John, Back more than a couple of years ago. Don Thompson, sent me a few
coal loads to decorate his new hopper cars. These might have been from
Blue Mt. ??, anyway the bracing in the cars interfered with the coal
load. I then took my solder gun and burned away some of the foam
underneath the load. The fumes were very toxic and I couldn't escape
them. I decided to use a modeling knife after that!
I do have a problem with my right eye--I see everything distorted--no
such thing as a straight line anymore with that eye. So now both eyes
have a heated discussion about that information to send to my brain! So
that affects my track laying too. I'm glad my work now is mostly
maintenance rather than starting from scratch--and I only have one and
one half chins!
Bob Werre
On 8/6/12 2:19 PM, John Albee wrote:
I enjoy both of your thoughts and it is wonderful to see boB back in
action!
I've spent the last week relaying my grain elevator trackage to S scale.
Unfortunately, I've learned a lesson the hard way. Because of my
eyesight I have to literally lay my chin (all 3 of them) on the edge
if the layout to even attempt to see soldering, track joiners, etc.
unfortunately, while doing this, I inhales a lot of the fine grass
and solder smome, which has left me gasping for breath at times.
Let my experience warn others to be more careful than I was.
Hard lesson.
S
