A Walthers/Magnuson quick and dirty kitbash.

[bparrish]

Pretty cool..

I can only hope that in the UK cuspidor has some different meaning than here in the western US.

Probably not....... great name though.

It's also an oversize word for this forum.


see ya
Bob

[deemery]

The blue on the one building looks a little bright, you might want to tone that down a bit. But I like the color choices.


dave

[deemery]

Pretty cool..

I can only hope that in the UK cuspidor has some different meaning than here in the western US.

Probably not....... great name though.

It's also an oversize word for this forum.


see ya
Bob

I'll see your cuspidor, and raise you a spittoon...


dave

[barrymk]

A little quote if I may from my blog: "Here is the magnificent bronze statue of Alonzo Phleming, the first European to set foot in the
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Dave I always find blue the most difficult colour to judge. I let this down with a lot of white, but there's still a fair bit of dry brushing to be done yet that should help.  Frankly I'd be reluctant to repaint it and the one redeeming feature is that when these shops are sited you'll be hard pressed to see the fronts anyway!

[barrymk]

Hmm good job I checked, that quote didn't come out.  Here it is ,I hope.
"Here is the magnificent bronze statue of Alonzo Phleming, the first European to set foot in the Cuspidor Valley.  An early Mountain Man, trapper and explorer he was famed for inventing the world's first collapsible, travelling spittoon, in honour of which he named the valley "Cuspidor". "

[deemery]

Hmm good job I checked, that quote didn't come out.  Here it is ,I hope.
"Here is the magnificent bronze statue of Alonzo Phleming, the first European to set foot in the Cuspidor Valley.  An early Mountain Man, trapper and explorer he was famed for inventing the world's first collapsible, travelling spittoon, in honour of which he named the valley "Cuspidor". "

Well, there was a long-standing tradition of British aristocracy investing in dude ranches, gold mines, and other endeavours in the American west.


On that blue, you could mix up some gray into the blue, extensively drybush the windows with this, and then do the more traditional white highlights.

dave

[barrymk]

Well, there was a long-standing tradition of British aristocracy investing in dude ranches, gold mines, and other endeavours in the American west.

Hmm....  Not sure I saw him as aristocracy, just another chancer.  He never made his fortune.  Pitching his tent on an exposed gold reef he dismissed it as fool's gold and wandered off back into obscurity.


On that blue, you could mix up some gray into the blue, extensively drybush the windows with this, and then do the more traditional white highlights.

Yep worth a try Dave, thanks.

[deemery]

"Alonzo Phleming, the Earl of Cuspidor" does have a bit of a ring to it :-)

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[bparrish]

Too funny Dave

Thanx
Bob

[barrymk]

Working steadily on this and getting bored with it.  Dulled down the blue but still lots more to do.

[deemery]

Let's do the whole peerage thing:  "Sir Alonzo Phleming, 7th Earl of Cuspidor, of Spittoon Abbey"

That blue looks a lot better, much more weathered and 'to scale'.


dave

[barrymk]

You forgot "Spittoon Abbey, West Phlemington"

[deemery]

You forgot "Spittoon Abbey, West Phlemington"

I think I've been to Phlemington, New Jersey....   


dave

[bparrish]

OK Dave......

Let me see if I've got this straight now .........

Seventh Earl...................  Does that mean that there six before  ? ? ?

I'm just fishing here but......... did they lose their Earl-dom when they took a shot at the spittoon and missed.....?

Ah Yes ! ! !  Let's name the next Earl and see if he is any better shot.........

Staggers the imagination.

Oh and by the way......... I think Barry lost control of his thread here.

see ya
Bob

[deemery]

Sir Alonzo Phleming, 7th Earl of Cuspidor, is descended from a long line of of aristocrats born on the wrong side of the blanket.  Notable forbearers include Sir Robin of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, and another relative known as Fitz-Blackadder whose exact parentage is still a subject of debate and DNA testing.  The family was granted the former Spittoon Abbey by Henry VIII, in thanks for hosting Henry after a particularly embarrassing bout of stomach discomfort.  The market town of West Phlemington grew up around Spittoon Abbey, dealing in used sheep, over-ripe fish, and its trademark Blew Cheese.    In the middle of the 19th century Sir Alonzo decided to try his hand at dude ranching in North America, trying to leverage the family history with sheep.  After all the sheep ran scared, Sir Alonzo next tried prospecting.  On a trip to the Colorado Rockies, accompanied by his faithful donkey Lola, he spotted a shiny outcropping of golden rock.  Dismissing it as a semi-crystalline form of Pyrite ("Fool's Gold"), he made camp on the outcropping one Christmas.  From there he spotted an outcropping of coal, leading to the high Victorian notion of 'coal for Christmas' as an expression of disfavor and disappointment.  Sir Alonzo eventually returned to England and partook in the Industrial Revolution.  While in America, he developed the bad habit of chewing tobacco, and the Cuspidor is named in his honor.  His heirs started the first factory for these, taking the abbey name as their brand.  Phleming's Spittoon brand Cuspidors are known world-wide as the mark of quality, with the slogan, "You better not miss a Cuspidor".

And as Paul Harvey once said, "Now you know ... the rest of the story."

dave

p.s.  Rege Cordic was a model railroader and had several photos published in MR.  see http://www.pittsburghbrewing.com/blog/rege-cordic-and-the-origin-of-the-slosh/ for the backstory on Olde Frothingslosh, there have been several Old Frothingslosh beer reefer kits over the years.