A Very Sad Day

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masterpiecemodels - 06 Apr 2007 00:34 GMT

As many of you may have known him The inventor of the Hold N Fold and
founder of The Small Shop Pete Forrest. Died yesterday in a
motorcycle accident. He is survived by 4 daughters
Julie@thesmallshop.com and I will be setting up a trust fund for his
daughters. Pete was very happy go luck kind of guy
and he will be missed very much by the modelling community.
I will keep you informed as information comes to light.

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Kaliste Saloom - 06 Apr 2007 05:14 GMT

> As many of you may have known him The inventor of the Hold N Fold and
> founder of The Small Shop Pete Forrest. Died yesterday in a
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> and he will be missed very much by the modelling community.
> I will keep you informed as information comes to light.

My condolences to his family. I met him at a couple of Nats. and found
him to be very nice and enthusiastic about his hobby. Four daughters!
Such a death is always a tragedy I can never get used to.

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Kaliste Saloom IPMS/USA#30703
IPMS/Acadiana Plastic Modelers
Lafayette, LA USA

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Mad-Modeller - 06 Apr 2007 06:21 GMT

That's terrible news. I never met the man but I feel for his family.
Please express my condolences.

Bill Banaszak

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Stephen Tontoni - 06 Apr 2007 08:29 GMT

Wow..I had no idea... I'll miss Pete. He was a fine guy. I'll share this
info with Emil tomorrow. Thanks for passing that on.

---Stephen Tontoni

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A Very Sad Day