Thanks for the nice words, Earl! Just a reminder that I will have the layout open the Sunday after the NASG as well as Tuesday (for those with time returning home). I'll be back home by Sunday noon.
To those who are coming, please let me know which day and about what time so we can be ready for your visit. Also, let me know if you need driving directions. My cell is 617-306-8271, should anyone get lost on the way. Thanks! Bob --- In [email protected], tennsgauge@... wrote: > > I hope that all of you who are planning on attending the NASG Convention > are aware of the open houses that Bob Hogan, Pete Silcox, and Tom Robinson > are hosting on Tuesday, August 7. I had the privilege of visiting Bob > Hogan's layout last Saturday on my way to Myrtle Beach. > > Let me say that this is a scale layout that you do not want to miss. And > take your wife with you because she will love the beautiful town of Madison, > Georgia, where Bob Hogan lives. It is one of the prettiest towns I have > ever seen and the downtown economy appears to be really strong, especially > for a small town. > > I have never seen a train layout as complete and finished as Bob's. The > scenery looks fabulous and no part of the layout looks unfinished. I was > amazed at the detail that Bob has incorporated into his layout. Its not > just > the layout that looks so great, it is the entire train room. It looks so > clean, neat, and tastefully decorated. The Mianne benchwork on the > carpeted floor gives it a professional look. Backdrops around the layout > look > just like the Western Pacific scenery in the Portola, California area I > visited last year. No area of the layout is without scenery. The buildings > and > scenery reveal Bob's acute attention to detail. Bob's custom made SP > passenger trains that we have seen in Dispatch and S Gaugian are splendidly > displayed along the walls. Bob's framed train prints and his many plaques > and > awards from model contests look like they have been arranged by a > professional decorator. I looked for some of the usual evidence of a > modelers > unfinished projects and could not find it. There was not a single > indication of > anything being on the layout or in the room that did not belong in the > place you saw it. The neatness was amazing. But in addition to neatness, > one > gets the look and the feel of seeing the Western Pacific or SP in operation > in an accurate portrayal of the prototype. > > I thank Bob for showing me his layout and I encourage everyone who can > possibly attend the layout on August 7 to be there. You will love it. > > Madison, Georgia is about an hour's drive directly east of Atlanta just off > of Interstate 20 (Atlanta-August route). From the Northeast, it looks > like to me that you can reach Madison by taking Interstate 85 (from I-95) > and > get off the interstate near Athens, GA, and go south to Madison. I am sure > Bob Hogan can give betters details than I. > > I hope as many as possible can take advantage of Bob's and Pete's, and > Tom's gracious hospitality to see their layouts on August 7. > > One more thing about Bob Hogan and the convention. I got to see three of > the finished Southern Railway passenger cars that Bob will use in his > clinic. The represent Budd, ACF, and Pullman-Standard and they look > beautiful, > and finished!. And Bob will have other cars in various states of > completion in his clinic at the NASG. > > - Earl Henry, Nashville > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
