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Full-Size Cardboard Aston Martin for Papier-Mâché Bonds
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 1:45 PM on August 2, 2008
This Ashton Martin DB5 is a full-sized, almost-perfect reproduction of the original Bond car--down to the front-blinkers machine guns and Ben-Hurish wheels' blades--built using only cardboard and glue. It has no supporting structure, neither metal nor wood. Her Majesty's cardboard spy car was built by Chris Gilmour, who has a tendency to convert everything in 1:1 scale cardboard models, from bikes to giant strong boxes to dragsters to dentist chairs, grand pianos, and portable typewriters:
Gilmour has imposed a strict logic on his works he makes objects using only cardboard and glue. There is no supporting structure, no wooden or metal frame. His interpretations of everyday objects are created in adherence to the use of a pure and single material, but instead of the marble or bronze of classical statues, he has chosen one of the most humble and commonly found of our industrial times.
It's true: the detail and fidelity are amazing. Too bad cardboard is not rain proof, like marbel and bronze. On the positive side, knowing that Bond is a noted Dry Martini addict who crashes every single vehicle he gets his hands on, giving him a cardboard car to fight against a cardboard SPECTRE is not a bad thing at all.
[Chris Gilmour via Jalopnik]
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dambo29
Posted 2:08 PM 2/8/08
@FlashSandbox: hummmm guess I'm not as hip as I thought ;)
dambo29
NeoXY
Posted 2:06 PM 2/8/08
Please make one for a DB9
...and than I'll comee buckets.
NeoXY
FlashSandbox
Posted 1:55 PM 2/8/08
@dambo29: 'fpr' is teh new 'for' (typo intended)
FlashSandbox
Evangelion
Posted 1:54 PM 2/8/08
@dambo29: I agree.
Evangelion
dambo29
Posted 1:48 PM 2/8/08
But never the less... wow... pretty impressive.
dambo29
dambo29
Posted 1:47 PM 2/8/08
Don't mean to be a typo Hitler, but the title is clearly mistyped:
"Full-Size Cardboard Aston Martin fpr Papier-"
"Full-Size Cardboard Aston Martin fOr Papier-"
dambo29
CampSteve
Posted 2:32 PM 2/8/08
That's really amazing art! Great attention to mechanical detail. Damn!
CampSteve
Ziyaad
Posted 2:28 PM 2/8/08
Guess Homeless James Bond will get one :)
Ziyaad
GadgetPlay
Posted 2:48 PM 2/8/08
@dambo29: "Don't mean to be a typo Hitler..."
Then don't.
GadgetPlay
Emiat
Posted 2:42 PM 2/8/08
Papercraft just took a step up, wonder when someone takes it further and tries to make one of them Gundam robots out of cardboard at 1:1 scale.
Emiat
CYST!
Posted 3:19 PM 2/8/08
@dambo29: Man up. Just say it. Hey, I am a typo hitler. Fix this shit.
CYST!
CYST!
Posted 3:18 PM 2/8/08
@GadgetPlay: I hate that phrase.
I don't mean to....
or
I don't want to....
Those words make me know to listen for what will come next.
CYST!
doobiebros2two
Posted 3:48 PM 2/8/08
Rather then ask if it would blend, I'm just gonna say it would and make an observation. Why spend so many hard hours sculpting paper only to make it into a dentist chair? Why?
That's like sending a man to the moon just to take a dump and come home...
doobiebros2two
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:11 PM 2/8/08
This is extreme talent, and good thinking on the part of the artist.
I mean look at the size of the machine you would need to make an Astin Martin into the shape of a cardboard box!
This is WAY more efficient, and less wasteful!
However, in an effort to use MORE resources, HP has commissioned these works to be used for sending documentation and very small items to their customers!
So you can see the dilemma.
strider_mt2k
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 11:30 PM 2/8/08
what! No iPhone? bah!
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Denver80203
Posted 12:42 AM 3/8/08
@CYST!:
My newest pet peeve are the snots that start their comment with
ummmmmmmmm
Denver80203
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 1:38 AM 3/8/08
@Duckspwn: To play Devil's Advocate here, I hope you realize that here, on the internet, stupid commenting has no real lasting repercussions other than being banned. If you know of any other repercussions that may result from making an inane comment on a gadget-blog, please elucidate them.
The internet is a messy place filled with typos, factual errors, and abrasive personalities. Accept it rather than forcing others to adapt to your own preferences.
OMG! Ponies!
Duckspwn
Posted 1:32 AM 3/8/08
@CYST!: How about "I'm just saying, but..." People seems to think that phrase excuses them from any repercussions that occur as a result of them proving their stupidity through some Dbag observation they are about to make.
The attention to detail on these models is absolutely amazing. Personally, I would like to see a 1:1 scale of a F-22, a F-35, and an Apache, cause that would be the epitome of badass. I mean, who can say they own a perfect, to scale cardboard Apache? =D
Duckspwn
enchantedgoose
Posted 1:59 AM 3/8/08
he should make an airbus a-380
enchantedgoose
Human Bomb
Posted 2:38 AM 3/8/08
He needs a cardboard Sting to ride that cardboard Vespa! Get it? Anyone? No?
Human Bomb
Daliminator
Posted 2:29 AM 3/8/08
So this is what that Halo-obsessed kid is going to do when he grows up...
Daliminator
rsquared
Posted 5:52 AM 3/8/08
@dambo29: Hey, if you're going to point out typos, let's get them all- "Aston" not "Ashton", "marble" not "marbel". Seriously, Jesus, Gizmodo's own spell check in this comment caught those two.
And I'm not making excuses. It bugs me when commenters use bad grammar or spelling, but it's inexcusable from people who are paid to write.
rsquared
Yonderboy
Posted 6:19 AM 3/8/08
@rsquared: Maybe he was doing a Sean Connery accent. You know, "The schlime of humanity," and, "Shure enough Mish Moneypenny."
Goes nicely with an Ashton Marin.
Shaken, not shtirred,
Yonderboysh
Yonderboy
Duckspwn
Posted 7:46 AM 3/8/08
@OMG! Ponies!: I meant in real life... not internet.
Duckspwn
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 7:57 AM 3/8/08
Is that typewriter the Clark Nova from naked lunch?
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Karinabob
Posted 10:11 AM 3/8/08
That's pretty sexy. I'm just sayin'.
Karinabob
GadgetPlay
Posted 2:39 PM 3/8/08
@CYST!: "Those words make me know to listen for what will come next."
They make me know that I will hate what comes next.
@Denver80203: ummmmmmmmm... I agree.
@rsquared: "Hey, if you're going to point out typos..."
No. we're not.
GadgetPlay
godwhacker
Posted 1:31 AM 4/8/08
@doobiebros2two:
mmmmmmmmm, moondump
@Human Bomb:
quadrophenia FTW!!
godwhacker
unreal223
Posted 2:57 PM 2/8/08
Sorry for the off topic but I'm getting a strange error on your site when I use IE7. This is happening on two different computers so I'm not sure if its just the way I have them set up or not. Gizmodo will load and then IE pops up saying that the site cant be loaded and I get taken to the default page can not be loaded page.
unreal223