Section House Models?

Well, I had not heard that term before. A search turned up this interesting story-

Mt. Willard section house.

 

Detailed plans to build it.

 

The others that I've seen are one story structures. Here's one.

 

Some are tool or equipment sheds rather than for personnel. Example

 

Mostly late 1800's to early 1900's era.

 

More HO than O kits  

Moonman,

 

We're looking for the owner's name of Section House Models, a good custom brass model builder.

 

ChipR

oops! That clears that up!

 

This very charming Oriental SW-1 was completely rebuilt and detailed to museum standards. Full interior, modified detailing, the works. A small piece of art on the bottom says "section house models".

 

Just arrived at Caboose Hobbies along with a million dollar brass collection this model is just marvelous.

 

What I found that was rather interesting is a "First Place" ribbon award for a local model railroad club in 1998. I personally doubt anyone in this club owns Section House Models; and might suspect they entered the model as a buyer passing it off as their own work.. correct me if I am wrong but nobody I have contacted in this local club in the last 24 hours knows anyone that was a possible owner or modeler that called his or her work "Section House Models" past or present. Certainly around 1998.

 

The model has details I personally have never seen in diesels in any scale; I found photos of the prototype; dead on. decals custom printed of the gauge faces applied. Even the paintwork is flawless. It would be very hard to distinguish from a factory paint on this difficult paint scheme. It is not F/P since ORI never painted these Samhongsa models back in the mid 80's.

 

A true masterpiece that begs for a full studio set of images; I hope it is still there today. These photos are iPhone snap shots. 

Okay - excellent work.  But to call an import with super details and custom paint "custom built" is at least misleading.

 

And to enter a contest with someone else's work ought to be forbidden.  That it is not causes me to discount the value of model contests.

 

Opinion.

I must agree about contests---- every so often I see this and it really ticks me off especially in the car hobby when trophies are handed out to guys that had a car built for them (hired); the extent of the restoration work on their part was choosing the darn colors. But all day long these $100K-$500K cars win all the prizes while the owners sit and smurk at all the rest of the guys who actually build the cars and express their talent and share it- 

 

I am torn about what to classify a model as when it was founded on a brass import. I have two Mikados that started out life as Max Gray units.. They are NOT MG anymore. He even redid the boiler casing, scratched cabs, everything but does that make them "custom built" as he calls them or just another kit bash? I sure as heck could not do this no matter how hard I try and I am pretty good modeler. 

 

And looking at the gamut of "scratched" models out there most of them use commercial castings, etc, etc..... trucks and the like. I see the good stuff and wonder how these guys feel when a guy enters an altered brass model or Atlas car detailed up and weathered when they spend 3-4 months building up trucks from brass stock. 

 

I think I agree Bob, not a custom built but a FINE model nontheless.

 

  Opinion 

A Red Caboose Geep kit I attempted to complete per prototype photos for ChipR

 

Eric,

This may be a bit of a stretch but I remember an article concerning a totally rebuilt SW1 by Kelley Morris in Mainline Modeler February 1994. Check it out for the match if you can. My MM's are packed away for a move, so I can't do it.

Regards,  Ben Brown

Thanks Ben!


I was wondering that too.

Is this that model; I will check it out

I see nothing wrong with entering a model in a contest where the owner has superdetailed/ painted it.  One can simply explain - Max Gray model, upgraded and super- detailed by owner.  If I came in second place behind that, with that explanation, I would be ok with it.

 

My first contest was two models - my scratchbuilt AC-8, and Bill Lambert's factory painted NP 2-8-8-2.  Needless to say, the factory painted PSC model won.

 

Another time a guy entered a Sunset cab forward at OSW with a light coat of weathered black.  Looked great.  Won first place and was featured as a cover shot on OST.  It was entered in the contest without comment as to its origins.

 

Not sour grapes - I have won way more than my share of first place awards.  Still, competing against the factory?  Boo!

There is a difference between customizing something and scratchbuilding something.  Superdetailing and modifying factory models certainly qualify as customizing. 

 

Now if the Oriental plate as removed and replaced with the Section House plate that is at least plagiarism.

 

Unless a contest says scratchbuilt only in the rules anything is game.  If I commission someone to make me a model and I enter it in a contest as my own work I have personal issue with that but corporations do that every day of the week.