Our lead photo for this Photo Gallery is once again highlighting another modeler attending the upcoming 2013 East Coast Meet in W. Springfield, Massachusetts January 26-27, 2013. Not only one of our favorite modelers but a manufacturer to boot! We are, of course, talking about Ralph Ratcliffe. We didn't initially realize it but we first saw this model (the truck) on display the very first time we encountered Ralph at the 2000 East Coast Meet! Ralph will have both some of his models and many of his resin kits on sale in W. Springfield again this year. If history is any indication and you want to score any of Ralph's excellent resin kits you should plan on seeing him early on Saturday morning, January 26. Ralph usually sells out his most popular kits early on Saturday; there's usually little left by Sunday! We also want to welcome first-time contributors Calvin Radtke, David Nicholson, and Corie Knutt debuting in this gallery. We hope you enjoy world class 1/87 scale vehicle modeling in our Photo Gallery 547. [posted 01/04/2013]