LarryB

My dad sold insurance and was contacted by Butch to insure one of his builds. I was about 14 at the time and into model car building. Butch told my dad to bring me over sometime. He and his wife Carol were living in MA at that time. I got a chance to visit him several times over the next couple years, and saw many of his builds including early ones, before he moved to wood and later brass. All the components were hand made, including screws. It was amazing to see his projects. I recall the tool he made to create the tires he became well known for. I also got a chance to see one of his models be turned to a full size build. It looked a bit like The Uncertain T, with the big winding key in the back. At that time he was winning a lot of the Revell competitions he entered, and he won an early Ford Thunderbird, which he repainted to orange metal flake. I have many good memories of him, and did learn a lot about model building.