Hello All,
I have spent hours browsing this forum and I can't find an end or bottom to the variety of talent here.
I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Bill Hudson, I'm 80+ years old and a very long time modeler. I work in several scales and in several varieties of models but mostly in Horse Drawn Vehicles. I work mostly in 1/12th scale but my favorite is 1/8th scale (display space in this scale is the real problem). In the late 1950s and into the 60s I spent a lot of my spare time hanging around Ivan Collins studio and museum. I guess that is where I got bitten by the high detail scale modeling bug. Years later I had the privilege to repair some of Ivan's models for the Oregon Historical Society Museum In Portland, Oregon where they are now housed. I also have worked in 1/48th scale mostly in white metal casting kits for horse drawn logging. I was known as The Hudson Carriage Co. I produced my own patterns and castings and also cast much of Bill Roy's early kits too. My kits were logging high wheels kit with horses, eight wheel wagon kit, horses and some logging figures, a Fresno scraper, and a pan scraper. After i had a heart attack I had to give up the casting. I gave all my molds and kit supplies to Bill. He worked under the name of Mckenzie Iron and Steel. Bill recently passed away and has left a large hole in my friendship list. I still find myself reaching for the phone to chat with him.
I also build miniatures for collectors. You can see a video of some of them filmed by Oregon Public Broadcasting and shown on Oregon Art Beat. The URL is below my name in my signature. I also spent 14 years flying back to Maine to teach a week of class in building miniatures focused mostly around wheeled toys in 1/12th scale. I also designed and built the patterns for a Destroyer Escort model ship for Bluejacket Ship Crafters in Main. There isn't/wasn't enough time in this one life time to also go off any farther into ship models too.
Y'all have the very fine resource of modeling genius in Greenie here but if I can help with American vehicles feel free to ask and I will try to find an answer. Below is a shelf of some of my models I have kept for myself. Most are in 1/8th scale. Click on the picture to enlarge.
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Below are some detail close ups of the logging sled.
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