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

Today at 08:49:50 AM

Morning all,

Thanks for breakfast Rick. I'll watch the video later this afternoon.

Bowling was good for Pam and I as we bowled our averages. Our team mates didn't so we won 2 points out of 8. We are in 7th place with 10 teams.

I have some yard work to do prior to the dirt being delivered tomorrow.

Have a safe and happy day everyone.

Tom

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

April 14, 2026, 09:51:30 AM

Morning all,

Thanks for breakfast Larry. Hopefully you can get some bench time in today.

Ron, fantastic news for you wife. I see being a homemaker in your future.

Rick, I'm happy to be back even for a few days. Beautiful picture of the grand Canyon, breath taking view.

Karl, yard work will definitely take some energy out of us at this age. I have a cubic yard of top soil to spread Thursday and then 1800 sq. ft. of St. Augustine sod to lay after that. I'm tired just thinking about all that work.

We have bowling today, only two weeks left in this season, yea!

Have a safe and happy day everyone.

Tom

Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Monday, April 13, 2026

April 13, 2026, 03:24:05 PM

Afternoon all,

Jim nice 3D model. Touch up the green trim at the top.

Mondays are great as well as all the retirement days. I've always said everyday is Saturday except Sunday.

Tom

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

April 13, 2026, 03:18:55 PM

I also finished drawing in the grids for Horwood Bros. base.

I used Elmer's White Glue to seal the cardboard. It will be left as is until tomorrow when the glue is thoroughly dry.

The white glue dries clear. When it is dry, I'll paint the road and parking lot.

Done for today.

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

April 13, 2026, 03:14:23 PM

When I cut out the canopy roof panel, it was an obvious "no fit"! I went back and checked if I glued the canopy walls together correctly. Apparently I did, so I'm not sure what happened.

The canopy fit perfectly on the building. I would think that if I did it wrong, it wouldn't fit on the front of the building. Not an issue that couldn't be fixed though.

I'll just say I cut a new canopy roof panel from the same material as the main structure.

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

April 13, 2026, 03:06:40 PM

New roof panel test fitted, nice and tight, but not so tight is can't be removed.

Same picture with sidewalks in place but not glued.

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

April 13, 2026, 03:03:45 PM

I used the kit roof panel as a template for cutting the newer thicker roof panel.

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

April 13, 2026, 03:01:19 PM

I painted the sidewalk pieces with full strength Floquil Aged Concrete.

I cut out the roof panel from the cardboard supplied in the kit. I felt like it was to flimsy for my use. However, Dario does show where the builder can use 12X12 roof supports.

I found a piece of cardstock from the "stash" box and cut it to fit. You can see how thin the kit roof cardboard is in the next photo. My piece is on the bottom.

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

April 13, 2026, 02:49:47 PM

Quote from: Ensign on April 09, 2026, 12:15:47 PMHi Tom, I have used a diagram from my Horwoods kit to show you how I think you could work with 2 LED distribution boards instead of just one.
You can easily daisy chain the 2 distribution boards together and still only use the one power supply to power both.
The conecting wires for the distribution boards can be run under your layout/structures.
All of the other magnet wires for the LED's can be run internally within each structure.
Also give you more space on the boards to add more LED's to light up the interiors if you choose to do so.
So the red lines shown on the diagram indicate interior walls that I added to my Horwoods, and the green boxes represent the LED distribution boards.
The distribution boards will be hidden behind the added interior walls, and easier to hook up from above when the time comes to do that part.
I will be more than happy to answer any other questions that you might have in building this wonderful kit.

Greg

Greg,

Your response/comment is perfect and solved the separated structure issue. Using two boards was something I didn't think of doing. Thank you for that and I'm sure I'll have questions as I move forward.

Again, thank you.

Tom

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

April 13, 2026, 02:44:21 PM

Quote from: friscomike on April 09, 2026, 11:28:20 AMHowdy Tom,

The trim work is exceptional. Good luck with the power board location. I'd be looking to locate it behind a faux wall on the back of the structure.

Have fun,
mike

Mike,

Thanks very much. The power board location has been solved. The faux wall is where it/they will be located.

Tom

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

April 13, 2026, 02:42:54 PM

Quote from: Larry C on April 08, 2026, 07:18:39 AMTom great job on those angle cuts and trimming.

Larry,

Thanks very much. Gotta do what works best.

Tom

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

April 13, 2026, 02:42:04 PM

Mike,

Well, I am to please and keep everyone on seats edges.

Tom

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

April 13, 2026, 02:36:28 PM

Quote from: Philip on April 05, 2026, 08:37:03 PM In the cabinet biz, we called those fillers long ago!
Nice work!

Philip,

Thank you. Yes, fillers. I've done my share of using fillers on models also.

Tom

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

April 13, 2026, 02:34:45 PM

Quote from: elwoodblues on April 05, 2026, 08:59:22 AMTom, Nice work on the trim.

Seeing as you plan to put the light board between the 2 buildings, I'm assuming you have another solution besides the alley.

Ron,

Thank you. The light board will not be located there after all. Please refer to the post from Greg and my response.

Tom

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

April 13, 2026, 02:31:46 PM

Quote from: deemery on April 13, 2026, 02:30:49 PM
Quote from: ACL1504 on April 13, 2026, 02:29:58 PM
Quote from: jbvb on April 05, 2026, 08:51:54 AMGood progress, Tom. Parts of your narrative remind me of my working years: Fixing bugs in someone else's software...

James,

Thank you. Your comments reminded me of some of my work years as well. As the Special Operations Commander assigned to the Orlando International Airport, I wore many hats. One of the things the Captain asked me to do was to respond in writing, for the Mayor's signature, complaints that came in on officers.

These officers didn't work for me but I was tasked with writing the response. I asked the Captain, "Why am I handling this complaint and not the officer's Lieutenant?" His response, "The Mayor likes the way you answer and address the compliant."

So, if you are good at your job, you get to fix the bugs/complaints others don't seem to be able to.

Tom
Summary of Tom's story, "The reward for good work is ... more work."

dave

Exactly right Dave, spot on for sure.

Tom

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