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Posted on 22/03/13 09:07:35 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 446: BT phone home
This week's Challenge comes from Ant Snell, who photographed this old Giles Gilbert Scott design K2 phone box looking sad and abandoned by the side of the road. Can you restore it to its former glory? The hard part here will, I suspect, be glazing those painted-in windows - and deciding on the perspective of the view of the interior. High res is here.  |
Posted on 23/03/13 08:08:19 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
I haven't been able to take part recently due to other priorities and unfortunately this week will be the same, but Ant's great image caught my eye. I have a passion for the Scott phone boxes and thought I'd share a shot I took last summer of a beautifully preserved K2, which sits in Parliament Square. You will see the colour has been 'popped' and a large print hangs in our office wall, where the colour scheme is grey, white, red and black and is London themed. Steve's link to Wikipedia gives the history of the red box, the result of a competition in 1924. The K2 was introduced in 1926 and their excellent condition shows just how well they were made. You will see that Ant's image is in fact a K6, introduced in the mid thirties. If you look at the gallery on the Wiki page, the first image contains the same K2 as in my image. I'm looking forward to seeing the entries this week and apologies for the history lesson. Nick 
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Posted on 23/03/13 11:19:54 AM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
Gorgeous! I remember seeing a programme about the design (and evolution) of the phone box that was surprisingly fascinating _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 23/03/13 2:36:07 PM |
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Mariner
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Posted on 23/03/13 4:16:38 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Ooh that looks very bright and cheery Mariner - the perfect antidote to the weather outside.. _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 23/03/13 4:17:38 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Just right for growing a bumper crop of tomatoes ...  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 23/03/13 11:00:52 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
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Lost  _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 24/03/13 08:00:30 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
......hmmmm. That looks NOTHING like the tomatoes we grow in California.....a hybrid maybe???  _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 24/03/13 09:21:54 AM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1770 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
He liked them so much he brought one back from a daring mission in England, hid it in the alley behind Clark Kent's office.  |
Posted on 24/03/13 12:04:19 PM |
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Mariner
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Thankyou Josephine. It's supposed to be summer, but do you see those trees on the far left? I couldn't figure out how to make them look properly green without looking false. Has anyone got any ideas? |
Posted on 24/03/13 12:25:40 PM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
Joey, don't say you never heard of smoked tomatoes? |
Posted on 24/03/13 12:50:09 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/phonebox-3_zpsb9fe0ceb.gif |
Posted on 24/03/13 12:55:40 PM |
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GKB
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Mary Jane makes a nice hash when she cooks them in a pot. _________________ If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you. |
Posted on 24/03/13 2:01:09 PM |
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james
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Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
Regret, unable to upload. Now ImageShack is presenting corrupt images. Viewable on my website should you wish. www.http://jabus-ps.me.uk |
Posted on 24/03/13 6:18:01 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
I suggest you chop 'em down and import some specimens of the same size that are in full leaf _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 24/03/13 7:08:07 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 576 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
OK, it was my photo but just had to have a play.  |
Posted on 25/03/13 01:50:34 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
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Ant was this phone box actually abandoned? A restored and working one could sell for £thousands. _________________ "Predictions are difficult. Especially about the future" |
Posted on 25/03/13 07:46:47 AM |
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Mariner
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Josephine wrote: I suggest you chop 'em down and import some specimens of the same size that are in full leaf Yes, Josephine, that's got to be the answer. |
Posted on 25/03/13 11:12:59 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
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Thanks Ant for the image! It was fun working with. http://vimeo.com/62588354  _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 25/03/13 1:21:02 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 446: BT phone home
This as you can see is the original challenge phonebox--it was time-consuming and fiddly to get perspectives right. 
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