All the Small Things

I had the urge to work on my trains again tonight, but I needed a project that I could do upstairs. I started to look at my Athearn 200 ton crane kit, but I saw that some of the parts appeared to have been chewed on (probably by Teddy the Poodle from when I lived in my mom's basement years ago) ok, scratch that one for now.

I then moved onto number boards for 6773, but I found that I am missing one of the number board inserts. I taped one on to see how it looks, but I am not a big fan of the font. I have a good font on my computer at home, but my printer does not print black dark enough, and my work computer that can print dark enough does not have the right font.

Then the A Hah moment. I remembered that I had the plastic handrails for this unit, so I grabbed the xacto knife, and an old paperback book to use as the cutting surface (Sorry Mr. Flynn) and wet to town. So far I have the front end done, and I hope to finish the rest tomorrow. I also have to make a call to Athearn for some new number board inserts and crane parts,

Mars tonight

I saw the sky was clear tonight when I took the dogs out and decided to set the scope up to get a peek at Mars. It is colder than a Witch's *%$# out there at three degrees with a -15 windchill.

It was a good idea, truly it was. I think that I lasted all of then minutes out there. Not one of my better runs out there. I think I'll wait another 10 years or so for the next good opposition. Who cares if it's way low in the sky? At least the temps will be a little more temperate :)