Quote from: GPdemayo on September 12, 2024, 03:09:08 PMAfternoon all.....

What he said. 

Splendid! 

Morning all,

Only one thing on my calendar this week and I managed to screw it up.  The 10 o'clock dentist appointment I had this morning was actually a 9 o'clock appointment.  D'oh!  They took me anyway when I showed up at 9:30.

After lunch it'll either be yard work or workbench time.  Depends on what the weather does.



Have a great one!

Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on September 09, 2024, 08:11:07 AMI'm stunned the Patriots managed to win yesterday, unfortunately the Hawkeyes lost Saturday on a last minute field goal.

Afternoon all,

Yeah.  I'm in, or rather was in, two football pools.  One of them is a Survivors pool.  You simply pick one team to win and if they win you move on to the next week.  The only caveat is that you can't pick a team more than once during the season.  I chose the Bengals, so I got eliminated the first week.    The other pool is simply pick, the winner in each game.  I got one wrong.
Raining here in Central FL.  Think I'll hit the workbench.  I'm looking for a lost part.  A door handle.  It flew when I cut it from the sheet and I can't find it.  Where's Waldo?



Have a great one!

Morning all,

Sunday breakfast buffet is all set up.  Scrambled egg, bacon, sausage links, hashbrowns, bagels & toast. Coffee, tea, OJ at the end.  Help yourself.

Adding windows to the walls of the mobile home.  Soon time to weather the walls.  Streaks of grime and some moss green near the base.



Have a great one!

Morning all,

I can imagine the Big Boy under steam is really impressive! 

Back to work on the mobile home build later today.  The four wall panels are together and it's time to add the interior graphics, windows, doors, etc.


Here's a little boy, under steam....



Have a great one!

Quote from: deemery on September 06, 2024, 02:14:02 PMThe A/C guy finally got here.  We need a new fan, and that's expensive.  Lesson learned:  NEVER BUY LENNOX.  (This unit is 6 years old, the thermostat, main controller board and now the fan have been replaced.  Only the thermostat was covered by the warranty.)  And we bought the replacement kitchen faucet, the guy should be here to replace that next week. 

As much as we didn't want to we did end up going with another Lennox. Long story but we bought all the extra coverage we could. Knock wood, so far so good. My joke about the old one was they replaced everything (some things multiple times) except the concrete pad it sits on.

Afternoon all,

Lazy Friday here.  I did my walk first thing this morning, before it got too hot (yeah, Fall weather is still 92 down here).  Read the paper, watched a movie, etc.  Now I'll hit the work bench.  

George made good use of some of the pictures I sent him.  



Have a great one!

Morning all,

I have a meeting this a.m. with the finance guy but, beyond that, not much else on the agenda. 

The Franklin and South Manchester never fails to impress.



Have a great one!

Quote from: nycjeff on September 03, 2024, 09:09:43 AMHello Bob, that's some great work on the detail parts for your mobile home build.

Thanks Jeff!  Gotta gets to work on the mobile home now.  Should be an interesting looking interior with all this stuff in it. 

Quote from: Vietnam Seabee on September 02, 2024, 06:51:40 PMWell done Butty
terry

Thanks Terry! There's some neat stuff Inter-Action has come up with.  They have a few O Scale details I'd like to try building.  I may try one or two just for the heck of it.

Quote from: cuse on September 02, 2024, 11:31:04 AM

Wow...all those tiny decals...looks amazing!

Thanks John!  Yeah, those decals were a bit of a challenge.  Especially considering you have to paint the area they're being applied over white before applying them.  Not a problem for the white bottles but a bit of a challenge for the black drums, the silver equipment, etc. 

Morning all,

Aside from mowing the lawn a little later on let's see what trouble I can get into today. 

Boy, that thing is big!



Have a great one!

Next you apply glue to the blocks in preparation for adding the bottom of the pallets.



Then apply the bottom of the pallets, again while still in the sheet containing them, to the assembly.



After the glue sets, cut out the pallets.



A quick wash of AK Interactive weathered wood, over the pallets, and some paint on one edge of a few of them finished them off.

Here's all the of the detail parts for the 'lab' ready to go.



Next up is the mobile home that will contain the 'lab'.

This is where I'm at, at the moment, with this.  Just getting ready to dig in.



Thanks for following along!

Just a quick update (I warned this one looked like it would take some time and I was right).

There are two shelving units that are comprised of the laser cut sides, back, top along with four 3D printed shelves.  The first went together with little issue.  You might note the 3D printed shelves required a bit of painting along with lots of teeny, tiny decals that had to be applied to the individual bottles and cans.  Whew!  That tried my patience.  It's a little hard to see but here I am gluing the top to the back of the second unit and trying to keep things square.



Next up one of the sides gets glued to the back/top of the unit.  Although the side look like they can go on oriented any way that's not true.  There's definitely a front and back.  The rear post is just a little bit larger than the front post to account for the width of the back panel.



Next up the four 3D printed shelves get glued in place.  Like the sides, each shelf has a front and back.  The notches on the corners are not the same width on the front as they are on the back.



While attaching the shelves I needed a little extra light on the subject.  I keep one of those tiny flashlights handy on my work bench for just such occasions.



The final step (no pictures) is to glue the other side on.  The second unit gave me fits!  I must have assembled, disassembled and then reassembled this thing four or five times.  The middle two shelves on this unit required a lot of sand of the bottom lest they interfere with the shelf beneath.  Eventually I got this together.  Up close it's not the greatest fit but the gaps/mistakes are in the rear and will be well hidden when the unit is in its final home. 

Next up are some wood pallets.  Interesting assembly on these.  You start by gluing the 'blocks' in place on the underside of the top portion of the pallets while they're still in the sheet that contains them.



More in a moment....