Where is Rand Hood?

[Anonymous]

Hi all.I was looking back at some older modelrailer and saw some pics that were taken by Rand hood's modern Rio Grande. His pics used to feature many times in modelrailroader since the ealry 90's and they were fantastic. They usully won mostly all the compitions hosted by model railroader.

One thing that I never got to see was his layout. Now, it's been a awhile since I read modelrailroader which means I could have missed his layout if it was ever feature in a magazine.

I am hoping somone knew who i'm talking about and if they had seen his layout feature during the years and to if they would be so kind as to share the year/month of that particular magazine.

[Anonymous]

Rand Hood is a professional artist (oil painting), and he applies those talents to his model dioramas, especially his Moffatt Tunnel photos. I'm not sure if he ever had a layout; if he did, I never saw anything about it in MR. A google search I did turned up a link to Mainline Modeler's December 2001 issue, an article titled "Rio Retrospect" that features [in their own words] "A Look At The Modeled Rio Grande" by Rand Hood.

Maybe somebody reading this, who has the Dec. 2001 M/M, can tell us more details?

[Anonymous]

Thanks Ken. Under one of his fantastic photos was a statement that the he had a layout, maybe it was a misprint. His shots were great especially his modelling abilities.

[grandeman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by KenLarsen

Rand Hood is a professional artist (oil painting), and he applies those talents to his model dioramas, especially his Moffatt Tunnel photos.

I'm envious of the talent of guys like Rand. Once you paint a backdrop, an apprieciation of their abilities becomes apparent. Mike Danneman is another fantastic artist. I'd like to see much more form both of them (and several others) in MR. I just so happens both these guys are into D&RGW. [8D]

[tstage]

...snd more recently, Pelle Soeborg. He's a graphic artist by trade and has a wonderful gift and talent for creating an elaborate yet uncluttered layout. I've really appreciated the "how to" articles he's written in MR these past several months.

Tom

[grandeman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage

...snd more recently, Pelle Soeborg. He's a graphic artist by trade and has a wonderful gift and talent for creating an elaborate yet uncluttered layout. I've really appreciated the "how to" articles he's written in MR these past several months.

Tom

Pelle is definitely in this class. I'd like to get all three of these guys together working on our layout a few weekends... [:D][:D][:D]

[CNJ831]

I notice that most of the model railroad photographers that appear in the pages of MR have limited publishing lifespans - generally around 5-7 years. I participated in the latter half of the 1990's myself. What I found is that the enthusiasm burns out after a while...probably because you have to spend so many hours, sometimes even several days, just to get that one "perfect" shot. The problems and effort needed multiplies several times over when you must also construct a diorama from each scene (like Rand Hood, I always worked from dioramas too). After a time the "fun" turns into work.

CNJ831

[grandeman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNJ831

I notice that most of the model railroad photographers that appear in the pages of MR have limited publishing lifespans - generally around 5-7 years. I participated in the latter half of the 1990's myself. What I found is that the enthusiasm burns out after a while...probably because you have to spend so many hours, sometimes even several days, just to get that one "perfect" shot. The problems and effort needed multiplies several times over when you must also construct a diorama from each scene (like Rand Hood, I always worked from dioramas too). After a time the "fun" turns into work.

CNJ831

I'd like to know which articles you did so I can check out my old issues of MR.