Don, thank you for posting this story!
Mr. Kirn has done an incredible job building this Packard! Especially that he took the Wingrove scale of 1:15. After working in the 1:20 scale Mr. Wingrove choose the bigger 1:15 to get space for more details. Compared to the other masters who worked mostly in 1:12 or 1:10 scale 1:15 is small for such a high grade of detailling!
Respect!
Hello Noel, yes your definitely right! -they were important, and Sr. Brianza did much to usher in the use of castingresin
in creating models in part or whole, and photo-etched parts for accessory details.
And?,
I did mention them both, pretty early on in this thread.
The fault is mine for not having established a timeline. When I started this thread I had no idea what I was doing! -I was in some instances still learning myself who made what? Where? And when?
Also, my big failing is being an English only modeler! (The language, that is) I have tried to be inclusive of modelers the world over, but in the end it's a poor showing. I know that in Japan, Mexico, Austria, Tibet, and even Canada! -there are modelers who have work that deserves being noted!
Some have offered up "New to Me" bits, but I had hoped there would be more!
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Another American modeler, and another from Southern California, Don Edmunds.
A really talented man, a professional driver, a builder and designer of actual racecars.(Over 600!!) His specialty was open wheeled cars. (The CHEETAH being an "almost" open wheel car). -And his specialty of specialties, would be Quarter Racers, and Sprint Cars.
He had a very long career, was very very well thought of, and after "Retiring" he took up making models! -of cars he knew well, and cars he admired.
Like others, Carlo Brianza for instance, he worked in an odd scale, 1/7th and a half! (This was done to make use of tires that were available.) He also worked in 1/4th scale.
For now I only have theses two photos, I'm certain I have a few more.
If you are interested his website is still up.
www.donedmunds.com
Mr. Edmunds died this last August, he was 89.
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