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Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« on: May 30, 2024, 10:17:25 AM »
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After dealing with some ongoing health issues, just found out through his N Scale Ships website blog that Peter Nolan passed away on March 17, 2024.

Peter’s obituary is at https://www.forevermissed.com/peter-k-nolan/about

My condolences to his family and friends.

Rest in peace Peter.

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2024, 10:35:13 AM »
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After dealing with some ongoing health issues, just found out through his N Scale Ships website blog that Peter Nolan passed away on March 17, 2024.

Peter’s obituary is at https://www.forevermissed.com/peter-k-nolan/about

My condolences to his family and friends.

Rest in peace Peter.

Man, very sad to hear this.   Pete and I had some awesome exchanges over the years, and I was always in awe of his ship modeling. (and MRR stuff too)   He was active in the Z forums and chats on and off but it's been probably a year or so since we last spoke.   

Rest in peace, sir!
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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2024, 10:42:14 AM »
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RIP Peter

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2024, 10:45:02 AM »
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Sad to hear this.  I spoke to him once on the phone.  A very pleasant man.

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2024, 11:03:50 AM »
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RIP Peter.  Loved interacting with him on so may things over the years.

Great loss for miniature shipbuilding.

Sincerest condolences to his surviving loved ones and friends.

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2024, 11:14:40 AM »
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Rest in peace, Peter. My condolences to his family and friends.

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2024, 12:09:19 PM »
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I met Peter at one of our clubs N Scale Weekends several years ago as he had a table displaying his models. He was a joy to talk to and shared so much in that small amount of time we had. My condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed.

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2024, 01:41:23 PM »
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Pete was a wonderful person and excellent modeler of ships. I had the pleasure of meeting Pete and had a nice conversation about ship modeling at the N Scale Collectors / Enthusiast meeting in Milwaukee several years ago. I really enjoyed and admired his work. 

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2024, 02:54:23 PM »
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My condolences to his family.

That is a very sad news. Peter was a superb modeler, and a great all around guy.  His  scratchbuilt ships were really amazing.

IIRC, in a Railwire discussion we realized that we worked at the same company back in the '80s.  He was in the upper management while I was a computer tech.  It sure is a small world.
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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2024, 03:40:00 PM »
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Pete's layout was also featured in N Scale Magazine many years ago .. I don't have a index to let you know which issue .. IIRC it was many levels

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2024, 04:34:28 PM »
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So sorry to hear of Peter's passing.  I bought one of his kits for a Baltimore Harbor cruise ship.  I built and painted it to resemble Chicago's First Lady, one of the sightseeing boats that travels the Chicago River.

While the kit was challenging, everything fit perfectly and was included with the kit and its well written instructions.  After reading his obituary I know now why those instructions were so good.



RIP, Peter.

Best regards,

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2024, 07:02:05 PM »
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Always seemed like a very kind guy, and incredible modeler, RIP Peter

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2024, 10:19:37 PM »
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I met Pete at a train show some years back. He was a very friendly and knowledgeable guy and a pleasure to see his talent though I never had a place for any of his kits.

RIP Peter Nolan.

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Re: Peter Nolan of N Scale Ships Has Passed Away
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2024, 09:34:44 PM »
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Had dinner and some great conversation with Peter at one of the NSE convention(think it was Louisville), neat guy, good modeler, sorry to hear the news, he will be missed. Gordon