Ed's New AI Generated Logo For His Train Layout

Woodsy,

As the subject of AI has come up recently, I thought I'd show you one application I've used it for: the design of a logo for my train layout using Chat GPT. 

The layout was given the fictional name of "The Milwaukee North Western Railroad" a couple of years ago when I transitioned from running anything and everything, to running mainly Milwaukee Road trains (and any other railroad that ran through Wisconsin). 

The basis for the logo was a photo I took of my Lionel 4-4-2 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha #1. The Chat GPT prompt was simply: "create circular logo with the words 'Milwaukee North Western Railroad along the perimeter'. 

The result is shown here. I'm here to tell you, I have absolutely not enough talent to have done this on my own with paint, pens, markers, crayons, chalk, whatever!! 

The logo is now being used on my YouTube channel Ed "ICE" Berg - Trains and Toys.

From The Milwaukee North Western Railroad Offices

Ed

Luke's Blue Milk Re-Poured

 Ive often wondered if I could recreate the famous blue milk tupperware scene from Luke's moisture farm home in Star Wars, A New Hope.

Well, with the help of Luke MoonBase Junior Skywalker we had a go.

Deploying props from the kitchen, we made some blue milk with food colouring. A simple white play doctors top completed the look and hey, presto! 

Ha ha! 

Blue MoonBase milk! 

Great fun.

Have you recreated any scenes from films or series readers?

Waffely Versatile

 We made waffles with the Grandkids this morning. Sweet ones for cream and jam.

I was telling Junior about Savoury Waffles. He's way too young to remember them.

I recall the Seventies TV ad.

Something savoury waffles, they're waffelly versatile!

Very catchy but what was that first word?

I bet somewhere you can still get them.

Did you like them readers? 

Memories of Jet Gyro

Google sent me these memories from 2021, the second year of Covid. It's like my total recall! 

Those were my car boot die-cast days and a period making home-made Thunderbirds toys like Jet Gyro in 2020. Well, you had to do something stuck indoors for months on end didn't you!

The black and white is me staring out the window wondering when I could go out again! 😂

Jokes aside, a serious time for many. The Missus got Covid and then our very elderly friend in our bubble. I escaped.

I remember posting lots of money boxes in 2020. We were all saving money! 

Alvis is Fab!

 Wow, this old mixed lot has two things I loved as a kid: an Airfix Alvis Stalwart and a JR21 FAB1.

Cor!

What a combination!

Good for you too?

Saturday Morning Cartoons are Dead!

 It seems to me that what we knew as Saturday morning cartoons are dead.

Oh! the glories of Banana Splits, Spider Man, Marine Boy, the Arabian Knights and Shazzan to name just a few of many triumphs!

Our Grandkids don't watch telly in a morning. They each have a mobile phone which they either watch You Tube videos on or play games.

I tried putting CBBC on this morning but they just weren't really interested. 

The fact that children's TV is hived off on separate channels way down the listings is another nail in the cartoons coffin. 

Maybe all of terrestrial telly has had it? 

Are Saturday morning cartoons toast where you live? 

Fast Eddie's

Says it all!

From Vegas Base

Fast Eddie

 

Egg Bread Rediscovered!

 After a decade at least I made some egg bread today.

Mmmm!

Simple and delicious!

Is it something you make readers?