Hobby Celebrities

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Back in the day when Model Railroader was more about building models, and less about RTR, and DCC, there were names like Jack Work, Ralph Brown, Alan Armitage, William Clouser, John Armstrong, Carl Traub, and many, many more, from whom I learned the Art of modelbuilding.
These people were more about " This is one way of making better models ", or, " Here's some of the ways you can work with brass ",or, " building with styrene ", or, " how to model trees etc., that look more realistic ", than they were about, " Hey look at me!!! ".
The whole idea of "celebrity" is in fact "Hey Look At Me "!! the real "performers" are recognized for their work, more often than not, "quietly".
Lance Mindheim, has done for me personally, absolutely nothing.
Model Railroader, once its focus moved to RTR, and track plans, became useless to me, and I cancelled my subscription.
I'm just one of those "out-of-their-times-model-builder-who-is-interested-in-learning-and-improving-his-model-building-skills.".
The closest I've come to a naked lady swinging on a wrecking ball, would be the bikini clad young ladies on the "LPB" cruise.
   
If I have any "celebrities"......you just saw them in the photo above.