Harry P.

You have to log in when you change browsers because browsers don't link to each other. Just because you may be logged in on Chrome doesn't mean you're logged in on Firefox or IE. What I do is log in and just never log out. Don't really see the point in constantly logging out. I've been logged in for years.

There is a minimum time between allowed posts. I don't know what that time is, I'd have to go into admin site and check the setting. I think it's set at 30 seconds.

The door panel detail was simply drawn on with a black ballpoint pen... Then the doors and the cab end walls were all stained...

The benches were planked with the same 1x3mm planks as used on the floor, sanded smooth, front edge rounded over. The corner joints of the bench's pedestal bases were filed with Bondo, sanded smooth, and painted a reddish brown... The benches were then glued to the floor and the benches stained... Once the stain is dry I will "varnish" the benches with several layers of clear acrylic (Future).

That's a completely different car than the model in the first post. Grille is different, side trim is different.

A standard doorway is 6'8"... so I don't have to duck!

You can't believe everything a club member tells you. After all, how would this club member even know who banned who? Yes, I have a big part in MCM. But there's another guy who has an even bigger part.

I don't remember Wally's car, but I do have to question the body color side spear trim?

I'm 6' 7". And yes, I have a brother who is taller than me. By an inch.

Forum legend is wrong. Any banning ever done here was done by someone other than me.

I didn't go on a "banning spree." I have never banned anyone from this forum.

Wow, I did not hear this. Sad. I love ELR... IMO one of the classic sitcoms of all time. I still DVR it every now and then, even though I've seen every episode at least 2-3 times. Very funny show, was well written... and as far as my own personal life goes, I could totally relate! I also have three kids, had pesky in-laws... even have a brother who's taller than me!

Ok, in Lawrence Welk's defense, his "native" language as a child was German, so I can understand his accent, even though he was born in the US. Jackie Mason? Yes, he was born in Wisconsin, but he grew up in NYC. Not sure what age he was when his family moved east, but if he was an infant, no wonder he has the NYC accent.

Geez, I don't think Montana is desolate. In fact, it's one of the places I would consider retiring to. Fresh air, mountains, no tornadoes, no hurricanes. Seems to me to be a nice place to be...

The whole interior except the floor will be stained and varnished. The instructions actually call for the floor to be stained and varnished too, but I wanted a little contrast in the interior; didn't want everything in there the same color, so I went with the gray painted floor.

I painted the floor with gray acrylic paint, then I ran a pencil across some coarse sandpaper to create graphite dust, which I rubbed onto the floor to dirty it up a bit and make it look more like the floor of real, working streetcar and not a museum restoration.

And another tricky part is that you have to leave areas unplanked so that the benches can later be glued into their locating slots on the floor... Now I will sand the floor surface smooth, and paint the floor a medium gray.

The trick is to keep the strips straight and square and parallel as you go across the floor...

The floor needs to be planked with 1x3mm basswood strips...

First step was to use a pencil and number each of the parts, using the numbered guides in the instruction book. Then I used my X-acto to cut all the parts away from the sheets... then used sandpaper and a sanding stick to smooth all the "nubs" where the parts were connected to the sheet. I like to do this all at one time... remove all the parts and clean up all the parts at one time. That way I can build without constantly going back and removing/cleaning up parts as I go. It's just a personal preference. Here I am beginning to assemble the ends of the tram... And here are both ends, partially complete (the "front" and the "back" of the tram is identical). On the inside, there are no individual seats, just a long, continuous bench running lengthwise on either side of the center aisle. These the partially-built benches. You can see how the engineer the parts to fit together precisely.

Interesting! I guess you being from Noo Yawk yourself, you hear Trump's Queens accent. But I don't. If I didn't know who Donald Trump was and was hearing him speak for the first time, I would never guess he was from NYC. I find this topic fascinating!

Thanks, guys. Much appreciated.

Welcome back.

My cousin's daughter lives in Boston. She must feel like a fish out of water!

And don't forget... in Baaaaaaaahston you have to paaaaaaaaaahk ya caaaaaaaaaah!