This is not the usual thing I would display, as I don’t consider it “finished” or “presentable”. However, this is the basis for a fifth scale model I will be making over the summer, and I thought that this might be interesting to display for that reason. The top two drawings are “top” and “side”Continue reading “F1 Concept Development”
Tag Archives: Bruce Thomson
1936 Auto Union
One of the strangest looking Grand prix cars ever… but an amazing piece of engineering. The engine was a 6 litre V16 and made 520 bhp. For the full appreciation of it’s “strangeness”, one must really see it from the side; the driver is shoved forward into the blunt nose and the V16 fills theContinue reading “1936 Auto Union”
“Powder”
A Break from cars… at least for today. This is my dog, a chocolate lab – she looks a little sad, but she practices this look as it is useful when food is in the vicinity… Her name comes from my sons, who thought that I should name my next lab (my last had beenContinue reading ““Powder””
Pinto
…I’m not sure why…
Belly tank racer concept
Always thought these things look remarkably cool. I wish modern F1 cars were more like this….
Perception
Self explanatory, I think…
Toyota Sports 800
Brilliant car – an 800cc, 45 HP car that topped out at (claimed) 160km/h – which in something this small would seem like warp speed. These cars were a reaction to the introduction of the first Honda production car, the S500. It’s not hard to see a “little brother” likeness to the Toyota 2000GT. IContinue reading “Toyota Sports 800”
Concept sketch
Well – hardly a “concept – harkens back to my days at Ford, actually (look at that grill). Still – a Coupé for your consideration. – Cheers.
Porsche 917
Quick sketch of a 917 – I may redraw this and take it through photoshop – the “Gulf Porsche” colours make it hard to resist and I’d like to try a “graphic treatment”… The sketch needs a bit of work – the wheels have turned out larger than intended and that gives this a bitContinue reading “Porsche 917”
Caught in my headlights 