Gil Bennett is one of America's best known railroad subject artists. But he is also known in the model railroad community for his amazing Sn3 three foot gauge model of the Denver and Rio Grande Western - Rio Grande Southern.
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Many of his locomotives and his rolling stock are by PBL. PBL has been promoting Sn3 for years as the perfect three foot narrow gauge scale, and the track is so similar to HO, not just in gauge, but in curve radius. If you can fit HO standard gauge, you can fit Sn3.
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From their web site:
To say that there has never been a Scale Model produced to this level of detail might be a stretch, but only because the term "Scale Model" can be used to describe anything from 1:1 on down...
But even the casual viewer will be doing a double-take at this photo of a for-real actual 3/16's inch scale model because it's truly that amazing!
www.p-b-l.com/
From Gil's his web site:
Gil is an industrial illustrator that has had over 30 years of experience. He began painting from a young age, and after receiving a degree from the University of Utah, began his own studio in the Wasatch Front.
Gil began working in industrial illustration after meeting and working with famous illustrator Howard Fogg. Since that time, Gil has been featured in numerous magazines in the US and abroad, has received dozens of awards for his model building and paintings.
Gil has had work featured in rail road museums in Utah, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Wisconsin.
Gil has completed over 2000 watercolor and oil paintings that have been purchased and featured by the likes of W. H. Miner, Tidemark, Xerox, Union Pacific, Utah Railway, and various other publishers and private collectors.
Gil currently lives and works in Saratoga Springs, Utah where he enjoys the company of his dog, Jack, his wife Gayleen, and his four sons.
gilbennett.com...
6 сен 2024
