We would like to introduce Wayne Calder, a fellow enthusiast of 1/87th vehicles of all types but especially automobiles (race cars) and construction equipment. Wayne is a fantastic modeler and, since I have personally seen his work, can say he is a fanatic about detail on 1/87 automobiles. His prize winning entry at the 1998 Dallas convention was a Kato Nissan 300ZX Turbo modeled after the prototype Millen modified street version. Complete with photo-etched Automobilia wheels and brake rotors, Wayne modeled the vehicle with one wheel removed exposing the brake rotor and scratchbuilt suspension members.

Bill Cawthon is our latest addition to our stable of reviewers. Bill is managing editor of Model Railroad News magazine and frequently contributes news and information for our New Products section on this web site.

Marc Schmidt is a German collector and modeler who has graciously offered his expertise on European models and does an excellent job of analyzing models in our scale coming from European manufacturers.

Wayne, along with Eric Moerbe (who has some of his modeling displayed in the Photo Gallery 2 section) and Wade Roese, are the product reviewers for the club's former newsletter. All manufacturers are invited to send the club samples that they would like reviewed on the club web site. If you have any input or information that would be helpful to our reviewers, please send your comments to  [email protected].