¿ªÔÆÌåÓýJim,The Mel Thornburgh articles really impacted my young modeling life. At ten years old our family did not have extra money for hobbies. I got my MR from the library and discovered his brass building articles. As you described in you post, the articles were about scratch building ?locomotives with very little money and tools. He proved to me that a young inexperience kid with no tutoring, money or machinery to work brass can still build his dream steamer in brass. His inspiration caries into my 70th year making it 60 yrs of his influence on my brass model building. I think of his work all the time while at the bench. I was just telling my wife this morning about his work and influence on ?me. I have always wanted to give back by writing a series of articles as he did directing it to a young audience with the hopes of inspiring a young model railroader as he did me. I would call them ¡°Building a brass locomotive at the kitchen table.¡± Mike Swederska? On Mar 12, 2025, at 7:02?PM, Jim & Cheryl Martin via groups.io <themartins@...> wrote:
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Mike Swederska
Meramec Valley Lines Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16 https://www.youtube.com/@mikesscale3149 Don't let perfection get in the way of good enough! Keep model railroading fun! |
