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The O-Narrow Line / Re: Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 4

Today at 07:32:33 AM

Morning all,

Breakfast this morning is country fried steak with biscuits and gravy. Sausage links and bacon on the side. Fruit bowls on the end for those cutting back. All drinks are on the counter. Enjoy.

Had a great time with the judge yesterday. We had lunch at our SBGT watering hole. He is walking with some difficulty but, he is walking with the walker.

I goy home and decided to work a few more hours in the yard. A few more hours and I should be done. Next is spreading some top soil.

Pam wants to go to Lowes this morning and get some new plants for the pool area.

Have a safe and happy Sunday everyone.

Tom

The O-Narrow Line / Re: Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 4

March 28, 2026, 08:07:55 AM

Morning all,

Breakfast is ready, help your self to self-serve. Drinks on the end.

Curt, glad all went well yesterday.

I'm meeting the Judge for lunch at out local BSing watering hole. I'll report his progress later.

Rick, nothing killed the grass this time but the last sod I got was from a crappy company and the sod was full of crab grass. I took the opportunity to dig it out as the crab grass died from the freeze and I don't want it coming back.

I'm declaring today as my day of rest from yard work.

Have a safe and happy day.

Tom

Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Thursday, March 26, 2026

March 27, 2026, 07:50:34 AM

Congratulations Jeff. It's good to be a member of the "Everyday is Saturday except Sunday Club".

Tom

The O-Narrow Line / Re: Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 4

March 26, 2026, 08:00:05 AM

Morning all,

Thanks for breakfast Curt. Good news on the lower numbers.

Rick, good news on the scheduling front.

Ron, Hope all goes well with your wife.

Karl, nice looking 4-Runner

I haven't done any modeling for the past three days. The yard work calls my name and I won't get it done sitting at the work bench.

I'll check in here and there these next several days.

In removing the bad grass, I used the edger to cut it in squares. Then use the scuttle hoe to remove the grass at the roots, then use the pitch fork to put it in the bag.

Have a safe and happy day everyone.

Tom

Yesterday -

The past several days.

Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 05:12:04 PM

After checking all the corners, I went back to review the wall locations in how they are glued together.

I discovered the second issue with what I did wrong.

The diagram in the next photo shows the other self inflected wound.

Clearly it shows Wall T to be glued to the inside of Wall S. The darker lines are the bracing.

I glued Wall T to the outside of Wall S. This was why the showroom didn't sit correctly. A minor mistake that was magnified down the road.

Ungluing or cutting the walls apart clearly wasn't possible. Even though, I've been successful in doing this on other models. With this kit, the two showroom walls are to fragile for me to even attempt doing that.

My solution, fix #2, was to create a small alley between the middle building and the showroom.

By doing this, I was able to square up the front with the sidewalks.

Done for today and probably the next few days as well!

Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:41:20 PM

That worked out okay. However, the front of the showroom isn't square to the front sidewalk and street.

What the Hay! Now I'm really getting frustrated.

I checked all the corners on this structure and the middle one. All corner walls are square so, the front should be square as well.

Back, in a few. I need a Diet Pepsi for the rest of this post update.

Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:36:21 PM

The 12X12 wedge fixed the wall issue. One issue down and one to go.

Now the two walls meet.

Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:34:14 PM

Quote from: deemery on March 23, 2026, 04:31:39 PM
Quote from: ACL1504 on March 23, 2026, 04:04:40 PMI can understand your friends problem. I have a friend whose driveway slopes down to the garage door. Every time it rains, the garage floor get wet.
We had that problem on our first house in NH. What was worse was when the water froze, and the garage door was frozen to the floor.

Good luck bringing the walls back into plumb!

dave

Dave,

You had a real problem with the freezing. My friend did cut in a drain but when it rained more heavily, it still flooded. He finally moved. Stay tuned for the wall fix.

Tom

Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:32:14 PM

Quote from: PRR Modeler on March 23, 2026, 04:29:16 PMNice job Tom. Nice Keystone!

Butty Curt,

Yea, I figured you'd like the Keystone.

Tom

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Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:31:30 PM

To fix this issue, I cut a piece of HO scale 12X12 strip wood. After a few test fits and additional cutting, I wedged it between the walls.

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Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:24:05 PM

First problem! When the showroom structure was placed against the middle one, it didn't fit as you can see in the next photo. All the corners are square.

The only thing I can think of is that when the walls were being glued together, the glue pulled in the lower portion of the wall. I did leave this wall under a weight as the glued dried over night.

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Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:19:46 PM

Okay, lots to report today on this build. Two self created problems/issues and two fixes.

I drew the sidewalk joints on the blank sidewalk pieces and then scribed on the lines for the expansion joints.

Dario suggested making the curbs 1/8" wide. That was a "No Go". I/8" is an HO scale 12" or 1'. My sidewalks are 6" wide so I made them 6" or 1/16" wide.

I forgot to mention I did glue the keystone trim over the show room windows. You may have noticed this in yesterday's post.

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Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:09:45 PM

Quote from: friscomike on March 23, 2026, 02:32:06 PMHowdy Tom,

Horwood Brothers is progressing nicely. It looks so good you don't need to paint it. .

Have fun,
mike

Mike, Howdy,

Thank you. It does look neat unpainted but I'll paint in anyway.

Tom

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Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:08:25 PM

Quote from: Larry C on March 23, 2026, 07:37:21 AMTom very nice job!! Dang, good thing you have lots of real estate for this one. Should be an impressive building when finished.

Larry,

Thank you, much appreciated. I do have the space where it will go and that is the only place it would fit and make sense.

Tom

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Kit Building / Re: Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

March 23, 2026, 04:05:53 PM

Quote from: KentuckySouthern on March 23, 2026, 07:10:44 AMImpressive model. It is looking great.

Karl,

It is a nice kit for sure and thank you for the nice comment.

Tom

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