Real rock?
If you have any chance of the stuff getting into gears on your engines, you may
want to use something like "kitty litter" especially if it has not been colored
green. It is ground up clay, and will destroy itself before it does any gears.
Dave Engle
From: shabbona_rr <user141...@mediacombb.net>
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:11 AM
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: FNF 10/4(5)/13!
Got the empty hopper from the powerhouse rerailed this morning, and then pulled
and taken to the main yard for further disposition. Not much of anything else
going on, though.
I couple of weeks ago, I bought a stovepipe adaptor section at a garage sale. I
intend to pop rivet a piece of window screen to it so I can sift ballast. The
next move will be to find a supplier of white rock to see if I can have sift
some waste.
boB Nicholson __________________________________________________
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote:
>
> My week was spent fighting computer malware and Yahoo. Yesterday, I finally
> gave up and took my laptop to a local computer guru who I found out is about
> as enthused with Windows 8 as I am. I don't have Windows 8 on my computer,
> but I bought one for my wife a few months ago. Nuff said.
>
> This morning, I tried to pull an empty hopper from the power house track and
> derailed an empty hopper on the switch. That's when I gave up and decided to
> try my luck on my desktop. So far, the only problem is my inherent inability
> to type and to get my spelling right the first time.
>
> Bill, I've been through that roots in the sewer thing a couple of times, I
> hope no more. One suggestion - quit giving away your age - your making some
> of us feel old!
>
> boB Nicholson ________________________________________________
>
>
> --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, "scale S only" <scalesonly@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Andre and all --
> >
> > My week has been taken with digging out the main sewer line in front of the
> > house to see why roots are getting in. It shouldn’t be happening in new,
> > modern plumbing, but it did. Going down five feet in hard clay and big
> > rocks found the answer â€" the line had been improperly put together. So,
> > next Tuesday the real plumbers come out and finish the job the way it
> > should have been done. With some luck, that will be the end of brass loco
> > sized plumber charges.
> >
> > Not much accomplished on the railroad as the above pretty much tapped out
> > this 66 year body. I did order more decals for my narrow gauge Coal Creek
> > Central after finding that I had not made the best of choices in the
> > original batch. This situation was discovered while doing some decal work
> > on some newly painted narrow gauge stuff. I also had a nice chat with Bill
> > Peter of P-B-L fame. He was happily impressed with the response to the
> > standard gauge Shays and it looks like the upcoming standard gauge Climaxes
> > are following suit. Of course, he is looking for still more reservations,
> > both standard and narrow gauge...
> >
> > Good to hear that you have joined the NASG, Andre. You have come on at an
> > opportune time, as the latest “Dispatch� from the new editor should be
> > arriving any second. Bill Pyper is asking every one to let him know when
> > they get their October issue so he has a better handle on how long they
> > take to go from the printer to your hands. The December issue is well under
> > way with the regular deadline already past, but if you have something
> > really good to put in, I am sure he will find a way to do it. In fact, he
> > is also doing early work on the February issue, so I have every expectation
> > that he will meet our first requirement of him -- having the “Dispatch�
> > in your hands within the cover date month.
> >
> > Along these lines, I am considering having the “Dispatch� schedule
> > changed to odd month dates instead of the current even month dates. I think
> > that will improve its timeliness relative to the seasons and various S
> > scale events. I would like to hear from anyone who has an opinion about
> > this. You can get to me via scalesonly@ or by hitting my name on the
> > “About� page of the NASG website ( http://www.nasg.org/ ).
> >
> > I guess you can say some of my hobby time has been taken by NASG affairs,
> > but this is enjoyable work...
> >
> > Have fun!
> > Bill Winans
> > Prescott Valley, AZ ( where it has turned fall and cool )
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Hi All! It's FNF 10/4/13!
> >
> > Time for us to all update what we've been doing in S scale. I'll go first:
> >
> > It's been a hectic two weeks on account of my wife's father's last days and
> > eventual passing. However, among the busy schedule of late, I taken some of
> > my time that becomes available and have been dusting off my stuff,
> > continuing to take inventory, and getting some things headed my way so I
> > can further projects. Such as...
> >
> > * Ordered a good chunk of S scale detail parts order from Bill's Train Shop
> > for my various engine projects.
> >
> > * Purchased some Wiseman S scale detail parts off eBay.
> >
> > * Purchased the needed items from Northwest Short Line to re-power one of
> > my Baldwin's to see if it would be worth the effort (and thus re-power them
> > all). They run pretty darn good as is, but being a "performance freak", I
> > am wondering if I can make them even a smidge better.
> >
> > * Purchased "CB&Q In Color Vol. 3" that has some excellent KC area shots
> > therein.
> >
> > * OH... and it's official now: I'm a bonafide member on NASG! I received my
> > member's packet and THREE Dispatch issues in the mail this week.
> >
> > In all, things are reviving and ever so slowly I'm figuring out where I'm
> > at in my modeling and taking steps to have the needed items in order to
> > make some tangible progress.
> >
> > All from me... who's next?
> >
> > Andre Ming
> >
>
