RIP Peter Zorn

[Rubenandres77]

Peter A. Zorn Jr.
1939 - 2017

Dear friends of www.papermodelers.com

It is with great sorrow that I must inform you of this very sad news.

Our modeller friend and loved designer Peter Zorn died on the night of January 1st.

His wife sent me an email which for some reason arrived late to my inbox.
I just read it. Of it I can share the following words:

Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 11:09 PM


Dear Ruben,

It is with a heavy heart & great sadness that I have to tell you that
Peter passed away last night. It was a massive heart attack, sudden
and swift. One minute we were having a nice conversation, and thirty
minutes later he was gone.
...
Kind regards,

Kathleen

Peter Zorn was a skilled professional in the field of design,
senior associate designer at TGAdesign in Florida, where he
lived with his family.

Not only was he a designer, but he also was a prolific text author,
and even an award-winning screenwriter.

We remember him for his famous series of paper model kit books
that were cleverly designed with nice details, and easy to build
that appeared in the early 1980s.

Although I never met him personally, we exchanged mails several times
and I could feel he was a great person, always with a curious spirit,
and he was no doubt a man who cared for the others and who loved
his family deeply.

He loved modelling, and he never stopped building until the end.
He had several ongoing projects in his table.


I had the honor of working with him and with Billy on the digital restoration
of his kit of the Ford Trimotor. That memory and a few others I cherish and
keep in my heart. ( Re-colouring the Ford Trimotor by Peter Zorn )

My thoughts go to his wife Kathleen. My sincere condolences to all
the people who loved him.

We have lost a great fellow member.

And I lost a friend.

Rest in peace, Peter. And thanks for everything!

[Texman]

OMG.

My condolences and prayers for the family. Another icon and historical marker
of our community is gone.

Sadness for today.

[rickstef]

This is indeed sad news, I was able to meet Peter when he attended the IPMC, I believe back in 2003, he was very personable, and approachable, a great story teller.

the world is better for him having contributed his talents and shared them with us

Rick

[SCEtoAUX]

That is really sad news. Peter was a very good person who always was willing to help someone and share his fine work with others. He will be missed. I offer my deepest condolences to his family and many friends throughout the world.

[MacSongLi]

This is truly sad news, and a great loss. My heartfelt condolences to his family.

Gary

[jagolden01]

RIP, Peter. You will be missed!

JoeG

[Paper Kosmonaut]

A tragic loss for the paper modeling world indeed.
Rest in peace, mr. Zorn. Your amazing models will live on forever.
My condolences to the family.

[Don Boose]

We have lost a great paper model designer and a fine person.

Don

[Richschindler]

A sad beginning to a new year. My condolences go out to his family. You will be missed.

[Kugelfang]

My very first introduction to card modeling was SPAD XIII / SPAD VII booklet, copyright 1982 by Mr Zorn. Still unbuilt but in a place of honor among my WWI books.

RIP. A sad day.

--jeff