It’s a Small World
For toy customizer Jon Stiles, big results come from tiny details
By Bill Vossler
Not everyone would drive 200 miles out of his way just to take a photo of a vintage brush plow. But Jon Stiles, Deer Creek, Minn., brings unusual passion to his hobby of customizing Caterpillar toys.
On a recent drive in rural Minnesota, Jon spotted a large, single-bottom brush (or ditch) plow. “I didn’t have a camera with me, but the plow impressed me enough that I actually drove back a couple hundred miles to get a picture of it so I could put it on my wish list,” he says. “I should stop doing things like that, because I have more projects backed up in my brain, and on pictures, than I’ll ever have time to do.”