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A real find of late 15th-century glass in Oxford Cathedral's chapter house . This roundel features the monogram of Christ's name with the Crucifixion and instruments of the Passion in the letters. It is a rather unusual find and Pevsner made special mention of them.
Released in the first quarter of 2010, Monogram Disclosure arrived in a black bodysuit. I added the skirt, hat and earrings from other Fashion Royalty outfits.
Workbasket monograms. Very small cursive capitols. amommy22 has the some of the other motifs to this sheet. Here's the link to one of the motifs www.flickr.com/photos/26622486@N08/3804861497/in/set-7215...
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From the upper left corne, clockwiser:
Cockpit floor/bomb-bay roof. Dark red rectangles represent the fuselage fuel tanks
Main instrument panel. Just enough engraved detail, barely. Engine instruments are on the left- 2x RPM, boost, oil pressure, temperature. The last three have color-coded surrounds on the guages- red, yellow, blue. Blind flying panel is top center- on the real thing it appears to have been a (Tiger?) Moth part re-used- the top has the curve of a single seater. The column at the center includes the flap, landing gear and bomb-bay door control levers at the top, aeleron trim at the bottom and other odds and ends. Below the blind flying panel are important things like magneto switches, warning lights, gaugues other-than blind-flying or engine monitoring... The little sliver on the right includes the two, big, prop-feathering buttons, more switches, and the beam navigation L/R indicator.
Top center, the PR/B control yoke. The Monogram kit contains a fighter/FB nose as well as the PR/B nose that's molded on., and the fighter 'stick' is included tool.
The two kit seats are identical, cheap to tool, completely inaccurate, with raised belt detail. Pretty good for when they come from.
Half in and hlaf out in the upper right, the radio shelf at the back of the cockpit, I'll describe it in another description
Tail-wheel. Mosquito tail wheels retracted, though there were no doors. The kit part is one piece for the tire, wheel, fork and strut. Economical, and a good fill-and-paint job will make a big difference.
The grey-green blob is a main-gear mud-guard. The real ones had two ribs, the kit has only one, with no lightening holes. Oh well!
Main wheels below that. Nice, block tread, right size, dual brakes as used on all but the earliest Mosquitos.
Bottom center, one propeller blade. Narrow chord, not Paddle blades. Very nice, as are spinners and backing plates.
Finally, bombs./ I found a drawing for Briltish Ariel bombs somewhere- the machined case at the front was painted dark green, with a light green stripe at or above the widest point, and a red and white double striped ring around the nose. However, once they were near an operational squadron, if not immediately upon acceptance, they were stored outdoors, in neat piles, which I have to believe would weather and stain the finish (Contemporary photos seen to suggest this too.) The relatively fragile tail fin assembly was unpacked and attached at the last possible moment, so it has a nice, clean, un-faded dark green. US practice was similar, with similar results. Others I haven't looked into.
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example of monogram available for linen napkins. All 26 single letter monograms are available in many colors
Some background:
ISM Racing was an auto racing team owned by Bob Hancher. The team fielded entries in the Indy Racing League and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. ISM fielded cars in the IRL from 1997 to 1999, and McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco brand products, sponsored their Winston Cup car. The company announced in 1997 that it would sponsor the No. 35 Pontiac driven by Todd Bodine. The car would be owned by Bob Hancher. The team debuted on the weekend of the announcement at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with Bodine finishing 26th.
After a rumor that Tabasco had ended its sponsorship, the team failed to qualify for the first three races of the 1998 season. Surprisingly, McIlhenny Company voiced no concerns, despite the high-pressure stakes of NASCAR racing. After a tenth-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Team Tabasco missed the next race at Darlington Raceway, as well as three of the next four races, ranking 39th place in the one race in which it did appear. A practice accident took Bodine out of the California 500, where Wally Dallenbach Jr. filled in as driver. Bodine would be back on board for the Coca-Cola 600 in late May, finishing 28th.
June 6 saw Bodine's last ride in the Tabasco Pontiac at Richmond International Raceway. In his brief tenure, Team Tabasco only managed to qualify in five of the first thirteen races (including the race during which Dallenbach drove). ISM replaced Bodine with Loy Allen Jr. for the Pepsi 400 on a temporary basis; after the race was delayed due to wildfires, Bodine was fully released by the team before the next race at New Hampshire International Speedway. Gary Bradberry and Jimmy Horton were scheduled to drive for the team at future races.
After running only one of the next three races, however, Hancher sold the operation to Tim Beverly and his driver Darrell Waltrip. The Tyler Jet Motorsports team drove Chevrolet Monte Carlos and intended to continue using the model. In their first race, the Brickyard 400, Waltrip started dead-last but climbed through the field to finish 13th. But the team's use of Chevrolets sparked outrage at McIlhenny Company because it had invested heavily in Pontiacs as part of its marketing program. Lawsuits ensued between Tabasco and Hancher, and McIlhenny Company forced the team to run Pontiacs. Waltrip's best finish that year was 18th at Richmond; otherwise, the team performed poorly and Tabasco left the sport at the end of the year.
In NASCAR discussion this affair has become known as the "Tabasco Fiasco".
About the model:
This real world race car model was built around 2000 - one of the very few car kits I ever did.
The inspiration came through television - in the mid 90ies, local Free TV aired parts of the NASCAR Winston Cup series, as summaries but also some complete live races. Being interested in motorsport, I followed the series and decided to try my skills at a model - and the choice fell onto this Pontiac Grand Prix from the 1998 season.
At first I was a bit disappointed by the kit, because it looked pretty simple and crude, with flash and rather soft details. But after building it and checking reference pictures of the real stock cars of that era, I must admit that the kit is a) very accurate, b) fits well and c) offers anything you might ask for.
The kit was built almost 100% right out of the box. The only changes I made were opened cooler intakes in the car's front (you can see the radiator behind the mesh, the motor is complete, too, as well as the interior - the hood can be opened, and the whole car body can be lifted from the chassis) and scratch-built safety belts from paper instead of the decals, for a 3D effect. The rest is OOB.
The paintjob was hell, though, because the first attempt to paint the car body with white from the rattle can went awry, with cracks appearing everywhere, so that I eventually had to get rid of the initial layers of primer and paint through a bath in brake fluid. Messy affair that also washed out some of the styrene's softener, leaving the plastic rather brittle and with a matt/coarse surface. However, the second attempt (with a different primer) was successful. Applying the large decals on the car's bulged shapes was another challenge, but the carrier film was pretty elastic so that it worked even without decal softener or other aids. Finally, everything was sealed with glossy varnish. And, after lots of sweat and cursing, the car looks just great!
Monograms Allure (left) and Jubilation just arrived! They are my body and clothes donors. Agnes and Vanessa will be delighted to get onto more normal bodies. ;-) These are actually my first Monograms. I have the Mini AG Aphrodisiac, and I used to have Androgyny as well. But they have the NuFace body, and they are not really counted as Monograms. These heads will be sold on regular FR bodies soon, but I may give Jubilation eyelashes first. I like it that IT gave the Monos glued eyelashes last year. I wonder if we'll see any of these dolls this year? Allure has a new face mold, too. I'd like to see more of it used. But they would also have to drop the price. These were pretty expensive! But I had to get them - not just for the bodies, but for the clothes too. :-D Jubilation is one of the most beautiful Monos, but I think I'm okay with one doll with this face mold - that being Mini Aphrodisiac.