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Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:07 pm
by Mark R. Obtinario
Here is a link to a really nice conversion.

I would hate to know how much time and $$$ he has spent creating his Buck Rogers motorhome.

http://www.blastolene.com/Work_in_Progress/deco.htm

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:53 pm
by rlaggren
I think time and $$$ and most other practicalities disappear for an artist in overdrive...

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:02 am
by southpier
especially when there are people like J Leno waiting to buy your creations.


anybody poo-poo Buckminster Fuller? Oppenheimer? Ford? of course! were they disuaded?

history will write you the way people see you

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:20 am
by Stealth Camper
All I know is I want something like that, too!

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:21 am
by yugogypsy
that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen! :thumbdown:

Lois

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:00 pm
by The Flying Tortoise
I think it's fantastic.
I applaud this individual for being just that, an individual with imagination and skill in designing and building such a creation.
It's wonderful that we are not all the same!

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:14 pm
by Headache
I'm not an art deco type but I do wish they had a descriptive build thread. I'd love to know some of the techniques they use.

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:09 am
by Stealth Camper
yugogypsy wrote:that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen! :thumbdown:

Lois
Yeah!! Ain't it great!!??

The more ridiculous the better!!

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:41 am
by Mark R. Obtinario
While I don't think his creation is practical for much of anything I do think it is quite the conversation piece.

So, I would disagree with Lois.

Sometimes the off the wall creations are just highlighting our differences.

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:36 pm
by Stealth Camper
Ridiculous is food for the soul!!

Not practical at all, but would be very cool to drive around town in.

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:49 pm
by yugogypsy
OKay gang,

It's cool, but it looks funny, would definitely turn heads if you took it for a drive, but how practical would it be?

I'm a very practical person

Lois

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:45 am
by Stealth Camper
Not at all practical! (I'm not bashing or arguing with you at all - I just like off-the-wall s*** like that. A lot.)

I have always liked this for some reason, and have always wanted to build a house based on the concept. Probably won't happen at this late date, but still fun to dream about.

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

These are for kids, but a scaled up adult sized in similar idea would be fun. (The page has a slide show.)

http://www.kidscrookedhouse.com/

Re: Too much time, too much $$$ and no sense

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:48 am
by yoeddynz
Wow- fantastic. I'd roll around in that. After having spent 2.5 years living in a small transit van to me that looks big enough. You would just have to learn to live with less and make sure every thing you own is tapered.... :)

What a boring world it would be if we didn't have people creating things like that eh?