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E-L man tom
Absolutely fascinating, Kevin!
Hello, I have known Kevin for about 20 years. This thing he built is fascinating, but it is no where near out of the ordinary for him.
He sent a link to this thread to a whole bunch of his wargamer buddies. He wanted us to know what he was doing while he was not at the convention last weekend.
Kevin is part of our wargaming circle in South Florida. He is an absolute fanatic. He builds things like this all the time, then just tosses them away. He spent about two months building a photograph quality 20 foot long model of the Atlantic wall. We used it once, then he threw it out.
Kevin brought a brand new, fully painted, WW2 army to eight consecutive tournaments in a row one season. Painting eight different armies in one year is insane, but he did it like it was nothing. His workshop is papered with “best painted” awards he has won through the years. Some from very major events.
He claims to be a wargamer, but he is not. He lies. If he was a wargamer he would bother to learn the rules and try to win. Wargaming, like his trains, is just an outlet for this unstoppable need and hunger he has to build things.
I do not understand his trains, nor do I know much about them, but it amazing what he does. He models entire trains at once, just building and building and building.
He has a 1/8 scale engine in his garage he has been woking on for a few years. Supposedly it will be something he can ride, I don’t know. It looks like a lot of work.
He built an entire village in 28mm scale for one event, then donated the whole thing to Omniverse Hobbies in Fort Myers. Then, just a few months later, he did it again and donated the seco
