Re: Another Talent of Ernie Robart ....

Bill M. Wrote:
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> As many of you know, the late Ernie Robart was a
> man of many talents— here is another. This
> morning I visited Ernie’s widow, Lourdes to help
> her sort out various items left in Ernie’s
> estate, including three large boxes of various and
> rare airplane model kits.
> But the real delight in my visit was to again see
> and photograph the Sn3 brass K-37 #497 that Ernie
> scratch-built from brass back around 1969-70.
> Quite remarkable when you consider the state of
> the narrow gauge modeling world and what was
> available in 1969. Just shows what a talented
> individual Ernie really was. Ernie was a big
> “fan” of the 497, having chased it many after
> it came out of the Alamosa shops in July 1967–
> as Olaf R. described in his recent posts.
> Happily, Lourdes is keeping the 497, knowing how
> proud Ernie was of it. I agreed to make her a
> display case so that she could display it.
> Now if anyone has any suggestions about what to do
> with these boxes of airplane models...!
> Bill Moyers
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I think Ernie nailed it, really captured the essence and spirit of the K-37. Really nice of you to build the display case Bill, really appropriate for such a fine looking model. Thanks for the update.


William
aka drgwk37