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| On the left is the classic E. L. Moore designed Machine Shop kit reboxing by Pola. |
It never ceases to amaze me where E. L. Moore influences show up. I stumbled across that photograph in issue #729, April 2008, of the French model railroading magazine Loco Revue in an article about modelling brickwork called Une brique dans le ventre (JDL: My rough translation: A brick in the stomach (! ?)) by Jacques Le Plat.
The caption translates to something like:
"The representation of plaster can transform the appearance of a common model, such as this Pola 814 workshop, full of charm despite its approximate masonry (transformation described in Good Kisses by Ferbach). The company name temporarily illustrated here was taken from the Yellow Pages directory."
Pola 814 is the Pola reboxing of the Machine Shop kit (a picture of which can be found here). I have no idea what "Good Kisses by Ferbach" refers to although I'll try and figure it out, and maybe revisit my 'translation' :-)
It seems E. L. Moore influences live on throughout the world.
Looks like either the modeler or Pola has fixed the wonky window issue, if my eyes don't deceive me.
ReplyDeleteYes, great spotting! It does look like the side windows are all level. I'll have to see if there is an article about the correction.
DeleteHis work is timeless. It continues to inspire me.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! I'm constantly impressed by it.
DeleteAnd they still release new craftsman kits from E. L. Moore designs. They're no better than his models but where the new kits have hefty price tags, ELM showed us how to build them dirt cheap back in the 1960s.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've seen some, but I think they are unauthorized bootlegs, and yeah, they are crazy expensive. Even if one accounts for inflation from ELM's day, you can still build his projects for a fraction of the cost of a bootleg craftsman kit. Honestly, a kit of an ELM project seems like it goes against the entire spirit of an ELM build.
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