Pelle Soeborg is da' man!

[davekelly]

No, Pelle. I thank you for sharing your accomplishments with us and showing me what is possible to do.

[gvdobler]

He said his secret is "just enoough detail to make it look right."

That must be my problem. I use wayyy tooo much detail.

Jon - Las Vegas

[canazar]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Soeeborg

Thanks for the kind words. I am overwhelmed by the positive response. There are more photos on my web site www.soeeborg.dk - go to "Model making" and click on the links "photos" and "hobby".

Pelle

Pelle,

I have to second Dave's comments about thank you for shareing. I am glad you posted the link to the webpage you have so we can see more of your work. Some of the pictures you had up of your professional work is just amazing. Proffesional[:D] is the only way to desrcibe it.

Since you have joined this forum (Glad you did) I have to thank you for your article you did (oh about6 months ago maybe?) about laying "Perfect Track Work." in the MR magazine. That article came out just in time when I was laying mine and it helped ansewer alot of questions that I had. And yes, I got pretty good trackwork. [8D] Thanks for your tips and comments. That is an article I will keep handy for years and years to come.

Best Regards
John Kanicsar

[BRVRR]

Pelle,[#welcome]
Loved the track laying article of a few MR issues ago. The new layout is marvelous! Thank you for showing us how a 'professional' does things.

[bcammack]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Soeeborg

Thanks for the kind words. I am overwhelmed by the positive response. There are more photos on my web site www.soeeborg.dk - go to "Model making" and click on the links "photos" and "hobby".

I'm glad that I have the opportunity to congratulate you directly on just how well you captured the essence of that area. I graduated from high school in Boron, California and visited my aunt who lived in Mojave from time to time as well.

The only niggle I spotted, and it's really a coin-toss, was the A/C unit on the mobile home. Unless they've fallen out of favor the past thirty years, it would more likely (say a 75% likelihood) have an evaporative ("swamp cooler") cooling unit mounted in that location or atop the roof. It would be a cube (say 3 feet in each dimension) with rounded edges and corners, galvenized with louvered side panels. Brown jute mats would be visible through the louvers and there would be hard-water stains around the bottom where the water pan is. A window/wall mount unit would be sitting on a frame constructed of 2x4s or 2x6s.

In such an arid climate, the evaporative units are more effective and much cheaper to run while having the benefit of having a humidifying effect on the air in the building.

Other than that, you nailed the area beautifully!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by davekelly

No, Pelle. I thank you for sharing your accomplishments with us and showing me what is possible to do.

[#ditto]

Pelle, you ARE da' man. No, really, you are.

Robert

[mcouvillion]

Pelle's track work is impeccable and did you notice the wires on all the telephone/telegraph poles? With that much wire stretched that tight, I bet he's the only one allowed in the room!!! (Too many folks look with their hands.) I've poured over every picture and each one looks like a full-scale scene. Remarkable! And his engines always have the headlights on, making them look as if they are in motion. I am so impressed I can't stand it. How can someone do such a phenomenal job?

Mark C.

[CP5415]

Even though I'm not a UP fan, i was really intrigued by Pelle's layout.

My favourite photo is on page 54
The one with the 2 SD70's.
Just the way the road meanders the way it does, it looks like Pelle is standing in California taking the shot, not in Denmark.

Gordon

[cwclark]

Pelle, I just got back from looking at the pictures in your website, (may i add, your layout was one of the finest i've ever seen in MR magazine and I've been reading it for a very long time.)..Could you please explain to me how you made that small dirt road in the picture of the train coming through the canyon?...What colors and techniques did you use to build it?..it would be much appreciated because I model the SP / UP through west Texas and it's a lot like the desert in California and would like to model a dirt road similar to yours...Chuck

[jjbmish]

Simply Amazing! Love looking at your layout. Keep the pictures and articles coming.

John

[Anonymous]

Pelle talked to me yesterday and was amazed at the over-whelming praise he has received. I've been telling him for years how exceptional he is but he is a very shy and a humble person so he couldn't understand all your kind responses. For those who might wi***o meet Pelle in person I will see to it that he is available in Mojave in late June. Please send me your email if you're interested and I will try to arrange a specific date and place, er, like under the bridge, where you can talk to him for a few hours. Thanks for all of you for the wonderful things you have said to him. His character is as wonderful as his modeling skills.

[bluepuma]

Took a look at the pictures that weren't in the article, and YES, I did like the roads, a bit more gentle up/downs than I usually see in models. The blacktop is in good shape, maybe more so than usual. Some of those dirt roads look really good.

I can admire the modeling, but I see the town, and it's a place to just pass through, not the sort of place I'd want to live. To me, little towns have such a lonely feeling, I couldn't model that, I'd feel it too much. Maybe not so much if I had a house there. I chose to model a place with less of the lonely feeling, the area along the Sunset Line with farmer's fields, gardens, even if my "home" as a child doesn't appear. A home place, not a going somewhere transitional place. My goal was never one of those littel towns, rather far beyond, Tucson, Pheonix, Vegas, or my new home in Illinois. That sort of place was my first stop for Mountain Dew with the U-Haul trailer and car carrier along old Highway 66 route.

[mcouvillion]

I just visited Pelle's website. His brain is wired differently than mine! The detail of everything on his layout is phenomenal and his graphic design product artwork is exceptional. I'll bet he is left-handed (many very gifted artists are). Thanks, Pelle, for showing us what can be done.

Mark C.

[virogue]

Hi Pelle,

Nice replies you got here! Confirms what I've just told you ah ah ah!!!
Keep up the quality!

Thank you for the dreams of long distances,

Vianney Roge
France

[bbrant]

Pelle -

Excellent work! Have you ever considered modeling the eastern United States?

Thanks for sharing your work with us.
Brian

[Anonymous]

Brian,
I have no plans modeling the eastern United States. On my first trip to the US in 92 I toured the Westen States and I was fascinated with the vastness of the desert and the dusty small towns. The eastern US look a lot like where I live and that is probably why I don't find it as interesting to model as the west.

Pelle