This one is by Pino called ‘Dubya, the Paper Sheriff.’It depicts George W. waving goodbye
There’s a great deal of action as the model is pushed gently forwards. The piston shaft moves back and forth along its runners, the connecting shafts turn the flywheel and cog wheels, which turn the track wheels.
I’ve had the pleasure recently of working with the publisher, Arcturus, designing and developing a new card automata. They publish designs by the great automata artist, Keith Newstead. One is the ‘Battling Knights’, produced exclusively for the National Gallery, London. In their shop is a motorised version of the model in a display case. I was called in when, after several years, the model needed to be rebuilt.
That led to being invited to design a companion model for Keith’s ‘Executioner’, which is published exclusively for Historic Royal Palaces. That’s the organisation responsible for the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace.
Something similarly gory was required, so I made a quick study of mediaeval torture and settled on ‘The Rack’, featuring an unfortunate victim being made a little taller.
I was also asked to build not one but four display cabinets with motorised versions of both models, working on the push of a button. Three of these can now be seen in the shops at the Tower (one is outside in the shop on Tower Hill), and the fourth at Hampton Court.
The model is also available from the HRP on line shop here
My ‘Cat and Mouse’ model is now available for download
And a few other favourites.
