Sun 1 Oct 2006

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 6

Posted by Daniel Swearingen under Model Railroader
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What were the best August cover pictures from the last 40 years?

My top five:


Number 5, August 1969. A cover by the late Ben King. Ben’s little layout, precise models and beautiful photos were years ahead of their time.


Number 4, August 1973. Another cover by Ben King. Not happy with available cameras, Ben is showing the beautiful photos his scratch built pin hole camera could take.


Number 3, August 1976. Irv Schultz and his St. Clair Northern.


Number 2, August 1967. An engine servicing area on John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid RR. John’s work always had a spark that was missing from most of his contemporaries’.


My number 1 favorite issue of August in the last 40 years 1980: Malcolm Furlow’s Denver & Rio Chama Western. Malcolm’s model building was not as good as John Allen’s but the composition of his scenes was always powerful and inspiring.

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 1

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 2

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 3

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 4

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 5

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 5½

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 6

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 7

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 8

40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 9

 

One Response to “40 Years of August in Model Railroader – Part 6”

  1. Nicholas Kalis Says:
    June 1st, 2007 at 4:24 pm

    I agree that MR excites me less each passing year. Perhaps it is a bit of me as I become a more experienced modeler — note, I did not write “better modeler”. I suspect the staff and publishers of MR probably attend too many publishing industry events where expert speakers tell them that American readers have a shorter attention span than in years past so the articles need to be shorter with more white space — hence, MR uses much larger type and years gone by. MR’s articles are much less meaty than they once were — just look at the editorials. What say you?