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Fighter |
| Corgi item no. |
US37905 |
| Production run |
279 of 550 |
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Photographs
Copyright © Collin Riley 2005-2012
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| SPAD
XIII S15202 of 2Lt Frank Luke Jr, 27th Aero Squadron, September 1918 |
Aviation
Archive. World
War I. This is a rare bird, indeed, with
only 550 copies. I almost missed getting one by waiting two days after
it arrived at my favorite online vendor. Anyway, this is another great
Corgi WWI model: the interwing wires are taught; the paint is colorful
and well applied; and the assembly is most excellent (after putting
together a couple Marushin, I've come to appreciate what those people
on the assembly line do).
Silly Octopus, iteration 3.
For those, among the three or four people who have found this web
page and who care (which I calculate to be about .00025 of a person),
I am now photographing using Octopus 3, which uses the same old cheap
desk lamps from Office Max, and the same old cheap panel sections
from Home Depot, but now has a new 1/4-inch thick sheet of tempered
glass to replace the clear plastic, and a switchable, light-weight
back panel, which can be either a cloudy sky or black satin. The glass
was a bit of a hit on the pocketbook, but it has better reflectivity
and is easier to clean. Having a switchable backdrop makes it much
easier to vary the scenery. Voila! (Yes, someday they'll find me dead,
tangled in the wires and iron bars. If they do, just remember: the
diecast did it!)
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