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#1
Morning all,

Wow, page five already.

Rick, thanks for the breakfast and a great one as well.

Mot much going on for me today. Just going to take it easy. Maybe a little bench time.

Have a great day everyone.

Tom
#2
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Mother's Day, 2026
May 10, 2026, 12:34:12 PM
Afternoon all,

I'm in the train shed working on the Horwood Bros. build. Pam is chilling by the pool. 

Have a great day ya'll.

Tom
#3
Larry, Mike, Curt and Mark, Cheers to all,

Thank you very much, it was a fun little build and I enjoyed detailing the interior.

Much appreciate the compliments.  ;D

Tom
#4
Morning all,

Well, I'll try this again. I hit the wrong key and my post went bye bye!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all moms past and present.

Rick, thanks for breakfast.

Yes, the pool was a major issue and fix.

We have an inground vinyl liner pool, 15,000 gallons. I noticed dirt in the bottom of the pool and air bubbles coming from one of the water jets. Those are two big indicators that I had a leak. I called the leak detection folks, they came out and found the leak, under the concrete slab. A little cha-ching.

Breaking the slab, making the repair and redoing the area of concrete more cha-ching. I re-laid the pavers so, that saved a little more cha-ching.

When the pool water was off, I noticed what looked like small bulges under the pool liner. Drained the pool to find small roots had worked under the sides of the pool and onto the pool bottom under the liner. These were palm roots from a palm I planted some 30 years ago.

Removed the roots, repaired the root damage and had a new vinyl liner installed. Major CHA-CHING!

I'm very much lighter in the pocket and the pool is now fixed and beautiful. More importantly, momma is very happy.

Have a nice Mother's Day everyone.

Tom










#5
Afternoon all,

Busy day for me and Pam. I did score a couple of gems from a model railroad vender at the flea market. Old Athearn freight cars that have never seen the rails.

Photos hopefully tomorrow.

Karl, happy to hear the Doll's eye surgery went well.

Hope all are having a great day.

Tom
#6
Mike,

Congratulations on the Third Place win on you fantastic model of the Feed Mill. Well done.

Tom
#7
Mark, Cheers,

Congratulations on you First Place, Blue Ribbon, winning model. It is a beautiful model and the First Place is very much deserved. 

Well done.

Tom
#8
Larry,

Congratulations on the Challenge win. Very well deserved and a fine model that time forgot!

Tom
#9
Greg,

Excellent build. I've built many of the CCK kits. Although they are great structures, I've found issues that needed to be fixed as well.

For me, most of the fun building a kit is fixing the problems associated in the construction.

Looking forward to more photos of this beauty and layout photos.

Tom
#10
Morning all,

Biscuits and Gravy, excellent breakfast Rick, thank you.

Thanks for the "grats" on the Winter Challenge. I believe all forum members are winners here as we all support this forum. Thank you Jim D. for being our forum owner and sponsor.

Pam and I have a Lowes run later this morning. She wants to get some new plants for around the pool. The pool is another story which I'll share tomorrow with photos.

Have a safe and happy day everyone.

Tom
#11
Scenery: Vegetation & Trees / Re: Trees
May 08, 2026, 05:20:00 PM
Tree looks wonderful and well done.

Tom
#12
Afternoon all,

Jeff, what a fantastic looking layout. There is a lot going on in that space. Is it your layout? I need to get off my rear and order my backdrops.

Karl, I hope the Doll eye surgery went well and that she is feeling no pain. Hope you are chilling as well.

I edged and cut the grass today and it was hot!

hope all are having a great day.

Tom
#13
Jerry,

Wow, very precise framing. Extremely well done and looks very prototypical.

Excellent!  ;D

Tom
#14
The third wall was measured, twice and probable thrice, and then cut - glued in place.





Done for today.
#15
For the longer of the three walls, I glued 12X12s to each end to give the wall more gluing surface and a more secure fit.



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