Monday Jan 10, 2022

[Jim Donovan]

Ahh, puppies, I forgot how they are like babies. Well they have been outside, both did their duty and were rewarded. Now eating so I have time to start the forum day.

Good Morning folks. Had family over yesterday for Turkey, football and cards. The puppies were the stars of course. Great day.

Today I hope to squeeze in some bench time. Hope everyone has a great day.

Jim D

[Janbouli]

Good morning , the year has started on a down side , a dear colleague and friend of my age  passed away last week , we don't know exactly when . He didn't show up for work and the second day my manager went to his house and together with the police found him sitting on the couch , seems he died a natural death. Won't be the same at work without him , we are all devastated.

It is a wake up call for me though , live life to the full each day . I have been putting things off because I was waiting till to retire and then do all the things I have in my mind , no more putting off , who knows when it all ends.

So for one thing I picked out 2 kits , and already started on one of them in N-scale and the other will be an H0 scale kit .

[ReadingBob]

Morning all,

I'm so sorry to hear that news Jan.      Thoughts and prayers to you as well as all his family and friends.

I confess to not getting anything done at the workbench this weekend.  I blame Michael Connelly ("Dark Sacred Night" a Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch novel).  It was a page turner for sure.



Have a great one!

[Zephyrus52246]

Morning, all.

Sad to hear about your friend, Jan.  Here, I'm off today and plan to start on the next build.

Jeff

[S&S RR]

Good morning! Sorry to hear about your friend Jan. Another very cold morning here, today. I'm heading into the workshop for the day. I hope everyone has a great day. From the F&SM:

[GPdemayo]

Present

[Opa George]

Good morning to all,

I am saddened to hear of the loss of your dear friend, Jan.

Sincerely,
--Opa George

[PRR Modeler]

Good Morning All,

Jan condolences on your friends loss.

Yesterday was wasted with 1:1 stuff but today after a couple of things I'll be back working on the build challenge.

I'm drawing a blank so maybe someone can suggest what to do. The build has several walls that are not wood and not heavy paper but something in between. Should I spray it first with a rattle can before doing anything else to it?

I hope everyone has a good day.

[MartyO]

Morning,

Still tired from our trip to ottawa. Trying to think what to do next.

[BandOGuy]

Trying a different regimen this AM to see if I can be more productive and spend more time in the basement.
Sorry for your loos, Jan. Sometimes it takes a loss like this to force us to mend our ways.
Stay well all.

[deemery]

Jim, post pictures of the new dogs.

Jan, sorry to hear about your friend. 

We fly home tomorrow....

dave

[jrmueller]

Sorry Jan


We're getting our lives back together after being without power for the better part of last week and having "decamped." Just having trouble getting going. 

[jerryrbeach]

Good Morning All,

Jan condolences on your friends loss.

Yesterday was wasted with 1:1 stuff but today after a couple of things I'll be back working on the build challenge.

I'm drawing a blank so maybe someone can suggest what to do. The build has several walls that are not wood and not heavy paper but something in between. Should I spray it first with a rattle can before doing anything else to it?

I hope everyone has a good day.

Curt,


I don't have this kit but based on other FOS kits I would hazard a guess that this is some type of laserboard.  I rattle can prime it to seal it if I am using acrylic paints.  Be forewarned that this will most likely "take" paint differently than wood and the same color will probably look a shade or two different across the two different materials. 

[PRR Modeler]

Thanks Jerry. I will do that.

[S&S RR]

Good Morning All,

Jan condolences on your friends loss.

Yesterday was wasted with 1:1 stuff but today after a couple of things I'll be back working on the build challenge.

I'm drawing a blank so maybe someone can suggest what to do. The build has several walls that are not wood and not heavy paper but something in between. Should I spray it first with a rattle can before doing anything else to it?

I hope everyone has a good day.

Curt,


I don't have this kit but based on other FOS kits I would hazard a guess that this is some type of laserboard.  I rattle can prime it to seal it if I am using acrylic paints.  Be forewarned that this will most likely "take" paint differently than wood and the same color will probably look a shade or two different across the two different materials.

I agree with Jerry's comments and would add "make sure you brace it before you prime it".