Sad news

[sjordan2]

I have just learned from Paddy Swire, Martin's wife, that he passed away on March 3rd. Many of you may know him by the screen name, "CRASHER." He was a nice man, one of my e-mail pen pals, and I will miss him. I have no details on this as yet.

For those of you who are not familiar with Martin's work, he was particularly interested in fine detailing of 1/16 kits, which you can find here:

http://www.freewebs.com/martsmodels/

If I learn any more details, I will let you know, or if you find out details, please do the same.

[cruz]

My respects and condolences....

[sjordan2]

The only other information I have from Paddy is that Martin suffered, unexpectedly, a massive heart attack and died a week later in the hospital at age 67. He would have been 68 on May 29.

[BKIN10SECS]

Please express my condolences to his family.

[Junkman]

I came across Martin's website only very recently and of course had no idea he had passed away. I am impressed by his building skills and find his wire wheel conversions most inspiring. So inspiring in fact, that I started to collect the kits of the models he built. Have a look at the 'what did you get today' thread and you see with your very eyes that I tell the truth. I recently got me a Jag SS100, Morgan Three Wheeler, and MG TC. I always wanted these, but never really dug into them, because I found the wheels let them down and I had no idea how to tackle this.

Thanks to Martin, I now know what can be done. It hence can be said, that despite I never met Martin in person, he managed to influence me even after he had died. What a man!

See what I mean when I say nobody ever really leaves?

[sjordan2]

I came across Martin's website only very recently and of course had no idea he had passed away. I am impressed by his building skills and find his wire wheel conversions most inspiring. So inspiring in fact, that I started to collect the kits of the models he built. Have a look at the 'what did you get today' thread and you see with your very eyes that I tell the truth. I recently got me a Jag SS100, Morgan Three Wheeler, and MG TC. I always wanted these, but never really dug into them, because I found the wheels let them down and I had no idea how to tackle this.

Thanks to Martin, I now know what can be done. It hence can be said, that despite I never met Martin in person, he managed to influence me even after he had died. What a man!

See what I mean when I say nobody ever really leaves?

Very well said. I have asked Martin's wife to keep his website running for a while so others can be inspired like you.