Good MOrning and good luck Jeff, hope it is good news. Had a great day yesterday with it being Deb's birthday as well as Mothers day. We had a great meal at a place called Prime 3 in Leesburgh. In addition I was able to pretty much finish up a little Campbell Kit I modified some. Today some investment work and finish up the odds and ends of kit as well as clean up. hHope everyone has a great day.

I thought I would catch up my story of the Holland Odessa Railroad and found it has been three years and a previous house when I had last posted, unbelievable, time is moving way to fast.

So I guess I will need to start from scratch. The layout I started with is gone, the structures were all saved but that was about it. The replacement layout will consist of a 'shelf' type L shaped switching layout highlighting NW Ohio in 1912 for one part of the L and 1912 in Central Florida for the second part. Since I will be starting over I need to pull some stuff together before sharing. In the meantime here is my weekend project just completed; a version of Campbell Kits Barrel Factory. It is suppose to be a corrugated structure but I am not really hot on that type of building so I made a modified version using clapboard siding and a ribbed roof. I simply used the diagrams and templates as well as the strip wood. Campbell instructions as some of the best and the drawings even better. It turned out a little more 'weathered' then I thought so might need to spruce it up a little but it will be located in a run down part of canal scene so we will see,

Good Evening Everyone;

I had a busy day and just had a chance to catch up. Marty, my wife Deb's birthday is today as well. We had a Mother's Day dinner at a new restaurant (for us) called Prime 3 located in Leesburg Florida. What a pleasant surprise, it was the best meal we have had out in over a year. Everything was top notch, sat outside with perfect weather and the service was as good as I have ever had. It made for a great day for both my bride and myself. Hope everyone had as good a day as we had,

Jim

I agree, neat idea! Great work and looking forward to more now that you have reached the seven days of Saturday stage of life.

Jim

Good Morning;

Have my coffee, the pups are on the chair next to me and I am enjoying reading world news, glad it is 'the world' meaning it is not here. I need to go out and get a gift for the bride today. Sunday is not only Mothers Day but her birthday. They seem to be coming faster and faster. Oh well, hope everyone enjoys the day.

Jim

I thought I'd pop in to catch up and found out no one opened the clubhouse today, bummer. I was able to make progress on the barrel company today, building the outside staircase and such. Had to see the doc this afternoon due to seriously swollen ankles, appears I've had a reaction to a new med they had put me on for blood pressure. So we will try something different.  Anyway I will turn the lights out and call it a day.

Jim¡

Good Morning;

Up early today, not sure why but coffee tastes good and it gives me time to catch up on reading. Today some yard work , bench time and  whatever else I get myself into.Guess I need to wait to find out who is cooking up breakfast today. Have a good one folks.

Jim

Happy Cinco De Mayo, the day all of Mexico celebrates Deb and my anniversary. Today marks 17 years. She bought me season tickets for local classical orchestra, music I like, her, not so much. Tonight I will take her to the best restaurant in area, she is a keeper and I am very lucky.

I have been working on a small kit this week, Campbell #422 Barrel Mfg. Company. I bought the box at a swap meet for nine dollars a couple years back, some wood is missing but all the directions and templates in place. Campbell instructions and templates are some of the best. You can build a kit just from them, the wood is a nice addition. I'm not trying to be creative on this one, just enjoying making it. Anyhow, hope everyone has a great Sunday.

Jim

Very late check in for myself, sorry but I've been catching up on going on's . I'll need to find out about Kalmbach Publishing, I had not heard about it.

Jim

Good Morning Everyone;

Welcome to the Saturday club Bob, hope you are able to enjoy the hard work it took to get here. Jerry love the boxcar, coming along great. For myself I am planning some time on investment work this morning, Also hope to get some yard work before it warms up this afternoon. They are saying it will hit 86 by 4pm. Then some time on layout scenery.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Jim

The precision an inexpensive engraving laser brings to the hobby allows for some realistic modeling of simple objects found in the real world but hard up until now to create in small scale modeling. A project I am currently undertaking is to add a corral around a 1900 tavern so horses can be kept while the folks are inside having a pint. I wanted the fence to be made of wood and depict typical board fence with cut slots in the fence posts so the boards simply slide into the cut allowing for easy assembly and replacement in the real world. Making the cut slots is the issue the laser makes short work of. I designed the posts using the cutter program LaserBurn. The board to be cut needed to be 3 millimeter or 1/8 thick so the post would measure a scale 12 x 12, with the height to be 5.5 feet high allowing for 3 high slats, each a scale 1 x 12. So here is the post cut out, put together with 1 x 12 strip wood stained with Hunter medium brown. I used thin CA glue to hold everything together and apply to layout. The thin CA is quickly absorbed into the wood and did not leave a shinny look like the thick version would.






Simple but up until now not easy to do.

Jim

Quote from: nycjeff on April 26, 2024, 03:05:47 PMHello Jim, what a wonderful job you have done here. I also very much like the wood structures out back. Congratulations. Can't wait to seee what you do next.

Thanks Jeff;

I hope the explication of how lasers and 3D printers can add something you can't buy helped. The wood structure directly behind is a FOS Scale model kit and the tarven is actually started life as a blue and white partially broken plastic building I bought for $1.00 and used in a contest to make it look like a wood craftsman kit. I call it the Flying Kettle tavern. It too was a fun project. Here it is as I got it:



And how it looks currently on the layout:

Quote from: GPdemayo on April 25, 2024, 07:43:25 AMGreat job Jim, the building is a wonderful addition to the H&O RR. 

Thank you kind sir, it was fun.

Jim

Good Morning;

Coffee ☑️ 
Paper☑️
Nice sunny morning ☑️

Good to be alive, going to start work on next section of Mandryville Canal District today, mostly planning I expect. Hope it's a great day for everyone.

Jim

Good Morning Everyone;

First off congratulations Bob to reaching a milestone. Retirement has its perks for sure, just comes with a lot of baggage. Looking forward to seeing some of that incredible modeling skill you have bottled up. 

Yesterday went well for me too, the procedure was on time, the staff first rate, operation quick and results excellent. Does not get any better! I got a gold star and a 5 year pass till the next one recommended. First time they found nothing since I began having colonoscopies. 

Tom, I hope your friend was better and he gets his wish to go home.  I think that is one of those 'baggage' things I worry about, having others suddenly in charge of my decisions if something happens. 

Anyhow, Bob I like bagels with Philly cream cheese, firm bacon, cantaloupe and lots of coffee, oh what the heck, skip everything but lots of coffee!!

Jim