Saturday, May 4, 2013

Fresh Meat


Here is a fine example of a Granville Brothers "Z" racing model by John Pantaleone.
John thought he'd liven up this old blog with a new entry....and that he did.
Thanks John.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

OFF THE PROP!


"A particularly interesting color study belonging to the series "Fred Gassit", such a panel is the delicate work of the contributing author."

(Quoted from the May 1987 issue of the Bucharest Gazette.)

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Bolas Modelismo


Hey looky what I found on ebay....

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Horrido!

The following payback from Simon is unique in the way that it evokes a slightly musty secondhand bookstore smell.

Very rare-'Horrido" Meine Jahren gegen die Komunismus im Luftraum Spaniens 1936-1939. The original cover has been torn off, unfortunately as it had been signed by the author, Hauptmann Rheinhardt Bousard.

(killed on the first day of the Battle of Britain by a Walrus amphibian which got onto his tail unseen).

Here is the frontispiece picture of the author

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Ay Caramba!



Simon's threats were not to be taken lightly, so.......

Friday, December 9, 2011

Achtung Polikarpov!

Simon of course, responds with this little beauty.

....and here's my retort