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    Same fate as the Pennsylvania.
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    Should get back to it next month.
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    Looking good!
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    HO scale, Santa Fe roughly 1935 to 1957, freelanced. the layout will be in three "sections" a port scene 2.5' x 12', an engine terminal with passenger car servicing 2.5 X 7.5, and a 12x 9.5 oval shelf layout with the modules 2 foot deep. At first the oval will be just a folded over double loop (making one circuit two times around) for running passenger trains while i watch. Later I will add sidings and industries to turn it into a switching layout also. I bought the Fast Tracks jigs so I can make my own turnouts for the engine terminal, and oval.
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    Yes, huge B-17 fan! I know, so many projects in the que. So far in the past month of being retired, I've gotten to spend maybe 1hour in the shop. I still have my Pyro skipjack and French fishing boat to complete, as well as an almost ready to paint Japanese houseboat. Then there is the whole building the train layout thing, though that is being held up due to lack of funds.
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    Nice! I have a vac form kit of a 1/72 B-17 YB, the first production model, and am terrified of it! Maybe some day I will tackle it. I have the complete series of 1/72 kits (all the A thru G variants), and would like to build the vac kit, when I finish those. I even have a card version kit of the prototype. Probably not enough years left to finish all of my stash.
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    A question for the moderators. If this was scaned and converted to a PDF, would you be interested in putting it on the forum? If, so I would be willing to do the scanning and conversion, then send the manuscript back to Steve.
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    I watched a documentary on his death. It concluded from the angle of the wound and that the plane that was chasing him was too far away to hit him, it was indeed ground fire which killed him. In fact they narrowed it down to three specific gunners, then to the most likely one of them. The interesting thing is that they found the full military info on the other two, including ID? photos, but there were no photos in the info for the one who most likely got him.
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    When I built my MS Smoothbore Cannon, I used a Sharpie "Permanent" marker for the caulking. Big mistake! After I glued the decking to the ply subdeck, the marker ink ran al over the place while the glue dried ovenight. Had to remove the planks and start again. MS sent me a new set of deck planks free.
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    I'm going to have to wait for the DVD, my tv does not support the Apple TV app.
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    You have to expect a little "Movie Magic". I'll watch this, probably Thursday.
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    Mother nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as a cat does!
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    Michael, Look up "Fast Tracks" They sell all types and scales of templates for hand building track and turnouts (switches to some). You don't have to buy one but the picture of one of the dual gauge templates would answer your questions. https://www.handlaidtrack.com/
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    Buy 4X8 sheets and have them cut them down to 2x4 or 2x8 for you, much cheaper.
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    Yes, do stagger the rows!
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    Very nice work! I like your seam treatment!
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    I would second the Wefalck's cautions on individual tiles. I've never had anything but trouble with them. I'd recommend vinyl sheet flooring. Glued down, not taped. I taped the vinyl flooring down in some areas of my house, and it is coming apart, where furniture sits on it. It gets pulled back and forth as you sit and get up and thins out in those areas. The areas I did do a full surface glue do not have this problem. A cheap non-foam backed vinyl is more durable, and cheaper, than the foamed backed ones, but getting harder to find.
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    Does anyone make a LED replacement lamp for the circular fluorecent bulbs in the lamps with the center magniifer lens? I live by my magnifier lamp, it is much needed now that I am older.
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    Dan, sorry to hear that this is your last model. Best wishes.
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    Great work! I look forward to further posts.
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    Thank you!
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    If those are particle/waferboard side pieces on the cabinets, you might want to run a 1X4 along the inside where the bolts are holding the center framework. This will help insure that the bolt heads don't pull through. Don't ask me how I know. 😞
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    Even in the commercial world, gray is difficult between batches. About 40 years ago, there was an interesting joke going around about military radar installations. The US Military has standard colors, with associated color chip sets. In this case a General got it in his head to compare the interiors of the radar installations, with the associated gray chip. Of course the facilities all had slight variations, and he went ballistic! He ordered all of them repainted to the correct color, leaving them a standard chip to use as reference. After the specified time he reinspected, and once again all failed, but for one. The others got in trouble, but the one that passed was commended. After ward the other facilities asked the sergeant in charge, how he got the color right. He replied, I repainted the chip, when I repainted the equipment!
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    I would use at least semi-gloss for the walls, flat will be very difficult to clean, if anything gets splashed on it.
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    Will everyone stop with the interesting book reviews! My wallet is crying! Seriously I ordered a copy from Abe Books for a little over $30 US with shipping from the UK. They had a few more copies. The new book prices here in the US were closer to $100 than $60.

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