I remember the clinic on scenery, talking with Kirk Mitchell at Justrains' booth and grabbing a building and 2R trucks from him, staring at all of the parts available from SPL and appreciating even more the effort it takes to build steam locomotive models, sifting through the many detail parts, mesmerized by the amount of brass models available NIB, snatching up the 70T bettendorfs made by Auel that I saw at PDT, and just having an overall blast.
And then there was the model contest. I remember being psyched about that. A time to show off some of my work for the first time in person. I was glad to be among the talent displayed in that room and was shocked to have won two awards my first time in. It has sparked my interest to obtain the same level of craftsmanship or better. Below are my two place-winning entries.
They are indeed from OST #46 and you can see the whole PDF version of this issue and others of O Scale Trains for free here:
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Congratulations on winning two awards in the model contest. Nothing sparks the enthusiasm more than a pat on the back from respected peers. Enjoy the knowledge that you're doing something right!! Cheers.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your C-S 6247 its absolutely realistic. The Radio Car brought back many memories also...spent long hours on both as RFE on the Middle District of CNO&TP Rwy 39yrs ago. Never had the oppoprtunity to handle a Geep with D/B. Common service for them in 1971 was to pull the R-1 (Research Car) that had brake on one end only and was ballasted to 390k to make track 'work'. Getting downhill w/o D/B was always a challange made more critical because car was always staffed by 'high command' from Spring Street.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, great models, realistic representation.