Good morning Curt, Larry, Dave, Tom, Karl and the rest of the crew that drops in later.

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Curt, maybe you'll make it to the bench today.

Larry, enjoy the sunshine and I"m looking forward yo your update.

Dave, there is always tomorrow to post picture, maybe the forum will be in a better mood by then. 

Tom, hope the errands get done quickly so you can spend a lot of time at the bench.

Karl, good morning to you too and have a great day.

Rick, hope you are enjoying your hike.

it's a sunny 8c (46f) with an expected high of 15c (59f), spring is in the air   .  No modeling last night, we shall see what today brings.

Have a great day everyone. 

Good morning Larry, Karl, Curt, Rick, Tom, Jerry, Philip, Dave, and the rest of the crew that drops in later.

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Larry, hopefully your cardiogist appointment goes well.

Karl, hope you get more work done on the layout today.

Curt, sounds like you made a lot of progress on the kit yesterday.

Rick, That is a breath taking photo, maybe Star is getting use to large animals and now they don't interest her anymore.

Tom, next week your team will bowl well and you'll get 6 points.

Jerry, hope you make it to the bench today.

Philip, I see you are ready to spring, my mower doesn't need much service, just a fully charged battery 😊

Dave, I'm really enjoying you travelogue photos.

Mike, glad the cataract surgery went well, the swelling is going down in the other eye.

Current temperature is -1c (30f) and Sunny, supposed to hit 6c (42f).  Well yesterday didn't work out is planned as my wife's surgery was cancelled again and rescheduled for this Friday.  They say third time is the charm, so it's back to work for me today. 

I did manage some time at the bench so expect a update soon on the challenge build.  That's all I have for now.

Have a great day everyone.

Good morning Curt, Tom and the rest of the crew that drops in later.

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Curt.

Going to keep it short today as it's surgery day for the Mrs and I'll be taking her to the hospital shortly.  I did some work on the Henderson modules yesterday and it now has street lights.  I posted an update on my module thread.

Have a great day everyone.

After catching up with my own thread this update is called. . . . . . .

Let There be Light

According to my own thread, the next step for the town of Henderson is installing the street lights.


I used Woodlands Scenics lamp posts (part #JP5641) which comes in packages of three.  Four of the lamp posts were used on the module with three of them on the FW Woolworth's block.  The lamp posts are part of their "Just Plug" system but I have no plans to use their system.  So I tested the lamps with a 3v button battery and lo and behold, the lamp lit up with no smoke being produced afterword. 
This means I need to add a resister before using my 5v power supply.




I added the forth lamp post on the other block.




We have light. 




Another view of the lighted lamps.




Thought I would turn off the room lights and create a more dramatic shot. 




This is going to be a pretty bright scene when the building light are on.   

I'm guessing that the next item will be hooking up all the LED's to the 5v power supply.

Thanks for looking in.
 

Yannis,

Art Deco is an architectural style that I really like and your gas station really fits the style.  Looking forward to seeing the details added.

Quote from: Michael Hohn on April 06, 2026, 09:05:26 AMRon,

I remember this project of yours. A lot has happened since you last posted. Wars, plagues and pestilence. It'll be fun to live once again in N-scale middle America. 

Mike

Mike, your right, a lot has happened since I got home for good.  N-scale middle America, I like that description of the modules.

Quote from: Jerry on April 05, 2026, 08:52:20 AMRon glad it found a new home.  Will be looking for updates from time to time.

Jerry

Jerry, there will be updates in the near future as I plan to spend one day a week working on them. 

Quote from: Rick on April 05, 2026, 07:51:21 AMNice to see that this now has a home.

Thanks Rick, it would have been a shame to just leave them boxed up and gathering dust.

Quote from: Larry C on April 04, 2026, 04:40:20 PMRon the module looks right at home in its new location. Be interesting to see what you do next.

Thanks Larry, now that the modules are set up the plan isa to continue to work on the town, which means street lights is the next project.   

Curt, if that shed was any more dilapidated, it would be falling down, great job. 

Good morning Curt, Larry, Dave and the rest of the crew that drops in later.

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Curt, going have to check out your update.

Larry, hope you make it to the bench between running around.

Dave, hope the tree making goes well for you today.

Rick, hope you made the 6am shuttle this morning.

Current weather is overcast with a temperature of -1c (30f).  looks like we will have another cold day before it starts warming up again on Wednesday.  No modeling yesterday, hopefully I'll get some in today.

Have a great day everyone.

Quote from: Larry C on April 05, 2026, 11:13:51 AMRon walls look great!! Sounds like battens are right up there with individual shake shingles....they look great are are very tedious.

Thanks Larry,

My order of least favorite modeling tasks

1. NBW's
2. Individual shake shingles
3. Barrens

Quote from: Rick on April 05, 2026, 07:50:25 AMThe results are well worth the effort.

Thanks Rick

Quote from: PRR Modeler on April 05, 2026, 07:50:01 AMRon great modeling. Well worth the effort.

Mike that was really bad!

Thanks Curt.

Quote from: Michael Hohn on April 04, 2026, 06:56:42 PMRon,

If this were baseball you'd be batten 1000.

Mike

groan. . . . . . . . 

Mike that is so bad, it's good