Minor Paint Project Delay

Greetings All,

The joint A.P.R.R. - E.B.R.R. paint project has suffered a minor delay as an emergency week at the beach took precedence and one portion of the paint project remains incomplete. 

While the 57' Mechanical Refrigerators are now painted I have not yet shipped them out to 1:1 Sir Neal and do not want to spoil his opening the boxes by having him see the cars posted here.

So instead let's take this opportunity to take a light hearted look to explore the time honored question of train layout owners around the world. "What happens when the lights go out"?

On the N.Y.C.T.L. with 1/87th scale Senior Engineer Sir Neal as the ringleader all kinds of shenanigans took place once I was gone for the week. Here's a look at some of them.

The Hohman Ave Tower has been turned into Sir Larry's Supper Club. That's 1/87th scale Sir Larry himself in the white jacket greeting his customers while 1/87th scale Engineer Ed has the parking concession.

Over at Neal's Lumber & Hardware 1/87th scale Sir Neal is making the final preparations for a concert with the boxcar acting as the stage. Below we seen plenty of beer and audio equipment being unloaded while the traffic backs up with cars being parked up on the sidewalk and in the street.  

After enjoying the show the gang heads over to Bedford Park for the annual Coupler Joust contest. 1/87th scale AT JOE is jousting for Terminal Yard and is looking to win this year's championship. 

 After a close battle 1/87th scale AT JOE is victorious!

To celebrate the newly won championship 1/87th scale John B is throwing a victory party at Bedford Tower.

The guys file into Bedford Tower to celebrate the win and their good fortune with AT JOE covering their betting action.

Sated with food and drink and with their pockets full of cash the guys head over to the Market Street Mob's Ace Cafe to try their hands at some games of chance.

That's 1/87th scale Sir Neal giving tonight's password to Tubby the doorman so the guys can gain entry. The guys will wind down their night here enjoying various games of chance that may or not be rigged.

As the dawn approaches 1/87th scale PC Ralph decides to take one of his famous high speed laps thru the pre-dawn streets of Empire City in his Ralph's Grocery Warehouse Hot Rod Shopping Cart drawing the attention of the Empire City Police. Looks like they might have PC Ralph this morning.  

Maybe not! 1/87th scale PC Ralph has found a gap and makes a hard right to sneak past the police car and escape once again. 

Not this time! The E.C.P.D. has sprung the trap finally corralling 1/87th scale PC Ralph and his 700 HP shopping cart.

 I hope to have the paint project in 1:1 Sir Neal's hands by the weekend and I'll post the paint project right after that. This will also give the 1/87th scale N.Y.C.T.L. gang time to sober up!

Thanks for reading!