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If memory serves me correctly (which it often doesn't)... Incandescent is usually around 2800 degrees K Halogen is between 3000-3300 degrees K and unfiltered sunlight (cloudless day) is 5500 degrees K Somewhere, I have a book I got at Mole Richardson lighting when I was working at a...

Boy, thank God I don't have these things. Due to the cat, every gecko within "catchin'" distance HAS no tail...:D :p You know, in a quasi related theme, the Atlas Forum don't allow this kind of talk. They don't know what they are missing (he, he)...:D

Oh the indignity! Why, I'd be ashamed to show my "face" in the barracks...:D

Wow, I missed a lot of the Academy stuff. I just realized you have to change the filter to "view all posts" or not everything shows up... Thanks for the info! Tom F

Don't trust the oysters... I've been fishin' all over the Rockys and I ain't never seen one of them "fresh water" oysters everyone's always taling about... Either they ain't what they are claimed to be, or they're so rare that they're hard to find, in which case, they should be considered an...

Hey Shamus... As most of the stripwood comes bright and shiny clean, how about some pointers on how to weather it like you do? Also, next time you need parts, send me the built structure and I'll send you an equivalent pile of parts (you tore it up?!? Lord have mercy...):eek: :rolleyes...

Papa Smurf! Papa Smurf! Gargamel done let a bunch o' loonies loose on this here forum! What'a we do?! Whata' we do!?

Ya' know... To poke "fun" at myself... I can never get the "haphazard" look of a pile of scrap. Charlie, do you just stick things on until they look right or is there a system to it? Every time I do something like this, it looks like a bad attempt at sculpture rather than a pile of junk...

Personally, after I have a bad day, I think there should be a forum for therapy--it would make me feel better and save a lot of money:D The moderator could even dispense prescriptions: "Buy some new rolling stock and log in in the morning..." Yep, works for me...;)

Lima Beans! It ain't right, it just ain't right...:eek: Hey, speaking of lima beans... The old Irvine lima bean silos in Irvine, California were salvaged from the wrecking ball and converted to a La Quinta Inn (no kidding). The walls in the rooms are the original bare concrete with a...

"Saw one down in the Bayou once... Critter made a sound you wouldn't want ta' hear twice in a lifetime, I tell ya'...":eek: Hey Charlie, all "cheap shots" aside, these are great. I find myself collecting little scraps out of my "junk bins" at work so I can add them to a load. A lot of...

Actually, now that "Casey" sent me a great plan for a sawmill, I may modify it to be a mining "outbuilding" and do just that (put it where the hole is). A further update on the cat situation is that the offender is not the neighbor's cat but seems to be an abandoned cat as nobody in the...

Jon's got the right idea. A lot of the drawings I do are done in a similar fashion using a camera. I document a lot of "critters" this way. I carry one of those folding carpenter's rules with me where I have made an extra big black line every 6 inches. Whenever I come across something I want...

I saw the whole thing happen. I know who the culprit is...:rolleyes: Tom F

Basically, what I am talking about are "blueprints" for scratchbuilding your own structures. I assume some people here have some sort of "plans" for custom structures as they trade them back and forth. A while back, I took a lot of photographs of old buildings and then did a four sided plan...

Does anyone else ever make detail plans of their custom structures or detail elements? It would be nice to have a repository of such material. I'll see if I can find some of the ones I did 10-15 years ago and post them if there is any interest. Anyone interested (posting and downloading)? Tom F

Why? So he'll make more jokes? I laughed my butt off....:D :p Hey Luis, what are you going to cover that with? Is it going to be a concrete structure, block, or something else? I need to build an engine service building for the mine and that is a good size. Have you gotten any further...

As many of the areas are hard to work, I have decided to go with Midwest cork and glue for the inside "retrofitting." For the new construction and the level and wider areas, I will go with Homasote as planned. I am way too "UNambitious" to fit the Homasote to all the little curves inside the...

Have any of you Rock Island supporters seen this? Surviving Rock Island overpass in Amarillo, Texas. http://tomfassett.railspot.com/photos/structures/RockIsland_Amarillo_bridge.JPG Thought I'd let you know there is still evidence out there that The Rock existed (sniff, sniff...):( Tom F

Hey Wolv, what paint scheme are those MoPac GP15-1s in? If it's blue, I don't want to know...:p Tom F