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COMPLETE CAR MODELLER PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Gerald A Wingrove | 128 pages | 01 Sep 2005 | The Crowood Press Ltd | 9781861267504 | English | Ramsbury, United Kingdom The Complete Car Modeller 1 by Gerald Wingrove Both models had bodies carved from hard wood. In about , he had a chance discussion with a dealer in the model world, and learned that there was a certain lack of supply in the field of well made scale model cars. With this information, he set out to educate himself with regard to the world of the automobile. He frequented the local library and book shops over the next several months, and went through numerous glossy coffee table books, with countless views of every conceivable machine that man had at one time or another applied four wheels to. Although he had never heard of the make before, this to him was a real CAR—elegant, sophisticated, powerful, beautiful to the eye and alive. He collected enough general data to draw up a set of working drawings for a chassis, and made a set of wire spoked wheels his first and the main parts for the first engine, all this while still working full time in engineering as a center lathe turner. On a whim in he decided to write to Lord Montagu at the then Montague Motor Museum to see if there was any future in making models for the museum. To his surprise a positive answer came back and he was invited down for an interview. All he had to show was a set of Duesenberg wheels and tires, and a partly made Duesenberg engine, but on the strength of this, he was invited to take on two projects for the museum.. One was to produce a series of models to show the evolution of the sports car, and the second was to build a model of the world championship Formula 1 Grand Prix car each year. This commission, together with some toy development work that he was already undertaking in his spare time for Mechano Dinky Toys, was sufficient impetus for him to give his notice at the engineering company that he had spent the past 17 years with, and set himself up as a freelance model engineer. Unfortunately neither of these commissions necessitated the making of a model of a Duesenberg or a model with full engine detail. In any case, he had enough to do to make contact with the owners of the subject vehicles for the two collections, collect data, draft plans and make the models to museum standard in metal, a task that up to that time he had not actually done for a complete model, as the first Duesenberg parts never did get completed. Right at the start, he soon discovered that the number of special tools and patterns that needed to be made to produce a single model would be the same if he were to produce one or several models, and that it was taking nearly as much time making these tools and patterns as it was to produce an individual model from them. He was also starting to receive requests from the owners of the full size cars, that if he was going to use their car for the museum model, could he not make one for them also at the same time. Lord Montague had no objection to this when he pointed out that it would mean that the cost of the Museum model would be less than if a "one of a kind" were made as the cost of tooling could be shared. As long as the models were not produced in any great number, there were no objections. As the models started to appear so articles also started to be written on this work in the motoring press as well as the model magazines. These generated more work, and it was not long before the Wingrove name reached the U. It was in that he made his first visit to the States to deliver the first models to an American collector. At that time he was able to visit several museums and collections in the USA and was able to see firsthand the Duesenberg cars that had come to have special appeal to him. In the summer of , Gerald met Phyllis Millar-Watt. They were married that November and began a partnership both as husband and wife, and also as miniaturists. Although Phyllis did not have any training in the area of drawing, she decided to try her hand at creating plans for the miniature cars. The plans were based upon dimensions, notes and photographs taken by Gerald from existing full-scale cars. She soon discovered that she had an enormous amount of talent in the area of drawing and painting, and began turning out drawings that were worthy of her husband's work in structural materials. She then set out to learn all of the processes that led to the building of the car miniatures. She mastered soft soldering, silver soldering, lathe work, milling, and next she began building engines and chassis. Phyllis and Gerald began a new life, working side by side in their workshop building the miniature cars, and also assisting each other in the necessary researches to create more books on the subject. Each piece of the model is hand constructed in metal or an appropriate material based on the plans and photos. Copper, brass, nickel silver and aluminum are used. When appropriate, parts are machined on a lathe or mill. Fenders and shaped parts might be hand formed from brass sheet or made from copper sheet pounded over steel or carved wooden forms. Tires are molded from silicon rubber. Frames are made up of machined brass pieces silver soldered together. Now available as a Full Kit! Designed in collaboration with Carroll Shelby - a racing champion with a passion for performance. 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