For anyone familiar with the history of scale modeling in Chattanooga, Lynn Petty is a name that holds a special place in the local hobby community. Lynn was the driving force behind the creation of Chattanooga Scale Modelers, helping establish the club, the model show that became ModelCon, and serving as Chairman for many years as it grew into the active and respected modeling organization it is today. Throughout those years, Lynn devoted countless hours to organizing meetings, supporting fellow modelers, promoting the hobby, building relationships with other clubs, and helping create a strong scale-modeling community in Chattanooga. That leadership culminated in one of the club’s proudest accomplishments when Lynn along with Mike Moore hosted the 2019 IPMS/USA National Convention in Chattanooga, helping lead the enormous effort required to welcome modelers, vendors, manufacturers, clubs, and hobby organizations from across the country to the Scenic City. After successfully seeing the club through the National Convention, Lynn decided the time had finally come to step away from the responsibilities of leadership and hand the reins to the next generation. Today, he gets to enjoy something he spent years making possible: simply being a member of Chattanooga Scale Modelers, building models, spending time with longtime friends, welcoming new ones, and enjoying the hobby without having to be the person responsible for everything happening behind the scenes. At ModelCon EagleQuest, Lynn will be joined by fellow modeler and long time friend Mike Bradley, with the two opening up selections from their personal collections for attendees to browse and purchase. Their Private Seller tables are a chance to discover older kits, interesting subjects, forgotten treasures, and future projects, but it is also an opportunity to stop by, talk models, and meet one of the people whose dedication helped create the Chattanooga modeling community that ultimately made events like ModelCon EagleQuest possible. After decades spent helping everyone else enjoy the show, Lynn finally gets to come to this one simply as a modeler—and maybe make a little room in the stash while he’s at it.