October 4, 2024

Santa Claus , toy trains



donstraintrucks, originally uploaded by Don Campbell Models.

Toy Trains for Christmas from Santa- Todays toy train progress picture shows all four wheel truck assemblies now roughed in . Once I get back to those and build the axles and mounting frame brackets and build the wheels I can come back and build the brake shoes and linkages . Now I have put these aside and I am welding the right side sheet metal to the square tubing frame and building the right side walkway . Once that is done I will begin cutting out all the doors for that side.
I have still not been able to locate any good pictures showing the cab interior all four walls , the ceiling and the floor so I can build a nice detailed interior. Anyone who has these pics of a GP-40 or 38 or 35 I’m sure they are similar. If I can’t find any I may have to flag down the local engineer and get some myself, ha,ha.
We are getting light snow everyday but we need a good 12 inch system snow for a good snowmobile base. The lake effect snow is just so fluffy and powdery .
14 days to Christmas and Nicole is counting the days to having her first little baby boy. Her due date is Dec. 28th so it will be interesting to see if he arrives before or after Christmas Day or on Christmas Day ? (:>)
Homeade raised crust pizza- Deb made a yummy homeade pizza today for lunch and it is so good compared to the area pizza places with their prefab pizza crusts.
Waldon Loaders- I am enjoying for the first time being able to play in the backyard with the Waldons. This is the first winter in the last 25 years I have room to play out back . So glad we tore down the old deck and fort and all the shrubs. I already having fun using the backyard like my own private gravel pit, ha,ha.
Big Football Weekend, yippee Go M.S.U. !! and go Green Bay Packers !!
Have a great Friday