Weekend Photos - December 2020

[Rufus T. Firefly]

While digging through the parts drawers, found these Meccano/Erector bits in the hobby section:

Lowes has Meccano/Erector bits?

Wait......Lowes has a hobby section????

[rogruth]

While digging through the parts drawers, found these Meccano/Erector bits in the hobby section:

Lowes has Meccano/Erector bits?

Wait......Lowes has a hobby section????

THE Lowes? I have never seen a hobby section in the four that I visit. Is it seasonal?

[healey36]

In "Hardware", the hobby section of the specialty parts drawers...ours has about eight drawers of odds-n-ends for hobbyists. There used to be more, but either they don't carry the other stuff anymore or it's been moved to another part of the store.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In "Hardware", the hobby section of the specialty parts drawers...ours has about eight drawers of odds-n-ends for hobbyists. There used to be more, but either they don't carry the other stuff anymore or it's been moved to another part of the store.

Hmmmmmm...................well, if & when I ever get back to a Lowes, I'll have to take a look-see.

[healey36]

They used to carry a decent supply of micro-switches there too, but I think that got moved to Electrical, and the amount of that stuff is a lot less than before.

I decided to go with a battery-powered LED for lighting the top of the tunnel project, so no need for electrical posts at the base. Finished partitioning the back side:



I'm still leaning toward old-school papier-mâché, so I think I'll paste in a few "tabs" to increase the surface area (I think I'm going to forego the webbing on the first attempt). Might also add a couple more partitions in places where there's a larger gap. The good thing is, if I muck it up, I can probably tear it off without destroying the basic structure.

Maybe next week...

[healey36]

A Lionel 2677 gondola, from a set I put together for my daughter 25 years ago:



Late production (1940-1941), this is one of the pieces that Lionel took from the Ives product line when they bought them out, updated a number of times over the dozen years or so that Lionel catalogued it. Blackened journals and wheels, automatic couplers, this is Lionel's top-of-the-line O-27 gondola prior to shifting over to war production contracts in 1942. I picked up the barrels at the local craft store.

This one's done a lot of laps on the living room carpet over the years.

[healey36]

Closed out 2020 with this little clock I made using a Chinese quartz movement and a piece of a plank cut from the crotch of a walnut tree:



I've been needing a desk clock since the one I got from my ex-sister-in-law's side business selling tchotchkes crapped out (okay, to be fair, it was fifteen or so years old). I picked up an old Tiffany desk clock for a few bucks, thinking that would be a good replacement, but it was DOA. I sent that off to Tiffany/Bulova for repair, but it's been a year and they are still working on it. So I made this one...hopefully it last at least until midnight.

Happy New Year everyone.

Healey

[chuck]

Looks great! Happy New Year to you as well!

[gregj410]

Happy New Year! Nice clock, it reminded me of my grandfathers RR watch that I was fortunate enough to get.

The figure painting thread came up again so this seemed appropriate. This guy works in so many scenes. I just keep moving him around.

[healey36]

That is one well-dressed man. You, or whoever painted him, did a great job. Quite a few hours of work there.

[gregj410]

Fri Jan 01, 2021 2:24 am

That is one well-dressed man. You, or whoever painted him, did a great job. Quite a few hours of work there

I take no credit. A coworker painted him. He’s into the D&D’s thing. I think he spent quite a bit of time painting him. I’d love to have him do some others, I just don’t have the heart to ask him because I know it takes a lot of time.

[healey36]

Yeah, some of the D&D and Warhammer folks do incredible work. I wish I had a nickel for every lizard man I painted for my kid when he was little. I also wish I had a buck for every one I stepped on in his room in the middle of the night.

[Chris Webster]

I read recently that Roadside America is closing. My impression is that this has been a long time coming.

Results of the auction:
Renaissance Auction Group - Roadside America Liquidation Auction

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Renaissance Auction Group - Roadside America Liquidation Auction

Wow!

Painted milk can for close to $500? Oak folding slat chairs.........got a close of them. Let me know who wants to pay that kind of money for stuff and I'm selling out!!!

[robert.]

Renaissance Auction Group - Roadside America Liquidation Auction

Wow!

Painted milk can for close to $500? Oak folding slat chairs.........got a close of them. Let me know who wants to pay that kind of money for stuff and I'm selling out!!!

Painted saw $500. Some of the building prices were high also. I did not see any rolling stock prices.