IPMS ORANGE COUNTY

Newsletter – April 2020 Volume 28 No. 4

Southern California’s Premier Model Club

NOTICE: THE APRIL In This Issue MEETING IS CANCELLED Table of Contents Page COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease and transmits through aerosol Meeting Time and Place 3 particles in the environment. IPMS-OC, our main goal has always been to Monthly Contest Themes 4 enjoy the hobby and have fun doing it. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and also in following the "Stay at Home" recommendations of the state Financials 6 authorities, we're cancelling the April 17th meeting. We hope that the May IPMS USA Membership 7 meeting will be safe to meet. IPMS OC Membership 9 IPMS OC Contest Table 10 The President’s Column Modeling Shows and Swap 11 By David P. Frederick What have You Been Working 12 “Mike Witous: RIP” They’re Creepy and They’re… 17 Desperado Tour Part 2 23 The Happy Wanderer 46 Stirling Moss 50 Model Reference Page 53 Model Club Meetings in SoCal 54 Upcoming Events 57

In October 2019, just a week after OrangeCon I had a chance to go to the Temecula Valley Model Club/ Pendleton AMPS annual barbecue held at Mike Witous’ house in Murrieta. I was there several years ago and decided to make the trip again to see some familiar faces. Mike is pictured in his garage hobby room which holds an impressive stash of models and hobby paint. For those who knew Mike well there are two things you know: he was a lifelong Rolling Hills Titan and Oregon Duck. He played for Oregon three years before a debilitating injury that put him on the sidelines. Mike spent over three decades in the aluminum extrusion industry, exceling to become a National Sales Manager for Sierra Aluminum. Paul Miles, who was often at Mike’s side helped with the coordination of the barbecue and raffle. As you can see on the next page, he and a few others brought some of their models to sell. IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter

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The President’s Column This time for a modest fee, they scheduled a taco truck and fed the modelers with tacos and quesadillas.

The Collins brothers, Derrick and Kevin was joined by Shawn Hays and his wife for some model building discussions.

The highlight of the event was the raffle. A good selection with a few new kits mixed in with some oldies but goodies.

The best thing about this type of event it brings people out of their hobby rooms to mingle with other modelers. Sadly, it is with deep regret that I must inform you that recently Mike passed away. The model building community has lost one of it pillars of friendship. He will always be remembered for his passion for model building and will be deeply missed.Michael Witous: May you rest in 2 peace….Thursday May 7, 1953 to Sunday, Mar 15, 2020. DF

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Meeting Notice & Agenda Date: MEETING CANCELLED THEME: Spanish Civil War (Next Month) Doors Open: 7:00 p.m. or earlier Meeting: 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Location: La Quinta Inn & Suites 3 Centerpointe Drive La Palma, CA 90623 Right Off the 91 Fwy at Valley View 2020 Chapter Officers

President David Frederick

1st Vice President Sean Fallesen

2nd Vice President Position Retired

Treasurer Jeff Hunter

Secretary Split Duties – Nat Richards – Badges or “batches” Mike Budzeika – Scribe Gordon Zuther – Audio

Contest Director Dan Matthews

Volunteers Chapter Contact Mark “The Duke” Deliduka [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Terry Huber (714) 544-8908 [email protected]

Webmaster Julian English [email protected]

Mail IPMS Orange County Club Website www.ipmsoc.org P.O. Box 913 Garden Grove, CA 92842 National Website [email protected] www.ipmsusa.org 3

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Orange County Contest Themes for 2020  JANUARY - First Class: Any subject that was the first or lead in its type or class  FEBRUARY - Tri-Motor: any subject that through intentional design possesses three power plants.  MARCH - Korea 1950 – 1953: Any subject in use during the years on or off the Korean peninsula  APRIL - Black out: any subject whose paint job is predominantly black  MAY - Spanish Civil War: Any subject (in appropriate paint and markings) actively involved in the Spanish Civil War July 17, 1936 – April 1, 1939  JUNE - Russian Road to Berlin: Any subject in use by any parties in the engagement zone covered by the Russian advance to Berlin.  JULY - High: Any subject, auto, armor, aircraft etc. in a high visibility colorful or predominately white and bright paint, no greens or greys  AUGUST - Low: Any subject, auto, armor, aircraft etc. in a low visibility paint scheme; primarily grey or green, no hi visibility colorful white etc.

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Orange County Contest Themes for 2020

 SEPTEMBER - From a Picture: Any subject made to replicate, in detail, (i.e. same marking, vehicle number etc.), a picture found in a personal collection or from a published source (including internet) showing an adequate portion of the subject to make certain the model represents the subject in its entirety. The model does not have to but may if you so wish, include the background in a diorama/ vignette format; or it may be just the subject. The picture used as reference must be included with proper reference citation and presented itself in a format no larger than 5”x7” and placed on the table along with the entry detail sheet and model.  OCTOBER – BUILD NIGHT - NO Contest: Bring in your newly acquired kits from OrangeCon or grab that shelf of doom kit for next month’s meeting, anyway you want, come and enjoy an evening of building models together. ORANGECON 2020 October 10th, 2020 Hotel Fullerton  NOVEMBER - Shelf of Doom: Any subject you’ve had on your shelf of doom or recently acquired thru the distressed kits auction  DECEMBER - Non-Traditional: Vacuum, Resin, Paper “Non-Injection” media any subject  JANUARY - Tribal: Any subject with a Native American or “nonwestern name”: i.e. Iroquois, Pontiac, Apache, etc.

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From Our Treasurer Current Financial Statistics as of April 2020

Admission Distressed Kits $ 0.00 Members 0 Monthly Raffle $ 0.00 Non-Members 0 Juniors 0 Total Income $ 0.00 Paid in Full 0 Total Expenses $ 0.00 Guests 0 Profit / (Loss) $ 0.00

Total Attendance 0 $ in Checking $ 3110.80 $ in Savings $ 5853.19 Memberships / Renewals $ in PayPal $ 310.27 Regular 0 Total in Bank $ 9274.26 π Youth 0 Full Year 0

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Or use Form on next page….

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Club Membership Renewal Form Print this page, fill it out and bring it to the meeting. It is also available on-line at www.ipmsoc.org.

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IPMS OC Contest Table Contest Director Section By Dan Matthews

Hello to all, looks like yet another month we won’t be able to get together. While this is unfortunate it’s also presumably the best for us all so I wish everyone the best of luck maintaining your sanity in isolation and hope to see everyone in May when we hopefully will be able to get together again. In last month’s newsletter I assumed we’d be back on track quickly and so we’d just move the theme up. Obviously, things have changed since then so for the sake of clarity I would like to make it known we will be sticking to the posted themes for each month for when we resume our meetings. The months/ themes we miss as a result of the stay at home policy will be carried over into early next year so that we can still address those subjects, and everyone can bring in any models built for the themes.

So, for our next scheduled meeting in May; assuming we are cleared and able to meet our theme will be as outlined on the website:

MAY – Spanish Civil War: Any subject (in appropriate paint and markings) actively involved in the Spanish Civil War July 17, 1936 – April 1, 1939

I hope we get the chance to meet and share our work soon and in the meantime hope everyone is safe, healthy and keeping sane as well as finding some time to invest in modeling.

Thank you and stay safe,

Dan

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2020 Modeling Show and Swap Meets Sir David Frederick revises the Model Show Listing for current information.

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Thank you to everyone that has sent in their photos on their latest builds and completions. This is a great place to showcase your models you have been working on. This column is even more relevant today as we cannot see each other’s builds at the meeting. Send those pictures in! This month we kick it in with some fun from Bob Penikas.

Two baby Yoda’s.

Began work on Carpathia. Lots of little lifeboats.

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Tiny bollards and itty-bitty deck mounted pipes.

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Larry Fritz from the Insane Model Posse is working from home and has started some work at the bench. He mentions……. “I'm working from home, on and off, but trying to get something done at my Work Bench:

I restarted a 1/48 Hasagawa F6F-5 Hellcat that had been sitting just started, for a few years. The cockpit is "True Details" with an old Eduard set used where it made sense, and added hydraulic and electrical (from old power cords). I'm not sure if I will use the PE + film instrument panel, or just work with the resin. I also elected to make a "solid" rubber carrier tail wheel. I broke the kit Yoke, so I had to make one of those too.

Also, I finished the 1/72 Revell Panther G I brought to the meetup a few months ago. “

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Foster Rash working with his Narrow Gauge railroad club explains……

“Alone together,” some of us in my narrow gauge group built a new module and shared our build progress via email. Dain Leese built the module frame, trestle bents and carved/cast the foundations in plaster. I built the center truss bridge and deck for the rails. Components were delivered to Kevin Spady for the rock carving/scenery and all the final detail/finishing. The inspiration for this is the Carrizo Gorge area SE of San Diego with its beautiful and stark desert mountains. Photo by Kevin Spady.

Foster Rash working

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OK I’ll jump in here now with the beginning of the weathering process on the Tamiya 1/35 German Cargo Truck with Italeri tall bed from the Opel Blitz kit. I’ve been working on this shelf queen since 2008. Long story, not enough space to explain here.

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They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…. A Build by Michael Bare Part 1: Assembling the pieces Yes, it’s The Addams Family (snap, snap). I’ve loved this show since first watching them on ABC each Friday night at 7:30 p.m. (1964-66). I really liked how they showed how the family cared for each other. There was even an article back in the day that stated it was a relief to see a show that didn’t portray a stupid or inept parent. Starting in the 1950’s, Simon and Schuster released hardback reprints of the Charles Addams macabre cartoons published in The New Yorker magazine. When the TV series started, Berkley and Pocket Books began printing paperback editions of which I bought, read and chuckled at. As an adult, I’ve collected those hardbacks as well as more recent compilations of Addams’ work. I also had to buy the TV series when they were released on DVD’s. Last year, I enjoyed the animated movie they released, especially since they animated the now famous song and opening scenes from the TV Show.

In 1965, Aurora released The Addams Family Haunted House kit. It was a good approximation of the house you saw at the beginning of the show. It had cardboard backed cartoon images (sadly not the original Charles Addams images) that you could put in the windows. It even had a clever contraption where you could move several ghosts through the windows of the house as well as have one come out the back door. I made sure I did my chores as a kid so my mom would buy me this and many other Aurora models during that time. It and the other Aurora originals I built were boxed up when I grew up and left home. They disappeared during a move somewhere along the line. Back in the late 1990’s, I started seeing a new type of model, called garage kits. My friend and I were driving up to LA to a reopened Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax Avenue. Around the corner on Melrose Avenue was Golden Apple Comics. There I saw many fascinating resin models of the Universal Monsters or Superheroes, many kits I now own. Soon after that, I was in the Costa Mesa Fedco and on a shelf saw the Addams Family House model kit. It stopped me in my tracks. I saw that a company called Polar Lights had reissued the model. I felt a little stirring in my loins. No wise cracks please.

I think I’ve shared this story before. I was walking around a Toys-R-Us with my mom. Sadly, she was suffering from a frontal lobe dementia. As we walked around, I saw that Polar Lights had reissued the old Aurora Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman and Creature kits. My mom perked up and started telling me how she bought me Frankenstein and the others back when I was a kid. She said how angry I was that she only allowed me to paint a part of the Monster’s arm but after that, she let me do the rest by myself. Then she drifted back into her dementia. That was the catalyst that brought me back into model building.

Thanks to eBay, I was able to repurchase many of the original Aurora kits from my past. Several I’ve built but too many are still sitting in their collective boxes.

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They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky….

All this is leading up to Terry Huber. As many of you know, he built the Psycho House kit that Moebius produced. He did an excellent job on that build. Recently he told me he had purchased the Moebius Munster’s House and wanted to know if I knew of any aftermarket sets for the kit and where he could get them. I immediately checked out one of my go-to places, CultTVMan’s website. I thought I had seen some available there at the site when the kit first came out. I saw Cult still had a base for the Munster’s House that came with a resin fence and photo etch set. I found out he had specially commissioned the resin base and fence from Red Planet and the photo etch from Paragrafix. The PE includes silhouettes of the Munster family you could place in the windows and backlight them with a lighting kit from VooDoFX. I let Terry know they were there.

Then I saw that Cult had commissioned the same type of base and photo etch combination for the Addams Family Haunted House too. OH-OH, now I was hooked. I told Terry and he and I talked about building our houses together at the South County IMP meetings until the isolation hit us. The following are some pictures of my original kit.

I’m curious how half the box got a sun tan. A lot of Aurora Assembly Instructions had small stories about the model subject. This one doesn’t.

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Here’s assembly #1. On the left: the Printed Windows as the Instruction sheet calls them. They look like they’ve been glued to something before. On the right: a close up showing the Family exept for Grandmama who’s must be in the basement getting poison mushrooms.

Assembly #2. On the right is called the rear wall, rear canopy and rear railings in the instructions. Have no clue why it’s called the rear.

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Assembly #3. Here the instructions calls the wall on the bottom right the front wall. The two doors next to it are called the front doors. Yet the TV main entryway only has one door.

Assembly #4. The pieces for making the “mechanical device for operating ghosts” along with the base. 20

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Assembly #5. The roof, the rest of the tower roof sections and “front” railings. And here’s how the house should look like, according to the instructions.

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They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky….

So, there we are, a preview of the Aurora kit. The one thing, no not Thing, thing that’s bugging me is that the kit doesn’t look exactly like the house we see in the beginning credits or during the show. See above. By the way, this supposedly is the real house before the art director made it creepy.

Now what can I do to make the kit look more like the house we’re all familiar with. But before we go there, stay tuned for Part 2 called……. Mysterious and Spooky AFTERMARKET parts!

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Desperado Tour 2020: Part 2 By Foster Rash

The borderlands of Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico have been home to rustlers, revolutionaries, gunfighters, lawmen, gamblers, train robbers, radicals and renegades. (And the Eagles too evidently. Ed.)

Last month I described my trip to "Raid Day" in Columbus New Mexico with my friend "Tucson Bob." We followed the "North Route" (now the I-10) of the old Southern Pacific RR outbound to Deming and then drove south to Columbus. We returned via the El Paso & Southwestern RR "South Route" (New Mexico Hwy 9). Along the way we visited the haunts of several legendary "bad hombres" of the old west.

Johnny Ringo Gravesite

Johnny Ringo, best known for being one of the Clanton Gang cowboys who feuded with the Earp’s and Doc Holliday, is buried where his body was found on July 14, 1882 in a remote area on Turkey Creek in the western foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains near Pearce, AZ.

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Johnny Ringo, suspected of the ambush shooting and maiming of Virgil Earp, was found dead with a single shot through the head. The death was recorded as a suicide but both Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday claimed credit for the killing. The movie "Tombstone" attributes the killing to Holliday. Watch the movie version of the gunfight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJFrwLl6HU)

A frail Doc Holliday shortly before his 1887 death from tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs, CO

Steins

Looking west into Steins Pass

Steins was a busy place in the steam era but diesel locomotives didn't need to stop for water.

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Desperado Tour 2020: Part 2 The ghost town of Steins, NM is located just east of the Arizona border. In 1878, the Southern Pacific Railroad began to blast away at the rock bluffs of Steins Peak for a railroad bed. By 1880, the railway was completed through Steins Pass and the railroad established a station and rock quarry nearby. Steins was a water stop with no local source of water; water had to be hauled in on the railroad by tank cars. The town of Steins grew around the station and by 1905 was a settlement of about 100 people, with a mercantile store, restaurant, saloon and a post office. Steins was also the headquarters for a few of the mining companies in the area. It is estimated at its high point in 1919, the town and surrounding area supported more than 1,000 residents, most of which worked in the nearby mines or in the rock quarry. By this time, the town also had a boarding house, two bordellos, a dance hall, more stores, two more saloons, and a hotel. In 1925, the rock quarry closed putting dozens of men out of work, and at the end of World War II, the Southern Pacific Railroad discontinued its stop in Steins, giving the town notice that it would no longer deliver water and the station would be closed. The railroad offered the residents free transportation to wherever they might like to go and the vast majority of its inhabitants took the offer, leaving many of their possessions behind. In time Steins was completely abandoned and a 1964 fire destroyed many of the deserted buildings.

Steins today is closed to the public behind a fence. The ramshackle structures are surrounded by derelict vehicles and other junk.

In 1976, the Garrison family purchased the property that included the structures. Warren Garrison took on the task of preserving Steins. After a while he had several hundred visitors a week coming in to experience the “Old West” he had created. In 1988 Garrison sold Steins to Larry and Linda Link. The Links continued to host tourists until Larry was murdered by an intruder in 2008. Steins is now closed, fenced and posted NO TRESPASSING, but there was evidence someone was living on the property. Union Pacific trains still pass by the town daily.

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David, the son-in-law of the owners, gave us an excellent two hour tour of Shakespeare. This is the interior of the assay office.

Shakespeare is about three miles south of Lordsburg. Founded as a stagecoach stop called Mexican Springs, it became a boomtown when silver was discovered nearby. Elements of the Clanton gang such as Curly Bill Brocius and Johnny Ringo often used the settlement as a hideout. Clanton gang member Sandy King, charged with cattle rustling, murder and "being a nuisance," was lynched by the Shakespeare vigilance committee. "Russian Bill" Tettenborn was accused of claim jumping and met the same fate. Their bodies were left swinging for a few days as a deterrent to others. The Southern Pacific railroad bypassed Shakespeare in 1880 and established a water stop at Lordsburg. A new town grew around the railroad stop and Shakespeare fell into decline. It became a ghost town after the mines closed in 1929.

This cluster of structures form the pre-Civil War era Butterfield Stage stop.

Saloon at the stage stop. Those are bullet holes in the wall!

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Dining Room at the stage stop. About two dozen people were strung up here over the years by the Shakespeare Vigilance Committee.

The main street in Shakespeare was "Avon"

The

Stratford was the finest hotel in town. The Stratford on Avon in Shakespeare, clever huh?

The parlor of the Stratford Hotel.

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Stratford kitchen

Typical room at the Stratford

Pre-Civil War army mail station. A small troop of soldiers were here to protect the stage stop and spring.

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Desperado Tour 2020: Part 2 The fully equipped and operational blacksmith shop

Coming back into Lordsburg from Shakespeare, we spotted this M42 Duster self-propelled AA gun in a small veteran’s memorial adjacent to the Lordsburg cemetery Deming Unable to find a vacancy for Raid Day in either of Columbus' motels, we stayed Friday and Saturday nights in Deming (about 30 miles north of Columbus). Deming was a railroad town on the Southern Pacific, named after Mary Ann Deming Crocker, wife of Charles Crocker, one of The Big Four of the Central Pacific and trans-continental railroad fame. A Silver Spike was driven here in 1881 to commemorate the meeting of the Southern Pacific with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads; this was the second transcontinental railroad to be completed in the United States. Sunday morning it was raining as we headed south, back to Columbus to begin our exploration of what was left of the old El Paso & Southwestern Railroad.

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Desperado Tour 2020: Part 2 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad EP&SW Many of the communities and ghost towns we visited were established as water stops on the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad. The EP&SW was built by the Phelps Dodge mining company to haul copper ore from their mine in Bisbee to smelters in Douglas and El Paso. Construction began in 1888 and the railroad was incrementally expanded in support of Phelps Dodge operations. Branches extended into Mexico where Phelps Dodge owned mines. Another branch went to the coal field of northern New Mexico to haul fuel for the smelter furnaces. The entire line was leased to and operated by the Southern Pacific RR from 1924- 55 as a second main line ("South Line") for the SP between Tucson and El Paso. (SP's line between Tucson and El Paso via Lordsburg and Deming, is known as the "North Line."). In its heyday, the South Line was very busy with freights and intercity passenger trains like the Golden State Limited. The line passed through sparsely populated ranch land and agricultural communities which generated little freight, so the EP&SW was almost entirely dependent on traffic generated by Phelps Dodge and overflow from the SP "North Line." SP purchased the EP&SW in 1955, but as mining declined and competition from trucks increased, the railroad fell on hard times. The line through Arizona and New Mexico was abandoned and rails removed in the 1960s. Although most of the EP&SW was abandoned, some portions in Arizona and Texas remained and are operated today by the Union Pacific. New Mexico Highway 9 parallels the old right of way.

Timber bridge west of Columbus. There was only a trickle of water running under the bridge but the rain would soon make dry washes like this raging torrents.

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Concrete culvert, look closely and you can see "1906" cast above the arch. The dark ballast (gravel) on the roadbed above the culvert, appears to be smelter slag.

Hermanas Named for Tres Hermanas Mts., Hermanas is a farming and cattle raising community that dates to the 1870s. There was a post office here from 1903 to 1925 and the population peaked at about 150. Today it is an uninhabited crossroads with some cattle pens and nondescript foundations but the roadbed for the wye for turning locomotives is still visible on a satellite map. It was from here that EP&SW built a branch line to connect with the SP at Deming. Hermanas became a footnote to history in the 1917 Bisbee Miners’ Strike.

Striking miners being deported from Bisbee, July 12, 1917

In 1917, the IWW organized a strike of the Phelps-Dodge mines around Bisbee (The Industrial Workers of the World, IWW or the "Wobblies", was a radical international labor union). Phelps Dodge security forces, reinforced by hired thugs armed with guns and clubs, herded some 2,200 strikers to waiting cattle cars on the EP&SW. The train stopped at Hermanas, the striking miners were forced off and faced a 32 mile walk to Deming, NM without food or water.

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Abandoned trestle near Hermanas

Hachita Hachita is a ranching community of fewer than 50 people. In 1902, The EP & SW laid rails through the valley and established a water stop at this location. A shortline, the Lordsburg & Hachita Railroad, connected with the EP&SW here and the stop was called Hachita Junction. The railroad took the name from the mining town of Hachita which was in the mountains nine miles to the east. Hachita Junction included a station, maintenance yards, water and coaling towers, an engine house and housing for workers. The new community grew quickly with the addition of saloons, stores, two story hotel, school, a church and a post office. Other services like a blacksmith shop, livery stables, a saddle maker and a barbershop were also opened. The town became a bustling community and the center of activity for ranchers and miners for miles around. Eventually Hachita Junction came to be called just Hachita and the old mining town site became known as "Old Hachita."

The old water tank is still standing. Numerous concrete piers and foundations in the area may have supported the coaling tower.

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Cattle were herded from nearby ranches into this stockyard in preparation for shipment on the railroad. Smelter slag ballast on the ground indicates this was the location of a rail yard.

During the Mexican Revolution, Mormon communities in Mexico were persecuted and a large number of Mormons who had fled Mexico settled in Hachita. After the raid on Columbus by Pancho Villa, the U.S. Army strengthened its military presence along the Mexican border by establishing several army camps. Camp Shannon was established at Hachita in 1917. The camp helped the local economy but it was closed in 1922.

Tokens from the Hachita Post Exchange. Over 400 men from the 7th and 10th Cavalry regiments and 6th Field Artillery were posted at Hachita between 1917-22.

By 1920, Hachita reached the height of its prosperity. The population was around 800 with four passenger trains and several freight trains a day passing through town. But the mines in the area closed when copper prices dropped and the population of Hachita began to dwindle during the Depression of the 1930s. After World War II, trucks reduced freight on the railroad and in 1961 the last train rolled through town. The high school and grade school closed and by 1970, there were fewer than 40 residents. Today, only a handful of the houses are occupied and the Catholic Church is closed. There is an open convenience store with a gas pump and the post office still serves the residents and ranchers in the outlying area.

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Desperado Tour 2020: Part 2 St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church was originally a high school built by the WPA in the 1930s. It was converted to a church in the 1970s but is now abandoned.

Old Hachita (Eureka) Native Americans mined turquoise for centuries in the mountains the Spanish named "Hachita" (hatchet) after the small knives and hatchet-like digging tools the Indians left behind. American prospectors arrived in the 1870s, discovered copper, lead and silver and gold, and the area became known as the Eureka Mining District. The community that grew up around the mines was called Eureka. In 1881, the Southern Pacific Railroad built a line through Lordsburg, 45 miles to the north, which gave better access to the area and output from the Eureka mines boomed. Eureka's population grew to 300 with three saloons, two general stores, a blacksmith shop, mill and smelting works. The most productive mines in the area included the American National, Hornet and Gold King. In 1884, Eureka got a post office. To avoid confusion with an existing "Eureka" post office, the town's name was changed to Hachita. Eureka/Hachita also became known as a haven for outlaws, particularly counterfeiters and members of the Clanton "Cowboys" gang from Tombstone. The "Cowboys" rustled cattle or bought them with phony money in Mexico and often herded their contraband through Eureka. In March 1881, Cowboys Jim Crain, Bill Leonard and Harry “the Kid” Head robbed a stagecoach between Benson and Tombstone, killing the driver and a passenger. Wells Fargo offered $2,000 dead or alive for each man, and they fled to Eureka. There they got into a dispute with some locals, Ike and Bill Heslet, and the Heslet brothers killed Leonard and Head. Crain returned with Johnny Ringo, Frank Stilwell and other Clanton gang members and shot the Heslets to death in a Eureka saloon.

As with other boomtowns, the mines eventually played out and when the market for silver sharply dropped in 1893, which was the end of old Hachita. Some of the mines reopened in 1902, when the EP&SW railroad was built. Old Hachita continued its mining operation into the 1920’s but when copper prices dropped, the mines shut down and the town became a true ghost town. Its remoteness has left Old Hachita one of New Mexico’s best ghost towns and we were looking forward to exploring the many structures that remained. Unfortunately, the rain storm caused us to reconsider venturing 7 miles into the mountains on an unmaintained dirt road. From the paved road we had seen the washes were running and we had encountered large puddles on Hwy 9. We decided it would be prudent to visit Old 34 Hachita another time.

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Desperado Tour 2020: Part 2 Playas

Continuing northwest on Hwy 9, we crossed the Continental Divide and entered the Animas Valley

Old cattle loading pens at Playas Siding (near Animas) have not been used since the rails were pulled up in the 1960s.

Animas Animas is a small ranching community in a high valley with many Native American archeological sites. Animas was founded in the 1750s by the Spanish and became part of Mexico in 1821. It is located in the area sold to the United States with the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. The Animas post office opened in 1909 and the town of 250 residents still seems to be alive with open businesses and a large high school... Go Panthers!

The Animas Valley has always had problems with outlaws, cattle rustlers and smugglers and was part of the route known as the "Smugglers Trail."

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The Clanton Gang was also known as “The Cowboys." The Clanton’s arrived in the Arizona Territory from Texas after the Civil War. They built a ranch in the San Pedro river valley near where Tombstone would be established a decade later. By 1873 they were involved in outlaw activities, including cattle rustling, stage robberies, ambushing teamsters and murder.

Led by patriarch Newman Haynes “Old Man” Clanton, the Clanton family, with their neighbors, the McLaury’s, and several ranch hands including "Curly Bill" Brocius and Johnny Ringo, preyed on the territory from the San Pedro River to the Animas Valley. Their activities were unchallenged until the arrival of Deputy U.S. Marshal Virgil Earp and his brothers in Tombstone. Their confrontations eventually led to the famous “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral."

Newman Haynes “Old Man” Clanton was killed in Mexico while stealing cattle.

Ike Clanton was a rustler, highwayman and bushwhacker who escaped being shot by Wyatt Earp on two occasions. He finally met his end in 1887 near Springerville, AZ

Ike Clanton ran away when the shooting started and avoided being killed at the O.K. Corral gunfight in 1881. In 1885 he was implicated in the murder of rancher Isaac Ellinger. Ellinger's older brother William was one of the largest cattle barons in the Arizona Territory and both brothers were members of the Apache County Stock Association. In 1887, after law enforcement had been unable to bring Ike Clanton to justice, the association hired a range detective, Jake 36 Brighton, to capture Clanton. Brighton tracked him down and ordered him to surrender.

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Clanton tried to escape on horseback and Brighton shot him through the heart; He was dead before he hit the ground. Clanton was buried where he fell, somewhere on Jim Wilson's Ranch on Eagle Creek, south of Springerville. Some say "shot while trying to escape" was a cover up, that Brighton was hired to kill Clanton and the Apache County Stock Association had the political clout to make the trying to escape story stick. Continuing west, the road began to climb into the Antelope Pass through the Peloncillo Mtns and into the San Simon Valley. At the intersection with Hwy 80 we turned south. Rain was coming down steadily.

Rodeo Rodeo has a population of around 100, it is almost a ghost town. None of the businesses were open, but it was a Sunday.

The San Simon is a wide valley with the Chiricahua Mountains to the west and the Peloncillo Mountains to the east. Rodeo was established in 1902, built by the railroad to serve as a siding, water stop and station. The Rodeo Post Office has been in operation from 1903 to present. When the railroad ceased operation, Rodeo nearly became a ghost town, but still survives today because of local ranchers and travelers on Highway 80. Most of the buildings and other structures used by the railroad are gone and just the foundations remain.

Rodeo Depot in the 1950's judging from the vehicle in the background. Depot appears identical to the one in Columbus, NM.

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Looking down the right of way of the EP&SW, the foundation and loading dock of the old depot is on the right)

Apache

Continuing south on Hwy 80, we crossed the Arizona state line and came to a crossroads. Apache, AZ is where the Skeleton Cyn Rd intersects with Hwy 80. It is marked by the Geronimo Surrender Monument, although the actual surrender site is about 10 miles to the southeast in Skeleton Cyn.

Geronimo surrender obelisk kind of looks like the old guy is giving us the finger. Rain was coming down heavy and the clouds were on the deck.

Geronimo (mounted on left) and Naiche (youngest son of Cochise, mounted on right), Geronimo's son Perico standing on left holding baby. Photo taken by C.S. Fly around the time of Geronimo's surrender.

For 30 years, Geronimo had fought to protect his Apache lifestyle and homeland; His band was the last of the Apaches to be confined to a reservation. By 1886, his people were exhausted from being continuously on the move to avoid capture. Hopelessly outnumbered, he surrendered to General 38 Nelson Miles.

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Geronimo was the last Native American warrior to formally surrender to U.S. forces which brought an end to the Indian Wars in the Southwest. Considered too dangerous to be turned loose on an Arizona reservation, Geronimo and his band were exiled to Florida and eventually moved to a reservation near Fort Sill, Oklahoma. There he adopted the white man's ways, participated in President Theodore Roosevelt’s 1905 inaugural parade, and dictated his autobiography Geronimo’s Story of His Life. He died at Fort Sill in 1909.

Skeleton Canyon Our plan called for a side trip into Skeleton Canyon to see the actual Geronimo surrender site but the rain had flooded the road. Even the paved highway was starting to flood and we were concerned we might get stranded. The canyon is part of the Smugglers Trail, a secluded path through almost uninhabited country, to and from Mexico. This route has been in use since pre-Columbian times, was favored by outlaws like the Clanton gang in the 1880s and is still used today by Mexican cartels to smuggle drugs and people into the US. The trail runs north out of Sonora, Mexico, up the Animas Valley in New Mexico, crosses the Peloncillo Mtns through Skelton Canyon, then west through the Coronado National Forest in Arizona where it comes out near McNeal, AZ.

Skeleton Canyon (marked in red) in the Peloncillo Mtns. connects the San Simon Valley of Arizona with the Animas Valley of New Mexico. Originally named Guadalupe Canyon by the Spanish, it came to be called Skeleton Canyon, as a result of all the bones of cows and humans that perished there.

The canyon was the site of several gunfights during the Wild West. In 1879, a group of outlaw cowboys attacked a group of Mexican Rurales (rural police). In 1881, "Curly Bill" Brocius and elements of the Clanton Gang robbed and killed about a dozen Mexicans in the canyon and stole their cattle. In retribution, the Mexican Rurales ambushed the Clanton Gang as they were driving stolen cattle through the canyon. In 1883, Apache Indians from Chihuahua's band surprised troopers of the Fourth Cavalry, killed three men, burned the wagons and supplies, and drove off forty horses and mules. In more recent times, human traffickers and drug cartels have been known to use the route. 39

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I was told the dirt road through Skeleton Canyon is generally pretty good, but that there were a few washes subject to flash flooding. So even though the Geronimo surrender site is well marked, given the weather situation, we did not attempt the trip through Skeleton Canyon lest we add our bones to the many who have never returned!

This scrubby grove in Skeleton Canyon is the actual site of Geronimo's surrender (http://abell.as.arizona.edu photo)

John Slaughter Ranch It was mid-afternoon as we drove out of the San Simon valley and in the distance to the southwest, we could see rays of sun along the edge of the storm. The San Bernardino Ranch, better known as the Slaughter Ranch after the owner in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is about 15 miles east of Douglas along the US/Mexico border. We had left the rain behind, the road to the ranch appeared solid, damp but no mud, so we gave it a try and made it to the ranch without a problem. The San Bernardino Ranch was originally established in Mexico and covered thousands of acres. When the border was realigned following the Gadsden Purchase, part of the ranch was in the US and the rest was still in Mexico.

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John Horton Slaughter (1841 – 1922), also known as "Texas John" Slaughter, was a lawman and rancher. Remember the Texas John Slaughter Disney series (1958)? And the theme song: "Texas John Slaughter made 'em do what they oughta, and if they didn't, they died."

After serving in the Confederate Army during in the Civil War, Slaughter made his reputation fighting hostile Indians and both Mexican and American outlaws in the Arizona and New Mexico territories. In the latter half of his life, he lived at the San Bernardino Ranch. The ranch house and several out buildings are well preserved and include furnishings in use when Slaughter lived there.

The Slaughter Ranch house is on high ground overlooking Mexico. Slaughter enjoyed sitting on his porch and looking out over his property.

Slaughter's favorite chair. The rugs could be rolled up and furniture set against the walls so this room could be used for dances.

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Prior to the 2nd Battle of Agua Prieta, Slaughter observed Pancho Villa's army butchering his cattle on the Mexican portion of his ranch. This went on for two days, so Slaughter saddled up and rode into Villa's camp. He returned with saddlebags full of silver in payment for his beef. After the battle, one of Villa's officers presented Mrs. Slaughter with his sword as a token of appreciation for feeding his men.

1st Cavalry outpost on the mesa above the Slaughter Ranch during the Mexican Revolution. Stone corral enclosure in foreground.

Remains of the old corral today. US/Mexico border is at the base of this mesa.

I asked the caretaker how close we were to the Mexican border. He pointed across a pasture and said, "That fence is 60 feet away, that's the border." We noticed two rifles leaning against the bookcase behind the desk in the visitor’s reception building and Bob asked, "Do you have any problems with illegal migrants?" The caretaker's wife answered, "We used to, they caught mostly Chinese and Pakistani’s coming through here. But since Trump beefed up the Border Patrol and started building the wall, we haven't encountered anyone. Still, it's best to be prepared and always have 42 a gun within reach. We're on our own out here."

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This is a construction camp working on the border wall. Difficult to see but the wall is the dark band along the horizon. Seen from the Slaughter Ranch Rd.

Douglas Light was fading as we rolled into Douglas to find a room. The Douglas area was first settled by the Spanish who established the Presidio de San Bernardino in 1776 east of present day Douglas. Douglas was founded in 1905 as a smelter town by the Phelps Dodge Company to refine the copper ores from nearby Bisbee. The town is named after mining pioneer and Phelps Dodge executive Dr. James Douglas. In the first half of the 20th century, America was converting to electricity and there was a huge demand for copper. Phelps Dodge was a major producer of copper but the Douglas Reduction Works closed in 1987 and the facility was dismantled in 1991.

The old EP&SW Depot now houses the Douglas Police Dept.

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The rotunda inside the station building

Possibly the swankiest police station in Arizona with polished marble and finely crafted woodwork.

This heavy ore car was used to move bulk products at the smelter.

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Desperado Tour 2020: Part 2 Bob had a recommendation from a friend of a friend for dinner at "the best steak house in Douglas." So we changed into dry clothes and headed out. The place was a little hard to find owing to bad directions and "just outside of Douglas" turned out to be 40 miles away! The restaurant was a little roadhouse in the middle of nowhere on Hwy 92 near Hereford and as we pulled up, the Cochise County Sheriff was making an arrest in the parking lot!

Bright Spot Restaurant was out of the way but worth it. The establishment had a honky tonk vibe with friendly service and locals drinking at the bar.

I began dinner with a tangy, stiff Bloody Mary and salad followed by a juicy sirloin, medium rare with just the right amount of char. 4 stars on the Budzeka scale.

To be continued. Next month: Fort Huachuca and Earps vs Clantons. FR

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In Memory of Stirling Moss Stirling Moss passed away Easter Sunday. His racing career spanned 1948 to 1962 and he won 212 of the 529 races in which he competed.

Stirling Moss lifts the trophy after winning the British Grand Prix in 1955. Moss won a career total of 16 Formula 1 Grand Prix races.

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Moss came in second at the 1953 Le Mans in a C-type Jaguar. He preferred to race British cars, stating, “Better to lose honorably in a British car than win in a foreign one."

Moss broke the Land Speed Record for 1500 cc cars driving the MG EX181 "Roaring Raindrop" to over 245 mph at Bonneville in 1957. Watch a newsreel video here: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2014/06/10/stirling-moss-conquers-bonneville-1957

In one of the greatest drives in Formula 1 history, Moss drove an underpowered, privateer Lotus-Climax to victory over the Ferrari factory team in the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix.

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Driving a Mercedes Benz 300 SLR, Moss won Italy's 1955 Mille Miglia thousand-mile road race, an achievement Motor Trend headlined as "The Most Epic Drive, Ever." Moss paired with motor racing journalist Denis Jenkinson, as navigator, and the two completed the race in ten hours and seven minutes. Their record was never broken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJsdw- pof1o

Rest in Peace Sir Stirling Moss

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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area Latest Changes to the clubs always on top Check with your local club for meeting dates as they may have changed.

Pasadena Scale Modelers Society Meets on the 4th Friday of each month American Legion Hall 179 N. Vinedo East Pasadena, CA Doors open 7:30 p.m. There is a $5 donation at the meeting

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Temecula Valley Model Club Meets on the 2nd Saturday of every month Kay Ceniceros Center (old location) 29995 Evans Road Menifee, CA 92586 9:00 am till around 12:00 $5 entry fee to offset room cost Join afterwards at Pizza Factory Menifee if you wish https://www.facebook.com/groups/515492695197122/?bookmark_t=group [email protected] 951-805-2541

Pendleton AMPS Meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month The American Legion La Mesa Post # 282 8118 University Ave. La Mesa, Ca. 91944 Doors open at 11:00 a.m. to about whenever $5 dues which includes lunch [email protected] 951-805-2541 54

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IPMS South Orange County The Insane Modeling Posse Meets on the 4th Saturday of each month Next meeting tentative May 23

Norman P. Murray Center 24932 Veterans Way Mission Viejo, CA 92692 This is a great build session style meeting 8:00 am till 2:00 pm

IPMS San Diego Model Car Club Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month San Diego Auto Museum / Balboa Park 2080 Pan America Plaza San Diego, CA

IPMS Orange County Meets the 3rd Friday of each month La Quinta Inns & Suites 3 Centerpointe Dr. La Palma, CA 90623 Doors open at 7:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. Non-member fee $7 First visit free.

IPMS Inland Empire Meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month Pegasus Hobbies 5515 Moreno Street Montclair, CA 91763 Doors open at 6:30 pm and go till about 9:00 pm There is no charge for first meeting then $5

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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area SoCal Amps Armor Modeling Preservation Society Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month Frye Sign Company 12818 Nutwood St. Garden Grove CA 4:00 p.m. to around 9:00 p.m. Bring some chairs. No-fee meeting

Ship Modelers Association – SMA Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month American Red Cross Building 1207 N. Lemon St. Fullerton, CA 92835 In Hillcrest Park 7:00 p.m.

Sprue Cutters Model Club Brookhurst Hobbies Meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. Brookhurst Hobbies 12188 Brookhurst Street Garden Grove, CA 92840 Phone: (714) 636-3580 No charge to attend [email protected]

IPMS San Diego Meets the last Friday of each month at Girl Scouts San Diego 1231 Upas St. San Diego, CA Use Richmond St. entrance to Upas Doors open at 6:30 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. Adult first visit is free and then $4.00

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Los Angeles Miniaturists Society LAMS Meets the 1st Saturday of each month Veterans of Foreign Wars building 1006 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91506 Meeting starts around 9:00 a.m. till 12:30 Frequent demonstrations. Nonmember $5

Upcoming Events IPMS National Conventions Locations 2020 San Marcos, TX 2021 Las Vegas, NV 2022 Omaha, NE Dates of events could change, Check with your local club for more information.

Upcoming Events Saturday, November 7, 2020 SCGMC10 Presented by Southern California Gundam Model Competition 10 Sheraton Fairplex Vineyard Ballroom 601 W. Mckinley Ave Pomona, CA 91768 thosegundamguys.org

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