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Everybody knows the Aston Martin DB5 (1963-1965). The Goldfinger version by Johnny Lightning in 1/64. The bullet deflector may be spotted.
The less famous Aston Martin DB6 (1965-1971). This Husly model from the 1970s. is about 1/64 and was once one of my toy cars. Not the raised lines that simulate the door gaps vs grooves on more modern models.
DB5 vs DB6
A Matchbox MB W110 Fintail ambulance in ca 1/70. The real thing was built by by specialty coach builder Binz. The model was made in the 1960s. You can again spot the raised lines that stand in for door gaps.
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A Johnny Lightning model of a 1959 Cadillac Ambulance built by Miller. They cheaped out on casting the vent windows properly.
The Benz looks a bit too large in comparison. Matchbox built their models to be all about the same size so the scales are all over the place.
The less famous Aston Martin DB6 (1965-1971). This Husly model from the 1970s. is about 1/64 and was once one of my toy cars. Not the raised lines that simulate the door gaps vs grooves on more modern models.
DB5 vs DB6
A Matchbox MB W110 Fintail ambulance in ca 1/70. The real thing was built by by specialty coach builder Binz. The model was made in the 1960s. You can again spot the raised lines that stand in for door gaps.
free photo hostingA Johnny Lightning model of a 1959 Cadillac Ambulance built by Miller. They cheaped out on casting the vent windows properly.
The Benz looks a bit too large in comparison. Matchbox built their models to be all about the same size so the scales are all over the place.
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GON
$150 Site Donor 2025
Nashville, Tennessee 1962.
Addition for now.. I've had a few that wanted to buy but I think I want to tinker with it.
Yes, and Gabriels Gate, Fat Bob's, Duffs.....then some upscale time at Niagara on the Lake! Fun few days. Now off to the gym to offset all that
I've been to Duff's, I'll check out the others. Thanks!Yes, and Gabriels Gate, Fat Bob's, Duffs.....then some upscale time at Niagara on the Lake! Fun few days. Now off to the gym to offset all that
OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
More traditional indigenous tattoos
Early 1900's Yupik woman:
An Ontario Anishinaabe artist (singer/songwriter), holding wild rice, who has traditional art on her forearm:
Early 1900's Yupik woman:
An Ontario Anishinaabe artist (singer/songwriter), holding wild rice, who has traditional art on her forearm:
Our Vet said the Freaks like to steal the black cats and terrorize them, especialy on Halloween. Hope they stay safe. They are cuties!
The problem with most tattoos is the amateur creation. The vast majority, almost the entirety, are amateur creations that would never grace the wall of a museum. I saw a photo and truly wish I had a copy of a tattoo that is absolutely beautiful art that could grace the wall of any of the world's top museums. I still wouldn't want to look at it every time my best half disrobed but it would at least be worth looking at. Most is no different than the refrigerator art of a third grader, no different at all.
GON
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Kiki has an indigenous white girl tattoo but I don't think I can show that here. You guys can't even handle my bloody foot.
OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
If you are reserving your use of tattoos to Bubba and Billy-Sue who grew up with trauma-free childhoods, sure, but there's a whole spectrum of use beyond that, which I alluded to earlier, many of them traditional and cultural across a huge swath of ethnicities which you failed to account for with your apparently very narrow view on the subject.
Another use of tattoos (and body art in general) is by victims of sexual abuse. Yes, this is taking a dark turn, but I think it warrants being explained. Many victims of child abuse (often sexual, but not always) suffer from long-term dysphoria as a result of feeling like their bodies are no longer "theirs", because somebody else was able to take control of it and do things to it that they didn't want. Part of taking back that control, taking ownership, is through body art. It's cathartic, and each new addition is a step forward in the healing process and means something to them.
That girl at Starbucks with the full sleeve that goes right up her neck and behind her ear, sure, maybe she's just trying to be trendy. But maybe she was raped by her uncle from the time she was 8 through 14 and her parents didn't believe her for years. So perhaps that's her method of healing. You don't know, and so judging her solely on her appearance and thinking she's got Amateur Hour down at the house of needles going on because her trauma doesn't fit your definition of what art should look like is incredibly shallow.
Edit to add: I appreciate that I may be coming across like a bit of a **** on this. I think it's important to realize that people inherently project their normalcy onto others, and then judge based on how far those people deviate. So, if you grew up in a normal household that didn't study other cultures and you weren't making an effort to get to know the damaged weird kids at school, it's quite likely that you weren't exposed to anything tattoo-related beyond Joe the jock getting a Superman symbol on his shoulder or Bev getting Pam Anderson's barb wire because it was "cool". There's a whole world outside of that, and some of it is VERY dark, and some of it is deeply beautiful, connecting thousands of years of culture and tradition. And some of it is somebody trying to reassociate with that culture and tradition after it was taken from their family by colonization.
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