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Date: 30 Nov 2006 13:40:24
From: WoodButcher
Subject: metal minature (on a wood workbench)


http://www.beareyes.com.cn/2/lib/200402/06/20040206080_0.htm

Don't bother to translate the text - the pics tell the story.
Did he construct everything from raw material stock or was this a
kit of parts?
Either way it's way out of my league.

Art






 
Date: 30 Nov 2006 14:11:12
From: tom
Subject: Re: metal minature (on a wood workbench)


Man, my eyes hurt from just _thinking_ about all those details!
WoodButcher wrote:
> http://www.beareyes.com.cn/2/lib/200402/06/20040206080_0.htm
>
> Don't bother to translate the text - the pics tell the story.
> Did he construct everything from raw material stock or was this a
> kit of parts?
> Either way it's way out of my league.
>
> Art



 
Date: 30 Nov 2006 14:01:21
From: WoodButcher
Subject: Re: metal minature (on a wood workbench)


It's a 1931 4.5 litre Supercharged Bentley.
And he did everything from scratch including the castings.

http://www.geraldwingrove.com/
Click the top center photo "View New Bentley-Build"

Art




 
Date: 30 Nov 2006 21:55:25
From: Michael Creem
Subject: Re: metal minature (on a wood workbench)



"WoodButcher" <fake@nospam.com > wrote in message
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> http://www.beareyes.com.cn/2/lib/200402/06/20040206080_0.htm
>
> Don't bother to translate the text - the pics tell the story.
> Did he construct everything from raw material stock or was this a
> kit of parts?
> Either way it's way out of my league.
>
> Art
>
>
That is Gerald Wingrove's work. He is a world famous maker of miniature
automobiles. This is his home page. His models pass for the real thing in
photographs.
http://www.wworkshop.net//acatalog/index.html

Michael