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#1
Morning all.....

Breakfast is served with all the trimmings and some green beer for those here that like a wee nip.

Have a fun and safe day of celebrating and keep the aspirin handy.  ;)
#2
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Saturday - March 9, 2024
March 09, 2024, 07:23:17 AM
Morning all.....quick breakfast and off to Tom's for an SBG meet and a bunch of BSing.  :)
#3
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Sunday - March 3, 2024
March 03, 2024, 08:11:38 AM
Morning all.....yucky day in Florida, at least no snow. ;D 

Might just sit back and read a good William W. Johnstone book about times in America when there were real men and women. Y'all have a fun day!
#4
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Sunday - February 18, 2024
February 18, 2024, 11:29:45 AM
Morning all.....late wake up call to all sleepyheads.

Another rainy day in the Sunshine State.....the weather sucks. Off to some adventure Pegi cooked up, y'all have a fun day.
#5
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Friday - February 16, 2024
February 16, 2024, 07:44:26 AM
Morning all.....up north looking day in the sunshine state. As they said in the 60's, bummer!

The end of the week is here and we have a whole weekend ahead and not a single plan, except Pegi has already made a dinner reservation for Sunday so she can get her fix of rainbow trout.

I finally might get around to starting the clean-up of the layout and the work bench area in the hobby room.

I'll see if I can get motivated to finish a leftover project or maybe start with something small, before the owner of a construction management project I'm getting ready to begin work on decides he's in a hurry to get things started.

Y'all have a great day and have some fun.....
#6
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Wednesday - January 31, 2024
January 31, 2024, 09:08:54 AM
Morning all.....low 50's here heading for a sun-shinny day in the low 70's.

Everyone have a great day and post lots of photos, because like Jan says "we all love pictures".  :) :) :)
#7
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Thursday - January 4, 2024
January 04, 2024, 07:55:22 AM
Morning all....time for breakfast and getting back to work. Have a fun day and keep on modeling.  ;)
#8
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Tuesday - December 26, 2023
December 26, 2023, 10:36:18 AM
Morning all.....back to the daily routine and getting ready for the new year. Is it me or do the years seem to be flying by at warp speed?

Y'all have a great and don't forget the after Xmas sales..... ;)
#9
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Sunday - December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023, 08:22:04 AM
Morning all.....almost thought we were going to have to build an ark yesterday. It rained from mid morning yesterday till after midnight.
 
A huge, very slow moving storm came up from South Florida and is drenching GA, SC, NC and is moving into VA.
 
Y'all have a fun day and stay dry.....only 8 days to Christmas!
#10
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Tuesday - December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023, 08:03:23 AM
Morning all.....cool 48° in sunny Central Florida.

Got to go to the dealership and have the car's computer checked. It keeps putting up all sorts of messages about having things serviced and dire warnings, lights up like a Xmas tree,  then disappears.

Catch up on y'all this afternoon, have a fun day!
#11
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023
November 28, 2023, 07:38:31 AM
Morning all.....come on guys, it's too early in the morning to do all this typing. Can't someone else open the chat.  :(
#12
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Sunday November 26 2023
November 26, 2023, 07:51:07 AM
Morning all.....Xmas tree in a bucket of water on the screen porch, looks like the big holiday is rapidly approaching.

Have a great day y'all and get some rest after all the turkey and shopping!
#13
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Editing a Previous Post
November 16, 2023, 10:20:18 AM
A question for Jim or Craig.....

I notice that after I post a comment and go back to it to correct a mistake the same day I can hit the modify button and make a change. But, if I go back to one that was posted on previous days the only options are to "quote" or "report to moderator".

How to I get into older posts to make changes in the text or add a photo?
#14
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Wednesday - Nov. 15, 2023
November 15, 2023, 06:59:02 AM
Present.....good morning all.

Another gray, up north type day here in Florida. Haven't seen the sun in a few days and it kind of reminds me of the Northeast and upper Midwest.  :(

Have a house in Melbourne Beach to work on, but still waiting for the structural drawings.

Y'all have a good day.

#15
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / ACL1504's 2022 Big Challenge
January 06, 2022, 04:28:09 PM
News from "The Babe".....at midday, the surgeon told Pam that all went well with Tom's surgery. He is still in ICU, but is responsive and should be moved to surgery monitoring later tomorrow.  :) :) ;D
#16

Pegi and I will be out visiting our nephew and his family in about 3 weeks and would like some ideas relating to model railroading.

I need an idea of the places (layouts, hobby shops, prototype exhibits, etc.) to see around the Dallas / Ft. Worth area.

Thanks for the help!
#17

The mouse is celebrating 50 years of his theme parks and the lead up to today has been in the local newspaper for months. I thought I'd post a couple of videos about Walt's background in model railroading.
 
The first is a film of the small layout mock-up of the intended live steam railroad he built in his yard and the second is the actual live steam layout.
 
Amazing what a little money and an imagineering department in your company can do for a model railroad.

Enjoy.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG_y61Vf4bs
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7grVAeRSA
#18
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Monday - May 10
May 10, 2021, 08:53:58 AM
Morning all.....the forum site was down earlier this morning???


Actually got in 2 hours modeling .....I'm on a roll..... ;D
#19

Yesterday was a very sad day for Pegi and I with the loss of the four legged members of our family after 15-1/2 years of wonderful companionship.

They were cairn terrier sisters from the same litter and have spent their entire lives with each other and with us since they were 8 weeks old. They were really close and were a joy to be around and observe thru the years. As terriers, we nicknamed them the "Hooligan Sisters" as they were always getting into mischief and having a great time with each other and us.

I know this is not a loss on the scale of what Curt and John are going thru, but it is not an easy process to go thru. All the little critters that we have in our lives are truly a member of the family and as such, not having them around is quite a jolt in our lives.

Treas developed health problems last year, but it was held in check with medicines. Aidan joined her in a slow decline a few months ago and prompted the hard decision Pegi and I had to make a couple of weeks ago. Do we continue to keep them alive for our sake or let them go to a happier place where they can be as happy as when they were younger.

We have gone thru this type of loss before, but it doesn't get any easier. Unlike our other dogs, which were taken unexpectedly, we sadly watched as they declined to a point that it would be wrong, cruel and thoughtless of us to allow them to continue to struggle everyday.

Like all pets, they worm their way into your heart and make this an extremely difficult time. We will heal with time and a conscious effort to remember all the happy times we spent together, but that does not make the present any less difficult.

Those of you with dogs and other pets, give them a hug and a treat and take a moment to reflect on all the joy and happiness they add to our lives and thank whatever higher power you believe in that he has let them come into our lives and given us such boundless joy and unconditional love.

Below is a picture of The Girls on their 1st birthday.....Aidan is on the left and Treas is on the right.


#20
Kit Building / FSM #130 - Ezra Coopers Garage
July 03, 2020, 11:29:22 AM

Happy 4th to all here.....

It seems that we are having a rash of FSM builds on the Forum and I will be adding to the mix with this build, the Fine Scale Miniature kit #130.....Ezra Cooper's Garage.

I got this kit, along with the Rail Car Shed and Flagstop Station about 5 years ago when Bob Butts had a fire sale of a few of his FSM stash that he didn't think he would ever get around to building. Thanks Bob, these are fun kits and some of George's early works that I missed when he originally released them.

I had intended to rifle these kits for the castings to use on other builds, but after the my less than satisfying results with the CCK Low Company kit, I think this kit can be better used for practicing on my structure building skills. Also, none of the kits that I have ever built have the number or level of detail as the castings that are in this kit and it will be a new adventure for me.

So here goes.....obligatory box & content photos.

Exhibit #1 - (ECG-001)


Exhibit #2 - (ECG-002)


To demonstrate how the kit should look as completed, I have included a photo of Frank Baker's build. I don't remember getting this from you Frank, but thanks for the photo and beautifully done.

Exhibit #3 - (ECG-003)


To begin.....I made copies of George's templates and instructions. I then checked the templates to make sure they were the exact size as the original.....sometimes when they are reproduced, the process can make the copy a bit smaller or larger.

I started with the wall framing on the rear wall. The structure has post and beam type construction and I mostly followed the instructions as George wrote them. The bottom and top plates and studs are 6"x6", however, I thought that since the local of the scene on the layout will be in the Rockies, the top plate should be more substantial too handle the snow loads, so a 6"x8" was specified instead.

I checked in the stash and I have everything but a 6"x8" size.....what to do? Only one choice, call my LHS and inquired if Mr. Langford had that size in stock. As luck would have it, he had an unopened bag in his stash from 30 years ago. Thanks Tom.....

The other change I made was to the horizontal blocking for the siding. As you can see in the photo of the template below, George didn't include the blocking required for nailing the vertical siding onto the framing. The wall scales out to 11'-6" high. When nailing on vertical siding a minimum of 4' center to center spacing is needed. In the real world, using 2' on center is a better choice, but for a model in HO, that seems to a bit of overkill.

Exhibit #4 - (ECG-003b)


I struck parallel lines at 4' and 8' from the bottom plate and used this as my guide for the blocking placement. Note the thicker 6"x8" top plate in the photo.

Exhibit #5 - (ECG-004)


The vertical siding, furnished in the kit, is a scale 1"x10". I stressed the lumber and cleaned the pieces and began applying it to the wall framing, adding nail holes as I went.

Exhibit #6 - (ECG-005)


A decent start, but a lot to go, as the stick built wall framing and siding is a bit time consuming to cut and put together.....thank goodness for the ole' chopper.

Next time.....
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