Bob Sifferd in 2008
My 15 minutes of fame.
The trophy photo was taken for the "Joliet Herald News" during the presentation of the 1st Place Senior Regional trophy for the 1963 Revell-Pactra contest. Funny, I first saw the trophy in a downtown Bank's window ! I didn't even know it was in town. I suppose they must have been a sponsor and it sat in that window for some weeks.

This site was started after an interview by Mark Gustavson for his new "The Revell-Pactra and Revell-Testor Contest Book" . It has motivated me in all of this again and a hobby renewed after 40 years.
Upon entering the US Army, I got out of the hobby from 1965 through 2003. During those years I made a career of map making from aerial photography, thus my interest in photogrammetry, the art and science of measurement from photographs. You will see me use these techniques in model building.