Quote from: Dave Buchholz on November 03, 2025, 07:35:54 PMThat work bench actually looks clean compared to mine!

Dave:
Ok; I give up.  What are hudy parts?

Great work, Tom.  Keep up the good work

I have had the Jennings's Lumber kit since the beginning of time.  There are a lot of redundant pieces that have to be built and i have never got around to building the kit.  Anyone on the forum ever made this HO kit and have some pictures of the jigs that you built

Welcome aboard.  I don't know a thing about AI and I'm too old to learn.  Question: What am I looking at?  Is there anything real about your pictures?  

Quote from: TomO/Tloc on August 26, 2025, 02:23:41 AMToday went according to the plan I was unaware of. I went down to The Original Whistle stop. I walked the 2 miles there but Ubered back. The sun was screaming brightly in the sky. The plan was a few hours at my sisters, walk back to the hotel room for a couple hours and walk back. Visited with my sister and then dinner with the niece, her hubby and us. Decent meal and that is enough said on the meal. Went back to my sister's and about 45 minutes ago walked back. There were a few homeless on Colorado Blvd. the home street for the Rose Bowl parade. But it was a nice walk back.

Wow, It's been over 50 years since I went to the Original Whistle Stop.  I recall that it was on Colorado St (I might be wrong). They had a mountainous layout when you walked through the door; plus behind that, there was cabinets full of HO Brass engines. Nice store. I went there one day and Gary Colman was there and he made sure everyone knew that "Gary Colman" was there...loud and rude!...but he had money to spend so they showed him the red carpet treatment.  I am surprised that the Whistle Stop is still there

Outstanding work. I bought this kit years ago; and later sold it.  I don't think I have the eyes or hands to tackle that kind of build now. I regret selling my kit.

For such a small kit, there are a lot of things going on.  Great job Jeff 

Wow, I started following your thread back in 2014 and some how, I stopped on page 28 of your posts.  I must catch up...Quick question, what was the footprint of your layout compared to the layout size today?

Howdy all for NW Indiana.  It feels like 16 here.  It is trying to develop pond effect snow outside. 
Too many projects in limbo on the layout...Bad habit doing that, I get so far behind, I don't know where to start...Hey; that sounds like a good New Year's Eve promise...only one iron in the fire at once

Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on April 29, 2024, 05:10:10 PMNext up was building the stairway for the doorway.  This was very difficult for me.  You're supposed to put the side pieces into the piece with the doorway (not glued), place the first step in, which has tiny tabs on each side to fit into slots, glue it in, gently separate the pieces to put the next one in and so on.  every time I tried to put the next step in, the first one came out on one side.  plus the sides moved in their slots.  I ended up taping one side to the desk and then placing all five in and then lining up the left piece, moving each step into place and using CA with accelerant.  Got three of the five in place with two moving out of place.  I removed them, trimmed off the tabs on one side, and managed to get them in straight and glued.  Was very frustrating.  Yes, it's covered with shiny glue, I'll hit it with Dullcoat.  I now need to do another for the bottom of the fire escape panel. 

Jeff

I had the same problem with the WKRP radio station kit.  The steps are impossible to do.  I didn't have the patience to coop with it so I used a plastic Bachmann staircase instead...those steps are a complete nightmare

Nice looking build, Bob.  Makes me want to go through my unbuilt DTD kits and build one

Howdy All from NW Indiana. It's 38 degrees here at 11:30am.  Shopping is all done and Joan is resting (she is recovering from open heart surgery last week).  She said that Monday's rehab session will include going down the steps to the basement...13 steps down and 13 steps up.  Down here is all of our toys; but I doubt if she will be making any quilts soon...We do have the large screen TV down here and our computers, plus her sewing room and the layout and storage. Carlie our Papillion likes it down here; but she is on Joan's lap for now

Craig,


Good luck with your new adventure, hope everything goes well


John

John,
I never get tired of looking at your volumes. I especially like looking at all the gizmos that you have on your workbench.  Keep up all the good work


John

Jerry


Thanks for the nice comments...Warning though:  I do change my mind alot


John