Nice fading/weathering on the lettering.  How did you do it?


dave

Legal question for Your Honor:  Are rulings of Florida courts available for the public to read (on a website somewhere, without an account/without paying for a copy?) 


thanks in advance!     dave

I remember Sept 11, and particularly my friend Forrest Snyder from my own time in the Pentagon (1999-2000.)  Forrest kept his head and helped people evacuate that day.  We lost him way too soon after he retired.

Here's some of the nicest "choo-choo porn" video you'll see:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGcmcNGT1T4 

dave

I was thinking about this today, looking at the various recent kit announcements as well as recent builds.

Seems to me we still have a deficit of masonry (brick or concrete block) urban buildings.  That includes storefronts/city block buildings, small independent (standing alone) buildings, and factories (now that Bob Van Gelder has retired.)    My #1 choice would be a mansard roof 2-3 store wide brick block building (with cast iron storefronts.)  But that's in part because of my modeling era.

What would others like to see?

dave

Wow, Bob, moving to 'reserved shared space' is a big change!  Will they provide some sort of reserved locker for you to put stuff, or will you have to bring your entire office with you each time you go in?  What happens when there's a surge and it is "all hands on deck?"

Tommy, sorry to hear about your friend. 

Today's Roman Architecture class continues our initial tutorial on using SketchUp.  This time I've written down my UNH password so I can log on.  (At home I use a 'password safe' rather than trying to remember a gazillion different all obscure passwords....)

dave

There are side effects with any medication.  After all, flea&tick stuff is a poison to the insects.  Some of the flea&tick stuff have a worse record than others.  (We're using Frontline on our dogs, as recommended by our vets.  Previous dog got Bravecto without any problems, different vet.)

We'd -hope- there's a risk assessment here, the risk of a side effect, vs the risk of tick-borne disease to both animals and humans.  (Unfortunately, it's more likely 'I heard there could be side effects and I'm afraid of them.')

Today I looked at the long clapboard siding wall.  Not only did I cut the doors upside-down (I was thinking about ways to recover), the piece warped badly.  So I just tossed it.  Time to start over on that project. 

dave

We're back from our weekend in Baltimore.  That was a good time.  The last time I actually met my friend's twin boys was when they were 12 or so, they're now in their late 20s...  They both have grown up well.  (The one who just got married is in the Air Force, he might make it a career.  The other was in the Army Rangers, he's off active duty but does 'part time soldering.'  We talked a bit about his time in Afghanistan.) 

I discovered just before we left that I cut the damn doors on the stone factory -upside down-.  Next time I'll label "top" on clapboard with a magic marker!   

dave

Very glad to see Judge's Quarters find a good home in the appropriate "business" district... 


davve

I think I'll ignore railroad-line until they get the Very Annoying bugs worked out.  Having to stop and clear cookies at relatively frequent and arbitrary intervals is extremely frustrating.  I can't tell if it's just bad software or configuration/installation problems.  (That's not an 'exclusive or', it's probably some of each.)


dave

Bummer!  Those are always a Saturday feature.  Hope you're feeling better and back to ass-kicking soon.


dave

Narrow Gauge convention contest room is always an inspiration (albeit depressing at times :-) )

Sorry about your friend, Tom.  But '5 days with cancer' is a brief time to go through that. 

Cuse, good luck with your pup's recovery.

dave

I started a factory flat for the back of the staging yard last night, it's a relatively quick project using (Northeastern long sheet) clapboard and Tichy windows and doors. 


We're off to MD this weekend for a wedding reception (wedding happened a year ago...) 


dave

When you're looking at 'urban buildings' like those Fulasz brick structures, it's worth remembering that downtown real estates was pretty expensive and therefore structures tended to fill the full lot.  From a modeling perspective, they should generally be jammed together.   2 or 3 structures can make up a block, with an alley if you don't want a full street.

Those cliffs are pretty awesome (like the coloring), but looking at them from my amateur geology eyes, it's not quite clear how they formed.  Are you thinking about a river running parallel to the tracks? 

dave

Mark is the expert at making urban scenes look "organic," with all of the buildings looking like they fit into the urban space.


dave

Quote from: John B on August 31, 2021, 10:05:19 AM
Can some one explain to me in computer 101 how to delete cookies in RR-Line forums, my brain isn't working like it use to

That depends on which OS/browser you use. 

On the Mac/Safari, go to the menu bar.  Under "Safari" select "Preferences"  Then select "Privacy" and click on "Manage Website Data".  In the search box enter "Railroad-Line".  Select (highlight) the Railroad-Line.com entry, then click on "Remove".  (Close the Preferences when you're done.)

On the Mac/Firefox (presume it's similar for Windows/Firefox), open a news window.  Then go to the Menu Bar, select "Firefox" and then Preferences.  On the left, select "Privacy and Security"  Scroll down to where you see "Cookies and Stored data" and click on "Manage Data".  Search for "Railroad-Line.com".  Select/Highlight that, and then click on "Remove Selected".  Then click on "Save Changes".  (Close the window when you're done.)

I can't help you with a Microsoft browser or Chrome.

dave