Silhouette challenge
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Avro Arrow... gorgeous... or it would have been...
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May I raise a 'point of order' to all the posters/committee members as to the last post by Evansb.
It has come to my attention, that the said post, seems to be a 'free hand' drawing of an a/c and not a silhouette, therefore I put it to the the 'committee members' that the post/hand drawn depiction by Evansb be excluded on this forum. Which I consider 'Not playing the game'
Daz
It has come to my attention, that the said post, seems to be a 'free hand' drawing of an a/c and not a silhouette, therefore I put it to the the 'committee members' that the post/hand drawn depiction by Evansb be excluded on this forum. Which I consider 'Not playing the game'
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Avro CF-105 Arrow is correct. Actually, few of the postings on this forum are true silhouettes. Most are mechanical drawings that include a great many details. A silhouette is defined as an outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass. My Piaggio P148 posting certainly meets the definition, as does the Avro Arrow, and the Douglas C-74. Don't confuse 3-view plans and blueprints with silhouettes.
Here is an example of a true silhouette:
Here is an example of a true silhouette:
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It could be a "poor copy".....but agreed, it's not a 3 view. I think that it should stand. After all it is for fun, with no money involved...I hope 
watp,iktch
edited to say that we crossed paths
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edited to say that we crossed paths
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Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary.
Silhouette- Etienne de Silhouette (1709-1767 French Minister of Finance in 1759! The then popular pastime of making shadow-portraits was a favourite hobby of M. Silhouette who gave his name to this style of profile.) "a shadow outline filled in with black".
Sorry evansb, your silhouettes are not.
Ciarain.
Silhouette- Etienne de Silhouette (1709-1767 French Minister of Finance in 1759! The then popular pastime of making shadow-portraits was a favourite hobby of M. Silhouette who gave his name to this style of profile.) "a shadow outline filled in with black".
Sorry evansb, your silhouettes are not.
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This is a silhouette... of what?
A Halton private venture
Yes, I know that it says "Silhouette Challenge, but [semantics aside], quite a few posters have been using 3 views, and some just a side view, which personally I find acceptable. However, if the majority want to change it, then so be it.
watp,iktch
As I said earlier, it's just for fun
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Pass .......
Air Borne Cigar - that even pre-dates me.
Most of my books are in storage pending moving.
Will someone else please post a challenge ?
Proof of the arrival of old age is looking at a 3-view and recognising the shape instantly - but dragging the associated name from the elderly memory ? Oh dear...
Most of my books are in storage pending moving.
Will someone else please post a challenge ?
Proof of the arrival of old age is looking at a 3-view and recognising the shape instantly - but dragging the associated name from the elderly memory ? Oh dear...
