Rusty,
Danny and I have purchased quite a few items from Ladd Houda's
collection, directly from him and thru eBay. Several cars that started
as AF or Marx are now greatly detailed jewels complete with fresh
paint ,underbody, cut levers, weathering, etc. He also scratchbuilt
and/or kitbashed many cars and locomotives. Even RTR pieces received
the Ladd Houda touch, (extra details and/or lettering, weathering,
etc). I was fortunate to purchase a complete D&RGW passenger train, a
mixture of HW and LW equipment. Each car is superdetailed with
underbody, grab irons, seats, and folks sitting in them. His other
favorite road is/was MP/TP.
I've never personally met Ladd but have talked on the phone with him
upon several occasions. He usually made it to the Spring Spree where
he had sold much of collection. I think some of the Prototype S Parts
passenger car parts may still be available on a limited basis.
He is truly a "Just go build it!" person and he has contributed
greatly to S scale with "how to" articles, parts, and excellent
modeling.
Billy, (with hardly any hair at all)
On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:32 PM, thebrassbasher wrote:
> I should have added in my last post that Ladd built a lot of
> D&RGW stuff in S scale. It was all really very nice.I've noticed that
> over the past year or so he has been selling a lot of it on eBay, This
> is not so good. I have the feeling he is moving on to something else.
> We need a lot more guys like him and we don't need to have them drift
> away.
> Wayne Hills was also a D&RGW S scaler. He is the one that put a
> lot of effort into brass etchings to be used on AM streamlined
> passenger cars to make up Rio Grande passenger equipment. At one time
> he also had a line of decals available. I think he also has drifted
> away. I wish I could go to Lowell. I would really like to meet up with
> him again.
>
> My motto is very simple. Just go build it!!
>
> Rusty, (No, I do not have red hair,)
>
>
>
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