Cjcrescent
Master Mechanic
It is with a great sadness that I have to announce the passing of Roy Stewart MMR. He also was a life member of the NMRA. He was 87.
Roy was a scratchbuilder par-excellance. He liked nothing better than taking plans of a car or loco from one of the magazines, and building an award winning model from plastic, brass, or wood. Sometimes all three at a time. His workshop was something that we all could wish we had.
He thought nothing of helping a new modeler with any problems they were having, and he held many clinics on scratchbuilding and necessary tools to accomplish the job. He felt that by teaching his techniques that several new generations of model railroaders could know his "secrets" and turn out models as good, if not better than his. He was generous almost to a fault.
During WWII, he had been a combat engineer with the 104th Airborne regiment. He fought in Europe and had been highly decorated. He was a member of the greatest generation and will be sorely missed.
Above all he was my friend.
Roy was a scratchbuilder par-excellance. He liked nothing better than taking plans of a car or loco from one of the magazines, and building an award winning model from plastic, brass, or wood. Sometimes all three at a time. His workshop was something that we all could wish we had.
He thought nothing of helping a new modeler with any problems they were having, and he held many clinics on scratchbuilding and necessary tools to accomplish the job. He felt that by teaching his techniques that several new generations of model railroaders could know his "secrets" and turn out models as good, if not better than his. He was generous almost to a fault.
During WWII, he had been a combat engineer with the 104th Airborne regiment. He fought in Europe and had been highly decorated. He was a member of the greatest generation and will be sorely missed.
Above all he was my friend.
