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Malcom Furlow

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Posted by PC101 on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 1:27 PM

Flat canvas or 3D canvas, Malcom was interesting. RIP Malcom Furlow. 

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Posted by maxman on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:53 PM

AEP528

Can this please be a simple memorial thread?

 

You would think so, wouldn't you.

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Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:58 PM

maxman

 

 

 

 
AEP528

Can this please be a simple memorial thread?

 

 

 

You would think so, wouldn't you.

 

Even in death Malcomn is still ruffling feathers. I thinks he'd a gotten a big kick out of that WinkBig Smile

   Have fun with your trains

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, March 23, 2023 10:11 AM

AEP528
Can this please be a simple memorial thread?

Thank you. My thoughts as well.

-Kevin

Living the dream.

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Posted by MJ4562 on Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:47 PM

I really wish I could find the pictures of his Denver & Rio Chama MRR from the photo section of the 1981 Walthers Catalog.  Really inspiring stuff.  He had the art of mountain railroading down. 

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Posted by trainnut1250 on Thursday, March 23, 2023 2:37 PM

To those of us who love beat up steam running across rickety track high in the mountains, Furlow was a big inspiration.

To me he was one of those that defined by example the “art” of model railroading.

Malcom and John Allen were a big influence on myself and most of my train buddies.

RIP Malcom.

 

Guy

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Thursday, March 23, 2023 5:48 PM

maxman
AEP528

Can this please be a simple memorial thread?

 

You would think so, wouldn't you.

 

 
My apologies, gents.
 
John
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Posted by MidlandPacific on Thursday, March 23, 2023 6:52 PM

MJ4562

I really wish I could find the pictures of his Denver & Rio Chama MRR from the photo section of the 1981 Walthers Catalog.  Really inspiring stuff.  He had the art of mountain railroading down. 

 

Funny you said that, I bought a copy on eBay the day he died.  I keep a few of the '70s era Walthers catalogues as references on old kits, but haven't yet come across that one.  Maybe I'll dcan and post the pictures, if that's permissible.

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Posted by MJ4562 on Saturday, March 25, 2023 8:12 AM

Ooh that would be great if allowed.  I think it was the 1981 Walthers catalog but might have been 1980.  My original got lost in a move or other life event probably when I tried to declutter.

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Posted by MidlandPacific on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 6:39 AM

Must've been the '80: the '81 has just the cover and a very few smaller pictures in the interior photo section.  It's not a complete section of Furlow's work.

Some nice work by people I remember from that era who were doing really beautiful scenery.  They had some pictures of JC Myer's layout.  He published a couple of articles about scenery building and one article with a track plan of a terminal yard, and then vanished. I really loved his work as a kid.

I could make a long list of people whose work I wish I had seen more of, but often we've probably seen all that they chose to share.

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Posted by AEP528 on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 6:59 AM

I found this video on Youtube featuring Malcolm and his layout construction techniques to be interesting. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDBHMDpd090

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Posted by Soo Line fan on Saturday, April 15, 2023 8:38 AM

The June MR has a nice tribute to Malcolm on page 6. Article mentions images and videos on the trains.com website.

Jim

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