Ev Weber conducts extensive research, measuring the real machine, its manuals, brochures, books, magazine articles and anything else he can find to make sure his information is accurate. That phase can take months, and even then, he's not always positive that the information he's found is correct. “I would find three or four articles, all of which, in one sense or another, contradicted each other,” he says. “But by reading all of them, and talking with people, we could pretty much get our work accurate.”
Terry Rouch measures and researches just like everybody else. Still, perfection is often elusive. “There's always stuff you can't do quite right,” he says. “You can't put too many hours into something just to get it perfect. You just have to get it down to where it looks pretty good.” Terry's standards, though, are high. “The public isn't as picky as I am,” Terry notes.
Though Ev Weber has been called “The man with the golden hands” and “The Michelangelo of farm toy models” for his work, all of these scratch-toy builders are artisans in their own right, creating miniature works of art for the public to enjoy. Farm toy collectors always look forward to the next model these craftsmen will produce. FC