Morning all,

Storming now.  High of 88 later and the humidity makes it feel like a sauna the last few days.  Might take a walk later after the rain stops.  

Not a lot of train work yesterday, maybe today.

Jeff

Glad to hear he's progressing and still in good spirits. 

Jeff

My grandson started with the Brio trains, then the Legos, and now he has an N scale one.  Hopefully a lot of these kids do the same.  Enjoying the pics, thanks for sharing them. 

Jeff

Very nice stone work and coloring.

Jeff

Morning all,

Another hot, humid day here high of 87.  Managed almost a 2 mile walk yesterday in the heat.  My knee doesn't hurt so maybe that's improving.  I'll skip walking today but do need to mow if it doesn't rain.

I've been adding some rolling stock.  Some of these were in need of repair, missing trucks, couplers, etc.  A couple of shake the box kits and some were just RTR.  The Wabash hopper was a Proto 2000 which needed grab irons and the underworks done.  Might do a few more today.

Jeff

That's a great looking turntable, Ron.  I don't envy you dealing with the NBWs.

Jeff

Morning all,

Will look forward to your build of the kit, Raymo. 

Rainy this morning and headed to 87 degrees later.  Maybe a walk later, if the rain stops.  I don't think I'll mow today.

Fixed some broken freight cars and built some "shake the box" kits yesterday.  A couple of more involved car kits working through today during the Red Sox game.

A line of Corsairs, the first in line is in British markings that they used in the Pacific Theater.

Jeff

Morning all,

Interesting question, Jaime.  Doug has listed on ebay some of his old kits.  I always liked the Drake theater one, but I'm not paying $300 for one.  

Cloudy and headed to 83 here with possible rain later.  I may need to mow again soon as with the rain and the heat the grass is exploding.  

No plans for today, we'll see what happens train wise.

Jeff

Great pictures, Jaime.  Thanks for sharing them.  

The Star Wars/Star Trek modules are especially cool, but my favorite is the one where the N scale pretends to be a garden railway. 

Jeff

Morning all,

Cloudy with a slight chance of rain, high of 84 later.  

My doctor's appointment went well.  Probably my lowest blood pressure reading ever there.  We joked that it's probably because I'm no longer working.  

Maybe a short walk today, my knee hasn't really hurt for several days, so we'll try it out.

I got the lawn mowed yesterday, do you want to borrow my mower, Jaime?

Jeff

Morning all,

Presently gray out with a high in the low 80s later.  

I have a trip to my primary care physician this morning.  I'll skip breakfast as he may want blood work.

Ordered a bifold door a month ago, opened it up and the upper track is bent.  Went to Lowe's and since I got it online they couldn't replace just the track, told me to get in touch with the manufacturer.  If that doesn't work I can haul the whole kit and kaboodle back to their store.  

A Corsair from the airshow.

Jeff

Philip and Jerry, thanks for the kind words and for looking at my thread.

Jeff

Thanks, Bob.  If you'd like to leave any of your other builds here with me, it'd be fine!

Jeff

Morning all,

Raining here and headed to 75 degrees later.

The turnout repair issue I thought might take an hour took over two as it didn't work initially.  I was replacing a mechanical switch with a Barret Hill Trains turnout control and while trying to test it I smelled a burning scent and the  board got very hot as did the wall wart.  Long story short, new wall wart, replaced both mechanical switches (there's one other turnout in this area), and both new controls worked fine, including the one I thought shorted out.  I still can't explain it, unless something happened to the wall wart, but it worked fine up to then.  Weird.

Not sure what's on today's agenda.  

Jeff

Thank you, John.  I often see a kit and think, do I already have that?

Jeff