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 YAF (Yet Another Figure) - Part 2 - An Onion 'Johnny'...

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clive_t

clive_t


Location : Portsmouth, England

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Here's the second figure I am doing for Brian, as alluded to in the YAF Pt 1 thread... an onion seller, complete with rickety old push-bike. The bike comes from a Pola bike shelter kit, the figure is sourced, as by now you will all be sick of hearing, from the now legendary Preiser track-gang set:

YAF (Yet Another Figure) - Part 2 - An Onion 'Johnny'... BB_Onion_Johnny_1

I felt that as an absolute minimum he had to be holding the handle bars with at least one hand. Fortunately, the Preiser bits box came up trumps:

YAF (Yet Another Figure) - Part 2 - An Onion 'Johnny'... BB_Onion_Johnny_2

Just trying the figure for size against the bike, it occurred to me that it might be possible to actually get the guy to 'ride' it - or at least have just one foot on the ground (as you do when stationary for example). So I set to cutting and reshaping the leg appropriately:

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It was a bit tricky to arrange the 'pedal' leg appropriately, so that the centre of gravity was in balance, thus allowing the figure to stand freely. But once done, I was able to apply some Milliput to the rather unsightly open wounds:

YAF (Yet Another Figure) - Part 2 - An Onion 'Johnny'... BB_Onion_Johnny_4

I then tried out the head and another arm for size (again using blu-tak for a temporary fixative), to see how the overall pose would look:

YAF (Yet Another Figure) - Part 2 - An Onion 'Johnny'... BB_Onion_Johnny_5

It wasn't long, though, before our messing about attracted the unwelcome attention of the local 'leeu':

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The intention was to allow for the option of having the two figures interact, or be standing separately. I think these two will look quite good together. Quite what the offence is that our Johnny is being written-up for, I know not!

Obviously still a lot of work to do on the onion seller though - Per Brian's request, he'll need a beer gut, a beret, a bottle of wine, a stripey shirt, a cravat, a cigarette... oh, and possibly several strings of onions! Although I shall continue this figure as a separate thread, it is possible that there will be further 'guest appearances' 'twixt threads...

A bientot!
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pjti




Location : Galizano, nr Santander, Nth Spain

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Obviously you are a stickler for detail but I am wondering how even you will do the wheelspokes. (Hides behind sofa)
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clive_t

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Location : Portsmouth, England

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Laughing I guess some details are best left to the imagination... for that reason the onions (when I get around to doing 'em) will be devoid of roots! tongue
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GWhizz

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Location : Charente, France

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I think the onion seller is being cautioned for being drunk in charge of a bicycle with no spokes whilst selling onions which don't meet the EU directive (i.e. no roots )

Chuckle; chuckle !

Brian
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Carl Hibbs


Location : Haute Normandie - visitors welcome

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Just a suggestion but what about turning the bycicle into a 'velo solex'.

solex

Now that would be really typically French.
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clive_t

clive_t


Location : Portsmouth, England

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carl hibbs wrote:
Just a suggestion but what about turning the bycicle into a 'velo solex'....
Now that would be really typically French.
I've heard of these, but I've not come across any pics of them in use by onion johnnies - unless someone else knows different?
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GWhizz

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Location : Charente, France

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Clive I don't want to pile more onto your wonderful creative efforts but I quite like the idea of the Solex. I guess you'd need to remove the crossbar and fit a dummy engine in front of the front forks.

I'm quite into two wheeled French transport - this is a Mobylette "sans moteur" that I rescued from the local decheterie. And yes that is our garlic crop drying above!

Cheers Brian

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GWhizz

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Location : Charente, France

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ten out of ten for observation Brian

There isn't a crossbar !!!
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Location : Haute Normandie - visitors welcome

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Eh voila !
Vendeur ou vendeuse des onions express
Laughing
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clive_t

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Location : Portsmouth, England

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I'll see what I can do... The bike has not been 'glued' yet anyway, so as long as I can get away with keeping the pedal positions the same, the body of the bike can be whatever we want it to be... I shall try and turn it into a representation of one of these 'Solex' jobs


Thank you Carl.... Mad
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S-o-r-r-r-y.....

or. Je suis désolé...vraiment. Very Happy
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That's a Mobylette Brian....Not the same as a Solex (but just as French).

Here's a Solex for sale.

http://thouars.olx.fr/a-vendre-solex-en-bon-etat-annee-1962-iid-6589226
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Location : Charente, France

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carl hibbs wrote:
That's a Mobylette Brian....Not the same as a Solex (but just as French).

Here's a Solex for sale.

http://thouars.olx.fr/a-vendre-solex-en-bon-etat-annee-1962-iid-6589226

Hi Carl - have another go at reading my post Mad
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clive_t

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Location : Portsmouth, England

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Most of this evening's effort has been spent on this fella - needed to lose the dungarees and at the same time gain a few pounds:

YAF (Yet Another Figure) - Part 2 - An Onion 'Johnny'... BB_Onion_Johnny_6

Also spent some time making up an impression of a 'Solex' motor for the bike - oh, and some G-scale onions! The copper noticed them scattered all over the table, and has come over to 'have a word'...

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"Sont ces vos oignons la....m-o-n-s-i-e-u-r ?"
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An interesting aside to this particular figure - in the course of my searching for suitable reference images, I found a couple of very informative web-sites:

This one is a 'History' page from the Onion Johnny Restaurant:
http://www.onionjohnny.com/history.cfm

Of particular note is the revelation that Brittany Ferries (which I have had occasion to use when I took a caravan to Brittany some years back) was started by a group of Breton onion farmers in the 1970's!

Some other interesting links:
http://www.documentography.com/issue/5/ph/magali_delporte/1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Johnny
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Thanks Clive.
I shall use the first link about Onion Johnny for a lesson for students. Good stuff.
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Progress continues:

Beret, cravat, and a bit of string for a belt!

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clive_t

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Location : Portsmouth, England

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C'm'ere, there's more.... Primer applied, dremeled and a fag applied - sorry Patrick!

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Location : Galizano, nr Santander, Nth Spain

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Yes well as long he only smokes outside public places. Errr does that make sense. BTW that Solex motor makes such a difference to the appearance, but is it prototypical , would it pull 1 bike + 1 fat Breton (oops did I say that ?) + 150kgs of onions. That much weight on the front wheel would surely collapse the spokes, OH I see it has . jocolor
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Well here he is....

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Trying to knock out his last bunch before toddling off to the local cafe for some liquid sustenance...

Weather outside is garbage at the moment, will hopefully get a better pic later in the week.
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Location : Portsmouth, England

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Finally, here's the outside shot I had to wait 2 days to take...

YAF (Yet Another Figure) - Part 2 - An Onion 'Johnny'... BB_Onion_Johnny_10b

Our hero is about to enter the ticket office to obtain a one-way ticket to Le Lindois - he looks more than a little concerned as he believes himself to be under surveillance by Interpol...
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