Stevens Creek Models

Who are we?

I am the "we" here at Stevens Creek Models. No, my name is not Steven. My company takes its name from the creek located about a block from where I live in Cupertino, California. My name is Ken Lunders.

I have been model railroading since around 1997. About that time I wandered into a hobby shop and found an issue of RMC I had to buy & take home. I joined the NMRA soon after. A couple of years later I took on the Pacific Coast Region job of Contest Chairman following Tony Thompson's tenure. I held that position for about 4 years. After making the Region's rule book (Contest Directory) electronically accessible on the web, and accomplishing most of the rest of what I wanted, I vacated the job to become a plain old member once again.

I hooked up with other modelers in the area and helped put together the 2004 National Narrow Gauge Convention in Santa Clara. I organized the contest room, and designed and maintained the convention web site. I was also lucky to be a part of the Yosemite Short Line On30 sectional layout group. We built the layout to show at the convention. You can see more about the layout & group here on the web page created by Jim Eckman.

Like many model railroaders, I think model building is one of the funner parts of the hobby. I try to make my kits both enjoyable and challenging to build. I hope you will try one.

Stevens Creek Models is not something that I do full time. My full time job is as a designer at InterCAD, Inc. I draw schematics and lay out circuit board artwork on a computer. InterCAD does work for a variety of other companies here in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. InterCAD, Inc., like Stevens Creek Models, is just me. I work at home. What a great commute!

The picture shows me in Death Valley National Park out by the charcoal kilns earlier this year. If you haven't visited DVNP I strongly recommend you put it near the top of your list of places to go. I took the photo with my Nikon D80 and 18-200mm VR lens held out at arms length. I only set the focal length. The focusing and all the rest was done automatically by the camera. I got the camera & lens as soon as they were available. Love the lens but less than thrilled with the camera. At least the one I bought. The D80 had "hot pixel" problems that had to get fixed while in warranty. To see a few more of my pics taken in Death Valley & Rhyolite click here. To find out more about Nikon, Cannon, and other cameras visit Ken Rockwell's web site here.

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