Hi Steve. Im very sorry to hear of your loss ... and in a way ... its a loss for all of us. I really enjoyed your fathers posts and his "original" writing style ... aye!!, and if his builds didn´t inspire, his happy and good nature did.
He was a big part of Armorama this last few years and will be sorley missed. My condolences to you and your family. /Frank

Thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family on your loss. The model community has lost a great friend and contributor.

Steve, this is a great shock, my condolences to you and the rest of your family.
He was a true gentleman and a great modeller and friend he will be sadly missed.

Mal

Stev so sorry to hear the news your DAD will be a BIG miss at all times now.

With sincerest condolences Keith

My deep condolences to you and your family
ric

Hello Steve,

My deepest respect goes out to you and your family at this difficult moment.


RIP Barv...

This is a great shock, our condolences to you and the rest of your family.
He was a truly a great modeller, gentleman and it was a honour to have known him. As others have said he will be sadly missed.

As he always said...

Aye

Allen and Sam (camogirl)

barv and his good wife came to our show a couple of months back , he came early set up and modelled all day , his table was surrounded by people wanting to know how he did this and how he did that , i sat at our display watching all this and thinking he ain't gonna get nothing done , so we went outside for a coffee and some fresh air and barv says talking to people at shows is something he loved , talking to folks who understand what you are talking about and understand what you are trying to convey is the best thing there is . god bless barv you will be sadly missed , and my deepest sympathy to Steve Jr and all the family , from tony and the boys from the Washington model club.

Condolences to your family. Truly a great, original modeler with a fine sense of humor and style.
Sincerely,
Charles

Dear Steve!

I did not know your father personally, but he was a great inspiration for all of us! My deepest condolences to you and your family.

Barv will be missed, but never forgotten!

I will never forget his "Aye" at the end of his postings.

Sincerly,

Todorovic Andreas

Steve and family.
My thoughts are with you all at this time.
Barvs work was always a source of inspiration and his posts were always full of the humour and friendliness that surrounded him.
A great shock and a sad loss.
My sincerest condolences
Nige

My condolences. His great talent and fountain of knowledge will be missed.

Paul

I can only say I am sorry I didnt get to know Steve personally while he was here. However I did always enjoy his work and if anyone around here was the god of scratch building, it would be him. Perhaps he's even giving lessons to the man upstairs right now I will definitely miss seeing his work, and will keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

My sincere condolences,
your father will be missed by many members.

Steve and family
Firstly may I send you and your family my deepest regreats. I have never meet your father but we have exchanged emails many many time over the years. Myself and the rest of the Plain Military team are truly saddened by your sudden loss and he will leave a void in our hearts for many years to come.
Steve you will be truly missed.
Tony Hoare.

My deepest condolences go to your family, Barv will be deeply missed. As a fellow scratchbuilder…Barv was a big inspiration to me and many others here. I will miss his work and his postings which were filled with those little smiley icons.

BARV

Joe

It is with great saddness to learn of Steve's (BARV) ,sudden death as Steve and i both had the same interest in scrathbuilding ,he will be sadly missed by all who knew him
My condolences to all his family

Barry

Steve
My condolences go out to you and your family. I only got speak with your dad a couple of times on email when I offered him the pics and info on a rare cold war Canadian wrecker. I almost had to wipe the drool off the computer when he responded " yah, yah, yah" . Like me he enjoyed the other side of the military, the support services and it didn't need a main gun to be interesting. He and his builds will be missed
Shane

Condolences to you and the family.

I talked with Steve online a few times and he was a great guy. I never did any major scratch building projects but whenever I couldn’t figure out how to make a lost piece or add something to a model he was always willing to help. And I always looked foreword to seeing the fantastic models he did.
He will be missed.

I am truly shocked and saddened to hear this terrible news. I offer my deepest condolences to his family and friends. The forum wont be the same without seeing something new and interesting from "Barv". RIP Steve Cruickshank
"One never knows what tomorrow may bring"

I'm sorry to hear of your loss. My prayers are with you and your family.

Jim

Steve,
I only knew your Dad through this site- He made a great impression! He was a talented guy and a generous, kind man.
We should all hope to be more like him--he will be missed.

Steve

Sorry to hear of the loss.
His work always amazed me.
No condolences to his family and friends.

I am very sorry to hear of your loss.
I only knew him through his posts and his builds, both of which I got great enjoyment from.
He will truly be missed.

Jamie

Steve, my deepest condolences to you, family and friends. Your dad's humor, knowledge and love of the hobby was always a welcome break, many will miss him.

Aye