Jim, Tom and all:
Yes I did return to the Jackson household to cover Bob & Brian's layout
with the blessing of RMC right after the St. Louis NASG convention. I
was welcomed to stay in their home and Bob's wife was so great in
stirring up great meals and a relaxing cocktail before that.
I spent an entire day and into the evening shooting views. If you've
been there, you will do a bit of walking photo gear back and forth along
the route many times over. On the next day I photographed a HO layout
owned by a friend of theirs, again destined for RMC.
Long story short, RMC didn't seem to be doing much with either article.
I finally stirred them up by attempting to pull the articles, as I
discovered that MR would run them. I was then informed that the HO
layout was 'on the press' and Jackson's layout was likely a year or more
away. I proceeded to pull the feature and placed it with MR. After
hearing from Brian, I inquired and found it will likely run early in
1213. I had hoped that Bob's health would have held much longer and
that MR would have chosen to run it earlier, but it was not to be. All
three of us worked very hard to show the layout at it's best...hopefully
that part will be realized.
We had last met in Sacramento during the NMRA/NASG convention. Like
many of us, he was having trouble with his feet/standing, but he still
had a fair amount of giddy-up going on!
So I indeed will miss him, his kindness and dedication to our little
piece of the modeling world.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 10/29/12 1:21 PM, Tom Hawley wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim and Cheryl Martin
. . . . . . . . It bothers me that one of our own, passed away a few days
ago but was barely noticed. What did his family receive, four or five
condolences out of a list of how many modelers? Surely he was better
known
than that. . . . . . . .
I considered Bob a friend of mine. We comunicated a lot, saw each
other at
conventions, fests &c, and we were both odd fish in that we were older
modellers of the modern era. I stopped and visited him & his layout on
the
way back from one of St Louis events, I forget which one..
Texas Bob showed up as I was about to leave and started setting up to
take
pictures. I trust they're still in the can somewere and that we'll see
them
some day.
Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan
