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by Angela
Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:39 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Working Models - why?
Replies: 12
Views: 16062

Interesting... like movies, reflecting current social trends...
Ok, now I understand the correlation between cranes and rationing after WWII.
by Angela
Sun Jul 25, 2004 4:41 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Working Models - why?
Replies: 12
Views: 16062

Thanks so much for taking the time to explain this subject matter to me. I'm actually working on an article related to the Musee Mecanique , here in San Francisco. I thought I was finished, but each time I decide to flesh it out, I unearth 3 times the information. It's quite interesting that some wo...
by Angela
Sun Jul 25, 2004 4:26 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Working Models - why?
Replies: 12
Views: 16062

Working Models - why?

I'm trying to understand the trend of "working models" in England. What did it come out of, why the macrabe scenes of death, etc.? I believe in the the US, that working models evolved from old cabinets that housed the diggers/cranes of the 20s and 30s. After the diggers became classified a...