Gary Christensen lives in Coos
Bay, OR with his wife Andrea of
12 years, and four children. He
is employed as a teamster in a
wholesale food commodities
warehouse. When he is not
working, he spends time with
his family and at his studio
workbench weathering HO
scale model trains.
Gary has been an avid railroad
fan since youth and has done
art work as far back as he can
recall. About 15 years ago,
two of his interests merged
into what is currently known as model train weathering. He
remained “underground” for quite few years, learning what
he could by exploring the Internet on the subject, refining
and honing his skills. Finally he joined a forum pertaining to
the hobby of weathering called MTW. From there, He met
Jeremy St. Peter, who became a close friend.
The two subsequently left MTW and created a website of their
own. Jeremy and Gary are the brains behind The Weathering
Shop
. It is a collective gallery of what
they consider to be some of the very best weathering in model
railroading. The site has been online, providing new weekly
updates of models, to its members for nearly five years. Since
its innovation, Gary has provided a model a month, and to this
day he adheres to this agenda.
Rustbucket weathering - 18
MRH-Aug 2014
