As has been mentioned in the latest edition of Model Railway Journal [303], Mike Doherty has sadly passed away. My sympathies to his wife and family.
We met in the 1980s in the course of buisiness, and he always appeared as if straight from the set of an Ealing Studios film - gentlemanly and seemingly belonging in a very slightly earlier age! But with a sharp humour.
He was a superb coach and locomotive builder and the latest MRJ cover features a Rebuilt Merchant Navy he built that proves it.
I feel honoured to now be the owner of the Cavalier Coaches range and we will do our very best over the time ahead to re-introduce and develop further most of the products that he created.
Some aspects will be brought into line with more current thinking on kit construction - which in this old dinosaur’s head has still not been entirely eclipsed by the ongoing march of plastic RTR coaches!
In all events the detail and accuracy of Mike’s original masters will be faithfully preserved.
David Parkins
www.davidjparkins.com
We met in the 1980s in the course of buisiness, and he always appeared as if straight from the set of an Ealing Studios film - gentlemanly and seemingly belonging in a very slightly earlier age! But with a sharp humour.
He was a superb coach and locomotive builder and the latest MRJ cover features a Rebuilt Merchant Navy he built that proves it.
I feel honoured to now be the owner of the Cavalier Coaches range and we will do our very best over the time ahead to re-introduce and develop further most of the products that he created.
Some aspects will be brought into line with more current thinking on kit construction - which in this old dinosaur’s head has still not been entirely eclipsed by the ongoing march of plastic RTR coaches!
In all events the detail and accuracy of Mike’s original masters will be faithfully preserved.
David Parkins
www.davidjparkins.com
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