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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #25 on: May 10, 2020, 07:40:30 PM »
The weathering looks great & the figures are excellent! :smiley: :smiley:
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #26 on: May 11, 2020, 03:02:36 AM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on May 10, 2020, 07:40:30 PM
The weathering looks great & the figures are excellent! :smiley: :smiley:

Agreed.
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2020, 11:12:38 AM »
I've been putting off finishing the figures, because they're so much work. I have one guy almost finished - I'm naming him after ones of the sidewalk inspectors, Mr. Jacob A. Kumpf. I found him on Ancestry - German immigrant, he had a good long life:



This day, the old Tin Lizzy is giving him a headache:





Here he is without the Ford. The zoom and lighting really bring out issues I'll have to fix. The oily rage in his back pocket is a bit of Procreate putty:



The white of his eyes need to be toned down, made smaller:





Next up is his buddy, H. E. Mitchell (Henry?).
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #28 on: May 21, 2020, 04:32:05 AM »
Quote from: buzzbomb on May 10, 2020, 11:22:45 AM
This is just getting better. The Figure work is excellent. Great poses and visionary parts usage.

Agreed. Your figure parts combinations are dead clever ... and those putty overalls are frickin' brilliant!

Herr Kumpf: "Gott im Himmel! Ich verstehe diese verdammten Ford-Motor nicht."
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #29 on: May 21, 2020, 06:55:04 AM »
Truck is very good, but the figure work is superb 8)
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #30 on: May 21, 2020, 11:43:42 AM »
Thanks guys. I bet Herr Kumpf would still curse in German.

I finished his partner, Mr. H.E. Mitchell:


"You dawg! There are some cool sodas back here!":


Here are Messrs. Kumpf and Mitchell without the truck:


I tried fixing the eyes, but they're good enough when not zoomed in:


Mr. Mitchell looks vaguely like Russell Crowe:




Next is working on the street. Another not fun job. Thanks for looking!
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #31 on: May 21, 2020, 12:28:53 PM »
Looks really good.  :smiley:

I have to wonder though if the inspectors would more likely have been of the white collar persuasion.  ;)

Speaking of LA, the Water & Power Museum online photo collection is amazing and huge.  :smiley:

Search index: https://waterandpower.org/museum/A_INDEX.html

The Janss Dome, their headquarters.




https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Westwood.html#Janss_Dome
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #32 on: May 21, 2020, 03:06:59 PM »
Truck and figures and dirt-grime are so realistic.  :o     Is cool  8)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #33 on: May 21, 2020, 03:21:36 PM »
Awesomeness all 'round, Frank! 8) :smiley:
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #34 on: May 21, 2020, 11:12:47 PM »
Thanks guys! I’m glad I decided to set this in the neighborhood where I’ve spent most of my life.
 
Jon, the Jann’s building is still there; I walked by it every day coming home. It’s been a restaurant of one type or another for the last 20+ years, but it was a bank before then. Nice place to visit your money!

Another cool building is this one, in a picture taken by Ansel Adams:


The Janss building is around the curve, behind the tree.

You’re probably right about Our inspectors; Mr. Kumpf would have been 52-53 in 1929 (he lived to be 90.) He probably wasn’t mixing concrete.
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Re: 1917 Model T Civilian cargo truck
« Reply #35 on: May 22, 2020, 10:16:53 AM »
Quote from: Frank3k on May 21, 2020, 11:12:47 PM
... Mr. Kumpf would have been 52-53 in 1929 (he lived to be 90.) He probably wasn’t mixing concrete.

Although that hard-labour (and his engine troubleshooting woes) might account for the slightly hunted expression in his eyes!
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