The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VIII.. Stop In!!!

[tompm]

Good afternoon folks

It's 81 heading up to 87 with the humidity rising.

Planted the plants my wife bought and cleaned the fish pond filter.

Went to replace the plastic wheels with metal wheels and two of the trucks broke. These were metal with springs. I thought they just came apart. Upon closer inspection I saw the metal had either cracked or broke. I stole trucks from an undefeated Atheran kit. While replacing the couplers with Kadees I discovered the coupler pockets were brittle and pieces fell off. I will repair or replace them. On the other car I replaced the wheels and couplers with no issues. Then I discovered one of the stirrups is missing. At this point I am just going to go with it. These cars were from an estate sale on Ebay. I have no idea where they were stored but it wasn't a good place. I also had an express reefer from the same lot and had a plastic truck snap in half. I can't complain too much since I got 8 cars for under $30.

Not sure what is planned for today.

I hope everybody has a good day.