Men with too much time
#1
Posted 07 March 2011 - 11:44
Men with too much time on their hands, and way more skill and patience than I will ever have!!
http://modelenginene...agle/index.html
There's also a blog somehwere of someone making a scratch build Lotus 49, brass monocoque, lathed wheels and moulding his own tyres, so I thought, what about a thread with links to these sort of sites that just stagger the mind that there are people with such application to their art.
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#2
Posted 07 March 2011 - 12:13
I particularly like Barry's recommendation regarding browsers at the foot of the page.
#3
Posted 07 March 2011 - 12:29
There is a definitive web site for such matters though, which is http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/ This never fails to amaze me, but personally I like to build full scale models, aka 'restorations' of actual vehicles using as many original parts as I can find and making the rest. I can then drive or ride rather than make models, which I used to do as a youngster.
Marticelli
Edited by Marticelli, 07 March 2011 - 12:36.
#4
Posted 07 March 2011 - 14:21
#5
Posted 07 March 2011 - 14:44
#6
Posted 07 March 2011 - 14:48
I am doing my best to help someone who is making a 1/4 scale working model Ferrari V10. Astonishing - not least the kit he is having to invest in. To see tiny injectors spraying fuel under electronic command at the right rate and time is astonishing.
And that from one craftsmen about another!
#7
Posted 07 March 2011 - 15:06
There is also a breed of clever people who make something wonderful out of almost nothing... Take a look at http://oddstuffmagaz...ton-ghetti.html Boggles the mind, and he must fear the day some guy needs a pencil to write something and destroys a work of art in the process...there are so many very very clever people about.....
Marticelli
#8
Posted 07 March 2011 - 15:10
Very kind of you Steve, but mine don't have to work!And that from one craftsmen about another!
#9
Posted 07 March 2011 - 15:12
Your mother who neglected you
Owes a million dollars tax
And your father's still perfecting ways
Of making sealing wax
I did see his Merlin engine in the 1982 exhibition and also a 1/4 scale 4 cylinder Offenhauser from America, and was very impressed and, indeed, marvelled at the skill and ingenuity of it all, but still wondered - Why?. I wondered why because there is a real world where spectacles aren't held together with Elastoplast®, where once in a blue moon the engineer eats something other than cheese sandwiches - All this is, of course, a gross exaggeration, but you get the picture. I feel it is a waste of talent, of abilities which could be put to better use - Just another of my worthless opinions.
Edited by Bloggsworth, 07 March 2011 - 15:12.
#10
Posted 07 March 2011 - 15:25
I have some sympathy with that view, in other words, I know some people think that of modellers and their creations, and I understand that they have little interest in it themselves. However, trying to spread thhe enthusiasm is a wasted effort, it either grabs you or it doesn't. I wouldn't want to embark on a model project that was bound to take years, whereas I would on a full-size job - although, having said that, I'm dragging my heels. Certainly if I had the time and money necessary for a 1/5 scale 24 cylinder sleeve valve aero-engine, I would rather invest it in something I could eventually drive or fly.I did see his Merlin engine in the 1982 exhibition and also a 1/4 scale 4 cylinder Offenhauser from America, and was very impressed and, indeed, marvelled at the skill and ingenuity of it all, but still wondered - Why?. I wondered why because there is a real world where spectacles aren't held together with Elastoplast®, where once in a blue moon the engineer eats something other than cheese sandwiches - All this is, of course, a gross exaggeration, but you get the picture. I feel it is a waste of talent, of abilities which could be put to better use - Just another of my worthless opinions.
#11
Posted 07 March 2011 - 16:32
Thanks for the great link. I've met this gentleman at the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg national meet over the years as he hand-built this beautiful SJ Duesenberg. His name is Louis Chenot and has been named as "Metalworking Craftsman of the Decade" award winner for 2011 for his efforts on the Duesenberg.
http://www.craftsman....com/chenot.htm
#12
Posted 07 March 2011 - 16:47
#13
Posted 07 March 2011 - 17:36
#14
Posted 07 March 2011 - 17:43
I see he used to frequent Randy Ema's shop. I wonder if his wife knew.
I think that will be lost on 't'other side of the pond, John
It only took the better part of the hour for me to "get it".
#15
Posted 07 March 2011 - 18:47
Nice of the bloke's wife to breed just so the child's growth can be used to illustrate the project's progress. :-)
#16
Posted 07 March 2011 - 19:21
I remember seeing (and hearing) it at Retromobile some years back and it was something quite special.
http://en.wikipedia....i/Pierre_Scerri
#17
Posted 07 March 2011 - 19:34
There is also a breed of clever people who make something wonderful out of almost nothing... Take a look at http://oddstuffmagaz...ton-ghetti.html Boggles the mind, and he must fear the day some guy needs a pencil to write something and destroys a work of art in the process
Marticelli
Boggle.
I remember seeing something similar in an old Blue Peter annual, except it was done with matches.
#18
Posted 07 March 2011 - 19:53
When I see these things I am moved to wonder why...
I feel it is a waste of talent, of abilities which could be put to better use - Just another of my worthless opinions.
I wonder why not. Seems a great use of idle time.
#19
Posted 07 March 2011 - 20:14
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#20
Posted 07 March 2011 - 20:25
You could argue that Vincent van Gogh could have spent his time more profitably than daubing paint on canvas. after all, he never made any money out of it...
He was also crazy as a sh*thouse rat. Maybe they all are.
But these creations are all beautiful.
Never question beauty.
#21
Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:32
#22
Posted 09 October 2012 - 01:58
Quite staggering!! I wonder how his marriage is.
'Marriage?' Yeah right.
I recall this - not as impressive but an achivement in its own right: http://www.autoblog....bessive-f1-fan/
And this. I guess being a dentist would help with the sculpting and working in tight spaces... http://www.dudecraft...cale-model.html
There are some wonderfully clever people out there. Have you read Nevil Shute's 'The Trustee of the Toolroom'?
Bruce Moxon