Last I checked Dan you were paid in full !
Now don’t make me dig up pics of you at Kens so Bill can photoshop !
Settle down Bill I haven’t posted them yet and Dan might owe me $20 again!
Psst, Rooster, let me know if I got it right in the updated illustrated version.
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Whew, I’m glad to know I’m in the clear 
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I traded quite a few emails with Alan and traded parts as well going way back.
Speaking of trading parts…You are responsible for this !!!
I remember Allan. I have 2 Tank cars he sent me with his railroad name for a trade for parts. I also have a motor car or speeder he sent me in exchange for a motor block. I run this every year around the Christmas tree and other layouts i set up to remeber him by…
every time i think about largescale, i remember him.
after one of the “renown” important largescalers had offended me by naming me a “sticks, twigs and Altoid tin modeller”, who was just disturbing the real modellers, MIK just MIK told me to wear it as a badge of honor.
he explained, that it was worth more, to realize something from nothing, than “model” with a cheque-book.
that was in 2009, or so.
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My main interaction with Mik was on MLS when I was posting a scratch built loco a dozen years or ago. I did a lot of sketchwork in 2D Cad and Allan was always commenting on some of the fine details.
I mention this as his reputation for scratchbuilding is well known but he could also pull apart a design sketch with a immense eye for detail and possible errors. I owe a lot to him for helping me avoid basic mistakes I didn’t even know I was making.
Cheers
N
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Korm, I know all about that kind of disrespect. Back when I first started building my pizza layout somehow I got on the wrong side of a very prominent g scaler who shall remain nameless but published a prominent but now defunct magazine about model trains in the garden. It was not because my pizza was great example that you didn’t need an acre of land to enjoy large scale or that it was well modeled and detailed, but because it was, as I was told, cute, and this guy disparaged “cute” layouts and kept them out of his rage in favor of only "serious " layouts. This was proven when they did a “small layout competition” which I entered. I took some of the best pictures of it.I didn’t expect to win but I thought that the pizza was a shoe-in for some kind of recognition but, nope nada nothing. In fact the winning layout, was 20 feet by 40 feet!!! That’s not “small” by ANY definition. It was as big as my entire garage! I pointed that out and a few other choice things in a letter to the rag after the results were published. I’m pretty certain I was blacklisted after that as I heard from another model that while respected, this guy was also known for being a real snob when it came to what he considered “real or serious” large scale modeling. Mik’s models would have given him epilepsy. So carry on Korm, my philosophy has always been there’s no wrong way to build a model railway if the end results please you. I learned that lesson from Mik.
PS I made that statement on the Model Railroader forum. You should have seen the flame war that resulted between the rivet counters and everyone else, but that’s another story.
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Thanks for bringing all this up Jason, and thanks for posting the link to Alan’s site Jon.
Wonderful to better know the Mik behind the MIK.
Hi J.D.,
The one I remember the most from years past is Marty Cozad. Marty always had some new, creative project underway. I know he inspired some projects for me.
Cheers,
Matt Hutson
Nathrop, CO
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AND GN Rocky! Another who seems to have moved on to other interests.
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He posts on Facebook occasionally. He finally has a layout outdoors. But I think life is pretty busy.
I talk to Rocky on phone sometimes on way home from work… We both work same shift. He has a pretty nice outdoor layout that he sends pic to me when he upgrades, He works a lot of overtime like I do as a supplier for my company I work for ( Honda of America )… So he is still in the hobby like myself, just doesnt have a lot of time to post stuff or work on things…
Speaking of disrespect, some of you might not know why we use a napkin drawing for plans here.
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Love that you saved the post BD. I built a door out of a napkin because of this.
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All I get from this BD is:
Ah I found it by using the highlighted title as opposed to the central link
Ah. That’s the old link. Here’s the new one (Ill edit the post too)
Well, I went down that rabbit hole and finally had to stop.
It sadly reminded me of how many of our good friends here that we have lost.
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