 The first time that James "Buddy" Edgerton posed for Rockwell was for the 1945 Boy Scout Calendar illustration, "I Will Do My Best", in 1943.The final time was for "Growth of a Leader", after Rockwell moved from Arlington, Vermont, to Stockbridge, Massachusetts.Of the four men depicted, three were modeled after Buddy and the fourth, the Cub Scout, was modeled after his son.