Michael Paul Smith commented on Patreon

As always, Ron, a terrific interview! Many, many thanks for bringing outstanding model makers to our attention along with documenting their work by way of your channel. What an amazing community of miniaturists out in the world. If it weren't for the web and people like you, we would still be sitting alone in our homes creating scaled down scenes, with very few people knowing about our Artistic Passions. Joshua Smith's work is a humbling experience to behold. When listening to him speak about it, I found myself nodding in agreement and understanding the creative engine that is driving his vision.
MPS

Amazing artist as well as the others noted. As much as model making is, or can be, an art form I am still fascinated  with steam railroads engines, cars, and the history they were part of and helped create. While building model railroads is a platform for the trains it does require an eye of our surroundings and a lot of imagination. There is so little recorded history for much of the time period I find interesting in Hawaii. In fact finding period figures of color in any scale is extremely difficult so that alone is a challenge. 

Structures and scenery as art or in the case of a model railroad, are very different things. When trains are running the terms "good enough" or the "five foot rule" really mean that these items play a representational part of the main actors and everything else is the stage. I admire the works done by you and others but would not spend the time to detail and weather buildings to this degree. Not only would I never finish the railroad but I would worry that the scene(s) would upstage the trains. My two cents. 

Good evening Ron

I really enjoy the interviews you have been conduction. The artistic level that the modelers / artists  achieve is truly amazing.  

Looking forward to the next.

John

Very cool

Thank you, everyone. It was fun to do.