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"WoodButcher"

30/11/2006 1:40 PM

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


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"tom"

in reply to "WoodButcher" on 30/11/2006 1:40 PM

30/11/2006 2:11 PM

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

Wf

"WoodButcher"

in reply to "WoodButcher" on 30/11/2006 1:40 PM

30/11/2006 2:01 PM

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

MC

"Michael Creem"

in reply to "WoodButcher" on 30/11/2006 1:40 PM

30/11/2006 9:55 PM


"WoodButcher" <[email protected]> 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


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