Hobo Jungle

[2railjon]

Coffee's on!!!

A hobo gulps coffee on a back porch as a housewife watches; thousands of men traded work for food.

[2railjon]

Hey Dennis!! This morning I'm working on the alleys in between the buildings using your coloring technique. How about you?
Friday I'll shoot you a check for your fence kit, can you give me a total?

[2railjon]

The wooden kit, please. Does it come with small billboard signs by chance?

[amalie]

Hey Jon - Ive got some old matchbooks around here that I used for signs on a project long ago. If I can find them, I'll scan a few of them and you can use them if you are interested; stuff NOBODY has available commercially. Who did that big structure in the background...

[2railjon]

Amalie, That would be GREAT!!!!! I would be happy to pay you for you trouble, thanks!!!

For I have no color laser printer, no color laser printer, no no no!!! Har!
None sum hung CCOOLER LEEESAR PRRRINTEEERRR>

[amalie]

OK, I'll see what I can find; I've got a box of these things somewhere. You just need to tell me what you want them printed on - I can do them on high-gloss photo paper (tin), cardstock (heavy board), or regular paper (I think you can scrape it down from the back, wet it, and get them to sink into the cracks like paint, but try it on a scrap before you commit to that method). The inks in the HP high-end printer I bought are supposed to be pretty archival. I'll let you know what I find by tomorrow.

[amalie]

Very nice, Dennis. The weathering is outstanding. Ironically, I've got a set of those windows from that hanger in a box around here for some future project (too much edit work and no time to build anything). Is the Foamcore used for the cement dock; what are you using to cut it with, and do you have a technique? I tend to crush/rip the outer layer when i'm trying to go through it.

[2railjon]

Amalie, Thanks!! The regular paper should work just fine. Keep me posted.

[Tramp]

Jon, you want to trade me my Virginian 2-6-6-6 for something? I should get D to photo it. It's the only 3rd Rail model with the correct tender lettering, plus many other improvements. If I remember, I think you felt it might be too large for your curves, but for an articulated it has a very balanced overhang. My EM-1 sticks out a lot more. It will pull anything.

[2railjon]

Tramp, I'm always up for a trade!!! PLEEEESE have D send me some pic's!! I'd love to check it out and post if it's ok with you. Hey, I'm drinking Red Stripe today, are you in for a couple?

[Tramp]

I'll try to get D to shoot the Blue Ridge. Sure, I'm in for a few. What's the freshness date of your Red Stripe? It's printed on the bottle neck glass.

[amalie]

Although I have a liking for Rolling Rock, the wife digs the Red Stripe more, so we are drinkin' mo' Jamaican these days, mon....Im in for a couple, too.

[2railjon]

I think you might need to be Jamacian to decode it. It is: 27H5 5 15:00
Any clue?

[Tramp]

27 is the day of the month.

H is the month, starting with A for January, so H is August, I believe.

5 is 2005.

The last is the time.

[2railjon]