I have been reading this magazine off and on since the middle 1950's. I have seen the art of railroading come a long way. When I first saw the photo on pages 72 & 73, I thought, oh! they put a 1:1 photo in there, thats not like them...
That is the best weathering and modeling I have ever seen. You fooled me.
Agree with that. It's the best weathering job I've ever seen. As you said it looked like the real thing.
I'm with you guys. I had to stare at that coupler for a long time before I finally convinced myself that they weren't pulling my leg and that it really was a model! Superb work on someone's part.
Connecticut Valley Railroad A Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford
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Jeff Meyer's pretty well known among the proto weathering gurus. Check out more from him here http://theweatheringshop.com/jeff.html .
Rob Spangler
Yes, the photo does look real. Also, focus on the track and ballast which are real-looking.
That is a nice model of a locomotive overdue for being repainted. My personal preference, however, is for well maintained prototypes to model. The front cover has some nice looking well-maintained Santa Fe F7's for example.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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You may also want to check out the photography on Lance Mindheim's website, lancemindheim.com. I had to look very close, and even then had my doubts as to whether it is a model. Lance's work, also featured in MR on several occasions, is also very detailed, which adds to the prototypical credibility.