PHOTOS BY BILL SCHAUMBURG
Robert Stears has shown his Proto:48 Colorado Midland cars as works-in-progress at several recent prototype modeling meets; this year he brought some finished cars, too, including this ventilated boxcar. Following the cars through their history, he usually does multiples of a car type in several paint schemes. The carbodies are
constructed as laser-cut “kits” using Rowmark® laser-engravable
plastic, which can be etched and cut without releasing toxic fumes. It is glued and painted in the usual fashion. Bob is a meticulous re- searcher and creates the artwork needed for the cars. The HO Mil- waukee Road cars in the background are from Stan Rydarowicz.
2013 Naperville RPM meet T
A look at a few of the excellent models on display/William C. Schaumburg
Al Brotherton’s HO scale business cars were built from plans of CB&Q prototypes published by Burlington Route Historical Society member Bill Glick. Al began with LaBelle wood kits, shortening them and adding the required details. His home road, the Des Moines Valley R.R., is set around 1910; the name comes from a pioneer Iowa line going north out of Keokuk.
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
he 2013 edition of the Railroad Prototype Modelers Naperville Conference was the twentieth an- niversary of this event. Since the start, it has been held in the western suburbs of Chicago in late October. This year it was in neighboring Lisle at the Wyndham Hotel, adjacent to the town’s boundary with Naperville. Still, those who drove used the same exit off I-88, and if one took a Metra commuter train they still got off at the same stop on the former Burlington’s triple-track race track, and, still, “Naperville” remains one of the pre- mier model railroad venues of the year. Twenty years and running –that shows its worth. This is where Richard Hen- drickson, who has been to most of them, said of the exhibit room, “ This just keeps getting better.” That applied to the pre- sentations, too, and it hasn’t changed. This report features a sampling of the models on display. I spent a fair bit of time in the room and can only say that I am thankful for today’s smart digital cameras. I use available light, a tripod, manual shutter speed (and bracketing) at the smallest f-stop, trying a couple of white balance settings to see how things
69
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100