Bill, I feel honored to meet you and see Frank's photo in the Dispatch! I did talk to Frank, about a year ago, no doubt he is legendary in our scale!
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 20, 2012, at 10:25 AM, "Willam Fraley" <[email protected]> wrote: > "Also, thanks to Bill Fraley for his article on Frank Titman. HO has John > Allen and Allen McClelland, but Frank is our very own legend. > Roy Hoffman" > > > > Just wanted to make a few remarks about all the S scale modeling writings, > photos and schematics' that have shown up in our magazine this past month. > > > > Model Railroader has Brooks Stover's MRR layout scenery building article in > it, "How To Make Tree Covered Hills" as usual, it is another excellent Brook > Stover MRR writing on how to make your model railroad look more prototypical. > > > > Next, I received my Dispatch and it is loaded with S scale Layouts, plus > featuring the Southwest Michigan S Gauge Club's NMRA Award Winning S Scale > module. Regarding the Frank Titman article; Anyone writing articles know you > have no control over it after the editor gets it. The picture of Frank and I > was quite large and I apologize for it being so. But otherwise, I grew up in > S scale modeling as Frank being my "BIG BROTHER" and for that I'm very > thankful. Frank went through some real emotional times with his loss of > Florence (His first wife) where he sold most of his model railroad models and > was done with model railroading. Then he met and married Laura, a very lovely > lady who encouraged Frank to get back into model railroading that he moved so > much. Where would we be without Frank's Lehigh Valley models, his great > enthusiasm for S Gauge model railroading? Today, we still have Frank's Spiral > Hill model railroad and while we still have Frank, his appearance has become > mostly recluse at age 91, we still see him at our LVSG Meetings from time to > time. No two ways about it! .... Frank was ingenious, [clever, resourceful, > original, inventive, creative, and inspirational] and in most S Scale model > railroad articles today you will see Frank's work in it somewhere. > > > > Next: In my November NMRA Magazine the five page SMSG Award Winning Module > article is also featured and it does print S Scale in large letters. This > article was done by Brooks Stover MRR and Gaylord Gill and I'm sure many > other SMSG club members. I believe that NMRA magazine is mailed out to about > 25,000 NMRA members. > > > > Next, I received my Nov/Sept. S Gaugian and see our good friend Bobby Werre's > "Great Plains Northern Terminal Railroad" in it. It features five pages and > also a pretty good description of Bob's models and layout. WOW! [Bob, in our > Yahoo S Scale list, explained that he was surprised to hear about him being > featured in the S Gaugian] and gave us a resume on how all this happened > several years ago. (Bobby, wait until you get the bill from Don!) Aw! just > kidding! Actually it is a very nice article. Congratulations! > > > > Last month Mary and I attended the Central Jersey S Scalers "Get together," > sponsored by S Helper Service Don, Robin Thompson, Mike Ferraro and Jeff > Wilson's Hoquat Hobbies. Folks, don't ever complain about there not being > enough S gauge trains and accessories! There was so much stuff there to be > sold, it was unimaginable. [Unreal!] Of course it was another great meet and > possibly the last one. Please send s them an order or two, they need to move > all that inventory! > > > > So now after writing this little piece, I'm brain dead, I'm sure I missed > many others, if so, please forgive me! > > "S"incerely, > > Bill (Fraley) > > > >
