Another mystery car
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Interesting the way the buses have turned into Routemasters. I'm also puzzled as to why he would replace the 'mystery car' - maybe a black cab reinforces the fact it is London, as if a herd of Routemasters doesn't do this already!
However, let's not be too harsh about the painting, I couldn't do it.
However, let's not be too harsh about the painting, I couldn't do it.
theadman said:
Interesting the way the buses have turned into Routemasters. I'm also puzzled as to why he would replace the 'mystery car' - maybe a black cab reinforces the fact it is London, as if a herd of Routemasters doesn't do this already!
However, let's not be too harsh about the painting, I couldn't do it.
It's a commission and the client wanted that model of bus and a taxi to be seen.However, let's not be too harsh about the painting, I couldn't do it.
Since he obviously works from photographs, rather than his own sketches, it takes effort to distort the perspective which the camera has sorted out. In the case of the buses/taxi it wasn't one photo of course, but that picture of SS Pioneer. . .
He posted this explanation of the buses and taxi picture:
. . . yes indeed, after chasing through countless magazines and books the photo you mention became the base for this scene turning it into evening rather than probably morning, changing the RT's to RM's adding people in different places, removing one set of lights as it would distract from the buses , adding the old Austin Taxi as the client requested both Routemasters and old taxi. Its often the case with transport art, you seek ,find but make your own interpretation of an old photo, i have done this on many occasion so not taking anyone else's copyright as it becomes a totally different image.
He posted this explanation of the buses and taxi picture:
. . . yes indeed, after chasing through countless magazines and books the photo you mention became the base for this scene turning it into evening rather than probably morning, changing the RT's to RM's adding people in different places, removing one set of lights as it would distract from the buses , adding the old Austin Taxi as the client requested both Routemasters and old taxi. Its often the case with transport art, you seek ,find but make your own interpretation of an old photo, i have done this on many occasion so not taking anyone else's copyright as it becomes a totally different image.
piper said:
.... I am 99% sure I saw this car on a number of occasions parked there. I remember this little light blue coupe which I could not identify and the distinctive GT40 style door tops that went into the roofline, .....
I don't suppose you clocked whether it was front or rear-engined did you?Rangeroverover said:
Didn't Ogle or someone similar do a one off body on a daimler dart chassis, those hubcaps look v similar to the ones on my old dart.
We went through the wheel discs similar to Daimler bit some time ago and they are similar but different. The Ogle Daimler body was quite similar to the Reliant Scimitar Coupé which was developed from it, so nowt like the puzzle car. And both Daimlers had wire wheels . . .Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff