RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 13, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2021 1 hour ago, jukebox said: I must confess I did not have "Russian prostitute nail varnish pink" on my RMWeb bingo card for today... Why not???..... ... wait. They have bingo cards? Umm. We are on the right forum here aren't we. 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 14, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2021 Boplate B is coming along nicely. I had intended to paint this with Humbrol 110 (not sure what colour that is) but as seems to be the norm it had dried up. So Captain Crafters Acrylic to the rescue once again! That dried in seconds, it's still in the upper 90sF here which is great for airbrushing but horrible for trying to fine brush anything except possibly toenail Varnish. Details picked out in Badger grimy black and the load wrapped in crumpled black paper and button cord. What on earth could it be under there??? No doubt there'll be more time for modelling tomorrow afternoon when everyone takes their siestas, so I'll be lettering and weathering some if not all of the above. Oh and tidying the table. Squatch... Still no sign of any bingo cards. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted July 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 14, 2021 Looking good. Hunbrol 110 is 'Natural Wood', so despite all that airbrushing it is still unpainted. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 14, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2021 7 hours ago, ChrisN said: Looking good. Hunbrol 110 is 'Natural Wood', so despite all that airbrushing it is still unpainted. Anyone who can put a smile on my face this early in the morning deserves a round of applause! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Hi Shaun, Looking at {admittedly, our... } News this morning, there is coverage of the massive fires in the NW areas of the US. Some look particularly large and there was talk of over 4.000 blazes covering more than 1.2m acres. The Bootleg fire looks to be particularly troublesome, for many people, it must be grim around there, right now. Last year was bad enough and it's said that some areas are experiencing 5 times the number than last year, earlier, too. I hope your area is far from the problem areas and all is well for you. All the very best wishes from here 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 20, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2021 11 hours ago, jcredfer said: Hi Shaun, Looking at {admittedly, our... } News this morning, there is coverage of the massive fires in the NW areas of the US. Some look particularly large and there was talk of over 4.000 blazes covering more than 1.2m acres. The Bootleg fire looks to be particularly troublesome, for many people, it must be grim around there, right now. Last year was bad enough and it's said that some areas are experiencing 5 times the number than last year, earlier, too. I hope your area is far from the problem areas and all is well for you. All the very best wishes from here Hi Julian. Following a serious lack of precipitation this winter/spring the West is experiencing a drought, this along with an early onset of summer weather and the recent relentless heatwave have created dire conditions for wild fires. A red flag warning was issued as of today ahead of dry storm conditions moving in off of the Pacific. Last time they issued a Red Flag we lost two towns (September). The Bootleg fire merged with the Log fire last night. Now at 541sq miles it will be the size of Greater London by this time tomorrow. Mostly raging in the Freemont-Winema National Forest which is largely unpopulated and moving Eastwards towards the desert it poses little threat to human life. State Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency and called for assistance to help fight any more fires which have been forecast due to dry lightning conditions. There's also the Jack fire @ 19,000 acres to the north of us which is 55% contained. It is a bit smokey here this morning and 83F @ 11:30am. The Boot-log complex is roughly 85 miles East of here give or take 35 miles, the smoke from which is blowing eastwards reaching the Atlantic coast. As a precaution we have packed valuables and essentials to grab and go if worst comes to worst. Some of which are already in my truck. We have cleaned out our gutters, wacked back all dry vegetation, raked up as much dry tree debris as is physically possible in the heat and have trimmed almost all trees of dead branches even cut down the three cypress trees that were growing next to the garage. There's not enough water in the creek to pump out and no matter how much we have the sprinkler going the grass is still dying. We're not expecting any rain until November. The rainy season here has shrunk by 2 months over the last decade. COVID delta variant is ripping through the population here too. What with the floods in Europe and China and the heat wave forecast for the Western UK I personally I think 2021 is turning into an apocalyptical year. One major cause of the problem must be that huge island of plastic twice the size of Texas floating out in the Pacific doldrums. That's where our rain originates so all that plastic must be hampering the evaporation process! My latest theory is having seen how mother nature can surprise us by smashing our timing predictions of these events by 30 years, might she also surprise us with the sudden onset of the next ice-age??? Rapid acceleration of fresh water run off from the melting Greenland ice sheet will shut off the Atlantic conveyor, it's just a question of time! Hope that you are well Regards Shaun 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted July 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2021 44 minutes ago, Sasquatch said: Hi Julian. Following a serious lack of precipitation this winter/spring the West is experiencing a drought, this along with an early onset of summer weather and the recent relentless heatwave have created dire conditions for wild fires. A red flag warning was issued as of today ahead of dry storm conditions moving in off of the Pacific. Last time they issued a Red Flag we lost two towns (September). The Bootleg fire merged with the Log fire last night. Now at 541sq miles it will be the size of Greater London by this time tomorrow. Mostly raging in the Freemont-Winema National Forest which is largely unpopulated and moving Eastwards towards the desert it poses little threat to human life. State Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency and called for assistance to help fight any more fires which have been forecast due to dry lightning conditions. There's also the Jack fire @ 19,000 acres to the north of us which is 55% contained. It is a bit smokey here this morning and 83F @ 11:30am. The Boot-log complex is roughly 85 miles East of here give or take 35 miles, the smoke from which is blowing eastwards reaching the Atlantic coast. As a precaution we have packed valuables and essentials to grab and go if worst comes to worst. Some of which are already in my truck. We have cleaned out our gutters, wacked back all dry vegetation, raked up as much dry tree debris as is physically possible in the heat and have trimmed almost all trees of dead branches even cut down the three cypress trees that were growing next to the garage. There's not enough water in the creek to pump out and no matter how much we have the sprinkler going the grass is still dying. We're not expecting any rain until November. The rainy season here has shrunk by 2 months over the last decade. COVID delta variant is ripping through the population here too. What with the floods in Europe and China and the heat wave forecast for the Western UK I personally I think 2021 is turning into an apocalyptical year. One major cause of the problem must be that huge island of plastic twice the size of Texas floating out in the Pacific doldrums. That's where our rain originates so all that plastic must be hampering the evaporation process! My latest theory is having seen how mother nature can surprise us by smashing our timing predictions of these events by 30 years, might she also surprise us with the sudden onset of the next ice-age??? Rapid acceleration of fresh water run off from the melting Greenland ice sheet will shut off the Atlantic conveyor, it's just a question of time! Hope that you are well Regards Shaun Shanun, Praying for you. 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Sasquatch said: Hi Julian. Following a serious lack of precipitation this winter/spring the West is experiencing a drought, this along with an early onset of summer weather and the recent relentless heatwave have created dire conditions for wild fires. A red flag warning was issued as of today ahead of dry storm conditions moving in off of the Pacific. Last time they issued a Red Flag we lost two towns (September). The Bootleg fire merged with the Log fire last night. Now at 541sq miles it will be the size of Greater London by this time tomorrow. Mostly raging in the Freemont-Winema National Forest which is largely unpopulated and moving Eastwards towards the desert it poses little threat to human life. State Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency and called for assistance to help fight any more fires which have been forecast due to dry lightning conditions. There's also the Jack fire @ 19,000 acres to the north of us which is 55% contained. It is a bit smokey here this morning and 83F @ 11:30am. The Boot-log complex is roughly 85 miles East of here give or take 35 miles, the smoke from which is blowing eastwards reaching the Atlantic coast. As a precaution we have packed valuables and essentials to grab and go if worst comes to worst. Some of which are already in my truck. We have cleaned out our gutters, wacked back all dry vegetation, raked up as much dry tree debris as is physically possible in the heat and have trimmed almost all trees of dead branches even cut down the three cypress trees that were growing next to the garage. There's not enough water in the creek to pump out and no matter how much we have the sprinkler going the grass is still dying. We're not expecting any rain until November. The rainy season here has shrunk by 2 months over the last decade. COVID delta variant is ripping through the population here too. What with the floods in Europe and China and the heat wave forecast for the Western UK I personally I think 2021 is turning into an apocalyptical year. One major cause of the problem must be that huge island of plastic twice the size of Texas floating out in the Pacific doldrums. That's where our rain originates so all that plastic must be hampering the evaporation process! My latest theory is having seen how mother nature can surprise us by smashing our timing predictions of these events by 30 years, might she also surprise us with the sudden onset of the next ice-age??? Rapid acceleration of fresh water run off from the melting Greenland ice sheet will shut off the Atlantic conveyor, it's just a question of time! Hope that you are well Regards Shaun I agree about the {long predicted} acceleration of the Arctic / Greenland ice melt, if I recall correctly, it's calculated to be quite a rapid switch, irreversible, once the threshold is crossed. Memory is vague, but isn't the switch to do with the density differences between salt and fresh waters?? I also ran some basic maths over some of the coal transported from the US coalfields and it was really stunning, in itself, let alone the other major coal producers. What hammers those weights home, is that every Ton {whichever type you choose} produces about 1 1/2 Tons of CO2. World coal production figures for coal, extrapolated into the weight of CO2 released into the air, are stunning, not the least for not including the figures for Wood, Gas and Oil. When that is add to by the worldwide amount of deforestation and polution, I have to wonder, quite how much flex-time nature has left, before the climate control balance factors burst, certainly less than the time national politicians are ready to face what behaviour changes are needed. I am no environmental scientist, but just simple facts and trends, make me wonder if I was right to bring a new life into what the future might bring. All that as maybe, I am glad to hear that as for now you are away from the troubled areas, I hope that you and the rest of the population are able to avoid those areas now being razed. Take care, as I know you will and may the winds blow in your favour. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2021 Hi Shaun, I hope that both of you, and your pets can stay safe in your home in what must be extremely frightening times. Adrian. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 21, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, westerhamstation said: Hi Shaun, I hope that both of you, and your pets can stay safe in your home in what must be extremely frightening times. Adrian. Hi Adrian and thank you. We hate the idea but have been talking about cashing in on the high property prices and moving to either the coast or the Mid-West. Big Question is will I find a place with such a big garage.. Hehehe! Edited July 21, 2021 by Sasquatch 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 22 hours ago, Sasquatch said: Hi Julian. Following a serious lack of precipitation this winter/spring the West is experiencing a drought, this along with an early onset of summer weather and the recent relentless heatwave have created dire conditions for wild fires. A red flag warning was issued as of today ahead of dry storm conditions moving in off of the Pacific. Last time they issued a Red Flag we lost two towns (September). The Bootleg fire merged with the Log fire last night. Now at 541sq miles it will be the size of Greater London by this time tomorrow. Mostly raging in the Freemont-Winema National Forest which is largely unpopulated and moving Eastwards towards the desert it poses little threat to human life. State Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency and called for assistance to help fight any more fires which have been forecast due to dry lightning conditions. There's also the Jack fire @ 19,000 acres to the north of us which is 55% contained. It is a bit smokey here this morning and 83F @ 11:30am. The Boot-log complex is roughly 85 miles East of here give or take 35 miles, the smoke from which is blowing eastwards reaching the Atlantic coast. As a precaution we have packed valuables and essentials to grab and go if worst comes to worst. Some of which are already in my truck. We have cleaned out our gutters, wacked back all dry vegetation, raked up as much dry tree debris as is physically possible in the heat and have trimmed almost all trees of dead branches even cut down the three cypress trees that were growing next to the garage. There's not enough water in the creek to pump out and no matter how much we have the sprinkler going the grass is still dying. We're not expecting any rain until November. The rainy season here has shrunk by 2 months over the last decade. COVID delta variant is ripping through the population here too. What with the floods in Europe and China and the heat wave forecast for the Western UK I personally I think 2021 is turning into an apocalyptical year. One major cause of the problem must be that huge island of plastic twice the size of Texas floating out in the Pacific doldrums. That's where our rain originates so all that plastic must be hampering the evaporation process! My latest theory is having seen how mother nature can surprise us by smashing our timing predictions of these events by 30 years, might she also surprise us with the sudden onset of the next ice-age??? Rapid acceleration of fresh water run off from the melting Greenland ice sheet will shut off the Atlantic conveyor, it's just a question of time! Hope that you are well Regards Shaun I just read this, and then read it out loud to my wife, its sounds a horrible existence, and for someone living a near normal life, its hard to imagine what your both going through mentally. We will be thinking of you both, and also all the little and BIG critters that will perish in the fires. Stay safe my friend. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 G'Day Folks The Mid West is one of the most stable areas on Earth, but you do have Tornados to contend with. Oregon coastal areas are very dodgy, Tsunami's always present, also the Cascadian Subduction zone ! manna 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks The Mid West is one of the most stable areas on Earth, but you do have Tornados to contend with. Oregon coastal areas are very dodgy, Tsunami's always present, also the Cascadian Subduction zone ! manna I hear that the UK is relatively free from those kinds of pestilence, although I would caution that the Houses of Parliament have a massive infestation of brain damaging Ilogic-ovoid{P*} Virus. The current plan is to keep them on their seats, or otherwise isolated at home, in the hope that it doesn't spread to the remainder of the population. Sadly that hasn't dealt with the recent problem, it caused, whereby the massive increases in infections are being blamed on the NHS covid-19 App and apparently nothing to do with the decision to allow access to Sporting events, Public Transport, Pub Bars and Night Clubbing, {Indeed anywhere} all without Social distancing, or masks. Apparently the increase in numbers of people now unable to report to work, as they are isolating, is the fault of the App and not the new found freedom for the Virus to spread. It seems that their attempt to get business on the move is now having the reverse effect, due to the predicted yes... predicted rapid increase in infections. {What a ****** surprise there, then.} Come to think of it Shaun, you may well be better off where you are, with the precautions you are already taking. Best wishes for favourable winds and rain. * Parliamentary Edited July 22, 2021 by jcredfer Correction 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 24, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) On 21/07/2021 at 10:55, Andrew P said: I just read this, and then read it out loud to my wife, its sounds a horrible existence, and for someone living a near normal life, its hard to imagine what your both going through mentally. We will be thinking of you both, and also all the little and BIG critters that will perish in the fires. Stay safe my friend. Hi Andy. To be honest I didn't realize the mental aspect until you pointed it out. It is the reason why nothing is getting done in the garage! When we think about what happened last year and the year before it kind of makes you put things on hold! As for the critters, this years faun population is down drastically. The deer jump the fences and eat the greenery where we've been watering. (I know it sounds mad using sprinklers but we have our own well which is healthy, the water down there today isn't the same water that will be down there tomorrow and most of the water soaks back down through the ground back to where it came from!!!). Anyway the dogs have given up chasing the deer out, some kind of inter-species understanding going on. Hope that you are both well Regards Shaun. Edited July 24, 2021 by Sasquatch Oh deer. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 24, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) On 21/07/2021 at 15:49, manna said: G'Day Folks The Mid West is one of the most stable areas on Earth, but you do have Tornados to contend with. Oregon coastal areas are very dodgy, Tsunami's always present, also the Cascadian Subduction zone ! manna Yes Oregon does often talk about the long overdue "big one". Mother-in-law is planning to move to Wisconsin, which is breaking SWMBO's heart I think. It looks like we might just have to follow if I'm to keep my sweetie happy. Just seems awfully daunting to move to somewhere totally unknown! Regards Shaun Edited July 24, 2021 by Sasquatch 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 24, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 22/07/2021 at 03:00, jcredfer said: I hear that the UK is relatively free from those kinds of pestilence, although I would caution that the Houses of Parliament have a massive infestation of brain damaging Ilogic-ovoid{P*} Virus. The current plan is to keep them on their seats, or otherwise isolated at home, in the hope that it doesn't spread to the remainder of the population. Sadly that hasn't dealt with the recent problem, it caused, whereby the massive increases in infections are being blamed on the NHS covid-19 App and apparently nothing to do with the decision to allow access to Sporting events, Public Transport, Pub Bars and Night Clubbing, {Indeed anywhere} all without Social distancing, or masks. Apparently the increase in numbers of people now unable to report to work, as they are isolating, is the fault of the App and not the new found freedom for the Virus to spread. It seems that their attempt to get business on the move is now having the reverse effect, due to the predicted yes... predicted rapid increase in infections. {What a ****** surprise there, then.} Come to think of it Shaun, you may well be better off where you are, with the precautions you are already taking. Best wishes for favourable winds and rain. * Parliamentary Most people must be plain old fed up with COVID restrictions, I know we are! Having said that, we're still practicing social distancing and are still wearing the appropriate masks (PROPERLY) in public. Just pure common sense which is I think, what the Government have entrusted the general public with. Trouble is the general public is just that and can't be trusted to understand or even care! Please note I'm often told to keep my opinions to myself and am not left or right but nearly always the one abstaining sitting rather comfortably on a fence watch the proceedings from afar! Which ties in very well with your closing comment Julian. Hope that you're well regards Shaun. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 24, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2021 Interesting article on the drought. How severe is the megadrought in the West? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/how-severe-is-the-megadrought-in-the-west/ar-AAMur8N?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=W069 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Sasquatch Posted July 29, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2021 Good news. We have had some rain. Tuesday about 3am there was one enormous clap of thunder which woke everyone for miles followed by about 7 hours of light showers totaling about 2mm, just enough to dampen everything down. Including all my freshly milled pine that had been laid out to sun dry. I'll just have to dry it again and hope that it will not warp too much. Enough about our weather. I do hope that all of you are safe from the flash flooding that seems to be taking place in every corner of the globe this year. This post needs to get back on topic so I ventured into the 102F garage with my camera and pointed it at various trains then messed about with a few on the new laptop. Fairburn 2-6-4MT passes over Pottyshire viaduct with a Whitby bound parcels working. Making incredible time and light work of the incline!!! Black Five heading home South bound light engine on a balmy summers evening. B1 framed nicely by the middle arch of Queensbury viaduct waiting for the down starter for Halifax. About time we had some trains on this thread huh? Squatch 16 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted July 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2021 Most of the threads I enjoy only seem to dabble in actual trains from time to time. That being said, nice to see some photos here. I liked the first and third particularly. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 29, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, Graham T said: Most of the threads I enjoy only seem to dabble in actual trains from time to time. That being said, nice to see some photos here. I liked the first and third particularly. Hi Graham. There's no excuse in my case because there's plenty of them. Problem is 95% of them are in boxes ready to haul out of here if the unthinkable happens. When autumn arrives I promise to post many images of trains doing all sorts of movements, duties, rosters and more... Regards Shaun 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 G'Day Folks I can understand, the many loco's boxed up, many of mine are boxed, 'Bushfire season', darn things pop up out of nowhere and race across the countryside, always got to be ready to drop everything and run. manna 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2021 3 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks I can understand, the many loco's boxed up, many of mine are boxed, 'Bushfire season', darn things pop up out of nowhere and race across the countryside, always got to be ready to drop everything and run. manna Do you get dust storms out your way? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, St Enodoc said: Do you get dust storms out your way? G'day Folks Get Everything out here ! Huge Dust storms, ( Although, not to many lately), plagues of Locust's, so many I was hanging off the balcony and hitting them with a tennis racket as they flew past, took a week to pass, mouse plagues, caught 40+ in my shed in 'One' day, they love to 'pee' on my trackwork, Then the Droughts when everything in the garden, almost dies, then the Snakes ! manna, In the land of 'Milk and honey' . But Love every minute of it. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 30, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 15 hours ago, manna said: G'day Folks Get Everything out here ! Huge Dust storms, ( Although, not to many lately), plagues of Locust's, so many I was hanging off the balcony and hitting them with a tennis racket as they flew past, took a week to pass, mouse plagues, caught 40+ in my shed in 'One' day, they love to 'pee' on my trackwork, Then the Droughts when everything in the garden, almost dies, then the Snakes ! manna, In the land of 'Milk and honey' . But Love every minute of it. You forgot the spiders mate Stay safe. Regards Shaun 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 30, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 A little modeling progress to report today. I decided to scratch build the platform brackets that go on Queensbury viaduct. Rings are cut from styrene tube in the miter block using a razor saw. .030 x .030 Evergreen strip is used for the rest which is assembled on wide masking tape. When dry the rings are filed down to .030" before removal from the tape. I'm half way through already. Squatch. 6 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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