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Recent Sketches
- 1971 Airstream, Blue Mountain November 1, 2021
- Jaguar XJ220 November 1, 2021
- Casa Elora May 20, 2021
- Joan Mir, World Champion December 3, 2020
- I have been remiss October 26, 2020
Author Archives: Bruce Thomson
1971 Airstream, Blue Mountain
A quick sketch of “Oscar” – a 25′ (guess) Airstream Land Yacht that Evelyn and I booked this past weekend (Hallowe’en). Oscar was parked on a farm on top of Blue Mountain. The weather, as it turned out, was awful … Continue reading
Jaguar XJ220
A long awaited sketch from a brilliant show I went to about a month and a half ago. This was a show at the Canadian Heritage Warplane Museum in Hamilton, and it was a show dedicated to Jags, not planes, … Continue reading
Posted in Airplanes, Automobiles, Classic Cars
Tagged Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Jaguar, Jaguar XJ220, XJ220 sketch
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Casa Elora
A couple of weeks ago they shut down power in our condo for 4 consecutive days (!) due to electrical upgrades. Evelyn and I thus, scooted off to an Airbnb in Elora to wait it out. We stayed at “Casa … Continue reading
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Joan Mir, World Champion
Joan Mir was the winner of the 2020 MotoGP season – he was also one of 5 riders to win their maiden race this season (more drawings to follow!). This is the first time that Suzuki has won the championship … Continue reading
I have been remiss
This is a Porsche Carrera 6 that I saw at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. This is one of those vehicles that one can only stand back and gaze at in awe, a true representation of what metal, alloy and … Continue reading
Mercedes 300SL Prototype
This is a prototype of the Mercedes Benz 300SL at the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart. There are some noticeable differences from the 300Sl as released, but they are subtle. This took much longer for me to do than … Continue reading
Lightweight E-Type
When I arrived in London in 2004, I had ensured that I would have a little more than 3 weeks to settle in prior to my Masters course beginning, in order that I could toddle around and visit places I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Cars, Sports Cars, Uncategorized
Tagged cars, Design Museum, E type, Jaguar, Lightweight E Type, Lightweight XKE, London, Racing, XKE
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Rothmans Porsche
This was a nice surprise. The pub I used to frequent in London (it was a good pub and very close to the RCA) was called “The Queen’s Arms”, and right across the road from it was a place called … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Cars, Le Mans, Uncategorized
Tagged Porsche 917, Rothmans Porsche, The Queen's Arms
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250GTO
Another car from Nick Mason’s Ten Tenths Collection. This was a beautiful Ferrari 250GTO that was up on jackstands being worked on. The GTO was between a couple of Bugattis and a Dark Green Ferrari 512BB. A great place to … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Cars, Sports Cars
Tagged 250GTO, ferrari, Ferrari 250GTO, Nick Mason, Ten Tenths
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Maserati 250F
More from Nick Mason’s Ten Tenths collection… This is a Maserati 250F – I don’t know the exact provenance but these cars were driven in F1 by the likes (amongst many others of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss. The … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Cars, F1, Uncategorized
Tagged Bruce Thomson, Fangio, Maserati, maserati 250F, Nick Mason, Stirling moss, Ten Tenths
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Caught in my headlights 