| 词条 | Gerald Wingrove | |||||
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Gerald A. Wingrove | honorific_suffix = MBE | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Gerald A. Wingrove MBE by G Wingrove.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Gerald Wingrove | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Model Engineer | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth = | height = | weight = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | criminal_charge = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website = {{URL|geraldwingrove.com}} | footnotes = | box_width = }} Gerald Amery Wingrove {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} is a model engineer and author from the United Kingdom. He is best known as a modeller of cars. CareerWingrove left his job as a lathe operator to create models full-time in November 1967, and launched himself as a freelance model engineer,[1] since which time he has hand crafted in metal almost 280 automobile miniatures in the scales of 1/20 & 1/15th, primarily in 1/15th scale. Most of these were commissioned by the vehicles' owners. The first sale of his work by a major London Auction House was by Christies on 2 August 1967 with the sale of 2 models of sailing ships in 96th scale and a SE5A aircraft model (1/20th scale) in brass and silk. Further sales of his work were with Brooks (later amalgamated with Bonhams) of London, 21 Lots, in (Sale 112) on 4 December 1999 - and Bonhams (Sale 1793) with 74 Lots on 1 December 2003, in London. In July 2000, Wingrove was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for craftsmanship, and "services to Model Engineering" In March 2005 Wingrove was awarded ‘Metalworking Craftsman of the Year’, by The Joe Martin Foundation for Exceptional Craftsmanship in the USA. [2]As well as cars, Wingrove has also created ship models and dioramas, the largest being the 25 square feet model of the village and ship yard of Bucklers Hard, commissioned for the Bucklers Hard Maritime Museum.{{cn|date=February 2019}} Publications
References1. ^{{cite news|last=Llewellin|first=Phil|title=Small is beautiful|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2725655/Small-is-beautiful.html|accessdate=13 November 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=15 November 2003}} 2. ^http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Wingrove.htm External links
5 : British technology writers|Members of the Order of the British Empire|Miniature model-makers|Living people|1934 births |
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