Date Of Birth: September 9, 1943
Date Of Death: June 29, 2009
Igor “Woody” Grosdoff died on Monday June 29, 2009 after a brief illness. He was 65 years old.Woody was one of the original Hippies in San Francisco in the early 1960’s.He owned Suncoast Models from about 1988-1997, making architectural models of all kinds. Woody also manufactured HO and O scale kits.Woody was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and also lived in Black Mountain, North Carolina.He also had Scale Three-dimensional renderings. Woody was a master craftsman when it came to modeling.Woody, you will be missed.May the lights be green.Your friends, David Clendenin, Alan Keesling, and the rest of the unaffiliated “O” Scalers of Central Indiana.
Ron Rendfeld says
Rich Yoder says
RIP Woody
john clemens says
THE WORLD IS A BIT SMALLER AFTER HEARING OF WOODYS PASSING…WOODY WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF A KIND AND HE JOINS AN OLD FRIEND, JERRY PLUNKETT, IN HEAVEN WHERE THEY ARE BOTH WORKING ON HIGHLY DETAILED MODELS…BOTH WOODY AND JERRY WERE TRULY MASTERBUILDERS..I KNEW WOODY FOR MANY YEARS AND WE MET EVERY FALL IN BLACK MOUNTAIN WHERE RON FISHER, WOODY, JERRY AND I WOULD SIT AND TALK FOR HOURS ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF RAILROADING..THANKS TO MY GOOD FRIEND TED LEACH, I AM ABLE TO TELL WOODY A FINAL GOODBYE OLD FRIEND….JOHN CLEMENS, THE BRASS ROUNDHOUSE
Greg Elems says
I am so sorry to read about Woody. I never met him in person but we did e mail occasionally in the past. My condolences to his family.
Greg Elems
Ted Leach says
Woody: You were always good for a laugh. I’ll miss you. Ted
Reverend Justin G G Kahn Sr says
I always enjoyed talking with Woody at O scale shows and stopped off to see him a couple times as I drove through Indianapolis.
I shall miss him.
Bill Driscoll says
Never met Woody, but have assembled a lot of his structures. Beautiful kits and finished kits.
Jim Hill says
In addition to family, personal friends, co-workers and members of various associations, Woody had many hundreds of friends he’d never met — but who came to know and admire Woody for his skills, dedication and his many years of sharing his talents and experiences with others.
He’ll be missed by them all.
Leonard Lee Davis says
My experence with Woody was throught the internet world of Proto 48. A consumnet humanbeing and a privlage to know and share the ongoings of model railroading and life in general.
The world is a little less brighter without his illumination in it. He will be missed but not forgotten.
Sincerely,
L. Lee Davis
Dick Bregler says
As a fellow Pennsylvanian,O Scale modeler and acquantance,you will be missed Woody
David Vaughn says
Woody was a unique individual and a talented modeler. He dealt as well as he could with a difficult life and life choices. May he rest in peace.
David Vaughn
Ron Morse says
Bob Sewall says
Woody will be remembered for the good times we spent together. How could I have known that his beautiful P:48 switching layout where my SW ran would become a constant reminder of Woody in my own home! I was touched by his genuine appreciation for my son helping him understand laser engraving, which he hoped to use to make casting patterns. My last visit with him at the nursing home left me smiling as I thought about his unusual character–unchanged by the disease and ravages of the cancer. He was always the same Woody. RIP old friend. We miss you.
andrea stacey says
Woody was my neighbor for 3 1/2 years. We lived @Arcadia apartments in Indianapolis. He was a great neighbor to have right next door. We looked out for each other. I would knock on his door and ask him to walk with me across the street (I hated to cross those busy streets by myself) he would always go w/ me. I liked the times during warm summer and spring evenings,we would sit on the balcony with some refreshments and enjoy the music that Woody would be playing on his stereo. I will miss him very much. I think of him often.