Phil's '88 Big Blue Build Thread

[campfire]

There, changed the title, and yes, if a mod could move it that would be peachy.

Looks like it's already in the driveway.

 

[Phil513]

Sweet. Muchas Gracias.

 

[Phil513]

Nice way to start a Monday morning. Thanks @campfire !

 

[GWeakland620]

Where's them mountain pictures?!

 

[Phil513]

They are coming. I went on 2 runs, one Friday and one Saturday, plus the Northern Nevada RR museum. I'm trying to get all the pictures sorted out now. I'll do a full trip report.

 

[campfire]

Nice way to start a Monday morning. Thanks @campfire !

Yay! May they serve you well as long as you have them.

 

[campfire]

Nice way to start a Monday morning. Thanks @campfire !

This is proof, should anyone ask, that a 10.5" ring & pinion set fits well in a medium-sized flat rate box ($13). I could have stuffed in a couple more small items by decreasing the amount of padding.

@wetoolowdingbangow, I still have the carrier that these came off, but I haven't heard back from you.

 

[Phil513]

This is proof, should anyone ask, that a 10.5" ring & pinion set fits well in a medium-sized flat rate box ($13). I could have stuffed in a couple more small items by decreasing the amount of padding.

@wetoolowdingbangow, I still have the carrier that these came off, but I haven't heard back from you.

The box wasn't light, but it survived the trip very well. Better than others I have seen. It was still relatively rectangular.

 

[F.S.F.W]

The box wasn't light, but it survived the trip very well. Better than others I have seen. It was still relatively rectangular.

Lol I had a R&P shipped to me once without any packing inside... It didn't have any damage but by the way the box looked I'm sure that everything around it was beat up!

 

[campfire]

The box wasn't light, but it survived the trip very well. Better than others I have seen. It was still relatively rectangular.

Awesome. I was concerned when I first got them in there. I took it back apart once after I found that I could get them to clank if I shook the box. So more padding went in. And more tape, of course. By the time I was done with it the gears weren't clanking anymore.

Looks like the sticker survived the trip, too.

 

[Phil513]

Awesome. I was concerned when I first got them in there. I took it back apart once after I found that I could get them to clank if I shook the box. So more padding went in. And more tape, of course. By the time I was done with it the gears weren't clanking anymore.

Looks like the sticker survived the trip, too.

Yep, sure did. Yoopers forever.

 

[Phil513]

Ely trip report up in the Lounge. No videos yet, that takes me awhile.

 

[campfire]

You have a really good hand, if you're the one that drew this. Very clean lines. You could go into cartooning.





I wanna see some more artwork, Mr. Artist-in-hiding.

 

[Phil513]

You have a really good hand, if you're the one that drew this. Very clean lines. You could go into cartooning.


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I wanna see some more artwork, Mr. Artist-in-hiding.

Yeah, that was me. I used to be a drafter. The kind with the pencils and vellums and such.

 

[campfire]

Yeah, that was me. I used to be a drafter. The kind with the pencils and vellums and such.

Cool stuff.

 

[ktmoutfront]

Yeah, that was me. I used to be a drafter. The kind with the pencils and vellums and such.

I remember those days. Leroy sets. Drafting tables and squares. And snail mail.

 

[campfire]

I remember those days. Leroy sets. Drafting tables and squares. And snail mail.

You guys used to mail snails to each other?

 

[Phil513]

I remember those days. Leroy sets. Drafting tables and squares. And snail mail.

Set of ships curves. Isometric ellipse templates. Those eraser dust bag thingies.

 

[ktmoutfront]

Blue print ammonia smell. Cleaning the ink pens all the time.

Then came 2 floppy disks to print one sheet of mylar. Tap. Tap. Tap.

 

[F.S.F.W]

And the pencils were perfect for sticking in the ceiling.