Chuck, Emailed your Dad about Cortland Cases, he said be sure to see your website (I do museum-quality, aged, 1/12 country settings). Your examples in all scales are great Americana at its best. Thank you so very much for sharing and encouraging others to capture our past. Sorry I cannot get to the West Coast. We are retired to Florida. Sincerely, Jan Stuart of Little Things That Count

I want to be you when I grow up! Oh, wait! Dang! Missed that boat too!

I remember! Lord that was when I was five or six! I remember the smell of the oil. We were in Georgia, on our way to Florida on vacation. That was back when only one parent needed to work. Fortunately, my Dad had his own Company, and we got to go on vacation every year.
Ah, sweet childhood. I wish today's children had it as good as we did then. I didn't know parents abused their children until I was an adult and heard it on the news. Oh me.

Lights too! Forgot to mention: Great trees Chuck!

All I can say is: WOW! I wish I were as talented as you.

I would make molds of the wheels/tires and have them for future use (I'm lazy/cheap that way). I have some beautiful 1/32nd scale Monogram 21/2 ton truck wheels with boltholes I cast some 35 or 40 years ago. unfortunately, the molds (and others) have been lost during multiple divorces.
Once again Chuck, fabulous work!.

Al Dutton

Chuck:
This is wonderful to see all of this. man the detail surpasses anything i have ever seen. I can smell gas and oil too.

As a retired electrician I believe that period wiring might have been knob and tube. I was sometimes run on the surface of the walls. Also inside as you have nicely done in the office.

Wow, Steve, thanks! It was a fun project.

I'VE SEEN ALOT OF DIORAMAS. OF WHICH THEY ALL WERE NICE.BUT , THERE WAS VERY VERY FEW I'VE SEEN WITH EXCELLANT DETAIL. LOTS WERE GREAT DETAIL OUTSIDE. BUT YOURS SHOWING BOTH.PAYING ATTENDTION TO DETAILING THE INSIDE WAS A GREAT PLUS. GREAT EXCELLENT WORK ! I FOR ONE LOOK FOR THE DETAIL TO THE SMALLEST TOUCH.YOU HAVE ALL. IF THERE WERE A STAR RATING , I WOULD GIVE YOU NOT A 5 STAR , BUT A 20 STAR RATING. GREAT JOB WELLL DONE !!!

Chuck,
Have enjoyed your modeling ever since I discovered it early this year. Especially enjoyed the Red Oak Garage feature in Finescale Modeler's new Annual that's just out. I'd like to ask if you'd consider sending something to O Scale Trains magazine for possible publication? If interested contact me through the magazine at: editor@oscalemag.com
Best regards,
Mike Cougill - Editor, O Scale Trains

Merci beaucoup !

Wonderful, absolument fantastique, une merveille, un niveau de qualité absolument fantastique

Gilbert Gribi Switzerland

Don't know why I chose this picture to comment on. It's just so typical of all your work being so realistic. This is my all time favorite diorama.