Mark,

Beautiful photos and a great explanation about the planning that went into your layout.  As I'm sure you know, I'm a big fan!

Darryl,

That is great news!  

Jerry

Good morning.

Doug, nice prints, thanks for sharing.

Teens and sunny here this morning with a forecast high this afternoon in the twenties. Tomorrow looks very different with a forecast calling for a mix of rain, snow, and freezing rain.  Yuck!

Planning to work on some applying decals to a couple freight cars and maybe a caboose today.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Michael,

I am looking forward to watching your progress.  I wish I could count how many times I have had to rework a freight car because I found a clearer photo or new information partway through a build.  In fact I have a scratch built boxcar on my bench that fits that exact situation. 

Jerry

Good morning.

The weather forecast was for a below zero overnight temperature.  it only got down to three above zero.  I am so disappointed...  We're in the low teens now, about half way to our forecast high in the twenties. 

I've been working on a few projects, switching back and forth as I wait for paint or glue to cure.  I put the final coat of paint on the caboose sides yesterday, repainted the underframe for it as well as a boxcar underframe.  I also worked on decaling a boxcar using individual letters as no one makes a decal set for that car. 

I hope everyone has a safe, warm, and fulfilling day!

Good morning. 

With all the chat about coffee, non-coffee; I'm on both sides of this debate.  Love my coffee, but diet Pepsi tops the list, too. 

More of a hot drink day here, temps in the low teens with wind chills below zero.  I'm back inside but I want to tell you not to let the sunshine fool anyone, that is one bitter cold wind this morning. 

Still taking baby steps on my caboose build while decaling one boxcar and working on a couple more.  That way I can continue making (slow) progress on something while waiting for paint or glue to cure on something else.

I hope everyone (coffee aficionado or not) has a safe, warm, and rewarding day!

Good morning.

Curt, thanks for the donuts, cannot remember the last time I had homemade ones.

Freezing rain here to start this Friday.  The forecast calls for it to change to all rain later this morning.  I hope the forecast is on point, as the ground is getting increasingly slippery.  

Made a major mistake when building a caboose yesterday.  I Acc'd the platform tight to the end of the floor without leaving room for the end walls.  Big oops.  I did saw out a place for the end walls using my hobby size table saw.  That blade was wider than the walls, so this morning I'll be using some strip wood to fill the gap.  At least that's the plan, stay tuned to see if it works...

I hope everyone has a safe and productive day. 

Quote from: MartyO on January 31, 2025, 08:22:55 AMMorning

Still recovering from the death of one of our cats who had cancer.

Marty,

My condolences for your loss.  Been there, done that, know how hard it is to process and move on.

Good morning.  The door is open and the lights are on...  Coffee is tracklayers blend with a rusty spike to give it some flavor.  We've got scrambled eggs, pancakes, french toast with real maple syrup.  Bacon, ham, or sausage patties, or all three if you're really hungry.  Hot water for tea or hot chocolate for those scared to sample the coffee.  Cold drinks at the end of the line in the ice chest.

It is in the high 20's at the moment, with temps falling throughout the day as a series of cold fronts pass through and bring snow squalls with them. 

I hope everyone enjoys their breakfast and has an enjoyable day!

Good morning.

Twelve degrees to start the day, forecast high in the mid-20's.  So, no big warming trend here, at least not yet. 

I've had the metal parts to the caboose I'm rebuilding soaking in lacquer thinner for a couple days now.  Some of the paint has soaked loose, much (most?) has not.  No idea what the prior builder used for paint, but it is durable, to say the least.  I read somewhere that this hobby takes the patience of a saint...

I hope everyone has a safe and rewarding day!

Good morning.

Mid-teens to start the day with a forecast high in the low twenties.  I made decent progress on one of the cabooses I am building, or maybe more of a "rebuilding".  It is a former Silver Streak kit I picked up somewhere that was well built but suffered from heavy gloss paint.  It was assembled with Ambroid glue, thus pulled apart easily.  I made new sides, everything else just needed to have the old paint removed.  I pulled the metal parts from the paint remover this morning.  The paint stripped off some of the parts, but hasn't even begun to strip on others.  That'll slow my roll a little, but not too much as I have some miscellaneous parts stashed that I may be able to substitute moving forward. 

First, a couple shopping errands this morning, then back at it.

I hope everyone has a safe and rewarding day!

Good morning. 

Opening this late in the morning means we're onto the "brunch edition" of the Forum.  So, mostly muffins to go with your favorite beverages.  We do have some variety, with blueberry, corn, and banana nut muffins today.  Today's extra special offering is pistachio nut muffins.  Don't let the green color throw you off, they are ultra-tasty.

Ten degree start to the morning here, and that matches yesterday's high temperature.  That still feels pretty brisk outside, ask me how I know...

I'm working on a couple cabooses from Silver Streak kits.  Both were already built, or at least partially built before I acquired them.  One is getting close to completion, the other still looks almost like the kit it was originally.  

I hope everyone has a great day! 

Good morning.

Four below zero F with wind chills in negative double digits.  Sunny at the moment with clouds forecast to roll in later and a high this afternoon of double toothpicks. 

Not sure what I'll get up to today outside of doing my best to stay warm.

i hope everyone has a safe, warm, and rewarding day!

Good morning.

Single digit with negative number wind chills to start the day.  I can tell you it felt like the wind blew right through me when I was outside earlier this morning.  Forecast is for low double digit high today.  This is only the beginning as the forecast is for lower temps later this week. 

I hope everyone has a warm (probably not happening for some of us), safe and productive day!

Good afternoon.

Forgot to check in this morning as I was running a couple shopping errands, picking up some odds and ends. The NWS has backed off on the snow total forecast for today.  Apparently the storm is tracking further east that they originally thought, so the latest forecast is for only a couple inches of the white stuff. 

I hope everyone has a safe warm and productive day, what there is left of it.