PaperModelers.com

Go Back   PaperModelers.com > Contests, Competitions, and Challenges > Fiddler's Green Modeling Madness

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #21  
Old 09-01-2012, 02:16 AM
brianne's Avatar
brianne brianne is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Wasilla
Posts: 228
Total Downloaded: 323.80 MB
I will miss his humor and his models, I appreciated Fiddler's Green to no end, the first commercial paper model site I ever found, and the first set of paper buildings I ever folded together were his. I used them for green plastic armymen battles! RIP
Chip.
Bri
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 09-01-2012, 02:19 AM
Sakrison's Avatar
Sakrison Sakrison is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ripon, WI, 20 mi from Oshkosh - center of the Aviation Universe
Posts: 1,639
Total Downloaded: 1.51 GB
"He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again."
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet

So long, old friend.
__________________
I'm an adult? Wait! How did that happen? How do I make it stop?!.
My Blog: David's Paper Cuts My paper models and other mischief
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 09-01-2012, 02:40 AM
Leif Ohlsson's Avatar
Leif Ohlsson Leif Ohlsson is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Göteborg, Sweden
Posts: 2,640
Total Downloaded: 54.96 MB
Long before I started building paper models, the picture postcards with models from something called "Fiddlers Green" fascinated me. Without a doubt, the idea of being able to make good-looking models from a picture postcard was immensely appealing. Having bought one and studied it (not sure I ever built it) I was definitely hooked - even to the point of purchasing those sweets recommended for making wheels.

In hindsight, I can truly say that the Fiddlers Green concept was one of the main influences that made me cross over from big balsa models to small paper models. I have never regretted that.

I never really registered the name Chip Fyn until arriving here, where I came to understand his impact on the paper modeling community. Thank you, Chip, for touching me as well.

Leif
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 09-01-2012, 03:28 AM
Blackronin's Avatar
Blackronin Blackronin is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 526
Total Downloaded: 0
I just woke up to the news that Chip passed away.
My heart is heavy with sorrow.
I've built his models and I've talked briefly with him in the internet.
I always felt that he was a good and generous human being.
An artist that always paid more attention to people and models than to profit.
To his family and friends, my condolences.


Thanks Chip.
__________________
Transliteration of 2D printing into multidimensional dreams?

Models: Fiddler's Green models.
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 09-01-2012, 03:35 AM
Kevin WS's Avatar
Kevin WS Kevin WS is offline
Eternal Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Currently Southern Africa.
Posts: 7,121
Total Downloaded: 425.92 MB
I am really sad to hear this.

I will miss Chips humour and his presence in the paper modeling arena.

While we all have to go, this does not lessen the loss.

RIP.
Reply With Quote
Google Adsense
  #26  
Old 09-01-2012, 04:14 AM
tekzo's Avatar
tekzo tekzo is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Posts: 578
Total Downloaded: 3.09 MB
we all gonna miss him, last chat with him was on July ,Chip asking me to make set of Drone/UAV/UCAV..

RIP
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 09-01-2012, 04:49 AM
murphyaa's Avatar
murphyaa murphyaa is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Somewhere out there
Posts: 6,604
Total Downloaded: 313.47 MB
Send a message via Yahoo to murphyaa Send a message via Skype™ to murphyaa
Does anybody know what his plans for the future of Fiddlersgreen were? I know for a while he was worried it would die with him.
__________________
My New Website: https://murphs-models.com/
Visit my Youtube Channel
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 09-01-2012, 05:28 AM
Spacemen1969's Avatar
Spacemen1969 Spacemen1969 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Webster, MA
Posts: 507
Total Downloaded: 36.39 MB
Rest in Peace Chip, you'll always be one of my favorite model designers.
__________________
"Every hero has his or her time, but when that time comes, will that hero be prepared to sacrifice everything for the lives of others?" - Unknown
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 09-01-2012, 05:38 AM
Oliver Bizer's Avatar
Oliver Bizer Oliver Bizer is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,066
Total Downloaded: 26.44 MB
Send a message via Skype™ to Oliver Bizer
Reply With Quote
  #30  
Old 09-01-2012, 05:53 AM
SCEtoAUX's Avatar
SCEtoAUX SCEtoAUX is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 7,801
Total Downloaded: 567.16 MB
Another good one gone.
__________________
~Doug~
AC010505 EAMUS CATULI! Audere est Facere THFC 19**-20** R.I.P. it up, Tear it up, Have a Ball
Reply With Quote
Google Adsense
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:49 PM.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

Parts of this site powered by vBulletin Mods & Addons from DragonByte Technologies Ltd. (Details)
Copyright © 2007-2023, PaperModelers.com