Sunday, August 17, 2025

[Zephyrus52246]

Morning all,

Headed to low 90s again today.  I did get some new spray to get rid of the stingers.  They are yellow jackets.  Sprayed last night.  Did see one buzzing around this morning when I sprayed the hole again.  Will probably try some gap filling foam on the hole later today. 

I fixed the tender on the locomotive as something on the rear truck was below rail height, so I bent it clear.  Also had a dragging chain from one of the trucks which I removed.  It still has issues stalling, I suspect on the loco, will need to clean the wheels and look to see if there's something shorting somewhere. 

Here's a C-121 Constellation that was used by MacArthur as his personal transport. 

Jeff

[Rick]

Good morning everyone.

Sunny and low 80's here in Spokane.

Jeff, thanks for another cool plane photo.

I don't have anything planned for today.

Have a great day everyone.

[KentuckySouthern]

Hard to imagine the Lockheed Connie is nearly 80 year old design tech. I'm told I traveled in one as a very young child.

In and out sun in Michigan today. After a walk in the humidity this morning I felt damp upon returning home.

Daughter and grand daughter are visiting with the Doll today. Always miles of smiles.

Little planned for now.

Later y'all. 

KS

[deemery]

Much warmer and more humid than yesterday, but a cold front moving through tonight, so this won't last.

Last night's Scotch Club was sparked by a news report that a sprinkler failure in a NH Liquor Commission caused them to have to destroy a lot of high end booze, including some bottles of Macallan 18.  So our Laird o'the Malts brought out his Macallan 18, and we compared that to some other stuff, including a different Macallan, and some stuff he liked better.  And we all agreed we'd be happy to drink a bottle of Macallan 18 that got water-soaked...

Back down to the train room in a couple of minutes.  I'll hook up a 1k resistor to my lighting circuit, then 'crank up the power' to make sure it still works.  Then I'll let the LEDs just 'burn in' for a couple hours in case one decides to fail.

dave

[GeorgeD]

Good afternoon.  We're having another day in the mid 80's.  I've been cutting some interior bracing on the Cricut cutter.  When looking for a suitable material, I found some heavy card stock that was the backing on a pad of Bristol board.  It's sturdy and going to work fine.

Nice picture, Jeff. I love the lines of the old Connie. 

George

[jbvb]

Good afternoon, all.  I've been out cleaning up the barns for Tuesday's trash & recycling. Grain bags, an oil leak from my tractor, other debris.  My weather is Dave's but in shade with a sea breeze coming in the doors wasn't bad.  Looking over the Forum before cooking my dinner.

[GPdemayo]

Evening all.....