Week 291

Sunday, February 23, 2020 thru Saturday, February 29, 2020

Key: NTA = No Train Activity

Sunday, February 23, 2020

SPECIAL GUESTS: l. to r. Connie & Warren Kurr and Candy & Jim Breen.

Monday, February 24, 2020

Train Day!

Only me...6-7pm 1 hr.

I'm going to work on the coal loads tonight on my own.
Here you can see the first section is cut out and sits on the arm of the chair.

Now you can see the whole section is removed. I've cut out 9 "loads".

Here are the nine "loads" ready to be trimmed.

What you see here is all the cut out pieces for each load.

And here are the trimmed out "loads".

Cut out loads with trimmed out pieces.

Here are all the loads in place. It's called the "snow loads".

Take a look at the prototype coal loads before painting...

Length: 00:00:27 sec.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Special Guest:

Mom and Dad came over for dinner tonight.
Dad had to go to the bathroom but Mom stayed to view the train layout at night.
Mom is always impressed with the trains every time she visits.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Dean Hatzis brought the trim pieces to the maintence building so he could spary paint them black.

Dean paintin the building trim pieces...check out the technique...

Length: 00:00:23 sec.

Cam Passaglia trying to connect the LNWI wifi receiver to the tablet.
Result: another failure.
Next step: A trip to B&G to try it on their Digitrax System.

Dean Hatzis taking out coal loads that need trimming.

We first started painting without the tape and the loads blew all over the place.
Dean came up with this grand idea to hold them down.

Dean's finished product.
All the trim pieces are ready for installation after painting.

More prep work for painting coal loads.

Dean giving instructions to Cam...priceless!

Length: 00:00:29 sec.

A little more instruction...then watch Cam go...

Length: 00:00:30 sec.

Cam on his own...

Length: 00:00:19 sec.

Last project of the night.
Finishing up the first coat of black paint on the coal loads.

Cam Passaglia in action under the careful eye of Dean Hatzis.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

I had a little extra time today to finish up the coal loads.
Check this out...

All painted and ready for the "coal" to be added.

I'll paint each load with the thinned out glue in the container.

Four load painted...

Eleven loads painted and "sprinkled".

All loads with "coal" applied.
I'll take some time for the loads to dry and then come back later to put them in place.

The loads are all gone!
Where are they?

Here they are...in this video...

Length: 00:00:31 sec.

A video view from the ground...

Length: 00:00:20 sec.

Friday, February 28, 2020

Jordan came over to try to figure out the LNWI wifi problem...
Here he is showing the screen shot...

This is the screen shot of the wifi options.

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Leap Year!
NTA