress, and thought the security cameras were really cool.
I'm feeling a bit burnt out, but I'll get back in the groove pretty soon.
resting at sunset...
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paul 2 posted:Tonight I got the cardstock buildings I had cut out glued to the black foam. Won't get time towork on the layout tomorrow because having lunch with a bunch or retired TCA guys then Tuesday night it is the start of the Tuesday night group every Tuesday till spring York next year. Pics............Paul
Paul,
Its really coming together I see, so much so are you even going to let anyone upstairs to see the attic layout when you host at the end of the month. lol
btw: this Tuesday night group is starting to get expensive because once again whenever I am on the fence about buying something and then I see how great it looks in person at one of our members layouts I usually pull the trigger. So of course this morning I pulled the trigger and ordered the mth c&o yellowbelly that Charlie had on his layout last night. I think the compression is only about 2 inches but since MTH doesn't look like they will make a premier version of it I said just pull the trigger.....kind of like how I have you to blame for me switching over to the Lionel Auto Carriers because I saw them on your layout.
Bryan,
Woah!! Yes that Tuesday night group can be expensive, for sure! Maybe it is a good thing I live 2 hours away from you gents and don’t get sucked into the vortex!! LOL
Congratulations on the C&O locomotive!!
Mark Boyce posted:Bryan,
Woah!! Yes that Tuesday night group can be expensive, for sure! Maybe it is a good thing I live 2 hours away from you gents and don’t get sucked into the vortex!! LOL
Congratulations on the C&O locomotive!!
No kidding Mark and in a few weeks we are being hosted by this one gentleman who has over 100 premier steam engines. He double heads the mth premier triplex, which I have the railking version, but have always wanted to upgrade that engine. Might need Paul to keep blocking my vision so I don't see that.
Bryan in Ohio posted:Mark Boyce posted:Bryan,
Woah!! Yes that Tuesday night group can be expensive, for sure! Maybe it is a good thing I live 2 hours away from you gents and don’t get sucked into the vortex!! LOL
Congratulations on the C&O locomotive!!
No kidding Mark and in a few weeks we are being hosted by this one gentleman who has over 100 premier steam engines. He double heads the mth premier triplex, which I have the railking version, but have always wanted to upgrade that engine. Might need Paul to keep blocking my vision so I don't see that.
LOL, Yes it sounds like that fellow had an impressive collection to run! Maybe Paul can get his SWAT team to run interference!
Bryan, LOL, as you grow older you will learn self control. Right now as our shirts say " I GOTTA HAVE IT " is you LOL. Good choice to get the railking version. As to the attic layout I am going to make up slips of paper with attic and basement on them. As the guys come in on my Tuesday night I will have them reach into the hat and whatever they pick that is where they will go. You however will pick from a separate hat which will just have neither layout on the slips of paper. So you might as well just sit in your car and listen to the radio .LOL .......Paul
WOW, Paul if I wanted to be treated this badly you know whose layout I could visit . Maybe I'll try to hack into your account and post something about Menards and California and get you banned. Now that would be Super Funny.
man...you guys are brutal......
Bryan, you can see both layouts. I posted before I had my first cup of coffee. Just got an email from Menards. My order is at the store. Oh, by the way I ordered the auto racks and high cubes from the latest Lionel catalog. Made some room for them on the porch. LOL Going to work on a control panel for the basement layout today....... Paul's
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Finished my scratch build crane.
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Johan, nice build on the crane. Adds more to the scene...................Paul
BAR GP7 #63 posted:Finished my scratch build crane.
That is a superb piece of workmanship. I will always the admire the work of a scratch builder. Thanks for sharing.
paul 2 posted:Johan, nice build on the crane. Adds more to the scene...................Paul
Paul: Thanks. Finally Port of Shark Bay has own crane.
BAR GP7 #63 posted:Finished my scratch build crane.
Very nice work Johan.
Happy Birthday too !
modeltrainsparts posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:Finished my scratch build crane.
That is a superb piece of workmanship. I will always the admire the work of a scratch builder. Thanks for sharing.
modeltrainsparts: Thank you very much.
Johan
RSJB18 posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:Finished my scratch build crane.
Very nice work Johan.
Happy Birthday too !
Bob: Thank you very much. 
Johan
BAR GP7#63, That whole scene is fabulous. You must be every satisfied with your accomplishment. I admire your artistic control and consistency.
FRankM
Moonson posted:BAR GP7#63, That whole scene is fabulous. You must be every satisfied with your accomplishment. I admire your artistic control and consistency.
FRankM
FrankM: Thank you very much. I am quite happy, but always can do it better and better. Right now we build four scratch build bridges, still need a lot some 3D print parts. After that Port of Shark Bay area looking little better.
Johan
nate the tank posted:Had a idea at work and had to wait to till I got into my shop. Wanted to add mile post markers even tho I have no where near the amount of track for it to be even close to scale. So as I was preparing the cleavers I’m making for heat treat was able to cut a couple of pieces. Sanded the tops once I started putting the edges on the cleavers.
Nice work Nate, they look just like this one.
Rusty
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Johan, I like the crane and scene in general too!
Johan, Great looking scratch build! Really nice work, be proud of yourself not everyone can do magic like that!
Today I published a YouTube video. I have been working on this project for several weeks. In this video I will show you how to set up and use Z-Stuff for Trains, Crossing Gates & Block Signal Detectors (DZ-1010 Set). These signals will look great on any layout. Available in G / S / O / HO & N Scales. This is a complete tutorial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4zHzmnurP4
I would recommend these Crossing Gates by Z-Stuff. Links to check out:
Z-Stuff for Trains • http://www.z-stuff.net/ • Dennis: Owner
Ross Custom Switches • http://rossswitches.com/ • Sells Z-Stuff for Trains • Steve: Owner
Gary
