Farewell Andy Calvert

The British N gauge world has lost one of it's leading lights. Nobody that saw his excellent "Moorcock Junction" at the N Gauge Society show this year could doubt his modelling talent. This tribute comes from Michael Shillabeer:

It is with deep regret that I have to report that Andy Calvert sadly passed away last night.

My lasting impression of Andy is that he never let model railways get too serious - when I first saw Andy's latest layout Moorcock Junction, his comments to me were "what'd you think of my new trainset then?"

I'd like to express on behalf of myself and the N Gauge Society my deepest sympathy to Andy's family and friends.

Dave Jones had this to say:

I have just found out about Andy Calvert.

What can i say? Well he was a good friend of mine, although we only chatted about 6 or 7 times a year it was usually for 3-4 hours uninterrupted. He was one of the top 3 modellers in the country, and the leading impetus in ALL the NGS wagon kits.

No mean modeller himself either, i was lucky enough to have Andy debut Welham Green MPD at a show i organised in Banbury about 6 years ago. I was also a supplier of stock for this layout, plus the 'broker' for it when he sold it to another of my customers.

He was always open, and cheerful......and never really had a harsh word to say about anyone.

The N gauge world is poorer for his loss, and i can only repeat Michael's sentiments.

He will be missed.