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Buck Besson, Uncle Buck, aka Randy Earl, founder of the Diesel Detailer

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Buck Besson, Uncle Buck, aka Randy Earl, founder of the Diesel Detailer
Posted by mbinsewi on Saturday, March 11, 2017 12:50 PM

Just checked in over at the DD forums.  I know many of us bounce around the forums, so I thought I'd pass on the bad news.

Buck Besson, aka Uncle Buck, aka Randy Earl, founder of the DD forums passed on last night at 10:30 pm.

Gods speed Buck.  Sad

Mike.

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Posted by trwroute on Sunday, March 12, 2017 10:19 AM

Terrible news.  I joined the DD soon after he started it.  I even built the high nose Kato N&W GP35 that was presented to him on, I think, the first anniversary of the DD.  I will remember him as someone that loved to build what-if diesels and was very passionate about it.

I haven't been on there much in the past 5 or 6 years.  I guess the DD will still be around?

Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, March 12, 2017 3:23 PM

trwroute
 I guess the DD will still be around?

I know what an ARF is and MRH but when I Googled DD I was led to ladies foundations?

What, pray tell, would be a DD? To those not so enlightened?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 12, 2017 3:27 PM

Diesel Detailer forums

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, March 12, 2017 3:31 PM

BMMECNYC
Diesel Detailer forums

Aah! Thanks... THAT I can Google Smile

And I did enjoy my visit to the Daisy Duke forumWhistling

Ed

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Posted by mbinsewi on Sunday, March 12, 2017 3:35 PM

Ah yes....just found out what you found.  So those are foundations? Laugh

Have fun checking out the DD.

Mike

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Posted by Mike Kieran on Sunday, March 12, 2017 5:09 PM

I hope that the Diesel Detailer Forum stays around. It had a plethora of valuable information.

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Mike Kieran

Port Able Railway

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