C2 - Wednesday, March 7, 1984 - North Shore News

REALISM OF MODELS

FROM. PAGE

side look. ‘‘What makes a
good model is the imagina-
tion put into it.’’ Eugene
says.

In his efforts to emulate
real life he has gone to great
lengths, everything has to be
weathered to take away the
shiny newness that plastic
has. To do this the individual

Pieces are airbrushed with a
‘paint appropriately called
dust and rust. All this adds to
the realism of the models.
For contrast a pair of

- gleaming Mercedes sit out-

side a Mercedes dealership
located in one of the towns.
He says ‘‘you must pick an
era and stick with it.”’ All the
detail must go together. On
every clock it is five to five

and the shadows all fall-in the

samie way. You must become
a complete jack of all trades
with the necessary amount of

‘studying dorie in each aspect

of the model to provide the
correct amount of realism.
‘*In a quiet. way. you are a
tailway.. operator in every
sense of the word.’’

_ The extent of ‘his set up is
amazing and so is the price
tag for it all. He had to

THE CENTRAL action point for the model railway set up is this switching station complete with terminal

catalogue the entire set for in-
surance purposes, putting a
replacement cost on each
item. The track is $3 a foot,
cars, locomotives, buildings,
controls all add up to a large
investment. His estimate for
complete replacement is over
$10,000. .

Two years ago he taught
his first course. It was not to

make money, but to aid peo-

buildings, tower and

a fally operational rotating switch point. Note the small figure directing the unloading at the right of the photo. The model
railway instructor can be contacted through the North Van Rec Centre.

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MARCH 11

11:30 -
woodward's, Eaton's, The Bay - closed

Barnet & Lougheed

4:30

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You must pick an era and stick wit

ple who were dissatisfied with

the hobby because of the lack.

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tion. In the course they work

. ona small module and get ex-

perience in all aspects of

, model building. He tries to

instill in his students a sense
of “‘getting it just right.’” At
the end of the 10-week course
he brings the class to see his
set up. He will be doing some

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future.

For now there is nothing
left to do to his model but
maintain it. Everything is
glued down for easy cleaning.
But he looks at the end of the
table and a smile comes to

“him as he describes the new
extension that he will build,
with a dockside, a factory
complex and an oil refinery.

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