Lightweight Spackle

[Scottl]

Doug, Canadian Tire sells lightweight spackle, the brands are all pretty much the same for scenery purposes.

[rsn48]

Following up on what Scott said:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/tools-hardware/small-job-home-repair-maintenance/patio-deck-repair/lepage-poly-instafil-lightweight-spackling-compound-0495060p.html#.UuB-htLTnGg

[BCR751]

Doug where do you live?

In north-central British Columbia, close to southeast Alaska.

http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/dap-fast-n-final-lightweight-spackling-473ml/6000124060468

Should be the same thing?  I don't know your postal code but it's listed in stock a several locations.

Jason

I tried Walmart here and they didn't have it in stock and the sales person looked at their supplier online and told me they didn't have it either.

Following up on what Scott said:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/tools-hardware/small-job-home-repair-maintenance/patio-deck-repair/lepage-poly-instafil-lightweight-spackling-compound-0495060p.html#.UuB-htLTnGg

I have been told that the "Poly" brand products all contain cellulose and to stay away from those.  Not sure why.

Doug

[Scottl]

I used the polyfilla version, and bought DAP two nights ago at Home Depot.  A Rona, CDN Tire, Totem or any hardware store will sell it.  It is inexpensive and I don't think the polyfilla is a cellulose based product- the wall patch of old was.  If you are in a pinch, the stuff for baseboards in a caulking tube would work too.

[rsn48]

Well if you are close to Bennett BC, you are indeed in the middle of nowhere....lol.  I have been going to Whitehorse for two months every summer for the past 6 years.  And Skagway is a phony town, useless for "real" shopping.  And there is nothing in Carcross.  So when you make your not so frequent trek to Whitehorse there is a Walmart there.

[Scottl]

I'm guessing Prince Rupert or Terrace by his description.  Nice country, great trains 

[BCR751]

I'm guessing Prince Rupert or Terrace by his description.  Nice country, great trains 

The latter is correct.  And it is nice country, if you like CN 

I'll have another look at the poly stuff.  If has no cellulose, it may work.

Doug

[Scottl]

And it is nice country, if you like CN 

It goes without saying...

[rsn48]

Grandfather and Uncle both CN engineers out of Jasper, then Edmonton for my Uncle.  My uncle made the decision to go to flat land when he was in a slide on his engine in the Rockies, he and the engine slide down hill.  When he looked up he saw a car teeter tauttering back and forth, and he knew if it teeter his way and came down the hill it would kill him - it did not.

My grandfather drove the Super Continental from Jasper to Edson and back, for his last years on the RR.

I like CN.

[BCR751]

I understand that a lot of folks start out liking CN but many are able to overcome it

Doug

[DKS]

Major thread drift alert! (This is not a bad thing, just to reassure.)

[alhoop]

Major thread drift alert! (This is not a bad thing, just to reassure.)

Since the thread has drifted I can ask- what type traffic does CN have to/from Terrace and/or Prince Rupert?
Just looking at the map they look pretty desolate to me.

Al

[Scottl]

It is a busy single track line.  With the port, there is a lot of coal and intermodal traffic, including Powder River coal from the US. Prince Rupert is the shortest distance by ship to Asia of any west coast facility and it has grown a lot.  The new intermodal yard would make a great layout, just the right size for n scale. 

[GaryHinshaw]

Prince Rupert BC:


Remote? Yes (but close to Asia as Scott notes).  Desolate? No so much.

[Scottl]

Nice shot!  A beautiful place, when it is not raining.