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chris a posted:

Mike,  Really great to see the train room addition is moving along.   Looks great, and seems like your getting to the home stretch.   

Thanks Chris! Things will be a little slow for a little bit. The siding is $35 per sheet, so I will only be able to get half of them one payday and the rest of them the next payday! But that's how life is right now, and I am ok with it as long as I keep moving forward! I hope to have the outside and inside done before end of summer with a little bench work already up. We will see how that goes!

Apples55 posted:
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

I did a bit of home improvement myself!  My front doorbell button was deteriorated to the point where a gust of wind would ring the bell.  

So, until I can get to Lowes for a replacement... 

GEDC0852

Mitch 

Why do I get the feeling that you will never make it to Lowes??? 

Happy Easter Mitch 🐣🐇🐣🐇

That's really cool Mitch. Now you need to hook that up to a old air-whistle tender......

Gotta figure out how to get the CEO to let me do the same........

Bob

mike g. posted:

Hi everyone, So today its raining, so what do you do when its raining? You go outside and put gutters up! Well atleast that's what I did for Easter! Now I have 90% of the roof done, the gutters up, all that's left is to side it and it will be ready for final inspection! A couple pictures for who wants to see.20180401_11464120180329_113439An of course the inspector had to check things out, He doesn't look to happy but lucky for he he is an easy bribe! LOL

The train room is looking good Mike. I hope Tank does more than sit around and watch you work. Gotta train him to bring you a Coors Light once and a while.

Bob

OK So I hope this is a REALLY BAD APRIL FOOLS JOKE

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The scene out my living room window this morning. 2"-4" expected. Where the H..l is Spring!

Wired up my first dwarf signal yesterday while dinner was in the oven. This is just the test unit but I think I've got it with a little fine tuning. Gotta trim the board down to size and figure out how to cover up the back. I think I'm going to make a small base for them to sit on too.

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RSJB18 posted:
Apples55 posted:

Why do I get the feeling that you will never make it to Lowes??? 

Hee! 

That's really cool Mitch. Now you need to hook that up to a old air-whistle tender......

Could be doable.  IIRC, these things run on about 12VAC, so...

jim pastorius posted:

Mitch -- cool door bell button !!  Next time use a ZW.

LMAO! 

Mitch

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RSJB18 posted:

OK So I hope this is a REALLY BAD APRIL FOOLS JOKE

2018-04-02 07.13.35

The scene out my living room window this morning. 2"-4" expected. Where the H..l is Spring!

Wired up my first dwarf signal yesterday while dinner was in the oven. This is just the test unit but I think I've got it with a little fine tuning. Gotta trim the board down to size and figure out how to cover up the back. I think I'm going to make a small base for them to sit on too.

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Bob, thanks for the kind words on the train room! If its ok I want to shoot you an e-mail as I have a few off forum questions to ask you. For the Coors, last time I let him get a hold of a Coors can, bang 4 holes and beer flowing everywhere! LOL

As far as Snow! Sorry buddy, but better you then me! LOL The signal light looks great, what are you going to be using to trip the lights?

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mike g. posted:

Hi everyone, So today its raining, so what do you do when its raining? You go outside and put gutters up! Well atleast that's what I did for Easter! Now I have 90% of the roof done, the gutters up, all that's left is to side it and it will be ready for final inspection! A couple pictures for who wants to see.20180401_114641

          looking GREAT Mike, getting CLOSER

mike g. posted:
RSJB18 posted:

OK So I hope this is a REALLY BAD APRIL FOOLS JOKE

2018-04-02 07.13.35

The scene out my living room window this morning. 2"-4" expected. Where the H..l is Spring!

Wired up my first dwarf signal yesterday while dinner was in the oven. This is just the test unit but I think I've got it with a little fine tuning. Gotta trim the board down to size and figure out how to cover up the back. I think I'm going to make a small base for them to sit on too.

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Bob, thanks for the kind words on the train room! If its ok I want to shoot you an e-mail as I have a few off forum questions to ask you. For the Coors, last time I let him get a hold of a Coors can, bang 4 holes and beer flowing everywhere! LOL

As far as Snow! Sorry buddy, but better you then me! LOL The signal light looks great, what are you going to be using to trip the lights?

Mike- on the lower section they will be controlled by a toggle switch corresponding to which side of my KW is powering the track. I am considering block relays for the high line. I have a Lionel 153-IR relay box that I may try too. Saw your email- reply sent.

Bob

I had to catch up on a few days so some of this is a little delayed.

Bryan I like the structure in the corner next to the Menards building under construction.  Is it an apartment building?  it sure looks like one.  Scratch build?

Chris A nice work on the shallow relief backdrop building.

Mike you're doing a great job on the train room.

Mitch, why do I get the feeling there was nothing wrong with your old door bell?  You just got bored because Fortesque was playing with the Easter Bunny.

Chief Bob, looks good, its the nice little details that make a big difference!

Jim, sounds like you have a good start! Don't forget pictures along the way so the rest can drool! 

Bob, thanks for the update on the information on the signal lights!

Larry, spending many hours to finish a layout? Looks like you have a great layout as is!

Thanks for the kind work Coach Joe!

coach joe posted:

Bryan I like the structure in the corner next to the Menards building under construction.  Is it an apartment building?  it sure looks like one.  Scratch build?

 

Funny story about that building is that is was originally designed to be a hotel is s scale.  I first saw this from a vendor (David Blum, American Flyer Trains) in the orange hall at york.  He sets up near Sidetrack Hobbies.  When I first saw it I said it looks like a prison (which is what I had been looking for)  The vendor said No, its a hotel and I wasn't trying to be rude because I just thought I could convert it to a prison.  I asked if they could upsize the kit for O scale and he said he would see what they could do.  I paid for one and he said if they couldn't do it he would refund my money. About 3 months later I get a package in the mail and sure enough it was that building in O scale.  The key was spray painting it with a texture/flack paint that looks like prison gray.  I liked the look so much that I ordered 2 more stories to give me a total of 4.  I have seen him at a few other shows and he mentioned to me that others have also remarked that it looks like a prison so he can market it both ways and asked if I could send him some pictures of my completed project.  

As for that area I still need to add the fence and barb wire around the entire structure as well as many more prisoners.  

Here are 2 close up pictures before I added on the 2 additional stories.

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mike g. posted:

Hi everyone, So today its raining, so what do you do when its raining? You go outside and put gutters up! Well atleast that's what I did for Easter! Now I have 90% of the roof done, the gutters up, all that's left is to side it and it will be ready for final inspection! A couple pictures for who wants to see.20180401_11464120180401_11465220180401_11485120180401_11490720180329_113439An of course the inspector had to check things out, He doesn't look to happy but lucky for he he is an easy bribe! LOL

WOW Mike !! Your train room is looking great !  Your going to have a big area for a big layout.. keep up the great work.

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