Bruce Thomson

BMW 801 Radial Engine (detail)

To see this in person is to be beguiled by the amazing complexity of the engine. Drawn from a photograph taken at the BMW museum in Munich.

Engine fault…

This wire came loose on the way home today, on the highway. I noticed the car “hesitating” and thought…hmmm – carb? but when I allowed the car to coast a little the “generator” light came on and the oil pressure dropped – so I had a pretty shrewd idea of what was going next –Continue reading “Engine fault…”

Spanish GP

Leica

Thought I’d take a break from cars… lovely piece of design this.

Frankfurt Sketch

A bit naughty of me – have been distracted by some basement renovation “excitement” that has sidetracked me, and so I am recycling a sketch that I did in the Town Square of Frankfurt last spring. An American Bloke was so fascinated by the fact that I was sketching on a pub patio that heContinue reading “Frankfurt Sketch”

ME109

As Promised (though a day late) another Messerschmitt… (a 109) it’s a quick sketch and the discriminating amongst you will complain about the elipse of the rear wheel as compared to the tail-plane… My bad. First plane I’ve sketched in a while – good fun!

May 1

Hard to believe that it’s been 19 years… I know I’d promised a Messerschmitt today, but I’d forgotten the date. Tomorrow.

Messerschmitt K175

…I’ll bet you that if McDonnell Douglas ever built a car, it won’t be this cute… another Messerschmitt tomorrow, but this time a plane…

TR6 Concept (TR9?)

A quick sketch of a car I’d like to see updated… I’m pretty sure that this was one of the cars upon which the Miata (Mazda MX5) was based – but, although I love the Miata, it lacks the hairy chested brutishness of the TR6… and thus, this offering…

D-Type Photoshop, in progress

Thought I’d update the sketch I did earlier this week. The sketch was imported into photoshop and I began rendering – one of the toughest things to do is to determine and limit your colour palette, I wanted this to be primarily green/blue with some minimal beige and indian red to warm it up. PlayingContinue reading “D-Type Photoshop, in progress”