WHAT’S ON THE WORKBENCH AT THE MOMENT

Joe, they are all looking great

Thank you Dallas and Mark.

In answer to Dallas's questions, it was low 60s and Sunny ere in Myrtle Beach yesterday.  Winds, which are usually a problem, even 4 miles from the beach, were slight.  I was just using cardboard boxes in the past to act as a spray booth.  It helped with the wind but would contain the overspray until it settled.  That made for very "sticky" and sometimes colorful arms.  I've since bought a collapsible one with a screen in the back wall that permits air flow through the booth.  I can use a fan and filter if need be .  I'll get some pictures later.

Joe that must be nice with that temp.   We have 43 this afternoon with sun ,but a little breezy.

Sounds like a great solution for spray mist........except for the  RR. colors on your arms .    What is the paint media you are using to get your arms " sticky ".     Right now I have been using waterbase kraft colors and  the original media Tamiya colors with no arm decor.

I do however have a table top dust colector with a hepa filter.  It has 3 fans about 5 " round.   I can't recall what brand .  I'll have to get a photo of it .

My therapist had me walk up and down the 14 steps today so I'll be able to get to the layout by myself if I can follow the rules.   Pretty big thing seeing the layout room again. 

To quote from The Hunt For Red October, "Way to go Dallas!"

I've been using rattle can spray paint.  Two years ago I painted some patio chairs that had rusted.  Used two extra large moving boxes cut and tape together so a chair would fit in and be out of the wind.  I was wearing short sleeves and apparently the residual paint in suspension in the air inside the box was coating my airs.  I could feel it on the hair on my arms long before I could see the color, black, build up on my hair and skin.  I wore long sleeves and nitrile gloves after that. Safety glasses and a particulate dust mask to catch any pigments were part of my safety equipment.

Dallas I promised you photos so here they are.  I didn't pop it open but you can get the idea.  This is the small one.  The catalog I bought this from also had the medium and the large.  Its 35"w x 30"d x 39"h.  In the first picture you can see the 20 x 20 x 1 Merv 8 air filter.  This and the exterior fan are separate sale items.  The Merv 8 is the the most expensive of the 3 levels offered in the big box stores.

      Mornings project - Old subway track ballast...is it half full or half empty?

Joe, nice spray shelter!  I need to get a new spraying mask, mine must be 35 years old.  I have a plastic spray booth that is that old too, but it is rather small.  I use spray cans too.  

Dallas, congratulations on the 14 steps.  

Steve, I’ll say it is half full.  Your scene looks great.

@coach joe posted:

Dallas I promised you photos so here they are.  I didn't pop it open but you can get the idea.  This is the small one.  The catalog I bought this from also had the medium and the large.  Its 35"w x 30"d x 39"h.  In the first picture you can see the 20 x 20 x 1 Merv 8 air filter.  This and the exterior fan are separate sale items.  The Merv 8 is the the most expensive of the 3 levels offered in the big box stores.

Thanks for all the info and photos Joe.        It certainly looks like you have this painting process and safety issue covered......and from the looks of what you have been painting everything looks professionally done .

Have fun and good luck with the continued  nice springlike weather.

@Mark Boyce posted:

Joe, nice spray shelter!  I need to get a new spraying mask, mine must be 35 years old.  I have a plastic spray booth that is that old too, but it is rather small.  I use spray cans too.  

Dallas, congratulations on the 14 steps.  

Steve, I’ll say it is half full.  Your scene looks great.

Thanks Mark.    Can't wait to get back to maintainence on the engines.  Who knew that would be FUN.

Hey Joe......'The Hunt For Red October '  ???.........  ( one of my all time  favorite movies )

A lionel 2037.  A friend was gifted this piece, triggers the ZW L breaker immediately.  Given my past sucess with my 637 I'm going to give this a shot.

Well Dallas it has cooled off here.  March is a fickle month along the Grand Strand, Thursday before last was 80°, tonight it's supposed to be in the 30s/  Go figure.  Again, thank you and Mark for your encouragement.

Sirt, how many times can I say amazing!

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Joe that must be nice with that temp.   We have 43 this afternoon with sun ,but a little breezy.

Sounds like a great solution for spray mist........except for the  RR. colors on your arms .    What is the paint media you are using to get your arms " sticky ".     Right now I have been using waterbase kraft colors and  the original media Tamiya colors with no arm decor.

I do however have a table top dust colector with a hepa filter.  It has 3 fans about 5 " round.   I can't recall what brand .  I'll have to get a photo of it .

My therapist had me walk up and down the 14 steps today so I'll be able to get to the layout by myself if I can follow the rules.   Pretty big thing seeing the layout room again. 

Therapist? 14 steps? What gives Dallas?

Did I miss a post?

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Therapist? 14 steps? What gives Dallas?

Did I miss a post?

Bob

Well Bob......blew out a siderod on the left .

Last Friday morning a surgeon had me on HIS WORKBENCH to get a new hip on the left side this time.  I tried to talk to him about using CA glue but he won out with 27 staples. 

The visiting physical therapist instructed me how I'll have to get down the 14 steps past the 7 dwarfs ..................................to get to the train room.

@RSJB18 posted:

This video popped up on my YouTube feed this afternoon......

Some of this still applies today. The vintage 1940's video and narration are always amusing to watch.

Hey Bob  , really interesting video from the past.

The first iron used in the video reminds me of the iron I tried to use on my PS3 board

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Well Bob......blew out a siderod on the left .

Last Friday morning a surgeon had me on HIS WORKBENCH to get a new hip on the left side this time.  I tried to talk to him about using CA glue but he won out with 27 staples.

The visiting physical therapist instructed me how I'll have to get down the 14 steps past the 7 dwarfs ..................................to get to the train room.

Well glad you are on the mend. I've heard hip recoveries are easier than knees. Did the therapist wonder why you were so anxious to get down the stairs?????

Another comment on the soldering video. I giggled during the scene when the guy lit the torch and placed in it the hook at high flame. I can almost guarantee that those wall panels were asbestos. Amazing how common it was to use that stuff back in the day.

@coach joe- that spray booth is neat. I will need to pick one up on my next HD run.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Well glad you are on the mend. I've heard hip recoveries are easier than knees. Did the therapist wonder why you were so anxious to get down the stairs?????

Another comment on the soldering video. I giggled during the scene when the guy lit the torch and placed in it the hook at high flame. I can almost guarantee that those wall panels were asbestos. Amazing how common it was to use that stuff back in the day.

The therapist said  "wow that's really neat "  and well .......she is a PT .    I do think she kind of understood that the gleam in my eyes was important though .

Asbestos walls are something that has gone by the wayside Bob.........but there were a couple times in MY trainroom that it wouldn't have been frowned on by my Lady......and "  that's all I have to say about that " .

I'm going to try to get a TET post out sometime today........and NOT from my photo files.

Wrapped up my upgrade of a Williams scale GG1.  I got it with a Cruise Commander installed and the original owner had used the now extinct ERR Sound Converter to retain the Williams True Blast Plus board for sound.  It also had just the basic two Williams light bulbs, not very appealing.

I stripped everything and re-installed.  I had one of the GG1 VL cabs still hanging around, so I figured I'd use it, it has lighted gauges, very cool.  It got all LED lighting, individually lit markers, cab lighting, and lighted gauges.  I used the standard ERR GG1/EP5 sound board and the cruise commander that came with it for the installation.

All connections between the shell and chassis are on one 5-pin connector, this makes it real easy to crack it open to work on it if necessary.

Project complete

Orioles retired numbers

Nice idea, Jim!  It looks great!  😊 I would have a few more numbers if I did a Pirates car, but not many more.  

@Mark Boyce posted:

Nice idea, Jim!  It looks great!  😊 I would have a few more numbers if I did a Pirates car, but not many more.  

You'd need a fleet for the Yankees.......