Curt thanks; it was a fun build.

Rick thank you; I can't wait to see how it connects either.

Philip thanks; I'll take that as a compliment.

Good evening from still smoke filled Wisconsin where we are waiting for the rain!

Jerry, the house decision is a ways off. The site check is a new one for us but interesting. We went out at 3 and sat there under the tent for about 45 minutes. Wearing masks though negated the fun. The AQI is finally under 100 sitting at 94 which is still tough for Terry. Tonight around 8:30 the plan is to go out there butvI will be wearing mosquito repellant.

Rick, we are in a very nice space and it's big. It's over 1000' from the daughter's house but it seems much more isolated than that. We are trying to decide if we cut the garage door opening that's framed down stairs or not. We've never lived in a place where our cars stayed outside!

The bar is open for any drink, food or snack is available. The fire is burning and it feels good and the smoke blends in with the wildfire smoke we are getting.

I am having a vanilla malted and some milk duds? The Eagle Rare still has some in the bottle...

TomO

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Philip, you've been warned! 
Thanks for having a sense of humor!

Greg

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That looks really nice. Could you take a few pictures of it at night to show off the lighting?  Great rendition of this kit.  Thanks for sharing, Mark
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Thanks so much, Mark.
I would like to take this coaling tower outside at dusk to photograph soon.
However I did take this photo of it on my workbench last night, that shows some of the lighting a bit better.



I will post some more night photos when I get a chance to take them.

Greg

Good evening, folks,

The Odyssey was good.  We saw it at an IMAX, and the rear channels were too loud and washed out some of the dialog. Good acting, and I think it followed Homer's poem well. I'll reread the Odyssey after watching the movie.

Rick, the Z3 had no problems when I bought it.  I'm just having the Inspection II (60,000 miles) done.  BMW owners will be familiar with Inspection II.  It includes everything from an oil and filter change, brake and radiator flush, transmission filter and fluid flush, spark plugs, plug coils, rear differential fluid change, new battery...  It is expensive but promises to add years to the life of the car.  Having owned 12 BMWs in my 79 years, I knew what to expect. It all started in Germany in 1973... The cost can take your breath away.

Have fun,
mike

Oliver Wendall Douglass fantastic! Hot cakes for you!

Todays activity Now to get after those windows and make some window pains   aka panes.   

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That looks really nice. Could you take a few pictures of it at night to show off the lighting?  Great rendition of this kit.  Thanks for sharing, Mark

Quote from: Rick on July 20, 2026, 06:06:56 PMGreg, that's another beauty.
I always enjoy seeing your models.
I'm excited to see this layout you're building.
I'm guessing the Rail Scale Miniatures mention is a typo.

Rick, thanks so much!
Your excited to see my layout! I'm even more excited to see my layout!
Now if somebody could talk to my wife about all of the other projects she has me working on instead, maybe I could have more time to work on it!
Yes indeed the Rail Scale Miniatures was a mistake, so I fixed that.

Greg