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I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that mentioned that according to their children, a favorite past time of Stewart and best friend Henry Fonda was sitting down together and building model airplanes. That shouldn't come as a huge surprise given Stewart's Air Force background and degree in architecture, but for some reason it does. Maybe it's the part where they actually made a point of getting together to work on them. Which begs the question - who are some other famous modelers and have you ever seen an example of their work? I can't think of a single one. WmB >I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that mentioned that >according to their children, a favorite past time of Stewart and best [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > WmB Lemmy from Motorhead. No, really. I wanted them to make him president of the re-vamped Airfix club. Which leads neatly on to ex-president of said club, Dick Emery, British comedian (some would say). Unless you count a magazine article from the 1980s which featured Lemmy's German bombers in the background, I haven't seen any of their work. >> I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that >> mentioned that according to their children, a favorite past time of [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > you count a magazine article from the 1980s which featured Lemmy's > German bombers in the background, I haven't seen any of their work. I bet Lemmy's favourite aircraft is the Heinkel He111 :-)  SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >>> I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that >>> mentioned that according to their children, a favorite past time of [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > I bet Lemmy's favourite aircraft is the Heinkel He111 :-) Safe bet, that one. According to an item in an early 1960's issue of Airfix Magazine, Roy Orbison was a modeller. The item reported that his UK fan club had bought him a lot of Airfix kits and presented them to him during a UK tour. Gordon McLaughlin >I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that mentioned that >according to their children, a favorite past time of Stewart and best [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > WmB > I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that > mentioned that according to their children, a favorite past time of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > you ever seen an example of their work? > I can't think of a single one. How about railway (railroad) modellers? Neil Young is part-owner of Lionel, a model railroad company. He is an enthusiastic modeller as well. Pete Waterman (record producer for Kylie Minogue and many others) also owns a model railway company. Oh, and he owns a number of full-size locomotives as well. Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Elton John, Roger Daltrey and Rod Stewart are all railway modellers. Rod's US layout was recently featured in a model railroad magazine. Aircraft modellers: Gary Numan - he also owns a Harvard. Patrick Moore James Doohan (Scotty in "Star Trek"). SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >> I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that >> mentioned that according to their children, a favorite past time of [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > James Doohan (Scotty in "Star Trek"). RR modellers - sure thing. On that count toss in Mandy Patinkin. He's a bigtime rail roader - saw a spot on him on cable a few years back. WmB > >> I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that > >> mentioned that according to their children, a favorite past time of [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Ditto former TransAm racer Sam Posey - he and his son are big time hands-on model railroaders and even made "Workin' on the Railroad" on the DITY Network a few years back. Cookie Sewell >>>> I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that >>>> mentioned that according to their children, a favorite past time of [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > Ditto former TransAm racer Sam Posey - he and his son are big time > hands-on model railroaders and even made "Workin' on the Railroad" for a dollar a day? SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > RR modellers - sure thing. On that count toss in Mandy Patinkin. He's a > bigtime rail roader - saw a spot on him on cable a few years back. > Walt Disney built large scale operating steam trains from brass. In the movie "The Greatest Show On Earth" the train crash scene is done with two of his models. Pat >> RR modellers - sure thing. On that count toss in Mandy Patinkin. He's a >> bigtime rail roader - saw a spot on him on cable a few years back. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Pat their's some film of him riding some kids around on one he built. he has the hat and everything. On Apr 11, 1:31 am, some...@some.domain wrote: > >> RR modellers - sure thing. On that count toss in Mandy Patinkin. He's a > >> bigtime rail roader - saw a spot on him on cable a few years back. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > their's some film of him riding some kids around on one he built. he has the > hat and everything. Makes you wonder what ever happened to his collection when he went toes up. Hopefully it's in a museum setting now. >On Apr 11, 1:31=A0am, some...@some.domain wrote: >> In article <1b2dnQHtC8dbPGPanZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@northdakotatelephone>, flan..= [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Makes you wonder what ever happened to his collection when he went >toes up. Hopefully it's in a museum setting now. did you google it? Walt Disney's Carrolton Railroad (IIRC the spelling) still exists. It's occasionally on tour. Saw it a couple of years back at the Sacramento Train Museum. Some of it will most likely be in the Walt Disney Family Museum in the San Francisco Presedio. Daughter Dianne Disney Miller is building the museum, which opens in about a year. Walt, too, had the almost full sized layout in Disneyland. He was also heavilly involved in the model shops producing models of attractions, rides, etc. Some of his attractions are models in themselves. The TWA/ Douglas Rocket To the Moon was a large scale model of the rocket. The Strombecker/Glencoe kit is a 1/72 scale model of the structure. One of the guys at the Santa Rosa IPMS meeting last night had a huge resin scale model of it, about two ft. tall with a seperate model of the lower view port complete with railing. It looked to be about 1/48 of the "real" space ship. The original Capt. Hook Pirate Ship by Revell (which I have been looking for for years) is also a 1/72 scale model of the Disneyland pirate ship structure, long gone these many years. Tom > On Apr 11, 1:31 am, some...@some.domain wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Makes you wonder what ever happened to his collection when he went > toes up. Hopefully it's in a museum setting now. >> Walt Disney built large scale operating steam trains from brass. >> In the movie "The Greatest Show On Earth" the train crash scene is done [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > hat and everything. > His operating steam engines were supposed to be downright fantastic; working gauges in the engineer's area and all. This led to a oddball thing....Walt Disney swung a long-term deal with Brassworker's Union that all Disney miniatures would be made of brass...so when you see the "iron" submarine "Nautilus" in "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", what you are actually seeing is a beautiful model made of brass, painted and corroded to look like iron. :-) Same goes for the spaceships in "The Black Hole". Pat >>> Walt Disney built large scale operating steam trains from brass. >>> In the movie "The Greatest Show On Earth" the train crash scene is done [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Pat where do you get this stuff, pat? > where do you get this stuff, pat? > At 51 years old, and having been building models since I was around five years old, you pick up on a few things over the decades. My blessing is that I can pretty much remember anything that's occurred in my life in detail if I think about it. My curse is the same thing; I can remember every time I screwed up in my life in exactly as much detail. Pat >> where do you get this stuff, pat? >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Pat yes, i have that edetic thing, too. more of a curse. then tell someone every teacher you've had and they get glassy eyed and often frightened. >>> where do you get this stuff, pat? >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >then tell someone every teacher you've had and they get glassy eyed and often >frightened. oops, spelling. > >>> where do you get this stuff, pat? > >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >frightened. > oops, spelling. Aaron? Tori? Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >> In article <ub5Mj.181401$Si7.165737@fe08.news.easynews.com>, >> >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. defective > >> where do you get this stuff, pat? > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > then tell someone every teacher you've had and they get glassy eyed and often > frightened. I can see their faces but I don't necessarily recall all of their names. Of course, the ones who made a great impression on me back then have not faded. Some who made a bad impression have had their names thrown to oblivion. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >> In article <ydidnWONKbZaDZ3VnZ2dnUVZ_veinZ2d@northdakotatelephone>, > flanner@daktel.com wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. i wish i could forget miss semple, 7th grade in kaiserslautern. nazi bitch, i hope she's rotting in the christian hell she so devoutly told me i was going to. she would be stalin's dominatrix and hitler would be her bootboy. she was evil! someone@some.domain wrote in > she was evil! But hot damn did she look fine in those boots! RobG (The Aussie one) >someone@some.domain wrote in >> she was evil! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >RobG >(The Aussie one) rob, that bitch would only look good hanging in gallows or being shot, or you get it. >How about railway (railroad) modellers? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Rod Stewart are all railway modellers. Rod's US layout was recently >featured in a model railroad magazine. Didn't I hear Walt Disney was one, too? Signature-Jack > How about railway (railroad) modellers? > Neil Young is part-owner of Lionel, a model railroad company. He is an [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Rod Stewart are all railway modellers. Rod's US layout was recently > featured in a model railroad magazine. As was Walt Disney..... Johny Cash was an avid model railroader. I believe the ex-husband of Lynn Johnson, cartoonist For Better or Worst, was a model railroader. > > I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that > > mentioned that according to their children, a favorite past time of [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. Just finished reading 1776 (McCoullough) and it mentioned that King George III was a ship-model lover.. didn't say if he was a builder or just collector. --- Stephen >I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that mentioned that >according to their children, a favorite past time of Stewart and best friend [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >WmB John F. Kennedy. He had a collection of ship models. Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922 {Sig Quotes Removed on Request} >> Which begs the question - who are some other famous modelers and have you >> ever seen an example of their work? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > John F. Kennedy. He had a collection of ship models. > Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda used to get together to build wooden flying models. Pat >>> Which begs the question - who are some other famous modelers and have you >>> ever seen an example of their work? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Pat ezra pound and ts eliot are fighting in the captain's tower while..... oops, wrong song. >> Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda used to get together to build wooden >> flying models. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > oops, wrong song. > IIRC, it was Jane Fonda that told that story about them during a interview about how she grew up. Can you imagine this kid sitting at the top of the basement stairs, and hearing those two great voices rising up from below? "You're weighing her down...you're using too much glue." "No I'm not, Jimmy, she needs that strength if she has a hard landing." "Nope, nope, she won't have a hard landing if you build her light enough... she'll come down smooth and slow if you keep her light enough." "Let me guess, this is the 'B-36 lesson' again, isn't it?" "Well...yeah... The B-36 is a great aircraft, and built mighty light in regards to wing loading versus overall weight." "So you're suggesting I should replace the balsa-wood parts with magnesium?" "Well... I wasn't suggesting that, Hank...I was just suggesting a little less epoxy glue might make her fly better." "Well, Jimmy...when you build your plane you can use as little epoxy glue as you want, but this one is going to be strong." "Your...your...choice, Hank...but is sounds like the Russian way of doing things if you ask me, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if your children grow up to to be commies because of that approach to flying model building." "What in God's sake are you talking about, Jimmy?" "You just wait Hank... one of these days one of your kids is going to be sitting on a commie antiaircraft gun, because of your choice to use too much epoxy glue on that balsa model aircraft structure." :-D Pat >>> Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda used to get together to build wooden >>> flying models. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Pat baliff! whack his pee pee! >> "You just wait Hank... one of these days one of your kids is going to be >> sitting on a commie antiaircraft gun, because of your choice to use too [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > baliff! whack his pee pee! > "Take her from this place, and bring her around to my place". - Judges skit # 2 - Monty Python. Meanwhile, "The Wrath Of Spiny Norman": http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=5576 13&in_page_id=1770 Pat >>> "You just wait Hank... one of these days one of your kids is going >>> to be sitting on a commie antiaircraft gun, because of your choice [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Pat "On with the pixie ears! Bring in the skating vicar! 'Every thing goes in ...'" Signature"Evolution can be mean -- there's no 'dumb-a.s' vaccine." -- Jimmy Buffett >>>> "You just wait Hank... one of these days one of your kids is going >>>> to be sitting on a commie antiaircraft gun, because of your choice [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >"On with the pixie ears! Bring in the skating vicar! 'Every thing goes >in ...'" intercourse the penguin! Former race car driver and automotive writer Sam Posey is not only a model rail roader but wrote a good book about it: "Playing With Trains". Jack G. >I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that mentioned that >according to their children, a favorite past time of Stewart and best [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > WmB > I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that mentioned that > according to their children, a favorite past time of Stewart and best friend [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > WmB Mel Torme http://www.internetmodeler.com/1999/july/columns/editorial.htm Hmmmm... No one has mentioned Hermann Goering, who had quite a model railroad layout. Of course, he also had a 1:1 air force to play with as well. Andy >Hmmmm... No one has mentioned Hermann Goering, who had quite a model >railroad layout. > >Of course, he also had a 1:1 air force to play with as well. > >Andy i hear he hd a pretty good art collection. i really like the fact that his vemeer was a fake. he payed a lot for it and it was his favorite painting. apparenty when an allied art expert told him it was a forgery, he was more bummed than when told he would be tried for war crimes. where did you hear about model trains? i've never read that in a bio. i don't doubt you in the least, i'm just surprised that none of the so-called experts even mentioned it. i bet he had all the good marklin's and lionel rarities. >>Hmmmm... No one has mentioned Hermann Goering, who had quite a model >>railroad layout. > ... ... i hear he hd a pretty good art collection. Mostly stolen. Vriendelijke groeten ;-) Ron van Sommeren near Nijmegen, the Netherlands 14th. int. electric fly-in http://home.hetnet.nl/~ronvans/ >>>Hmmmm... No one has mentioned Hermann Goering, who had quite a model >>>railroad layout. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >near Nijmegen, the Netherlands >14th. int. electric fly-in http://home.hetnet.nl/~ronvans/ really? wow, who'd thunk it? > >>>Hmmmm... No one has mentioned Hermann Goering, who had quite a model > >>>railroad layout. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > really? wow, who'd thunk it? Waiter, a Sarcasma for my friend here...;) Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >> In article <47fe3cb8$0$24514$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl>, "Ron van > Sommeren" <ron.van.sommeren_curly_thingy_hetnet.nl> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. would you like whine with that, sir? > Hmmmm... No one has mentioned Hermann Goering, who had quite a model > railroad layout. > > Of course, he also had a 1:1 air force to play with as well. Yeh, but he couldn't play nicely with others, so he ended up breaking most of 'em. SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >> Hmmmm... No one has mentioned Hermann Goering, who had quite a model >> railroad layout. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Yeh, but he couldn't play nicely with others, so he ended up breaking most >of 'em. handfulls of 5mg methadone tablets can give you a bad attitude. that was an absolute garbage invention of the nazis. On Apr 10, 1:32 am, some...@some.domain wrote: > In article <sumdnUKi4tGpAmDanZ2dnUVZ8uWdn...@giganews.com>, "Enzo Matrix" <enz...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hmmmm... No one has mentioned Hermann Goering, who had quite a model [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > handfulls of 5mg methadone tablets can give you a bad attitude. > that was an absolute garbage invention of the nazis. I seem to remember that he got hooked on that crap after getting shot in or very near the crank during the '23 Beer Hall Putsch. Now THAT can give you a bad day. Of all the brass of the Third Reich, he's the only one that I feel kinda sorry for. He was a war hero who became a total a$$hole because of Hitler's politics. It would have been better for his memory if he'd died in combat. >On Apr 10, 1:32=A0am, some...@some.domain wrote: >> In article <sumdnUKi4tGpAmDanZ2dnUVZ8uWdn...@giganews.com>, "Enzo Matrix" = [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >of Hitler's politics. It would have been better for his memory if he'd >died in combat. indeed Goedendag > ... Which begs the question - who are some other famous modelers and ever > seen an example of their work? ... I remember seeing a picture of Emerson Fitipaldi flying a fixed pixed Schlüter Huey attack helicopter. Airton Senna flew RC fixed wing. Also a picture of Mike Oldfield at home, or in his studio, with RC planes behind him. Vriendelijke groeten ;-) Ron van Sommeren near Nijmegen, the Netherlands 14th.int. Electric Fly In http://home.hetnet.nl/~ronvans/ > I was reading a little bio on Jimmy Stewart a while ago that mentioned that > according to their children, a favorite past time of Stewart and best friend [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > WmB Curt Schilling, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox is an avid military modeler from what I've read. |
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