Good morning. It's 46f degrees now and hopefully the guessed 72 happens.

The grandson has soccer locally at 12:30

Terry turns 75 today and no idea where she wants to have dinner

Rick, honestly if we had built a modest 2 bedroom place with a walk out basementbI'd have been happier but this is fine

The train show yesterday was a bust. What storage tanks were there must have been made with gold. The prices yesterday for Walther and Tichy tanks is make the 3d printing cost seem reasonable.

This Ai image shows the next scenic project on the UP Michigan based railroad after the trees are installed in October. It's a representation of Agate Falls in 18" wide x 72" long. This will be fun

Enjoy the day
TomO

Morning.  Survived  the big Nor'Easter so far here in the northeast.  A few big limbs have come down so far in the neighborhood  but we still have power. Started working on one of the 3D printed vehicles i purchased a couple weeks ago yesterday  afternoon

Good Morning,

Rick thanks for the lazy breakfast, nothing wrong with that, and coffee. Have fun with the van prep.

Curt hopefully you won't need a 2nd coat of paint on the foam. Sounds like someone's going "fitchen."

Hope all's well for you in the storm's path.

What's your plans?

It's a cloudy 55 with a high of 62 and they're calling for rain all day; looks like we might be getting brushed by the Nor'easter. Maybe some bench time today but other than that it'll definitely be a "lazy Sunday" here.

Have a great and safe day!! Be well.

Morning all,

Fifty nine degrees here and raining AGAIN!  The national weather service has us for 11 inches this month which is a record for September, and it still raining.  I hope it dries out enough tomorrow to try to mow again.  

Hawkeyes won a thriller on a last play pass for a touchdown.  Hopefully the Patriots can win today as well.

Still more "mental work" on the layout  than physical, will continue that today.

Jeff

Good Morning All,

Thanks for opening and breakfast Rick. I got photos of mountain goats in Alaska but your photo is much closer than I ever got.

Yesterday in the train room I glued the foam to the base then put 2 coats of WS paint on them. I'll look later to see if it needs another since the paint is thin.

Today after chores I need to take gs to Tractor Supply so he can buy a cheap fishing pole. Monday I need to take him to open a checking account now that he's getting paid.

Not much else going on this way.

Tom you should be about done with the treatments and I hope you're doing OK.

I hope everyone has a good day.

I've seen some here, Ron and TomO and others, post images of modeling ideas using AI.
I know I could watch YouTube videos to learn how to do it, but figured I'd get a head start getting input from members here.
Also, it might encourage others to try and do the same.

I know some AIs have free versions.
Can the free versions be used to generate images?
Can someone post the prompt they used to generate an image?

Thank you.

Thanks Ron.
Which did you use to make the mock-up of the mountain.
I tried using the free Claude to design an engine house but didn't get very far.
I think I'll start a thread on using AI to generate images of things we'd like to model.

Good morning everyone.

64 now, cloudy most of the day and the forecast says no rain and possibly some sun late in the day.
But we all know how accurate the forecasts can be.

Coffee, sodas and OJ are ready.
How about a lazy Sunday morning continental breakfast consisting of varied bagels, muffins and danish.

Karl, glad you enjoyed ops and hope the next batch of decals is better.

TomO, I'm guessing you're happy about the decision to stay put.

Mike, will you be able to watch your team today?

Dave, Jerry bought a new computer so it wasn't dusty.
Being new I don't advise going into it to futz with the wiring.
Just buy an Apple.

Jerry, how bad is the storm?

Ron, I gave all my modeling stuff away, so I need to restock.
It will be a few weeks or months before any kit boxes are opened.

How's everyone else.

Hope no one has suffered any damage or problems due to the Nor'easter.

I was able to walk to the library and get a book.
Later in the day it even stopped raining long enough to go for a walk with Star.
Not supposed to rain today and if that's true I'll do some more inside the van.

This was the goat that was on the trail with us going up Mount Bierstadt.



Have a great day everyone.

Rob,

Man overboard! You can count on me to follow along.
Will this boat be used to harvest gators? 

Rich

Good afternoon, all.  In the lower Merrimack Valley it's been raining off and on. Mostly off when I gave my son and GF a tour of the apples, mostly on for the past hour. Forecasters think think this will continue till Tuesday morning, with more than 2" of rain through tomorrow. That might put water in some basements nearby, but unlikely to bother mine.  As of this morning my cell can't see its SIM anymore, so my current project is figuring out the best way to replace it, while avoiding the lock and preloaded crap I'd get if I went to my carrier.

Dan, your picture suggests the Chicago River during a 1900-era dredging project?  Jeff, i keep a BBQ lighter around in case my gas range's sparker fails. Won't do much good if yours is electric, though.