on spring break, been at the lake, and likely will go back this weekend, if the weather is good. made some progress on the boxcar roof, and the ore doors on the second ore car. I sanded the roof to smooth it out a little, the milled wood roof was too uniform, but sanding the edges to get them smooth by the leterboard was tricky
The ore doors on the second ore car are much nicer. on the first one I just used stripwood that was laying around. I may start ore doors on the other frames, or at least two of them, before proceeding perhaps the other five.not sure I'm ready to buy a bunch of On3 trucks right now anyway.
an old modeling friend from my youth in Ohio is upgrading the trucks on his Hon3 fleet, so I may be picking up some 25 pairs of Hon3 trucks. I have a lot of project cars needing trucks, but not that many . Hon3 trucks are hard to find right now, Blackstone is sold out, Grant line is transitioning to the new owners.
the lesser ore doors on the first ore car.
he house search is a mess. the house we were trying to get an option on in Houston TX. has multiple offers, less than a week on the market.
if we would stay here, there is a house on Glenwood, (Dr. Tom's neighborhood), which the wife likes that has a really nice basement, with a bar, and room for a crew lunge with a TV. But for now the wife needs to be in Houston to care for her folks, and that is where she has a job, which could turn into a seasonal job. I'll be retirement age next fall, and the wife will be later next fall. how long we would need a Houston residence would depend on how long my inlaws last, how long the wife wants to work part time, or seasonally, and weather she wants to have a Houston residence as a winter home.
I guess I'll have to wait to do any future RR planning.