As I said a couple of posts ago,
the character that has always tormented my nights is
Johnny.
I must have a copy of him, but I couldn't spend all
that money.
So I began to search for all of the material that concern
the McElroy brothers and their creations. I began to collect photos and information, until one day I came across a book that literally changed my "dummy maker life": the book in question was "McElroy Magic!", of Greg Claassen.
That book, for me, was the gear that missing to start the machine.
Photos that I never found on the web, the story of the McElroy brothers,
I like to call the book "mechanics revealed", simply because
the story of how the author had first come into contact with the dummies
and then with the same brothers... then his first replica. And even more important:
an extensive how-to guide, with detailed drawings and pictures
for building a McElroy replica.
the mechanics used by the brothers is (considering the years in which
they were made those dummies) state-of-the-art...
or maybe I like to call it that because I’m ignorant in the mechanical field!
So I began to search for all of the material that concern
the McElroy brothers and their creations. I began to collect photos and information, until one day I came across a book that literally changed my "dummy maker life": the book in question was "McElroy Magic!", of Greg Claassen.
That book, for me, was the gear that missing to start the machine.
Photos that I never found on the web, the story of the McElroy brothers,
I like to call the book "mechanics revealed", simply because
the story of how the author had first come into contact with the dummies
and then with the same brothers... then his first replica. And even more important:
an extensive how-to guide, with detailed drawings and pictures
for building a McElroy replica.
the mechanics used by the brothers is (considering the years in which
they were made those dummies) state-of-the-art...
or maybe I like to call it that because I’m ignorant in the mechanical field!
So, after spending months through the book, studying
the drawings in every detail, asking questions on forums and FaceBook groups, I
decided to expand my tools and beginning this adventure.
Now stop writing… follow me and together we will build
my first replica!
New interesting photos will be available soon!
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