Putting in a couple of new fixtures today, wondering how many lumens a guys
needs in his layout room. There is data for office, retail and schools and a
special section for making lighting friendly for the "elderly" which is getting
close to hitting home to me. Caused me to think about the question of what are
we doing. Neat thing is this hobby allows us to do so much, we can keep busy
and still have too much left which makes us think we are not doing anything or
much. Because I tend to experiment with projects, I rarely do things the
simple way, because I get distracted from time to time, I often do not get
closure on a project. I was pretty focused on getting operational, this caused
me to take on a track rebuilding project. I ran into the Imagine That folks
and got some of their pieces which distracted me to build the view block
structures I wanted for the new track work I was building. Then the lighting,
a historical presentation for the NMRA, fixing lights and oh heck. My friends
who are active in operations generally feel that scenery is a distraction and
not necessary. Asking if they really wouldn't like a building to represent an
industry now represented by a folded 3 x 5 card, they will look at you and say
"why?"
Why indeed, I guess that is part of the fun, we all have our own why. In the
PPSSW, we also have a guy who builds models but doesn't have a layout. From
time to time, he wants to sell a model to make room for something else. For
that reason, we all watch Tom carefully when he walks in. If he is carrying
something it is wise to corner him and find out what he has. If he has
something to sell, it rarely gets beyond the first person to hear and never
beyond the second.
Well, after calculating lumens, it will be light temperature, then what color
to paint one of the view block buildings and then do I want a loading shed or
awning for the other. I still need to finish my H10-44 and determine what
railroad to model the second one in. Of course there is the new track work in
Pine River to finish, an article to write and some layout photos to take with
Steve and Jim Malone. Just like life in the beaver colony. One dam thing
after another. Beats the alternative.
Hey, while moving stuff around I found my four car Zephyr that I intend to sell
and an RS32 in CNW scheme that is kinda excess. The RS32 was featured in an S
Gaugian article if you want to see it.
Ken ZIeska
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